Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is anecdotal, but I was with Shady Grove. I was successful on the first cycle at 43 yo. From what I’ve heard it may not be the best choice for complex cases, but the size meant flexibility, lots of complied data on what works and doesn’t work, and it was relatively inexpensive. With the military discount I was able to do the multi cycle for the price of one cycle. I didn’t need it but it relieved some of the pressure for it to work the first time.

I was fine with the lack of personalized service and handholding. Everyone was nice and very professional. Always been attentive when I called afterhours with questions or concerns.

I’m 42 years old, I’m about to start another ivf cycle with Dr Eric Widra at Shady Grove in DC. Who was your RE? Did you use your own eggs? My amh is 1.14, antral follicle count was 11, and FSH 12.8. They tried to push egg donor on me, but I declined. You give me hope!

I forgot to mention I got pregnant at 41 through ivf, but I lost my baby girl at 16 weeks due to incompetent cervix in December. I just feel now everything is doom and gloom because of my age, and elevated FSH

So, so sorry for your loss - my heart goes out to you. Why did they try to push donor eggs given that you got pregnant at 41 and have a 1.14 AMH?

Anonymous wrote:I'm very sorry about all of that. This is a very hard process. I posted about Dr. Widra in the other thread. I will pray for you!

Thank you!

I'm very sorry about all of that. This is a very hard process. I posted about Dr. Widra in the other thread. I will pray for you!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is anecdotal, but I was with Shady Grove. I was successful on the first cycle at 43 yo. From what I’ve heard it may not be the best choice for complex cases, but the size meant flexibility, lots of complied data on what works and doesn’t work, and it was relatively inexpensive. With the military discount I was able to do the multi cycle for the price of one cycle. I didn’t need it but it relieved some of the pressure for it to work the first time.

I was fine with the lack of personalized service and handholding. Everyone was nice and very professional. Always been attentive when I called afterhours with questions or concerns.

I’m 42 years old, I’m about to start another ivf cycle with Dr Eric Widra at Shady Grove in DC. Who was your RE? Did you use your own eggs? My amh is 1.14, antral follicle count was 11, and FSH 12.8. They tried to push egg donor on me, but I declined. You give me hope!

I forgot to mention I got pregnant at 41 through ivf, but I lost my baby girl at 16 weeks due to incompetent cervix in December. I just feel now everything is doom and gloom because of my age, and elevated FSH

Anonymous wrote:This is anecdotal, but I was with Shady Grove. I was successful on the first cycle at 43 yo. From what I’ve heard it may not be the best choice for complex cases, but the size meant flexibility, lots of complied data on what works and doesn’t work, and it was relatively inexpensive. With the military discount I was able to do the multi cycle for the price of one cycle. I didn’t need it but it relieved some of the pressure for it to work the first time.

I was fine with the lack of personalized service and handholding. Everyone was nice and very professional. Always been attentive when I called afterhours with questions or concerns.

I’m 42 years old, I’m about to start another ivf cycle with Dr Eric Widra at Shady Grove in DC. Who was your RE? Did you use your own eggs? My amh is 1.14, antral follicle count was 11, and FSH 12.8. They tried to push egg donor on me, but I declined. You give me hope!

Anonymous wrote:I had an uncomplicated Dx and had 2 successes (out of 3 attempts) at GW. Never ran into any issues with unresponsiveness, poor bedside manner, and nonprofit. We've been there for years and it's always felt like another family for me.

what is your diagnosis?

Anonymous wrote:I had an uncomplicated Dx and had 2 successes (out of 3 attempts) at GW. Never ran into any issues with unresponsiveness, poor bedside manner, and nonprofit. We've been there for years and it's always felt like another family for me.

^^ should read, "... and liked that they are nonprofit."

I had an uncomplicated Dx and had 2 successes (out of 3 attempts) at GW. Never ran into any issues with unresponsiveness, poor bedside manner, and nonprofit. We've been there for years and it's always felt like another family for me.

Anonymous wrote:I agree with that too, which is why I worry that people just hear the common complaint SG is a factory and the drs there will use cookie cutter protocols. There are some extremely smart, experienced drs there who do try some individualized options. At least do a consult to see for yourself.

+1 SGF has the most complaints on here because it is the biggest clinic. Not doubting that people have legitimately bad experiences there, and glad they found success elsewhere, but my experience with a specific RE at SGF was very positive and quite different from what the complaints would lead you to believe.

I agree with that too, which is why I worry that people just hear the common complaint SG is a factory and the drs there will use cookie cutter protocols. There are some extremely smart, experienced drs there who do try some individualized options. At least do a consult to see for yourself.

people will talk about doctors' personalities and nurse communication etc, all very important but at the end of the day they will like the clinic that got them pregnant. that's the most important thing. pay attention to protocols and rationales. that's more important than all the relational stuff.

Anonymous wrote:Consulted at CCRM and found them to be extremely arrogant and focused on bringing in money.

We liked GWU. It's cutting edge, and we liked that it's at a university and therefore research-based and nonprofit. You probably won't find a better and kinder doctor in the profession than Frankfurter.

how could you tell that CCRM was more focused on bringing in money?

I don't have a personal experience to back up my opinion, but I'd say as long as the lab looks good (I like to think that you cans see that in high DE success % on sart data), the individual doctor is more important than the clinic itself. I'm still new to Shady Grove, but I have to say I've been pleasantly surprised so far with them. I've actually have had both my RE and my husband's urologist personally call me talk about our testing results, which I was very surprised by. I know some people don't like the large clinic environment, but I personally prefer it since it seems to make things a little more efficient and convenient. But if they've gotten too stressful to deal with, I'd also say do what you need to do to keep yourself sane while doing fertility treatments, the added stress just isn't worth it.

I loved Dr. Abbisi at Columbia. Hated billing department. ?

Consulted at CCRM and found them to be extremely arrogant and focused on bringing in money.

We liked GWU. It's cutting edge, and we liked that it's at a university and therefore research-based and nonprofit. You probably won't find a better and kinder doctor in the profession than Frankfurter.