Shady Grove and older women?

[Anonymous]

Is it true that Shady Grove does not favor older women? In other words, they like nice, clean, simple cases and generally are most responsive to the 30-37 year old set? How do those in their 40's feel about Shady Grove; their approach, their success rates in comparison to other local clinics etc. TIA.

[Anonymous]

My doc told me the average age of her patients is 38, so I assume she has patients in their 40's.

I'm 39 and she was optimistic about my chances and did not give me the feeling I was "too old."

However, SG is pretty cookie-cutter so I don't know how innovative they are with 40+ yr olds.

[Anonymous]

I am 41 and have been treated great. I don't see them as favoring younger women at all. I got pregnant at 40 and will going back for #2.

[Anonymous]

I'm 42 and have not experienced any feeling that SG disfavors older patients. This is my first IVF cycle (after IUIs at another clinic), so can't comment yet on success rate. However, I may not be a "hard case" - already have one child and have typically responded well to the drugs - just no luck with the IUI.

[Anonymous]

got pg at 42 at SG - first ivf- failed 4 iuis- i was treated well.. dominion kept pushing donor eggs when i was ttc DC1 and was 37.. never got any of that negative attitude from sg - very happy.. (DC is 2 now)

[Anonymous]

I got pregnant with twins at age 41 at SG. I had two IVF's with them at age 40 -- one cancelled cycle and one miscarriage. I was a little leary about the third try, but my Dr. and husband were for it and it worked!

My doc was proactive and changed my protocol after the cancelled cycle. I felt like they really did everything they could to give me my best shot.

In our case, we already had a child (via IVF -- that time on my 4th cycle), and just wanted to expand our family. Donor eggs were never mentioned.

[Anonymous]

I got pregnant with donor egg on first cycle. I am in my 40s.

[Anonymous]

thanks -- for all of you who had good experiences and success in your 40's with SG -- who was your doc? my issue seems to be old eggs -- nothing else. i have a child, conceived naturally at 37, am now almost 42.

[Anonymous]

i'm the pg at 42 (and 2 yr old now)- dr greenhouse- highly recommend..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:thanks -- for all of you who had good experiences and success in your 40's with SG -- who was your doc? my issue seems to be old eggs -- nothing else. i have a child, conceived naturally at 37, am now almost 42.

Dr Osborn

[Anonymous]

I second Dr. Osborn. She is wonderful - empathetic, a good listener. I would really recommend going with a female doctor. However, I am not crazy about Dr. Nair, with whom I've had some contact at Shady Grove. I would avoid Dr. Stillman (male). Apparently a great doc, but not so stellar on a personal level. Dr. Widra (also male) seems great, but have not had a lot of contact.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

For another female dr recommendation, I like Dr. Browne at Fair Oaks a lot on a personal level.

I have only had one cycle so far and it was cancelled (overstimmed for IUI, too many follicles) so my overall experience has been somewhat disappointing to date, but I generally like Dr. Browne.

I've had one conversation with Dr. Widra and I liked him too - he was easy to talk to, etc. I also really like Dr. Greenhouse - had one u/s with him and he was great.

[Anonymous]

I used Dr. Greenhouse.

[Anonymous]

I didn't feel SG was good for older woman, I was 38 and they cancelled my IVF cycle because I was a low responder, I went to Cornell and got pregnant on the first try with basically the same response to the medications. If you are truly a difficult case I would steer clear of SG.

[Anonymous]

Stay away from Dr. Nair. She isn't very professional, is a bad listener and, generally, doesn't make you feel like she's paying much attention.