The story of Sirena, Nacho and Kiki:
a testimony that will make you smile
Sirena and Nacho won us over when they came to the clinic to introduce us to their daughter Kiki. We hope that their honesty, humor and way of telling their story will encourage those who want to have a child to take a step forward.
How did your story begin?
Before meeting us, the couple had gone to the Seguridad Social [social security], where Sirena was told that she could have an ovarian teratoma (a type of tumor that is usually benign) or suffer from endometriosis. The final diagnosis confirmed the latter and, due to the pain she was experiencing, she had to undergo surgery that affected her fertility.
The experts who were treating her case advised her to go to a private clinic and to do so as soon as possible, as they were at “a somewhat complicated age,” as they explained.
At that moment they discovered that Nacho also had fertility problems. “That brought us together,” says Sirena. Finding themselves in the same situation made the couple start looking for centers where they could undergo treatment. And they found us.
Why Tambre?
There are many reasons why they chose to undertake this journey with us. They tell us that, while visiting another clinic, they realized that there was no privacy in the waiting rooms. “You are in a difficult moment in which you know what they will say to you and what you are going to face and you do not need to be with anyone else or see other couples,” Silvia confesses.
Surprisingly, they arrived at Tambre and were welcomed into our individual waiting rooms. “Look, they heard me!” she said to Nacho. This was a plus for our center and for their final choice.
The couple had the opportunity to meet almost all of our doctors and say they are happy with the treatment they received. Silvia also tells us that the girls at the reception are literally a love and that they got along so well with the Patient Care coordinator that they would have stopped for an aperitif. They are also very grateful for the work of the nurses and especially, Puri, who always leaves an impression on those who are lucky enough to have to deal with her.
“I was very cold and without asking her anything, she had put a blanket on the radiator and when I arrived she covered me and it was like… having my mother there with me,” says Silvia, referring to our nurse.
The happy and difficult moments of the process
For Sirena and Nacho, the hardest part of fertility treatment is having to listen and, consequently, assimilate what the professionals recommend, when it is not what they expected to hear at the beginning. “The option that will bring me the baby will be the best,” she says, and, in her case, it was egg donation.
Instead, the anecdote that the couple wants to share with us took place in the recovery rooms, “they are so beautiful that I would stay and live there,” jokes Sirena. The couple liked the bedspread and, before going up to the operating room, they started looking for the label to see what brand it was and buy the same one!
However, the happiest moment was when we called Sirena to tell her that she was pregnant. Nacho, who was hearing the conversation from afar, felt that we were giving her directions on what she could eat and remembers, between laughs, that at that moment he thought: “It must be good news if they are prohibiting her from things…”
This is not a goodbye but a see you soon…
Sirena and Nacho tell us that in a year they want to come back to visit us with the intention of expanding their family, since they have an embryo frozen in the lab, which they affectionately call “the Frozen little brother”.
Finally, we asked them to give advice to other couples who will have to go through the same journey. “Let the clinic guide you”, says Nacho, emphasizing that it is important to naturalize the issue and lean as much as possible on the people around us. “For the decisions that need to be made, it is better to have support” concludes Sirena.
We hope to see you soon, family. And if we have to buy a bedspread to see you again, we will!
Benni and Julie are expecting!
Benni and Julie came to the Tambre Clinic from Italy to make their dream of being mothers come true. Three years ago they decided to start a family and from the first moment they knew it would be thanks to the ARTM method.
What does the ARTM method consist of?
For those who don’t know, this technique, also known as receiving oocytes from the partner, is an Assisted Reproduction technique exclusively for female couples. The goal is to have both women participate actively in motherhood. One of the women will be the donor (because she provides the eggs) and the other will receive them and will be the gestational mother.
Benni and Julie already knew the procedure before coming to Tambre. Julie who is of Chinese origin, knew about the ARTM method. Benni, on the other hand, doesn’t remember how she found out about it but says: “I always said that if I had children, it would be like this.”
How did you feel at the Tambre Clinic?
When they started looking for information about the treatment, they saw Clinica Tambre on Facebook and sent the request. They had no expectations whatsoever but, in the end, they chose us. “We immediately fell in love with the clinic after the first consultation and we said: this is it.”
Her first contact with Tambre was positive because the Patient Care team was very thorough with them. In other centers they had told her to transfer three embryos instead of transferring just one and, in addition, some recommended a selective abortion. Following these responses, they found great support in Tambre.
They really liked the environment “it seems like a small hotel, not a hospital”, they say. According to them, in the clinic everything is very well cared for and attention is paid to privacy. From a medical point of view, they are very satisfied because all their doubts have always been resolved and they have always felt supported to the maximum. Patients who choose transnational reproduction need to create a bond of security with the clinic. The couple believes that being apart makes people more anxious, but they always felt reassured because the doctors always responded quickly and concisely to their messages.
What advice would you like to give?
Benni and Julie did not want to leave without first giving advice to all those women who want to start a treatment in a country that is not theirs. After their experience, they recommend coming to Spain. Many gynecologists have told Benni that our country is the best destination in terms of the quality of the laboratories and the level of the professionals.
They also recommend not saving on the treatment because the important thing is that it is a quality treatment in a center that gives positive sensations. “If your instinct tells you that a clinic makes you feel good, then it is that one,” says Benni.
We recently found out that Benni is pregnant and we could not be happier. From Madrid we wish her all the luck in the world and hope that everything goes well. We will surely see them again, since Julie does not want just one child, but three!