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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have only been through one cycle so far. I got pregnant but the pregnancy ended in miscarriage at 8 weeks. I am waiting for my period and then will start my second cycle...[/quote]

New poster. I was thinking to start a similar thread but the OP beat me to it.

Would you mind sharing your experience? What is your age and diagnosis and how they tackled it differrently than a local clinic would?  
I realize this is a very general question, but would like to hear from the trenches before commiting to cycle in NY.[/quote]

Sure. I've posted about my experience here before, but I couldn't find it.

I'm 33, and have been at TTC #2 for about a year and a half now (with no breaks that weren't related to loss). Started at Shady Grove, where I was diagnosed with borderline DOR after a couple abysmal cycles (cycles where nothing would go to blast). All told, I went through 3 fresh cycles at Shady Grove on super high stims -- 450 IU Follistim and 225-300 Menopur. I did get pregnant on the first cycle but lost the baby in the 2nd trimester to T21. After the next two failures, I asked to try a low-dose approach since my child from another clinic was conceived via mini IVF when I was 30, but my doctor was opposed. He didn't want to change anything much about my protocol, believing that it's all about luck. So, I dropped out of Shared Risk and moved to Cornell after a promising consult.

At Cornell things were incredibly different. Dr. Davis wanted to try much lower dosages, a day 3 transfer and coculture. I never went above 150 IU of Follistim and 75 Menopur. We started off with Clomid, which I think did wonders for my egg production. A few other small differences and tweaks along the way. I really felt like someone was looking closely at my progression every day as opposed to sticking to a predetermined protocol. In fact, at Cornell you don't even get a protocol sheet when you start, so I had no idea what to expect every day. I ended up with 25 eggs retrieved. At Shady Grove I never got more than 12, and usually closer to 8. Here's where things at Cornell started to fall apart for me. Of the 25 eggs, 12 were mature, 9 were fertilized. On day 3, all 9 looked good, so I felt like I was on top of the world when I went in for transfer. 2 embryos were transferred but then by day 6 we were told that none of the remaining 7 had made it to freeze. I was really hoping for some insurance in the even of a BFN or loss.

The loss did occur at 8 weeks, as I mentioned. The embryo tested normal after the D&C, but it was female, so some REs will consider this to be inconclusive.

I had a follow-up call with both Dr. Davis and my RE at Shady Grove. Cornell isn't cheap and I'm covered at SG, so I wanted to see if my RE might change his tune given my improvement at Cornell (he did and is now willing to follow the same protocol, for the most part). I have decided, however, to give it one last go at Cornell. We'll transfer 3 embryos this time (!) and just hope for the best. We won't change anything, but I will do some RPL-type testing beforehand once my beta is negative. [/quote]

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