Egg freezing - second time trying- at loss trying to find best course of action

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:She said her stats were fine so doesn’t sound like dor to me but I’m no expert - why not see if you qualify for Assure at Shady Grove, try for better outcomes. If it’s not happening, then you reassess. Talk of donor eggs at this stage is just premature.

There is talk of donor sperm as she has no partner. You probably shouldn't weigh in unless you can follow the conversation.

Actually she initially said she hadn’t been planning to use donor sperm. A pp was encouraging it and I simply pointed out that she didn’t need to necessarily make that choice now. Most 35 yo women are freezing their eggs in the hopes that down the road they may be paired off and in a better position to have kids using their own eggs and a future partner’s sperm.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Worth checking out the Assure program at Shady Grove for sure. And no reason to rush into donor sperm - and definitely not donor eggs. What an odd suggestion. Try to freeze 20 eggs and then reassess in a couple years where you are on the partnering path. You’re young enough to take this one step at a time.

If she gets 4 eggs per cycle you're telling her to do 4 more cycles. Have you considered the possibility that maybe she doesn't have that much $$$?

Uhh/ that’s how the Assure program works. A flat fee for 20 eggs or 4 cycles.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP again.
I did some research, the Shady Grove Assurance program is priced at $13300. So if I do 2/3/4 cycles, it comes to $6650/4433/3325 per cycle.
This cost is not something I can pay in one payment. I can consider financing but it

The EggSafe program at Virginia Fertility is priced at $10000. For a moment I was excited as it seemed to be the best option, but sadly they don't accept outside monitoring patients, and I can't drive 2 hours to Virginia to reach there at 8am in the morning.

The cost of drugs for 4 rounds also really adds up.

I suppose my first step is to discuss the adjustments to medications that I can make on the next round. I heard that some people respond better to less meds so I might discuss mini stim with the doctor as a possibility.

I don't mean to be mean, but the average prenatal appt is often that long, if you are high risk and need ultrasound with your appt and you are seeing a MFM, you can add an hour or two. I'm not in DC, but the hospital where I had to go bad a 15 min late cancellation policy, heavy downtown traffic with parking struggles so I left with 45 min to spare (in addition to the one hour drive). In other words, welcome to assisted fertility and parenthood!!!!!

To me this is totally different. When you are pregnant you aren't typically going in 2-3 times a week and you often have shared information that you are pregnant with your job so its easier to take time off.

If you have a complicated pregnancy you can be in for BPP ultrasounds twice a week or even on bedrest for weeks/months

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP again.
I did some research, the Shady Grove Assurance program is priced at $13300. So if I do 2/3/4 cycles, it comes to $6650/4433/3325 per cycle.
This cost is not something I can pay in one payment. I can consider financing but it

The EggSafe program at Virginia Fertility is priced at $10000. For a moment I was excited as it seemed to be the best option, but sadly they don't accept outside monitoring patients, and I can't drive 2 hours to Virginia to reach there at 8am in the morning.

The cost of drugs for 4 rounds also really adds up.

I suppose my first step is to discuss the adjustments to medications that I can make on the next round. I heard that some people respond better to less meds so I might discuss mini stim with the doctor as a possibility.

I don't mean to be mean, but the average prenatal appt is often that long, if you are high risk and need ultrasound with your appt and you are seeing a MFM, you can add an hour or two. I'm not in DC, but the hospital where I had to go bad a 15 min late cancellation policy, heavy downtown traffic with parking struggles so I left with 45 min to spare (in addition to the one hour drive). In other words, welcome to assisted fertility and parenthood!!!!!

To me this is totally different. When you are pregnant you aren't typically going in 2-3 times a week and you often have shared information that you are pregnant with your job so its easier to take time off.

If you have a complicated pregnancy you can be in for BPP ultrasounds twice a week or even on bedrest for weeks/months

mine wasn't even THAT complicated-- had GD and iui pregnancy, under 40, and still had multiple times a week bpp ultrasounds (though honestly was thankful for any chance to see the baby!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Worth checking out the Assure program at Shady Grove for sure. And no reason to rush into donor sperm - and definitely not donor eggs. What an odd suggestion. Try to freeze 20 eggs and then reassess in a couple years where you are on the partnering path. You’re young enough to take this one step at a time.

