out of state IVFers, give me some advice!

[roselia]

Hello
I am 38 yr old with my age hormone , amh with male factor.
I failed a stimed cycle with dominion fertility with Dr.G. 8 retreived 5 mature 4 fertilized with icsi. they only do day 5 frozen transfer. 3 made to day 5 but only 1 hatching blastocyst (ABB) to do PGS. PGS test result is abnormal but not 100% abnormal so lab required retesting. Dr.G didn't recommend though. FRUSTRATING
I decide to go up to NY to see Dr. T in SIRM.
I am thinking about doing monitoring and bloodwork in SG locally. I have BCBS TX from work but I used most part of infertility coverage.
1) I wonder if SG bills my insurance for the monioring and bloodwork as infertility treatment or not. Anyone experienced, experiencing out of state IVF, please give me some heads up. How did you manage commuting and staying in NY?

2) I didn't know Dr. Wang back to NY. I don't know who I really need to see either Dr.T or Dr. Wang. Which Doc btw Dr. T and Dr. Wang and why?

3) What makes your egg quality great? any supplements suggestions?

Any info will be appreciated
Thank you

[Anonymous]

If you're going out of town I'd go Cornell or CCRM, not SIRM. IMHO.

[Anonymous]

CCRM now has a branch in NoVa.

[roselia]

CCRM in VA, I dont know much about Drs there. Any experiences?
Cornell, which doc? Dr. Davis? I read a couple of reviews of cornell. Some ladies were not happy how she was treated.
Thank you for the reponses!

[Anonymous]

I have had 3 IVF pregnancies (currently in 1 of them) with Dr. Jamie Grifo at NYU- he really truly is the BEST there is. Highly recommend.

[Anonymous]

roselia wrote:CCRM in VA, I dont know much about Drs there. Any experiences?
Cornell, which doc? Dr. Davis? I read a couple of reviews of cornell. Some ladies were not happy how she was treated.
Thank you for the reponses!

Dr. Davis is the best. Cornell doesn't hold your hand much so if you haven't cycled a lot before you may feel lost. In the end, they're one of the very best to get you pregnant so you can prioritize accordingly.

Might be worth trying CCRM though if they have a local office now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

roselia wrote:CCRM in VA, I dont know much about Drs there. Any experiences?
Cornell, which doc? Dr. Davis? I read a couple of reviews of cornell. Some ladies were not happy how she was treated.
Thank you for the reponses!

Dr. Davis is the best. Cornell doesn't hold your hand much so if you haven't cycled a lot before you may feel lost. In the end, they're one of the very best to get you pregnant so you can prioritize accordingly.

Might be worth trying CCRM though if they have a local office now.

Another vote for Dr. Davis. My wife did local monitoring with SG while working with him, but once you start getting close to retrieval they will want you in NY for monitoring since physicians do it at Cornell, not techs. This is one of the things that sets Cornell apart - tiny tweaks in your meds based on blood work and u/s.

[roselia]

Anonymous wrote:I have had 3 IVF pregnancies (currently in 1 of them) with Dr. Jamie Grifo at NYU- he really truly is the BEST there is. Highly recommend.

I read NYU Dr.Grifo is great as well. Thank you for recommendation

[roselia]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

roselia wrote:CCRM in VA, I dont know much about Drs there. Any experiences?
Cornell, which doc? Dr. Davis? I read a couple of reviews of cornell. Some ladies were not happy how she was treated.
Thank you for the reponses!

Dr. Davis is the best. Cornell doesn't hold your hand much so if you haven't cycled a lot before you may feel lost. In the end, they're one of the very best to get you pregnant so you can prioritize accordingly.

Might be worth trying CCRM though if they have a local office now.

Another vote for Dr. Davis. My wife did local monitoring with SG while working with him, but once you start getting close to retrieval they will want you in NY for monitoring since physicians do it at Cornell, not techs. This is one of the things that sets Cornell apart - tiny tweaks in your meds based on blood work and u/s.

Thank you for the response!
I scheduled consultation with cornell as well but I wanted to go SIRM because I read some ppl successful after cornell failed.
Most of people highly recommend cornell I will keep my consultanion with him!

[roselia]

Anonymous wrote:

roselia wrote:CCRM in VA, I dont know much about Drs there. Any experiences?
Cornell, which doc? Dr. Davis? I read a couple of reviews of cornell. Some ladies were not happy how she was treated.
Thank you for the reponses!

Dr. Davis is the best. Cornell doesn't hold your hand much so if you haven't cycled a lot before you may feel lost. In the end, they're one of the very best to get you pregnant so you can prioritize accordingly.

