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[quote=Anonymous]We received treatment at SG for infertility through Kaiser.

I had seen my OB for preconception counseling as part of my regular check up, so he knew when we started trying.  Apart from that I don't know if they check if you've been refilling your birth control pills.

After a year of trying we saw my OB, who spoke to us about timing intercourse and ordered the day 3 blood tests (FSH, AMH, various other things) and the HSG which was done at a Kaiser facility.  This is a good thing as they will charge you less than SG for the same tests, or at least they did for us.  Once those results were in, he gave us a referral to SG.  Based on that I called and made an appointment for the consultation.  From there on out it was fairly straightforward.  There were a couple of additional tests that the SG RE ordered, and the only confusing thing about that is that some of them I got my blood drawn at SG and some of them I had to go to Kaiser to get my blood drawn.  The SG nurses will explain all of that - they are pretty familiar with how Kaiser works.  Once treatment starts, all the monitoring appointments including blood draws are at SG facilities.

Two warnings:
1. My experience with the financial counselors as SG is that the information they gave me was not consistent with what was in the Kaiser evidence of coverage.  Make sure to doublecheck everything they tell you with that evidence of coverage.
2. If you have a thyroid issue or other medical issue that you're being treated at Kaiser for, don't count on SG to be cognizant of that.  If you have hypothyroidism, make sure to work with Kaiser to keep your TSH below 2.5 during treatment, and get your TSH tested immediately once you get a positive pregnancy test.  Many doctors will immediately increase thyroid medication doses as soon as a woman learns she's pregnant because of increased thyroid demands in the first trimester.  SG won't necessarily warn you to stay on top of that.[/quote]

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