If she gets 4 eggs per cycle you're telling her to do 4 more cycles. Have you considered the possibility that maybe she doesn't have that much $$$?

Uhh/ that’s how the Assure program works. A flat fee for 20 eggs or 4 cycles.

She was looking to spend $8k or less - there is no flat fee program that is going to do it for that price

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi,
I paid 5900 USD for the egg freezing package, approx 800 for the anesthesia and related costs for transportation, and approx. 4000 for drugs.
I had done preliminary tests a couple months ago separately in another city so I did not need to do them with Washington Fertility.
I would never pay 15000 USD for one cycle of egg freezing.

CNY's egg freezing package is 2999 USD.
If I were to stay in DC to do remote monitoring, I would like to find a place that does remote monitoring at the lowest cost.
I inquired with CCRM but they do not provide remote monitoring.
I am now trying to find out the cost of Shady Grove's remote monitoring process (if they do offer it).
One of my problems is I have yet to find a place in DC that offers remote monitoring for CNY Fertility at all.

Alternatively I would like to find a clinic in DC that provides a less costly egg freezing package.

Thank you and let me know any thoughts.

I’ve done 2 ER with CNY and did remote monitoring at Washington Radiology and Labcorp (I liked the Bethesda location since they were in the same building and available last minute typically and easy parking).

[Anonymous]

How much was an ultrasound At Washington Radiology?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here.
I am now also considering the Assure Fertility program - "Assure 20: People with a favorable ovarian reserve and the ability to freeze eggs by age 41 can complete up to 4 egg freezing cycles or reach 20 mature eggs, whichever comes first. Should a patient reach 20 mature eggs or wish to discontinue egg freezing cycles following their first cycle, we’ll issue a partial refund."

It seems like a viable option for someone with low egg counts. Does anyone have experience with these programs in Shady Grove or Virginia Fertility?
https://www.shadygrovefertility.com/egg-freezing-costs/
https://www.vafertility.com/egg-banking-costs/

Thank you

I did this program about six or seven years ago and hit the 20 eggs in two cycles. Then I got pregnant naturally and never needed them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP again.
I did some research, the Shady Grove Assurance program is priced at $13300. So if I do 2/3/4 cycles, it comes to $6650/4433/3325 per cycle.
This cost is not something I can pay in one payment. I can consider financing but it

The EggSafe program at Virginia Fertility is priced at $10000. For a moment I was excited as it seemed to be the best option, but sadly they don't accept outside monitoring patients, and I can't drive 2 hours to Virginia to reach there at 8am in the morning.

The cost of drugs for 4 rounds also really adds up.

I suppose my first step is to discuss the adjustments to medications that I can make on the next round. I heard that some people respond better to less meds so I might discuss mini stim with the doctor as a possibility.

I don't mean to be mean, but the average prenatal appt is often that long, if you are high risk and need ultrasound with your appt and you are seeing a MFM, you can add an hour or two. I'm not in DC, but the hospital where I had to go bad a 15 min late cancellation policy, heavy downtown traffic with parking struggles so I left with 45 min to spare (in addition to the one hour drive). In other words, welcome to assisted fertility and parenthood!!!!!

And childcare costs well more than 13k a year

This is always such a dumb and worthless argument. People in DC clamor to get their three year old into public K so they don’t have to pay for childcare. Why would someone justify paying the equivalent of that years before they need it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How old are you and why are you freezing your eggs?

I have been through the infertility wringer and I ended up using donor eggs. If I could give my younger self some advice it would be to save my money and go right to donor eggs.

I have three amazing kids. One round of donor egg retrieval. Second and third kid from frozen embryos. Donor was 21 and her eggs were fantastic. I am so thankful for her.

I'm 35 now.
If using donor eggs, will the child have my DNA? I did read that the womb influences the baby's development. There are so many options out there it's confusing..

The womb does influence development and may make epigenetic changes but the child won't have your DNA.

TBH I would recommend creating embryos - that will give you a much better sense of a) quality of your eggs b) success rates (3 euploid embryos - barring uterine or immune problems is like a 95% success rate for live birth, 2 euploid 80%, and 1 50% success) which will also help determine how many cycles you need to do for future success