Anita Nair at Shady Grove?

[Anonymous]

Any experiences with her? Thinking of switching, but it's a bit of an expense so this time I want to do my homework.

[Anonymous]

I've only seen her a couple of times when my regular doc (Widra) was unavailable. Found her a bit annoying the first time and OK the second. I preferred Widra, who I admit can be a bit of an odd duck personality-wise, but that could be due to the fact that I've worked with him for a long time and know his quirks.

[Anonymous]

I saw Dr. Osborn at Shady Grove, but saw Widra for at least 1/2 of my monitoring visits, and Dr. Nair at least once. Thought she was fine -- no strong opinions either way. Regardless of which doc you pic, you'll see whoever is there and on duty for monitoring appts, especially the weekend visits in Rockville so I found it as important that I liked the office staff and location.

[Anonymous]

I have been with Dr. Nair at SG for over a year. Honestly, I have mixed opinions. Early on I was really frustrated with her and found her bedside manner to be somewhat patronizing. There was a time that I really wanted to switch to Dr. Widra - as an aside, every interaction I've had with him has been great. He is not warm and fuzzy but he has a no-nonsense frankness that I really appreciate.

But, I stuck with Nair and am glad that I did. She has gone above and beyond to accommodate our needs. She has also been incredibly patient with us and allowed us to try multiple TI and IUI cycles even after she advised us to move on to IVF.

Bottom line, it can be difficult to switch doctors within a practice so it is important to put some thought into the choice. Everyone has a unique experience but I have been happy with SG and think either Dr. Nair or Dr. Widra would be a good choice.

[Anonymous]

Among the 3 REs in the DC office, I liked Osborn the best.

[Anonymous]

I'd go with Widra or Osborn -- they have a lot more experience.

[Anonymous]

OP here, I met with her and loved her! Right now I'm doing natural IUI, and I'm fine sticking with her if we move to Clomid/trigger.

I was immediately at ease, SOOoooo different from the last doctor.

Sticking with her, for me, the bedside manner matters a lot in this process, though I would have thought it was not as important. The last doctor was so bad that the stress of dealling with him would have completely undermined the process.

She was straightforward, calm, happy to give me the information but let me make the decisions based on that.

And Shady Grove is organized and the staff was much more professional too.

[Anonymous]

Glad you liked her -- good luck!!!!

[Anonymous]

She was my RE at Shady Grove... I liked her and had good luck with my cycle. Hope you do too!

[Anonymous]

Glad you liked her. Now I'm curious about the doc you switched from, but don't want to start a Shady Grove vs. Dominion Fertility argument thread if you happened to switch from DF.

[Anonymous]

No I switched from CFA. And had I done a search on this forum about the doctor I left, I'd have found posts, mostly 1-2 years ago, from people who also hated him and had a similar bad experience.

But I have put it past me so if anyone posts about him specifically, I'll answer but I am not going to go out of my way to badmouth him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have been with Dr. Nair at SG for over a year. Honestly, I have mixed opinions. Early on I was really frustrated with her and found her bedside manner to be somewhat patronizing. There was a time that I really wanted to switch to Dr. Widra - as an aside, every interaction I've had with him has been great. He is not warm and fuzzy but he has a no-nonsense frankness that I really appreciate.

But, I stuck with Nair and am glad that I did. She has gone above and beyond to accommodate our needs. She has also been incredibly patient with us and allowed us to try multiple TI and IUI cycles even after she advised us to move on to IVF.

Bottom line, it can be difficult to switch doctors within a practice so it is important to put some thought into the choice. Everyone has a unique experience but I have been happy with SG and think either Dr. Nair or Dr. Widra would be a good choice.

I actually liked Dr. Nair at first but she gave me a protocol that makes no sense for my age and circumstances, and wasted a cycle, not to mention money. Also, she was not really willing to answer questions "you have to trust me" was what I'd hear after one or two questions--for the thousands of dollars I was spending, that was not good enough for me.

Widra is fabulous, always answers questions patiently. I would recommend switching to him. I did and received absolutely no trouble from SG.

[Anonymous]

Like a prior poster, I found Dr. Nair to very patronizing. DH and I finally had enough and switched. I always felt like she was following a script and that she treated me like I was a silly jr. high school girl.

[Anonymous]

She doesn't know what she's doing, and I don't think she reads patients' charts--on a 3 day baseline ultrasound she asked what medication I was on, I told her I hadn't taken any medication yet. . . I would work with someone who will pay attention to your case.

[Anonymous]

We're using her, and she's ok. We had someone else at Shady Grove for our first (Browne), who I thought was better, actually. The nurse we had for the first time was so horrible, though, we didn't even want to risk getting that nurse again. She made me cry several times, and when we wanted to do timed intercourse instead of IUI, she basically told me we obviously didn't want kids because it was stupid to go that route. (worked out just fine, actually, and much better for my husband emotionally.)

For #2, Nair is just using the protocol I used successfully for # 1. I will agree with PP, she definitely wasted a cycle, and she doesn't seem to appreciate the expense and emotional outlay the whole experience requires.