Both Partners: Healthy life style No Smoking Alcohol ▪ Female: Avoid alcohol altogether ▪ Male: maximum of 12 units per week.

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.