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[quote=Anonymous]I struggled with that decision and don't know for sure if I have made the right decision but I figure I could switch later on if need be.  So I was a GWU patient for most of last year and recently switched to Shady Grove now that we are at the IVF stage.  Why the switch - in truth it was mainly because of the fact that Shady Grove has much higher success rates on SART for IVF.  Also, my co-pay with my insurance is about $1500 cheaper at Shady Grove compared to GWU - go figure.  But all in all I really had a good experience at GWU. I did 6 monitored cycles at GWU including four IVFs.

Advantages of GWU - 
Smaller practice so people really know you.
Nurses for the most part were great (so far that has beeen that same at Shady Grove as well)
Monitoring appts. go much quicker at GWU compared to Shady Grove.  GWU has an assembly line approach that truthfully is much more efficient than Shady Grove
IVF is done at the GWU location whereas for Shady Grove in DC - you have to go to Rockville for the IVF.   Also, saturday monitoring in Rockville sucks!  It is crazy busy!
Likely to be more flexible with their protocols for your individual situation
Fantastic free IVF class/seminar that lasts about 3 hours

Advantages of Shady Grove
Higher success rates
Nice nurses
During monitoring - they have dual screens so you can see your follicles

I'd love to see what others post.  I've written more about GWU then Shady Grove because I have only done one cycle at Shady Grove so far compared to 6 at GWU.

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