Appt today with fertility doctor

drewsdarlin

Anyone know some questions we should ask fertility doctor today about IVF and surgery for endo?

zamoraspin

@drewsdarlin Is this a new dr or one you have seen before? If new, make sure to ask how you can ask more questions - do they have a portal or some similar way to communicate between appts? For endo, I'd ask about how many cycles you'll need to take off, how quickly endo is expected to come back, what impact removal will have on fertility. For IVF, man, there are so many questions you could ask. I guess I'd start with what the dr thinks your chances of success are, whether they recommend fresh or frozen transfers, whether they recommend PGS, whether they recommend ICSI, how to get cost information/estimates, whether there are certain supplements they recommend you take. I'm sure you have some of your own questions. Don't be afraid to have the dr explain anything you want to know. 

drewsdarlin

zamora_spin said:

@drewsdarlin Is this a new dr or one you have seen before? If new, make sure to ask how you can ask more questions - do they have a portal or some similar way to communicate between appts? For endo, I'd ask about how many cycles you'll need to take off, how quickly endo is expected to come back, what impact removal will have on fertility. For IVF, man, there are so many questions you could ask. I guess I'd start with what the dr thinks your chances of success are, whether they recommend fresh or frozen transfers, whether they recommend PGS, whether they recommend ICSI, how to get cost information/estimates, whether there are certain supplements they recommend you take. I'm sure you have some of your own questions. Don't be afraid to have the dr explain anything you want to know. 

We went to this doctor in 2016 and got some testing done that RE we saw and did IUI's with in 2010-11 didn't do on me and things and then follow up with this one in 2016 but decided at that time not to do IVF. but now went back cause we want to do IVF. 

Alyeena

Asking what their policy on embryo transfers is, do they do 1 or 2? What is best for your situation fresh or frozen transfer?

Oh and some advice I can give is to always double check your medications, at my clinic we had a nurse explain everything to us and do follow ups, sometimes someone else may send emails or texts and in my case someone fucked up and told me the wrong dose of something that would of ruined my cycle so I messaged my regular nurse to make sure and she told me to stick to the initial plan. Anyway, all this to say make sure you always double-check and ask if you have any doubts.

drewsdarlin

Thank you