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Both Partners:
Healthy life style No Smoking Alcohol
▪ Female: Avoid alcohol altogether▪ Male: maximum of 12 units per week
Female Partner: Good diet and normal body weight Up to date cervical smear Folic acid 400 mcgs daily Rubella
Tight schedulePlease arrive promptly for appointmentsAllow plenty of time for parkingPlease ring the unit if late or unable to attend to give us time to reschedule appointments
Be sure you know what to do next before leaving the Unit
Both partners must attend the nurse consultation session
Bring a passport sized photo of both partners and think of a password
HFEA Registration
Blood tests
HFEA
The HFEA is the UK’s independent regulator of treatment using eggs and sperm, and of treatment and research involving human embryos. It sets standards for, and issues licences to centres.
The HFEA holds a large amount of information about fertility treatments in the UK and the new HFE Act has allowed the HFEA to make information more accessible.
Consents
There are numerous consent forms which need to be completed before starting your treatment.
These are HFEA consents and clinical treatment consents
Consents
Consents are given to couples to read prior to nurse consultation
Please read and list questions and queries
Please bring pack to your nurse consultation appointment
Changing your consents
Welfare of the Child
Welfare of the Child
We have a legal responsibility to obtain information from any person requesting assisted conception treatment to ensure the welfare of any child or children born from treatment
Further information may be sought from your GP or other specialists
Your consent to the disclosure of identifying information
Your consent to the disclosure of identifying informationWe can not disclose any identifying
information without this consent (other than in a medical emergency)
Some information about you, your treatment cycles and the outcome of treatment (including details of any babies born as a result of treatment) is sent to the HFEA
Your consent to the use of your eggs and embryos for your treatment and the storage of your embryos.
Your consent to the use of your sperm and embryos for your partner’s treatment and the storage of your embryos
Treatment Consents: IVF, ICSI, Donor Sperm
Hepatitis B, C, HIV and Syphilis Screening
Pre treatment ChecklistConsent to treatment involving egg
collection and embryo transfer ICSI
Treatment Consents: IVF, ICSI, Donor Sperm (cont)
Donor SpermFreezing embryosFate of spare embryosAdministration of MedicinesTreatment services
NHSPrivate
PaymentIf you are paying for your own treatment, payment must be made at the nurse consultation appointment
credit card or debit card
NHS patients Homecare dispensary service
Private patients Homecare dispensary service
InjectionsNeed to consider
self/partner injection GP/Practice nurse Daily attendance to ACU/Gynae ward
9-10 visits over 6 weeks
LCRM working hours – 8.00am - 5.00pm
Contact numbers Reception 0113 2063100Nurses 0113 2063102
In an emergency...Out of hours weekdays (5pm until 8am) and weekends - a team member can be reached on a mobile phone via St James’s switchboard (0113 2433144)
Please try to contact staff during working hours as at other times they are not in the hospital and do not have access to your notes or the appointment diaries.