IVF through Correspondence

In Vitro Fertilization requires direct contact between patients and the medical staff providing this service. We are dealing with a process that requires a specific time interval, during which patients need to be consulted/checked/analyzed and treated continuously. For this purpose, patients might need appointments with the doctor even every 2-3 days.

It is very frustrating for patients if the exchange of information or advice on medication is delegated through secretaries or junior practicing doctors. The patient needs and has the right to communicate directly with the performing doctor since, after all, he is responsible for every stage.

Any other person will tend to respond less or in an evasive manner.

• It is not normal for the interpretation of stimulation progress (for example) or the administration of medication to be done at a distance (over the phone). There are many cases when analyses are conducted in Tirana and the doctor decides on the medication by talking with the secretary or the intern from outside of Tirana or from abroad.
• It is normal that not all In Vitro Fertilization cycles will result in a positive pregnancy test. The majority of patients understand this fact. But it is very offensive for them that on the day of the analysis, the result is communicated through correspondence or by someone else. The performing doctor has the duty to communicate an analysis result even if it is negative…
• When it is known that an In Vitro Fertilization cycle lasts almost 3 weeks, then do not accept that the doctor taking on this cycle is only present in the clinic for 2-3 days a month!

Before undergoing an In Vitro Fertilization cycle, patients should be properly informed whether their cycle will be monitored directly or through correspondence.