PCP recommendation for MDIPA?

[Anonymous]

We just moved to DC and in need of a good IVF friendly PCP. Prefer someone in DC.

[Anonymous]

After some issues with a private practice, I switched to GW MFA. They will assign you a PCP who is accepting new patients, but you will see a resident and whoever is the attending on call. It's really easy to get in, and they have daily urgent care for patients. If you see a specialist at GW, including RE, it's also very easy to get a referral (which is otherwise a PITA with MDIPA).

[Anonymous]

One caveat about GW - if you don't take the metro, driving there is stressful and parking is either difficult to find (street) or outrageously expensive ($15/two hours in garage). I'd also suspect that choosing GW for your PCP might limit you to GW for your RE. You might want to be sure to preserve your free choice of clinics. I'm not sure why PP says it would be pain in the ass to get a referral to an RE from your PCP. I have not had that experience.

Also remember that the state your PCP is in determines which radiology facility you have to go to. When you get pregnant, you will have to get your ultrasounds there, so it matters. If your PCP is in MD, you will be bound to Community Radiology, which I don't recommend. I actually switched to a PCP in DC just so I could go to Washington Radiology, which is much, much better.

Sorry I don't have a recommendation, as I have actually not seen my DC PCP yet.

[Anonymous]

FWIW, using GW docs for PCP does not limit you to using GW for IF treatment.

I find MDIPA to be a PITA for referrals because there are often things related to treatment by a specialist that require a referral by your PCP. One unfortunate case is m/c after ART (which I had to go through). Even though I was early in my pregnancy and still under my RE's care, I needed a referral from my PCP for a d&c after my pregnancy had stopped progressing. Some PCP's will refuse to give you a referral for something they haven't seen you for unless you make an appointment...even if it's related to something they have given you a referral for and/or something they obviously can't treat you for (e.g. a missed miscarriage when they are a GP). I suspect this has something to do with wanting to make more money off of patients coming in. I have found that GW is less motivated by this.