Might be worth trying CCRM though if they have a local office now.

I need a dr who let me have a baby not hold my hand I might feel lost if I do in Cornell.
I actually scheduled with Dr. Davis as well I am confused now !

[Anonymous]

roselia wrote:Hello
I am 38 yr old with my age hormone , amh with male factor.
I failed a stimed cycle with dominion fertility with Dr.G. 8 retreived 5 mature 4 fertilized with icsi. they only do day 5 frozen transfer. 3 made to day 5 but only 1 hatching blastocyst (ABB) to do PGS. PGS test result is abnormal but not 100% abnormal so lab required retesting. Dr.G didn't recommend though. FRUSTRATING
I decide to go up to NY to see Dr. T in SIRM.
I am thinking about doing monitoring and bloodwork in SG locally. I have BCBS TX from work but I used most part of infertility coverage.
1) I wonder if SG bills my insurance for the monioring and bloodwork as infertility treatment or not. Anyone experienced, experiencing out of state IVF, please give me some heads up. How did you manage commuting and staying in NY?

2) I didn't know Dr. Wang back to NY. I don't know who I really need to see either Dr.T or Dr. Wang. Which Doc btw Dr. T and Dr. Wang and why?

3) What makes your egg quality great? any supplements suggestions?

Any info will be appreciated
Thank you

I did CCRM when I lived in NYC but after 3 failed cycles and being out of network I switched to Dr. T at SIRM. I was local for the IVF and was successful with a single embryo transfer. I moved to DC and went back to him for my FET. I did monitoring at shady grove. I waited to buy train tickets and book hotel last minute until I was ready for transfer day. It was seamless. The office is very used to out of Towners. Shady grove was seamless too and would send reports to SIRM very fast.

[roselia]

Anonymous wrote:

roselia wrote:Hello
I am 38 yr old with my age hormone , amh with male factor.
I failed a stimed cycle with dominion fertility with Dr.G. 8 retreived 5 mature 4 fertilized with icsi. they only do day 5 frozen transfer. 3 made to day 5 but only 1 hatching blastocyst (ABB) to do PGS. PGS test result is abnormal but not 100% abnormal so lab required retesting. Dr.G didn't recommend though. FRUSTRATING
I decide to go up to NY to see Dr. T in SIRM.
I am thinking about doing monitoring and bloodwork in SG locally. I have BCBS TX from work but I used most part of infertility coverage.
1) I wonder if SG bills my insurance for the monioring and bloodwork as infertility treatment or not. Anyone experienced, experiencing out of state IVF, please give me some heads up. How did you manage commuting and staying in NY?

2) I didn't know Dr. Wang back to NY. I don't know who I really need to see either Dr.T or Dr. Wang. Which Doc btw Dr. T and Dr. Wang and why?

3) What makes your egg quality great? any supplements suggestions?

Any info will be appreciated
Thank you

I did CCRM when I lived in NYC but after 3 failed cycles and being out of network I switched to Dr. T at SIRM. I was local for the IVF and was successful with a single embryo transfer. I moved to DC and went back to him for my FET. I did monitoring at shady grove. I waited to buy train tickets and book hotel last minute until I was ready for transfer day. It was seamless. The office is very used to out of Towners. Shady grove was seamless too and would send reports to SIRM very fast.

Thank you for sharing your experience with Dr.T at SIRM
Do you like there? how's Dr.T?

[Anonymous]

roselia wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

roselia wrote:CCRM in VA, I dont know much about Drs there. Any experiences?
Cornell, which doc? Dr. Davis? I read a couple of reviews of cornell. Some ladies were not happy how she was treated.
Thank you for the reponses!

Dr. Davis is the best. Cornell doesn't hold your hand much so if you haven't cycled a lot before you may feel lost. In the end, they're one of the very best to get you pregnant so you can prioritize accordingly.

Might be worth trying CCRM though if they have a local office now.

Another vote for Dr. Davis. My wife did local monitoring with SG while working with him, but once you start getting close to retrieval they will want you in NY for monitoring since physicians do it at Cornell, not techs. This is one of the things that sets Cornell apart - tiny tweaks in your meds based on blood work and u/s.

Thank you for the response!
I scheduled consultation with cornell as well but I wanted to go SIRM because I read some ppl successful after cornell failed.
Most of people highly recommend cornell I will keep my consultanion with him!

