Shady Grove Fertility?

sonomagirl02

Has anyone been to them?  DH and I have only been trying for 7 months, but my gyno says she believes it's warranted for me to get a fertility work-up now instead of waiting until the 12 month mark.  This is the fertility clinic she would like to refer me to.  Has anyone been?  Have any opinions about them?  Or can you recommend a fertility specialist around the Towson area?  My gyno is from Cecil County, where I used to live, so she doesn't have any reccomendations for down this way.  TIA!

Ragdolls

Shady Grove is an absolutely wonderful facility.  We go to the one in Columbia and have visited a few others for different tests; and I've never had anything but great things to say.  We asked around a lot too before going; and I've honestly never heard anything but great things about them from anyone. 

I missed it - but I think they were actually featured in a recent Dr. Oz show on infertility.

sonomagirl02

They were, I watched it.  It was really minimal though.  They had a couple on there that the man had low motility (I think) and everything was fine with the woman.  So Shady Grove had one of their doctors on the show and they are giving the couple free fertility treatments.  I thought they were going to talk a little more, but it was only maybe 5 minutes of the show. 

 Thank you for letting me know they've been great.  I have really bad luck selecting doctors, and this is one I really don't want to botch.

ABC-123

I love SGFC!  I see Dr. Katz at the GBMC location.  They also have a Bel Air location now where they can do testing, monitoring, etc.  They might even do IUIs now, I am not sure.  I have been there a few times and it is really nice.  I have also seen Dr. Yazigi (not sure how to spell his name) and he is really nice.  He is not as warm & fuzzy for some of the monitoring appointments, though.

I used to go to the Fertility Center of MD and I didn't like the RE I was seeing there, but I have heard great things about one of the other REs.  I think that the FCoM is a little more personal than SGFC b/c it is a little smaller...

 My DS is a result of IVF w/ ICSI from SGFC & Dr. Katz, so obviously we are pretty pleased with our results.

Good luck!  I hope that you get some good answers as I know that dealing with IF is very painful and heartwrenching. 

 

lbrown567

We were trying for 9 months and because my cycles are not "normal" my gyn suggested that we see an RE. She gave us 2 suggestions one being Shady Grove and we LOVED them. We started there the end of August 2009 and after about a month's worth of testing we came up with a plan with our doctor (Dr. Katz at the GBMC location) and stuck to it. I had 2 cycles of IUI using Clomid and Ovidril and we got pregnant on the 2nd cycle. You go through blood work and ultrasounds multiple times each cycle to determine the best timing to do IUI or IVF or whatever your fertility plan is. Their hours are great - you do testing anytime from 6:30am-8:30am so it doesn't interfere with work schedules. They get back to you the same day ALWAYS with the results and everyone was so supportive. When we did get pregnant we called with about 100 questions and without a second thought they spent at least 30 minutes on the phone with us answering each of them. We were actually just discharged earlier this week because we need to go to our regular ob/gyn now but it was definitely bittersweet.I would recommend SGF any day of the week!

sonomagirl02

Thank you all so much for your responses... I'm still waiting to hear from my gyno what the results of my ultrasound mean as to the next step I take.  I think I may die waiting for the results.  I just hate not knowing, and I'm looking forward to getting a doctor that you get the results that day, or even next day.  That makes me feel a lot better knowing they are really on top of everything.

meganoster

Shady Grove is the best! The doctors, nurses and support team are professional and personal. Through this very trying time, everyone was so great at explaining what was going on and keeping my spirits up.

I was lucky enough to have a successful IVF cycle (after many TI flops). At my last appointment at Shady Grove, all the doctors and nurses stopped by to say good bye. I was excited to be moving on, but was overcome with emotion.

I would highly recommend Shady Grove to anyone.

Good luck!

OctBaltBride

I agree with PP.  I have twins thanks to them and I have a cousin who went there as well and she too has twins!  Good luck!

sylvik2

I personally found the doctor at Shady Grove to be a little negative and discouraging.  I switched to Dr. Garcia at Hopkins Greenspring Station and much preferred that practice. However, I ended up getting pregnant naturally.

dsmspd20

I went to SGFC at GBMC. I went through IVF w/ ICSI. I have seen all the doctors there and they are great. The nurses are just the same. They are very informative and take every precaution with you. They are very supportive, in the beginning we had a really bad scare. My test reults were very low, to the point of possible forced miscarriage, but they were very optimistic and now i am 32 weeks. Before they release you to your own doctor (obgyn), they make sure everything is ok as far as heartbeat and developement.  My doctor was Dr. Katz but Dr. Yazigi did my retrieval and transfer, Tina Yingling was my nurse and like i said before, they are great. We will be going there again when we are ready to bring another life into this world.  GL!!!!

 

 

scooterq

Thanks for posting this.   I was actually coming to ask about Shady Grove too.  Glad to hear most have had a good experiences.

To the previous poster that found the doctors to be negative-which location did you go to?  I heard one other negative piece of info about one of the doctors @ SG and if your experience was with the same doc, I may try to avoid that dr.

Bride0705

I went to SG back in 2007-2008.  I did 1 IUI and then 2 IVF's and I got pregnant on the 2nd IVF.  I now have a 17 month old daughter.  I will say one of the dr.'s is not as warm and friendly but I have to give him credit...he did my second IVF and well it worked!  I have my miracle baby so eventhough while going through the treatment I was not thrilled with his personality he helped me to achieve my beautiful blessing!

Coley_Oley

We loved Shady Grove. We went to the Columbia office and saw Dr. Osheroff. He's a little standoff-ish, but great at what he does. The staff were warm and friendly and very supportive!  It was a good experience from beginning to end (although, I find their finance/benefits department a bit lacking--we had to do the footwork ourselves). We went to them in Feb '09 and were pregnant the beginning of June, first cycle.  

Surferamy31

I know of 4 people that went to https://www.fertilitycentermd.com/ and LOVED them.  I hear Dr. Padillia is awesome.  They were voted "Baltimore Best" in Baltimore magazine and they are in Towson.  GL!

meganpei17

I went to FCOM for 3 years and don't have anything bad to say about them but I decided to switch to SGFC because they have better OOP prices. I ended up LOVING SGFC. I got a BFP on my first cycle there!: ) DR. Katz is the best! He has always has a joke and a smile. He made me feel at home. GL

matthew_elizabeth

I'm going to my first appointment at SGFC on Tuesday. I was really glad to see all the positive feedback here. Thanks for the post!!!