IVF SG/Dominion

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know if SG does ICSI w/every IVF cycle, or is this on a case by case basis? Had a visit w/Dr. Gordon today and he mentioned they take half of your eggs and put them w/the sperm and the other 1/2 they perform ICSI, and see which make the best embryos. just wanted to see if this was standard practice elsewhere (I'm not really big on doing ICSI if I don't have to).

Also, anyone know if SG do a minimal stimulation IVF?

[Anonymous]

I can't answer your Q about minimal stimulation, but I know that Dr Widra at SH recommended against ICSI for us (at least with the first round of IVF -- obviously that would change if none of the sperm were successful). GW had recommended ICSI to us and Dr Widra said he doesn't like to do it unless there is a compelling reason. DH's sperm is OK (not great) and we have 3 failed IUIs with Clomid. The no ICSI recommendation is one of the reasons we switched to SG.

[Anonymous]

Unless there is a specific reason to have ICSI, SG doesn't seem to do it routinely. I know they didn't even mention it to us, b/c there wasn't a reason for it. However, if my husband had a low sperm count, it would have made sense to do it. Why did the Doctor tell you that you needed it?

[Anonymous]

OP here. No...my husband's sperm count has been 150-300M pre-wash, consistently throughout several IUI's (and a baseline study before that). I think it might just be the practice at Dominion, in case the sperm that are not done w/ICSI don't produce good embryos, then at least you have some left in that cycle.

[Anonymous]

We just did IVF with SGF and they did not tell us that ICSI was used. So I believe they only use it if necessary.....

[Anonymous]

It is your cycle and you are paying for it. I would say no matter where you go, if you don't want to do ICSI, don't do ICSI. For us it was not a choice given that we have severe MFI, but if I did not have to do I would definitely save myself the $2K.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks, I agree. I was getting all worried about this, then I realized, I should just tell them I don't want ICSI and be done with it. Probably a better thing for our situation, since we have no male issues.