Good RE for older women

[Anonymous]

Have consult with Cornell/Davis next week. Have done 5 unsuccesful cycles locally. Age 42.

What should I be asking during the consult?

[Anonymous]

Ask him what he would do differently, if anything.

I am a current Davis patient, and I find him very thorough. He will have reviewed your chart before you speak and, in my experience, will be honest about the different options and the chance for success with each option.

He will likely recommend day 3 fresh transfers over day 5, particularly if you have been a poor responder.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

I had a 2 kids with Shady Grove at 42 and 43. I was told i could have another at 45 pending a EKG and the normal tests for embryo transfer. Dr said they could work with me until 50 if i wanted.

[Anonymous]

Dr. Abassi was really terrible for me. Wasted a lot of my time...I had endometriosis, which I suspected, and she sent me on a months long goose chase because she didn't believe me. She also would routinely make is wait for hours at one location, bc she had to do something at the other location, with no advanced notice. One of these times we were waiting for an IUI transfer and the office left things sitting out for almost 3 hours. Her treatment almost felt abusive given what we go through trying to conceive. Even if she was great the billing office will add a huge amount of unnecessary stress.

I DID have success at 42 at Dominion Fertility with Dr. Gordon, but he is no longer there. I am surprised that no one has mentioned looking at them though. For my first child we used an out of town clinic and monitored here. It wasn't awful and we also have fond memories of the forced travel. We just decided nothing was more important and went for it. I would have been ok to adopt number 2 if things didn't work out so we stayed local for that one.

It sucks but I hope will be worth it in the end.

[Anonymous]

Sgf especially if you’re open to donor eggs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Abassi was really terrible for me. Wasted a lot of my time...I had endometriosis, which I suspected, and she sent me on a months long goose chase because she didn't believe me. She also would routinely make is wait for hours at one location, bc she had to do something at the other location, with no advanced notice. One of these times we were waiting for an IUI transfer and the office left things sitting out for almost 3 hours. Her treatment almost felt abusive given what we go through trying to conceive. Even if she was great the billing office will add a huge amount of unnecessary stress.

I DID have success at 42 at Dominion Fertility with Dr. Gordon, but he is no longer there. I am surprised that no one has mentioned looking at them though. For my first child we used an out of town clinic and monitored here. It wasn't awful and we also have fond memories of the forced travel. We just decided nothing was more important and went for it. I would have been ok to adopt number 2 if things didn't work out so we stayed local for that one.

It sucks but I hope will be worth it in the end.

Can you share the out of town clinic or other drs that know how to deal with endometriosis?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Abassi was really terrible for me. Wasted a lot of my time...I had endometriosis, which I suspected, and she sent me on a months long goose chase because she didn't believe me. She also would routinely make is wait for hours at one location, bc she had to do something at the other location, with no advanced notice. One of these times we were waiting for an IUI transfer and the office left things sitting out for almost 3 hours. Her treatment almost felt abusive given what we go through trying to conceive. Even if she was great the billing office will add a huge amount of unnecessary stress.

I DID have success at 42 at Dominion Fertility with Dr. Gordon, but he is no longer there. I am surprised that no one has mentioned looking at them though. For my first child we used an out of town clinic and monitored here. It wasn't awful and we also have fond memories of the forced travel. We just decided nothing was more important and went for it. I would have been ok to adopt number 2 if things didn't work out so we stayed local for that one.

It sucks but I hope will be worth it in the end.

Can you share the out of town clinic or other drs that know how to deal with endometriosis?

I'm not sure that any of them where experts in endometriosis. I did move from Dr. Abassi to Dr. Sacks and he agreed to move forward with a laparoscopy and the endometriosis was on both ovaries and removed (for a while anyway). On a family members urging we had a consult with Dr. Robin Poe-Zeigler at then New Hope fertility in Va. Beach. Now it's CCRM fertility but Dr. Robin is still there. She told me more about my fertility in 20 minutes than my Columbia Fertility doctors had in 1 & 1/2 years AND she was very encouraging about my chances and explained why. And we needed that badly! (We talked to all of the clinics here and went to Shady Grove briefly.) It was an entirely different world. Punctual, supportive. I could call after hours if needed. For us it was the right spot.

[Anonymous]

Hi, can you just book a consult with Dr Poe Zeigler? Did you start seeing her for treatment? Looking for alternatives to CFA

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

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