Sarah is amazing and I found the class really helpful! I appreciated her humor.

OP here - Thanks for all the responses! We are signed up for the first class in January.

I’m the outlier because I thought it was ridiculous that it was mandatory.

Yes it's still mandatory

When we started the process it was mandatory. Really helpful and we (especially DH) loved hearing all the technical stuff the lab does.

This was 4(!) years ago though, so I am not sure if it's still mandatory.

FWIW - I have two GW made babies now!

Anonymous wrote:Has anyone attended GW’s IVF class? If so how was it?

super helpful and great for asking questions for the embryologist

Very useful and, at least when i went through the process, mandatory. But definitely not a waste of time.

I attended a "Preconception Class" (https://nestedbaby.com/class-overview/) that covered fertility treatments when we first started ttc, but now that we know we are going to need intervention I was curious about a class about fertility treatments? Does anyone know if Resolve or other support groups offer this, I don't want to go to one sponsored by an IVF clinic. I've only made one call to Shady Grove and it turned me off.

It was very helpful, recommend you and your partner, if applicable, attend. Gives info about the IVF process in general, and clinic specific info. Then the embryologist speaks and gives you a chance to ask questions. As someone who knew more about IVF going in than a lot of people who already did IVF, I still found it valuable even if all of the info wasnt new.

Has anyone attended GW’s IVF class? If so how was it?