Fertility doctors in HK

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Loveisgood

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Hello everyone,
I know there's so many threads and info on this already but I am hoping to get some recent comments. Been TTC for over 2.5 years, had two IUIs already and both unsuccessful, now we are thinking to switch doctors and would love to hear any feedback or suggestions on good fertility doctors in HK.
Thanks!
 
Hi, am in the same boat as you. Currently seeing dr derek lo in central. Im sure you have seen his name floating about on these boards before.
Hubby and I have just started seeing him a few months ago. His bedside manner is good, chatty and positive.
His English is good, if Cantonese isn't your first language.
Never felt rushed when seeing him,although others have disagreed. His waiting time is very reasonable. Have never waited more than 30mins over my appointment time.
His receptionist Michelle is a lovely understanding woman. Very easy to deal matters with.
His initial consultation is $1000, $600 thereafter.
Goodluck! Baby dust to you!!

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Hi hoochie,
Thanks so much for your info and baby dust to you also!
Yeah have heard of Derek Lo, waiting time and prices both sound reasonable, planning to make few calls today.
I am assuming you switched to Dr. Lo from another doctor, do you mind sharing which doctor you were seeing prior?
Thank you!
 
Hi Loveisgood, I can give you my experience of 2 doctors here.

I used Dr Lo for two cycles of IVF (6 embryo transfers). I got pregnant with my son on the first frozen embryo transfer of the first cycle, but switched to another doctor when we were trying for another and the subsequent FET from the first cycle and the full second cycle (3 embryo transfers) failed - so 4 failed embryo transfers in a row.

I was recommended to visit Dr Doo by several people who had used him, and I got pregnant on the first embryo transfer of my first IVF cycle. The difference being, I think, that Dr Doo advocated a 5 day transfer (developing the embryos to blastocyst stage) but Dr Lo would only do 3 day transfers. Dr Lo would never attempt a 5 day transfer with me as he said it was likely I'd end up with no embryos (as only the strongest survive). But in the event, I ended up with 7 high quality blastocysts.

I think a lot of it comes down to the skill of the embryologists and their experience. I know that Dr Doo's embryologists (at the Sanitorium hospital) are very skilled in cultivating blastocysts so have a lot of success.

My advice would be that if you want to go straight to IVF then you should find a clinic that is skilled in blastocyst transfer (as chances of success are higher). You can talk to Dr Lo about it, but he would never do it with me and I don't have that much faith in his embryology clinic as I lost so many embryos with them (died in thawing - could be down to embryo quality but my experience with Dr Doo is that the quality of my embryos is actually very good). I know that Dr Doo's clinic is very good at it and I'm sure there are others in Hong Kong who are too.

However, if you are still exploring other options before you go into IVF then I would choose Dr Lo over Dr Doo as the former doctor's consultation fees are much cheaper than the latter's. I found their IVF charges to be broadly similar, but when I just had a cycle monitored with Dr Doo I was charged full consultation fees each time I saw him ($1000 for consultation + $1500 for scan) so the monitored cycle cost almost the same as a full IUI cycle with Dr Lo.

Hope this is helpful.
 
Hi, other than the doctors that the lovely ladies recommended above, just wanted to share with you my experience at the Assisted Reproduction Unit at Queen Mary Hospital. It is a bit of wait to get the first appointment - I remember that I had to wait for two months for my first appointment, but once you have met the docotors there (highly recommend Dr Raymond Li and Dr Edmund Ng), they are so helpful and communicate with me via emails, then things move really fast from there :) All the doctors and nurses speak good English, nice and friendly, take time to explain everything. What I find extremely helpful is they start from 7:30 am every morning including weekends, which makes daily visit much easier for me and I can still get into work on time without having to take time off. If you would like to book an appointment there, you can always explain your situation to the nurse over the phone and ask them to arrange the earliest possible time for first consultation, they are quite considerate and will do everything they can to help.
Let me know if you need any more info. Best of luck!
 
