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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I left Shady Grove for CCRM, but honestly I have a pretty dismal view of the entire industry. I don't think there is a single clinic in the area that is a standout. The things that have actually improved outcomes for me have been things I researched and insisted on myself. I've made a commitment to dig through medical journals, do multiple second opinions in DC and NY and just in general be a really active participant in my treatment. The most important thing has just been an RE who I can have regular contact with (unlike SG where you never see your doctor and all communication is filtered through a nurse).

I will say this: CCRM is definitely the most thorough of the two. For example, they do PIO AND suppositories for FETs. After having had an early miscarriage where SG was barely monitoring my progesterone, I'm grateful for that. And they have me on baby aspirin and a steroid before an FET, something that a lot of other clinics do, but not SG.

Also, SG's billing has turned out to be an absolute nightmare. Their billing office is completely unreachable and an incorrect bill they sent me is about to go to collections. I've left voicemails, emails... and complete silence.

Finally, I'm part of a support group of women who have been doing infertility treatments for at least a year. All of them who started at SG have left. I think that's pretty good evidence that they are fine for easy cases, but not for tougher ones.[/quote]

I am another patient who left Shady Grove for CCRM in Colorado, and my experience parallels that of the poster above.  CCRM was much more thorough--more testing, more ultrasounds, more blood monitoring, more aggressive intervention when my progesterone dropped after the second positive pregnancy test (they called in a prescription for injectible progesterone from across the country and I got it delivered from a specialty pharmacy by a courier that day; the near-miscarriage is now a healthy eight year old).  My RE there was sometimes prickly and leaned toward pessimism, but I was always able to speak directly with him instead of just to nurses.  CCRM did charge a fee for each phone appointment with the RE, but it was modest compared to the overall investment.  My general takeaway was that CCRM is efficiently managed and takes a kitchen sink approach to addressing every little thing that MIGHT matter at the margins.  But even then, IVF is kind of a crapshoot.  The key seems to be having enough money to keep rolling the dice.  [/quote]

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