PP here. You're probably aware the the consult alone is expensive unless your insurance covers it (ours didn't at the time). DW and I sat in her car during her lunch break for over an hour talking with Dr. Davis during her consult. I transcribed notes (he is a FAST talker so I'd recommend audio recording if you go in person or having someone transcribe if possible). He had spent time familiarizing himself with her records and immediately suggested things that SG never even thought to suggest (day 3 fresh transfer, co-culture, etc.). Keep in mind that Cornell's stats may not be as great because they don't cherry pick - they take a lot of older women on, and lots of harder cases. For what it's worth, she did 4 cycles with Cornell, got pregnant during 3 of those cycles, lost 2 (one was chromosomally abnormal, one normal) and is currently 18 weeks with a healthy baby boy. But I have to give credit to Dr. Braverman also, because after the losses we thought there was something else going on. Could be that the immune drugs were really necessary, could be that she just lucked out with one good embryo. But one is all it takes.

[roselia]

Anonymous wrote:

roselia wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

roselia wrote:CCRM in VA, I dont know much about Drs there. Any experiences?
Cornell, which doc? Dr. Davis? I read a couple of reviews of cornell. Some ladies were not happy how she was treated.
Thank you for the reponses!

Dr. Davis is the best. Cornell doesn't hold your hand much so if you haven't cycled a lot before you may feel lost. In the end, they're one of the very best to get you pregnant so you can prioritize accordingly.

Might be worth trying CCRM though if they have a local office now.

Another vote for Dr. Davis. My wife did local monitoring with SG while working with him, but once you start getting close to retrieval they will want you in NY for monitoring since physicians do it at Cornell, not techs. This is one of the things that sets Cornell apart - tiny tweaks in your meds based on blood work and u/s.

Thank you for the response!
I scheduled consultation with cornell as well but I wanted to go SIRM because I read some ppl successful after cornell failed.
Most of people highly recommend cornell I will keep my consultanion with him!

PP here. You're probably aware the the consult alone is expensive unless your insurance covers it (ours didn't at the time). DW and I sat in her car during her lunch break for over an hour talking with Dr. Davis during her consult. I transcribed notes (he is a FAST talker so I'd recommend audio recording if you go in person or having someone transcribe if possible). He had spent time familiarizing himself with her records and immediately suggested things that SG never even thought to suggest (day 3 fresh transfer, co-culture, etc.). Keep in mind that Cornell's stats may not be as great because they don't cherry pick - they take a lot of older women on, and lots of harder cases. For what it's worth, she did 4 cycles with Cornell, got pregnant during 3 of those cycles, lost 2 (one was chromosomally abnormal, one normal) and is currently 18 weeks with a healthy baby boy. But I have to give credit to Dr. Braverman also, because after the losses we thought there was something else going on. Could be that the immune drugs were really necessary, could be that she just lucked out with one good embryo. But one is all it takes.

congrats on sucess! I really appreciate your all advice , especially on audio recording! I am from other country. I wish my DH as enthusiastic, knowledgeable as you are for searching IVF clinic!
May I ask what does IVF in cornell cost you roughly for 1 cycle?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

roselia wrote:Hello
I am 38 yr old with my age hormone , amh with male factor.
I failed a stimed cycle with dominion fertility with Dr.G. 8 retreived 5 mature 4 fertilized with icsi. they only do day 5 frozen transfer. 3 made to day 5 but only 1 hatching blastocyst (ABB) to do PGS. PGS test result is abnormal but not 100% abnormal so lab required retesting. Dr.G didn't recommend though. FRUSTRATING
I decide to go up to NY to see Dr. T in SIRM.
I am thinking about doing monitoring and bloodwork in SG locally. I have BCBS TX from work but I used most part of infertility coverage.
1) I wonder if SG bills my insurance for the monioring and bloodwork as infertility treatment or not. Anyone experienced, experiencing out of state IVF, please give me some heads up. How did you manage commuting and staying in NY?

2) I didn't know Dr. Wang back to NY. I don't know who I really need to see either Dr.T or Dr. Wang. Which Doc btw Dr. T and Dr. Wang and why?

3) What makes your egg quality great? any supplements suggestions?

Any info will be appreciated
Thank you

I did CCRM when I lived in NYC but after 3 failed cycles and being out of network I switched to Dr. T at SIRM. I was local for the IVF and was successful with a single embryo transfer. I moved to DC and went back to him for my FET. I did monitoring at shady grove. I waited to buy train tickets and book hotel last minute until I was ready for transfer day. It was seamless. The office is very used to out of Towners. Shady grove was seamless too and would send reports to SIRM very fast.

Why did you do CCRM if you were in NYC? Do they have a NYC location now?