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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So my experience with Dr Widra was that he was slow to make any changes to protocol. I basically had push him several times to makes changes:
1) increase my medication
I always found it odd that he provided my whole schedule up front, like he never wanted to bother with looking at my IVF cycle. An example of his lack of interest, my first cycle with him after my first child, I noticed that my follicle count seemed to be less than it had with previous two IVF cycles.
I called him a couple of times during the cycle to express my concerns. He basically blew me off. When we ended up with no blasts, he increased my dosage the next cycle and we ended up with three blasts. However, if he had listened to me previously then I would not have wasted the time nor the money, and I would have had better results.
2) frozen blast transfer with PGD
I had asked about doing frozen egg transfer with PGD given my age 40 because I had read it had higher success rates. Also I had previously experienced a miscarriage, and I wanted to reduce the chances of miscarriage. He told me it was not necessary. Finally after two cycles which failed, and one cycle he transferred two blasts when my progesterone was too high. He agreed.
After feeling like I was constantly chasing him down and doing all my own research, I switched to Dr Levens. He tried a completely different protocol that actually works well for woman over 40. It consists of Lupron. I went from getting 13 eggs during the initial transfer to 22 eggs. And I went from getting 1 to 2 blasts to 3 to 4 blasts. I was also transferring earlier in the cycle. I am pregnant and waiting, but I wish I had not waited so late to switch to Dr Levens. Just remember time is not on your side with fertility, and making sure your doctor listens to you and you feel like he is bringing his best to the table is super important. I found Dr Levens through my acupuncturist who had said that she had clients who had very positive results with him. And she had heard not great things about Widra. I am perplexed how anyone could have a great experience with Widra if you have anything beyond a simple case. [/quote]

I had a similar experience with Widra.  I felt like zero thought was given to any adjustments, and had the poorest cycle with him out of several that I've done.  He is too busy and blew off my concerns and requests for changes in protocol saying that the poor result was due to my age (41).

PP, what type of lupron protocol were you on with Dr. Levens? I'd be very interested to try that.[/quote]

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