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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. My wife worked with Dr. Braverman, and we both think that if all women who were having difficulty getting pregnant went through his or Dr. KK's immune protocol, they would inevitably find something. For many women, simply treating endometriosis, which is often not suspected by their OB or RE, makes a huge difference.

Our first child was a boy, and DW lost three babies before our rainbow was born a year ago using Dr. Braverman's protocol. I think we owe a lot to Dr. Braverman, but also owe a lot to Dr. Davis at Cornell (and their excellent lab). I also think some of it was just luck and persistence. [/quote]
Does Dr. Braverman treat endometriosis?  Is the treatment for endometriosis similar to treatment for immune issues?[/quote]

He works with a couple of very skilled surgeons who work alongside him to remove it based on his immune diagnosis. The thing about endo is that you can't really diagnose it without a lap. Many (nearly all) of his patients go through the lap surgery, and many find they do have endo even though it was never suspected by previous doctors.

In addition to a lap, typically his patients take some combination of neupogen, IVIG, intralipids, prednisone, lovenox, and other supplements along with traditional IVF meds. My wife luckily didn't need IVIG, but she did have a lap, followed by an immune protocol using neupogen, intralipids, prednisone, lovenox, baby aspirin, and other supplements. First cycle was a BFN. The second cycle worked. [/quote]
Did Dr. Davis and Dr. Braverman work together on your wife’s case? Also, do you recall how much working with Dr. Braverman cost you?[/quote]

They did work together, but Dr. Braverman had to prescribe all of the immune meds. This was Dr. Davis's requirement. I don't know if Dr. Braverman still does this. While we have excellent infertility coverage and all at Cornell was covered, we came OOP for Dr. Braverman and spent around 10-12k. If I remember correctly, it was 3k new patient fee, 3.5k for the lap, 3k for IVF management, around 3k for pregnancy management.

Dr. B also worked very closely with Dr. Hamersley, who is an excellent MFM, during my wife's first trimester. [/quote]

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