Reply to Dr. Abbasi

Forum Index » Infertility Support and Discussion

Reply to "Dr. Abbasi"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here... I'm in my first IVF cycle and I keep seeing posts about immune, clotting, and thyroid issues (beyond basic TSH check).  I'm about to do my first FET and I'm sitting here wondering - why DON'T we throw the kitchen sink at testing for this stuff before embryo transfers?  Wouldn't we want all the best information before transferring an embryo that made it through so much time/money/luck to get to blast?

I'm trying to remind myself that we have nothing to worry about unless we are seeing sustained problems, but OMG I don't want to stim again if I don't have to.[/quote]

PP here whose wife worked with Dr. Braverman.

I think that many women have success with regular old IVF. For those who don't, there's is often something else at play that can be remedied through an immune protocol.

PP is right - immune testing is super expensive because it's often considered experimental, too new, people don't believe in it, etc. The PP who got a lot of it covered is EXTREMELY lucky. I think I stated this in this thread, but we can OOP about 15k to work with Dr. Braverman. I know many, many women who have worked with Dr. B and MAYBE two or three have gotten his services covered by their insurance. We were only able to do this because our IVF was covered through my work, and because we worked our asses off to pay down our credit card bill (we are absolutely not wealthy people, especially for this area).

I think that if all women went through immune testing, there would likely be something going on with everyone to some degree. I think it's the severity of the immune issues that warrant intervention with a specialist. I think there is also a line that many women draw and saw "enough is enough." We were lucky - my wife's pregnancy with our first son, though an IVF pregnancy, was textbook and easy, right through delivery. Then three consecutive losses, and we were in a very dark place. Dr. B was our last resort, throw everything at it and see what sticks attempt. We couldn't afford more beyond working with him. And we got lucky - it worked on our second try with him. Some women aren't so lucky.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics