Shady Grove or CCRM VA (and doctor recs) for egg or embroyo freezing (suspected Endo)?

[Anonymous]

Has anyone done the egg freezing or embryo freezing process at either clinic? I am in my upper 20s and not ready to conceive, but want to freeze eggs or embroyos now for potential future use, as I have suspected endometriosis and we would like to have 3-4 kids (but not ready to start trying for a few years when I am in my 30s). My parents had trouble conceiving and I am actually an IVF baby, so would like to get ahead of everything as much as I can (have full coverage via work Progyny or would wait).

Hoping to go to a female doctor with good bedside manner who will not judge me for freezing eggs or embroyos ahead of time.

[Anonymous]

Embryos freeze better than eggs. If you have a partner I would do that. It won’t cost that much more than freezing eggs since you’ll be paying for the same meds and procedures.
I left SG a 3 years ago but we had a good experience with Dr. Jeanne O’Brien at the Rockville location.

[Anonymous]

I froze my eggs with Dr. Nair at SGF, K St, and had a good experience.

May I ask where you work? I want to work there and get those benefits!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I froze my eggs with Dr. Nair at SGF, K St, and had a good experience.

May I ask where you work? I want to work there and get those benefits!

OP here - check out big tech companies! Most use Progyny and have great benefits all around. Googled and looks like Starbucks, Bank of America, and AT&T haave similar benefits too via the same provider

[Anonymous]

No offense, but unless you believe that you'll have 100K+ for a surrogate I would be having kids now and not waiting. Endo is pretty serious and absolutely can kill your chances of having a baby.

[Anonymous]

Also to reiterate, freezing eggs won't solve your endo issue down the road. Plus if you want 3-4 kids I wouldn't recommend starting in your 30s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Also to reiterate, freezing eggs won't solve your endo issue down the road. Plus if you want 3-4 kids I wouldn't recommend starting in your 30s.

OP here - I have heard that if endo progresses it impacts your egg quality to? That is the main reason I would want to use eggs now vs later. I would absolutely want to carry our pregnancies, but will use a surrogate if that is the only option (and yes I know how much it costs), but we would probably try for 2 in that case.

[Anonymous]

Hi OP, I’m based in NY and also have suspected endometriosis. I had trouble conceiving, but never had the laparoscopy to confirm endo because my doctors said it could possibly damage ovarian reserve (if they removed lesions from ovaries) and IVF has a high success rate with endometriosis. My husband has lowish morphology which was also possibly a factor.

It’s good you’re getting ahead of it. I started trying to conceive at 27 to no avail, three failed IUIs and ended up conceiving my first child right before I was going to start IVF. I needed IVf to conceive our second second child three years later. The good news was that because of our ages, IVF was successful and we had pretty decent quality and quantity of eggs and embryos. I would do a round of IVF and see what it yields for you- if you have decent quality and quantity, you could wait, but conceiving is so unpredictable with endometriosis. Best of luck to you

[Anonymous]

Ha, OP! No one at SG is going to judge you. They deal with all kinds of situations. As long as you can pay you’re welcome.

[Anonymous]

Freezing your eggs is such a smart move! You may want to consider endometriosis excision surgery after you freeze your eggs or before you have the embryos transferred. For me and for many it made a world of difference for IVF success. You’ll want to make sure you do this with an endo expert. Check out Nancy’s Nook for resources.

[Anonymous]

I have done numerous cycles at Shady Grove in Rockville and am starting with CCRM next month. Shady Grove feels more like a factory, but the CCRM NOVA location seems pretty understaffed (read- longer wait times and harder to get in touch with a nurse). Doctors in both places are experienced though CCRM seems a bit more “experimental.”

It is good that you are planning in advance and recognize that waiting to try to get pregnant may mean fewer kids. There are exceptions to every rule but age is the enemy of fertility.

And definitely freeze blastocysts. There are such big steps between an egg and an blastocyst (is the egg mature? Does it fertilize? Does it grow to a day 5 or 6 blastocyst?) and it makes sense to know those numbers now as opposed to later.

Good luck!!