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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shady grove tells everybody that it's old eggs, it's their cop out. Your AMH is on the lower side but AFC is OK. What was the issue on the immune tests exactly?

You need the right protocol to get those follicles to grow. Depending on what your immune issue is, I'd go with Abbasi. But it will be pricier most likely.[/quote]

OP here.  I think the question is, what wasn't abnormal on my immune tests?  Pretty much every number abnormal.  I can give specifics from my report if anyone has specific questions.[/quote]

If there are clearly immune issues, why are you hesitating on whether to pick an RE who will treat them? [/quote]

Because a) I still am not 100% on board with the idea of immune issues, and b) I am scared of the immune treatments, and how they may negatively affect my health and the baby's health.[/quote]

I don't understand being scared of treatments for immune issues. [/quote]

OP here.  Well I'd like to see some long term follow up studies of maternal and child health after treatment for immune issues.  Specifically, is there any increase in cancer?  I truly don't understand why so many are so blase about immune treatments--they haven't been around that long and are not accepted by most of the medical community.  That worries me a lot.[/quote]

It's a fair point, though my understanding is the lack of acceptance is not due to health issues but due to a belief that they don't work. Many of the treatments are, after all, used extensively in other medical contexts and have been studied in those contexts. Many practitioners don't accept them for reproductive purposes but it's not to do with their safety. I also note that there are plenty of practitioners -- including, I believe, Shady Grove -- who sometimes prescribe drugs like prednisone because they improve outcomes, even if the doc doesn't subscribe to the underlying immune theory. They just know prednisone can work when a case is otherwise "unexplained." Things like intralipids, of course, a non-immune RE won't prescribe.

So when you say you are scared of treatment for immune issues, you should first find out what that treatment would be. If it's prednisone plus a blood thinner (lovenox, heparin, baby aspirin) for example, those are really standard treatments for all sorts of issues. (Clotting issues often seem to turn up with immune issues though of course they can be separate.) If it's intralipids, IVIg, etc, then perhaps that is different. [/quote]

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