Hello Liquorice,
Thanks for sharing your info with me! :))
Which doctor did you find more consistent and personal? I hear that some doctors won't informative unless you ask them questions. We are planning to do another round of IUI before taking up IVF, this process can be very draining and emotional isn't it?! Thank you
 
Hello EYM,
Thanks so much for your info :)
I have not heard much about Queen Mary hospital, am glad you've had some positive experience with them. What are the charges like if you don't mind sharing and your result?
Thank you!
 
We chose Queen Mary's assisted reproduction unit because of its reputation, the fact it attaches to the university also provided comfort. I planned to do three rounds of IUI before IVF, and succeeded the second time :) so cannot commend on IVF results there.
Consultation is 1,000, consultation and ultrasound is 1,500, then 3,900 per IUI, plus blood test etc. on top of those, there is storage fee - cannot recall exactly how much but a pretty reasonable charge.
Hope it helps and feel free to pm me if you need more information. Stay positive and cheerful, wonderful things will happen x
 
Hi loveisgood. Yes, it is draining indeed. As EYM said though, stay positive as I'm sure it will happen for you eventually. Just sometimes takes a long time, which is hard.

In answer to your question, I found both Dr Lo and Dr Doo to be very nice and consistent in their approaches (though different approaches). Dr Doo seemed more progressive to me in many ways, and the first consultation was a lot more informative than it ever was with Dr Lo, though this might be because I had been through the process several times so knew what to ask.

Not sure I'm interpreting your meaning of 'personal' as you intend it, but to be honest, I found both of them lacking in real personal touch. They're both good when you're talking to them, but they have so many patients that they lose touch of you as an individual I think. One of the reasons I wanted to leave Dr Lo was because he never seemed to remember my history with him - even asking me on embryo transfer day 'how many embryos are we putting in today?' when I only had one left. I wasn't impressed that he couldn't even be bothered to read my notes beforehand. Overall, the need for me to constantly remind him of my history, made me feel that he wasn't really tailoring fertility solutions to my individual problems, but was just applying blanket solutions. Similar with Dr Doo though really, and I think it's probably a very common factor for most doctors here because they are so busy with so many people.
 
Loveisgood said:
Hi hoochie,
Thanks so much for your info and baby dust to you also!
Yeah have heard of Derek Lo, waiting time and prices both sound reasonable, planning to make few calls today.
I am assuming you switched to Dr. Lo from another doctor, do you mind sharing which doctor you were seeing prior?
Thank you!
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No he is my first and only fertility doctor. Haven't felt the need to switch as I have just started seeing him a few months ago. And so far, he hasn't given me any reasons to jump ship yet. Lol. We'll see how things go with him first.
 
Hello hoochie,
Thanks again for your info!
How are you going so far with him? Any news?
I heard Dr. Philip Ho is a good fertility doctor too, anyone with recent experiences?
 
I'm with Dr. Lo as well.. Had 2 failed iui's but prior to that he told us that the chances are very slim.. He then suggested to proceed with ivf than wasting time and money with another iui.. We we're supposed to do the ivf with him but then my husband suddenly need to be in Thailand for business for 2 months so we decided to do it there. Aldo to stay awayfrom stressful life of HK.. Dr. Lo helped us with all the tests even we were not
doing the procedure with him..
 
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And i am now just waiting for my delivery.. When we we're back in HK, he still remains my OB..

I know someone who had failed iui's and ivf's with Dr. Philip Ho. And they were never told the reason why it fails, nor he doesn't have the emotional support..
 
Hello prettynvain,
Thanks for your info, I wish I was waiting for delivery too! :)
Not only I read so many positive note on Dr. Phillip Ho, he was a friends OBGY who said he was TOPS. Then I also hear many others commenting the opposite on his bedside manner. I am now again in my 2ww so kind of taking it easy and hoping time will fly by soon. Is there anyone who's on the same boat or recent IUI stories to share?
Anyway, good luck everyone!
 
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