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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry for bringing up an old thread, but wanted to add my experience here since we almost didn't go to SGF based on what we were seeing on DCUM.

I was diagnosed with DOR about a year and a half ago. Not great numbers...FSH was above 14, AMH I believe was right around 1, and AFC of 8. Age 37 at the time, 38 now. We were about to begin treatment elsewhere, but went way out on a whim - my husband knew that a friend of his mom's was a retired fertility clinic nurse, and although it was super embarrassing we called her up to get her thoughts. She strongly encouraged us to start at SGF, based mostly off her belief that the most important thing for determining IVF success is the quality of the lab, and her belief that SGF has a reputation for the best lab in the DC area.

We went through three cycles at SGF. The first two were cancelled and converted to IUI due to low egg yield. I was on a high dosage of stims and only developing around 3 follicles by the end of monitoring - they basically said I could go to retrieval, it was our decision, but they didn't think it would be worth it with only 3 follicles. After each cancelled cycle, we discussed how the protocols could be modified. Overall, my doctor (Dr. Nair) was not super supportive of doing drastic modifications like mini-stim or natural IVF so that is not something we tried. I took her position to be that there just wasn't strong enough evidence that these other methods were more effective, and I trusted she knew more than me and really did want me to be successful and would recommend what she thought would work best. On our third cycle, I believe we added Lupron to the treatment regiment. I got a slightly higher yield...I think they saw 5 or 6 follicles at the end of monitoring, but only retrieved 4. Of those, only one fertilized, but that turned out to be the one and I am due next week.

So just wanted to say, yes, there are people who have DOR and have good experiences with SGF. It doesn't mean the opinions of people who had negative experiences aren't also valid, but those with negative opinions will also tend to be louder - it doesn't make them representative of everyone, or even the majority. So just make sure you're checking out clinics' numbers on the CDC website and not just trusting anecdotal evidence on DCUM. [/quote]

congrats on your success. Please do re-read your post though. you had to do 3 cycles and the doc was not supportive of trying things out of the box. with a 1 AMH and under 40 you are in decent shape. You are on the cusp of DOR and it almost didn't work for you after 3 cycles. 
For those of us with abysmal numbers throwing high dose stims does not work.

-signed .4 AMH at 34 and told to go straight to donor eggs by SGF. Mom of 2 DD's with OE at 37 and 42 from mini stim in NYC after 5 failed local cycles where I was just blasted over and over with high dose meds (and lupron).[/quote]

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