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Anonymous
| Trying to decide where to go for DE, anyone have recent experience at CFA, GIVF, DF, or SGF? |
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| We are using SGF and are happy with how it is going. |
Anonymous
| I have been contemplating DE and have done some research on most of the clinics you mention. General experiences, in my opinion, are not the best gauge when considering DE. Issues such as in-house donor pool selection, financial programs, SART stats, etc are more important given the expense financially and emotionally (esp if you have had OE failures) of moving on to DE. I found the doctor/clinic relationship very impt when I did OE, but that is the least of my concerns with DE - esp since you will spend so little time at the clinic with a DE cycle. I am way more concerned about the finances this time around and having resources to move on yet again to adoption if needed, that the financial programs such as shared risk/shared donor at SG or the frozen egg cycles at GIVF are my top priority. |
Anonymous
| Yeah, I think the pp makes some good points. I had success with vitrified DE at GIVF, but also think the shared risk programs at SG make a lot of sense, financially. |
Anonymous
| OP here, just to clarify I want to do donor egg, not donor embryo, didn't realize the acronym may be the same. We were considering SG because of the decrease cost if using a donor with one other couple but if we want all the eggs for us then it is way more expensive than Dominion fertility. My DH and I are looking long term if we share eggs then it's unlikely we will have embryos to transfer for a sibling and there's no way we want to do the whole process more than once. GIVF's egg freezing sounds interesting but that technology is relatively new and I can't find any stats on their success. Too many choices and different issues to consider. |
Anonymous
Given your post title, I think it's clear you were talking about Donor Egg. And, I am not aware of any of the local clinics dealing with donor embryo anyway. I do want to pass along advise that I was given by others about Donor Egg cycles and that is, Donor Egg is not a guarantee in any respects. Single recipient cycles don't always result in a pregnancy (sadly) or enough embryos for siblings in a lot of cases. You have to plan for the unexpected. I don't want to sound like a pessimist, but if you are banking on a one shot deal for a family financially, it very well may not work out that way. It's for that reason that I am considering shared risk. |
Anonymous
| I think it's really important to ask about what percentage of cycles have embryos to freeze, and how many. My understanding is that the average is only 40%, so for all the extra money you're paying for a single cycle, you might still not have a second chance in 60% of the cases. I agree with the previous poster that shared risk really mitigates the very really potential to end up with nothing. |
Anonymous
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Honestly, I think the donor is more important the the clinic. If you want enough embryos for a sibling from a single cycle, you really should be choosing a proven donor (preferably someone who's donated more than once) with a history of making lots of eggs and lots of pregnancies.
We did our donor cycle out of town, so I haven't used any of the local clinics but I'd pick one that gives you the maximum flexibility in choosing exactly the kind of donor I describe above. I'd also be more inclined to do a shared risk package than a split cycle. I know way too many women who thought eggs were their only problem and only realized after multiple DE failures, that they had other issues to deal with. That's an expensive lesson to learn. Good luck! It's a tough decision. |
Anonymous
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Agree with PPs about freezing and also about choosing a donor based on her cycle history. With a proven donor there is probably a greater chance of a pregnancy, but not guaranteed. I also agree that other issues may surface during a DE cycle that were not recognized when cycling with OE.
And, area clinics don't just freeze whatever embryos aren't transfered. They actually have picky freeze criteria, so you very well could go to transfer, get pregnant, and have nothing left over to freeze. Or, worse, get a BFN and have nothing for the freezer. |
Anonymous
| Do clinics keep percentages of how many DE cycles end up with quality embryos to freeze? I ask because my DH and are are considering SGF, but if we want to do a 1:1 cycle which costs 52K at SG compared to DF's 32K. I have two friends that cycled at SGF a 1:3 and a 1:2 the first ended up with no excess embryos and a BFN, and the latter a BFP but no excess embryos so if she wants DC#2 then she will have to do the whole thing again. I a consult with GIVF as well, so we can make the best decision possible so hopefully we will only have to do a fresh cycle ONCE. |
Anonymous
| Not sure that clinics have those stats on a per cycle basis. Also, just because there are quality in appearance does not mean that they will result in a pregnancy. In fact, even with vitrification, overall success rates with frozen embryos are lower than fresh. |
Anonymous
| Is the 52K at SG for an all-inclusive shared risk cycle? If not, that seems really high. |
Anonymous
| $52k is for the 1:1 all inclusive shared risk program |
Anonymous
| I think that's why most of their patients do the 2:1 or 3:1, but that increases your chances of needing more than one cycle. How much does GIVF charge for a 1;1 cycle? |
Anonymous
| The $52k is for shared risk, which gives you 6 tries for a live birth or you get your money back. It's not just for a 1:1 donor cycle, which is much, much cheaper. |