u/EnthusiasmFriendly72

Hi, I recently consulted Bloom IVF, Fortis La Femme clinic in Delhi for egg freezing and their costing was 4.5/5 lakhs (2 lakhs for the procedure+ 80k/1 lac for the hormonal injections + 1.3 lakhs for 5 years of storage + other miscellaneous costs like tests, consulting charges etc I am assuming). They also told me that to reduce costs I can opt per year storage cost of 50k instead of buying the 5 year package, but I wish to preserve for 5 years so this is not relevant. For context I am 33F, AMH 1.18, recently married. We don't plan to conceive for atleast next 2 years since I am moving countries and need to restart my career. While going for the process anyhow seems very daunting, the cost has me overwhelmed. When I tried to look up online, I saw very random pricing even as low as 2 to 3 lakhs for example on CK Birla hospital's website. I went to the Fortis clinic as I have consulted these docs for other things before and found them to be non-judgmental and trustworthy. However, after knowing their extremely high pricing, I am feeling very overwhelmed.The doc also told me that seeing my AMH etc, I might need another cycle to get sufficient number of eggs, which if I chose to go for would cost another 3 lakhs. Pretty stressed on hearing the costs, but at the same time I don't want to regret in future that i didn't do this at the right time. Sorry for the big rant, but would be really grateful from anyone who has undergone the process especially in Delhi NCR who can guide about:

1. Where did you get it done and at what cost?

2. Any hospital suggestions you have?

3. Do you think its worth it (as there is no reliable data mentioned anywhere to indicate if this will actually lead to a successful pregnancy in future or not).

4. Can quality vastly differ clinic to clinic and could this costing be justified on the basis of the fortis brand, or is this just an overpriced setup and I would be better off getting it at other lower priced hospitals. I can't figure, why the costing would differ so much from place to place.

I feel anxious and need to decide this at earliest, much grateful for any insights.🙏

Hi, I had a panel interview for a World Bank counsel role in March and was shortlisted for the final interview with the hiring manager within 2 weeks. This took place on April 9 and ever since I haven't heard anything back, though I felt my interview went well and the manager had mentioned i will get to hear back "by the end of the week or early next week". I know that the week after the spring meetings were taking place, and towards the end of that week the manager sent a generic reply to my initial post-interview thank you mail, saying "it was nice to know about your skills and experience and we will be finalizing the process soon and get back to you with an update". Can anyone who has experience, pls guide- is this a no, does this mean they are already finalizing the process with another candidate and are not updating me till that is closed. It's been really stressful to still keep clinging on to hope although I can't help but think that if I was being considered they would have definitely got back to me by now. I also told them that I have a h4 interview on April 28 and I would be grateful if they would update me before that so that I can avoid any complication from any visa conversion. However, they didn't reply to this too. WB portal just mentions my status as "in-review" since the day of the interview. Sorry for the big rant, but any insights from anyone familiar with the process, on what I can expect would be really helpful as I feel harrowed and anxious with the lack of reply. Should I be completely moving on, or could it be that i am still in the race. Grateful for any insights.