DE programs at Shady Grove

[Anonymous]

43 years old; looking at the 1:3 Fresh Egg DE Program shared risk program at shady grove. Has anyone done this one and how long is the process? Pros and cons of this one vs frozen eggs? We are looking to keep costs down, so the 1:3 seemed the most appealing. Thanks for your insights!

[Anonymous]

What is the cost differential now?
We did DE at Shady Grove in 2017/18 and frozen shared risk was $10,000 more than 1:3 fresh. We opted for frozen because of the bigger donor pool and immediate availability. We were also able to pick a proven donor.

[Anonymous]

We did DE as well. Did not do shared risk but single cycle as we knew it was egg quality as our issue. Did 1:2 as other recipients picked 1:2 before us so we had to do it for the donor we selected. From start to finish, we started with picking donor end of March Mid-April and I had a fresh transfer mid-August. All the time was spent with getting donor to have period, synching my cycle with hers, prepping the lining etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the cost differential now?
We did DE at Shady Grove in 2017/18 and frozen shared risk was $10,000 more than 1:3 fresh. We opted for frozen because of the bigger donor pool and immediate availability. We were also able to pick a proven donor.

Its about an 8K difference. Do you remember if the additional costs were significant? Medications are extra etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the cost differential now?
We did DE at Shady Grove in 2017/18 and frozen shared risk was $10,000 more than 1:3 fresh. We opted for frozen because of the bigger donor pool and immediate availability. We were also able to pick a proven donor.

Its about an 8K difference. Do you remember if the additional costs were significant? Medications are extra etc.

The medications for FET were not that expensive compared to the actual IVF cycle: hundreds vs thousands of dollars.

[Anonymous]

OP - you may consider trying to convert a 1:3 donor to a 1:2. We ended up doing this (were in second slot) and got a ton of eggs this way. We considered doing shared risk and/or frozen, but so glad we did this option and a fresh transfer. It ended up keeping costs down (avoiding the cost of shared risk while resulting in a large number of eggs). Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - you may consider trying to convert a 1:3 donor to a 1:2. We ended up doing this (were in second slot) and got a ton of eggs this way. We considered doing shared risk and/or frozen, but so glad we did this option and a fresh transfer. It ended up keeping costs down (avoiding the cost of shared risk while resulting in a large number of eggs). Good luck!

How do you convert a 1:3 donor to 1:2? Is this something you can ask shady grove? or are you saying you switched from 1:3 to 1:2? Still trying to understand the process. Thanks so much!

[Anonymous]

My doc at Shady Grove recommended it actually! Yes, you ask Shady Grove to convert a 1:3 donor (designated as such because they suspect she'll generate a large number of eggs) to a 1:2 donor. You pay the 1:2 price, but you get more eggs because the donor is expected to produce enough for 3 people but they will only be divided by 2. It was definitely the most cost effective option and allowed for a fresh (successful transfer) but plenty of extra embryos if we needed to try multiple times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My doc at Shady Grove recommended it actually! Yes, you ask Shady Grove to convert a 1:3 donor (designated as such because they suspect she'll generate a large number of eggs) to a 1:2 donor. You pay the 1:2 price, but you get more eggs because the donor is expected to produce enough for 3 people but they will only be divided by 2. It was definitely the most cost effective option and allowed for a fresh (successful transfer) but plenty of extra embryos if we needed to try multiple times.

so helpful! so if you needed to try multiple times, is that when you freeze the embryos and then pay for the transfer (either single cycle or shared risk) instead of paying the initial 20K again?

[Anonymous]

Exactly! They'll transfer one fresh and freeze the rest. If you need to try again, you'd pay for a FET but nothing else. We were so glad we went this route (even if we had to try multiple times) over paying more for shared risk 1:3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My doc at Shady Grove recommended it actually! Yes, you ask Shady Grove to convert a 1:3 donor (designated as such because they suspect she'll generate a large number of eggs) to a 1:2 donor. You pay the 1:2 price, but you get more eggs because the donor is expected to produce enough for 3 people but they will only be divided by 2. It was definitely the most cost effective option and allowed for a fresh (successful transfer) but plenty of extra embryos if we needed to try multiple times.

so helpful! so if you needed to try multiple times, is that when you freeze the embryos and then pay for the transfer (either single cycle or shared risk) instead of paying the initial 20K again?

Each FET costs $5000 or so. We needed 3 transfers even with DE. Make sure you factor that in.