For those of you doing IVF not locally

UMichGirl

How did you do your local monitoring up until the point where you had to be near the practice leading up to ER/ET?

I went in to my RE's office this morning for CD3 b/w and u/s (just to keep a monitor on my levels...we're not cycling this month) and I asked the nurse there about doing my monitoring there if we end up going out to CCRM.  She got kind of weird and said she'd have to ask the doctor when he's in on Thursday and said they'd have to call me back to let me know if I could do that.

I realize this may be kind of an awkward situation (like hi, I've done IUI's with you but don't want to do IVF with you so I'm going out of state) but at the same time, I have to get monitored SOMEwhere...I know places do it.  Just curious what your experience was/is like!

meg_koole

I was wondering the same thing.  If we end up doing IVF we will probably go to CCRM because our local stats are really ugly.  I think my clinic has a good relationship with CCRM so I don't think they would be against it, but I wonder if they would be bummed I didn't try with them first (IMO, being OOP, it is a lot of money to try with them when there stats aren't that good)....

firewife9278

Why did she get weird about it?? It's a legitimate question! Who did you see today?

CJB8

I hope it's ok for me to post with my tickers.  I went to CCRM but live in Florida.  I didn't use the local clinic that I cycled with because we ended on bad terms.  Plus, I had a few clinics closer to home.  I called up a few and just asked them.  I went with one and they had me pay a consult fee because I have to be a patient and then did bloodwork, ultrasounds, etc... for me.  If I only needed bloodwork, I would go to labcorp!   It was actually pretty easy.

 

mm29

I am going to my Ob/Gyn office for my local monitoring b/w and my baseline u/s.  When I went in to talk to them about it they were very happy to hlp me.

MrsNap_515

my RE's office offers IVF packages at a hotel right near their offices, that way you can be right there when the day comes and not have to worry about a long drive, they have discounted rates

hollymichael

We switched for financial reasons when we moved to DE. I told my RE at our WTF. He was completely fine with it and said I could keep doing my monitoring there. Turns out he is friends with my new RE, so I think that made it all a little easier.

UMichGirl

Thanks for the responses...mm, I hadn't thought about just going to an OBGYN.  I actually would need a new one of those, though, because the last time I went to an OBGYN it was a new person (so I had only seen her once) and that was...um.......May of 2009.  So yeah, almost 2 years ago.  I'd like to go someplace else when I know I'm going to be going there throughout (hopefully) a pregnancy and delivery.

firewife--It was K.  I think that they just had a really busy morning though b/c when she called me back later in the day with my b/w and u/s results she brought up that she'd leave a note for Dr. J on my chart for him to look at Thursday.  (I'm confused though b/c it's not like I'd ever see him...I'd only see the lady who does blood draws and the u/s tech!)  We'll see.

JM1977

We did our monitoring at a local RE's office, but not the one where we did our IUIs (too awkward).  I thought it might be weird, but it worked out fine.

apaige25

My friend was a donor and she did her retreival in Las Vegas.  She was able to do her monorting appointments at a local hospital and the results were shared with the RE in Vegas.  Maybe you should ask if this is an option if you don't want to go to the RE you did your IUI's with.