Bahçeci IVF Center in Turkey

I am currently halfway through my 'two week wait' but wanted to share my thoughts on the clinic outside of its success and failure. Our road...

I am currently halfway through my 'two week wait' but wanted to share my thoughts on the clinic outside of its success and failure. Our road through and to IVF was difficult. We are from the UK and through religious objections to some practices in IVF, we wanted to do a mild stimulation. The NHS refused to. Private UK clinics costed a fortune and we even tried in Poland due to their robust legislation surrounding embryo preservation, however, we frequently came across obstructions from the clinic we were in contact with. We believe the consultant didn't want to honour our choice as it would affect their statistics. I even found they added a X7 price increase onto one aspect of the procedure. We faced alot of closed doors and underlying hostilities and therefore, they let us down a couple of weeks before we were due to start IVF. Within two weeks of contact with Bahçeci, I was in Istanbul with Bahceci and starting the process of IVF, on only a mild stimulation. We knew this would lower our chances, but our consultant Dr Ozdamar acknowledged this but was also optimistic of our chances and spoke positively about our case in each conversation. I spent my first week of treatment alone and I relied heavily on Dila, my translator - it was quite daunting at first but she was always a WhatsApp message away and clear in her communications. She was with me all the way through and integral in my experience through the process. I expected the process to be clinical and sterile, that I'd hate the lack of dignity and invasiveness of the monitoring and surgeries, but was surprised by how it brought my husband and I closer as a couple and I was able to witness the miracle of very early child development that attested to its miraculousness, rather than taking away from it. I'd had mostly negative experiences with medical personnel in fertility fields but felt a friendliness with Bahçeci without loosing the directness needed at those important times. Particuarly with Dila. I received a great amount of compassionate care from the medical staff during both operations and after the embryo transfer I felt genuine and sincere wishes of good luck from those I came into contact with who wished me well. We weren't waiting for long periods of time as some reviews suggest, even when the waiting room was full which was most of the time. In terms of our odds, we had 3 eggs in the end and I was blessed to have 1 embryo successfully transferred (we were told that our odds were exceptionally low if not unlikely any embryo would be made elsewhere) and so we believe our journey with Bahçeci to be a success.Thankyou all very muchEDITI am pregnant and expecting a baby 👶 in June 2026 🌟