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[quote=Anonymous]Hi all, 
Just wanted to share my experiences with IF treatment. I am DC based, in my early 40's, and have DOR. I have done 2 IUI, 2 IVF, and 2 FET cycles at Shady Grove off and on over the past five years. My second IVF was successful and I have a DD who is 3.  Our FET's were more recent (2018), and after the second failed one and because of AMA and DOR, Widra said I wouldn't be a good candidate for IVF and that I should consider DE. I researched other clinics and Dr Davis at Weill Cornell has a higher success rate for my age/condition, so we decided to do an IVF cycle there. I'm in my 2ww for a 3day transfer. I wanted to share my reflections of the experience in case it's helpful to anyone.

-the doctor's at Cornell are far more hands on. There is always a doctor to do the ultrasounds for monitoring, and their ultrasound machines seem more advanced. At shady grove, the only time I saw a doctor was on egg retrieval or embryo transfer days. I assumed this was the norm, but I got so much more interaction with doctors at Cornell.
-Cornell adjusted my protocol several times during stimming. My two cycles at Shady Grove were different protocols, but they didn't make any adjustments during each cycle.
-Cornell checks your blood often, like almost every day before retrieval, including day after trigger day
-Cornell put me on prednisone and z pac after retrieval and before transfer and they do a test before transfer called a sounding where they measure your uterus for optimal placement of the embryo during transfer.
-doing an IVF cycle out of town was no fun. you basically need to be there every day during the latter part of stimming, and it is isolating to be stuck in a hotel room waiting for your nurses to call. Not a huge deal, but it takes over your life more than IVF normally would, and there is the added train and hotel costs.

Not making a judgment either way (and I don't know if Cornell was successful for me), but I wonder if all of these little tweaks are the reason that they have a higher success rate. 
If both clinics were local for me, I would choose Cornell hands down.[/quote]

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