Places for IVF monitoring?

[Anonymous]

I've just moved back to this area after a few years away. I need to have just ultrasound and bloodwork done for an IVF cycle. (For the actual IVF transfer, I'm going back to the city where I was living. Those embryos have already been moved too much).

Anyway, I don't want to go back to Shady Grove where I was previously a patient. For just a few ultrasounds and blood draws, they want to charge me a fortune. Since they already have about $80K from me from years past, I kinda think they should have given me a break on this but no.

Does anyone have experience with Quest for doing IVF blood draws? I assume that they could do the bloodwork.

And is there such a thing as a place to go for ultrasounds (for a baseline ultrasound and possibly 2 uterine lining checks)? I'll be able to provide the prescriptions (or whatever they're called) from my IVF doctor for this monitoring.

Many thanks for your help.

[Anonymous]

Try Dr. Preston Sacks at Columbia Fertility downtown. He has monitored in the past for various doctors in NYC and NJ (and did so for me -- he is absolutely fantastic with the best bedside manner). I would start by having your RE call him directly, if he is with one of the big practice groups, he likely already knows Dr. Sacks.