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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have severe mfi.  After several failed cycles, my shady grove re suggested doing half with my husband’s sperm and half with a donor.  We opted not to do that and decided to cycle out of state with ccrm.

For my ccrm cycled, I had 20 eggs retrieved, 9 mature, 5 fertilized.  It took them 45 minutes to find 5 good sperm. By day 6, I finally had 2 make it to blast.  They were grade 4BB and were PGS normal.  We froze them and transferred several months later.

We have healthy boy/girl twins from that cycle, and another from a previous cycle.

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OP here.  SG keeps telling my husband all is fine, but they may know that he's pretty uncomfortable with donor sperm.  Did you find CCRM to be all that different from SG?  I've heard their lab is very good, not that you can see that specifically.  E.g., did you do a different protocol?  I've consulted with Cornell, and thought about CCRM, but it's the Colorado clinic that has the great stats and going out there seemed daunting - of course, now it seems like it could be worth a try!

Also, thanks to other posters, too!  It's really helpful to hear about others' experiences.[/quote]

Hi there - there were certainly some differences between CCRM and SG.

Dr. Schoolcraft gave me much higher odds of success than SG.  Now, this is also based on the fact that we had had one healthy child together before (also IVF conceived through SG), so there's that.  But he was way more confident in our case.  He had my husband meet with a Urologist in CO, and he really didn't recommend anything different for my husband.  Just produce a fresh sample and do the cycle.  I was a little surprised/concerned - I mean, my husband produces 0-100 total with each cycle, so we had really low numbers to work with.

For my part, the differences were the little things.  Dr. Schoolcraft did all of my procedures (HSG, transfer, etc).  I think that helped.  They also have you lay for an hour after the transfer, and take a valium to relax you.  Then you have 2 days of bedrest.  And of course, there's the lab. But honestly, Dr. Schoolcraft is, in my opinion, top notch.  In our hearts, we knew that if it didn't work with him, that we had tried everything that we could and it would've been time to either move on or explore other options.

Good luck with whatever you choose to do.  I'm sorry you're in the situation, but don't give up hope.  Second opinions are ALWAYS worth it.  Schedule a call with them and see what they recommend.  The call is free. He absolutely changed our lives for the good, and we are so grateful for that.  Shady Grove is also excellent, but when they lost confidence in our situation, we decided to go a different route.

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