Wanting to leave Shady Grove

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone! I’m contemplating leaving SG and am searching for a new doctor. I feel like I need more personalized care. After 3 rounds of failed IVF, I can’t do the same protocol and my doctor seems very stuck in his ways. What recommendations does everyone have? Bonus points if you’re 40 or older and have had success. Thank you so so much!

[Anonymous]

What is your diagnosis and stats, OP?

[Anonymous]

I was previously with Dominion Fertility, now I am at CCRM. I am almost 40 years old with DOR, been doing IVF for a few years. I never considered SG as I've heard if there's nothing wrong with you, SG would be fine as it's a one size fits all. That was not my case.

I was able to have success with DF after 3 egg retrievals and 2 FETs. But after having my baby, I went back to DF to try to have my 2nd, I had no luck with multiple ERs (either no eggs retrieved or embryos didn't even make it to day 3). So that's when I switched to CCRM Nova.

So far I had 2 cycles with CCRM, better results but no success yet. First cycle they were able to retrieve 3 mature eggs, all 3 made it to become blasts, but only 1 euploid. Unfortunately I had a Chemical. I am currently in my second cycle waiting for PGS results. I think Omnitrope helped me.

Comparing the 2, as someone with AMA and DOR, I would choose CCRM vs DF. Some of the reviews on CCRM were mixed, but so far I don't mind it. I like my assigned nurse and RE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I was able to have success with DF after 3 egg retrievals and 2 FETs. But after having my baby, I went back to DF to try to have my 2nd, I had no luck with multiple ERs (either no eggs retrieved or embryos didn't even make it to day 3). So that's when I switched to CCRM Nova.

Do you think your second experience at DF was less successful bc of the recent changes they've put in place?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I was able to have success with DF after 3 egg retrievals and 2 FETs. But after having my baby, I went back to DF to try to have my 2nd, I had no luck with multiple ERs (either no eggs retrieved or embryos didn't even make it to day 3). So that's when I switched to CCRM Nova.

Do you think your second experience at DF was less successful bc of the recent changes they've put in place?

Potentially, but don't know for sure as I am also older the second time around with lower AMH. Maybe DF just doesn't manage AMA DOR patients as well.

I don't recall seeing my RE at ANY of my monitoring visits anymore (I only saw my RE at retrieval), unlike the first time around when I saw my RE once in a while during monitoring. Also, it's hard for me to gauge the quality of DF's lab in general. I read more positive reviews about CCRM's lab.

[Anonymous]

Ccrm lone tree or Cornell.

[Anonymous]

I had a baby at 43 using my own egg. I went to Columbia Fertility and saw Dr. Sacks. This was a couple of years ago, but he did all his own monitoring.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi everyone! I’m contemplating leaving SG and am searching for a new doctor. I feel like I need more personalized care. After 3 rounds of failed IVF, I can’t do the same protocol and my doctor seems very stuck in his ways. What recommendations does everyone have? Bonus points if you’re 40 or older and have had success. Thank you so so much!

not exactly what you asked, bu i'm 40+ and am 18w with an ivf embryo from dr humm at shady grove

[Anonymous]

avoid Hopkins

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a baby at 43 using my own egg. I went to Columbia Fertility and saw Dr. Sacks. This was a couple of years ago, but he did all his own monitoring.

He still does all of his own monitoring ( unless he's out and then dr. Abassi does, never a tech)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had a baby at 43 using my own egg. I went to Columbia Fertility and saw Dr. Sacks. This was a couple of years ago, but he did all his own monitoring.

He still does all of his own monitoring ( unless he's out and then dr. Abassi does, never a tech)

But the front office and everything else there is an epic disaster. I was there in 2020 (successfully) and 2022 (unsuccessful). With a different doctor but they still owe me money over a year and a half later and keep “sending checks” that never arrive. It was their own billing mistake and they insisted I pay a bill on the spot.

[Anonymous]

They have a million doctors. Maybe try switching doctors at Shady Grove first?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi everyone! I’m contemplating leaving SG and am searching for a new doctor. I feel like I need more personalized care. After 3 rounds of failed IVF, I can’t do the same protocol and my doctor seems very stuck in his ways. What recommendations does everyone have? Bonus points if you’re 40 or older and have had success. Thank you so so much!

I had success at 41 with my own eggs 20+ years ago, but I chose to go with an out-of-state fertility clinic with higher rates of success with my age group than the ones in the DC metro area. SG did my local monitoring and I spent about 2 weeks out of state to complete the process. If you've had three failed rounds, you may want to consult with someone in the NY area to see if they can help. Money and time off from work permitting, of course.

[Anonymous]

Third vote for Dr. Sacks! He is wonderful. Just keep an eye on all your paperwork, the administrative people there can be incompetent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had a baby at 43 using my own egg. I went to Columbia Fertility and saw Dr. Sacks. This was a couple of years ago, but he did all his own monitoring.

He still does all of his own monitoring ( unless he's out and then dr. Abassi does, never a tech)

But the front office and everything else there is an epic disaster. I was there in 2020 (successfully) and 2022 (unsuccessful). With a different doctor but they still owe me money over a year and a half later and keep “sending checks” that never arrive. It was their own billing mistake and they insisted I pay a bill on the spot.

It is far from perfect but MUCH better currently. I was there all of 2021/beginning of 2022 and it was miserable (but successful). I started back in fall 2023 -They implemented a new portal in beginning of 2024 and it's been much smoother. also a new morning monitoring system (everyone's appointments are actually in the schedule, they have printouts of what you're there for so no more confusion, and now you go downstairs for bloodwork for less shouting out random names and saying "they're in the back")