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DFW IVF clinic recommendations?
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Looking at SART numbers to find a clinic there. Dallas IVF (Dr. Barnett?) seems to have great numbers for women 40 and over. Someone referred me to Dr.Robert Kaufmann at Fort Worth IVF, but his SART numbers are combined in with an entire hospital system. Not liking that...
Also been advised to look at Dr. Anil Pinto at ReProMed, but I can't find any SART data on his website or on SART's. Any thoughts there? Or on any of these?
I will be driving 300 miles one way to get IVF at one of these clinics. Any advice, data, or thoughts are truly appreciated. Also, what does "reliability range" refer to when looking at the SART data?
Thank you!!!!
Me - 40, DH 34 Married 11 years, TTC since 7/09 3 rounds of Clomid > Vivienne born 5/28/11
TTC#2 since 01/13 - 3 rounds of Clomid, 2 IUI w/injectibles, moving to IVF
IVF #1 - Lupron 20 6/19, Follistim 225 6/21, Menopur 75 6/27, Trigger 6/30
ER 7/2 (8R, 7M, 5F); ET 7/5 - 2 8 cell, grade 1 and 1 7 cell, grade 1 Stick babies, stick!
BFP on HPT at 11dp3dt
Beta #1 13dp3dt 787
Beta #2 17dp3dt 6,007
1st u/s 5w2d showing one "good" sac and 2-3 questionable
2nd u/s 6w2d showing one baby with HR 128bpm
3rd u/s 7w1d - HR 159bpm - graduated from RE!
MaternT21 test results: no chromosomal issues, it's a BOY!!!
EDD March 25, 2014
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Re: DFW IVF clinic recommendations?
We used Dr. Douglas at IVF plano and loved him. His staff is amazing. He's been voted the best by Big D magazine. All his info and stats is on his website. He is affilitated with Plano Presby and has an ART dept in house which is fantastic. GL!
www.ivfplano.com
4 Clomid cycles BFN's,3 injectible cycles BFN, 3 failed IUI's
Hystroscopy to remove cysts 11/2010
IVF #1 with ICSI Graydon Dane born Oct. 23, 2011 via c-section at 38 weeks.
Surprise BFP 10/9/12. Blighted ovum at 8wks. D&C 11/1/12.
Surprise BFP#2 TWINS!!! Boy/Girl twins.
I have used dr James Douglas. He is amazing and his staff is great
I'm preg with b/g twins. I'm under 30 though
I used Dr. Douglas as well. LOVED him and his staff. GL!!
July 2011: Clomid 50mg- No ovulation
Sept 2011: Clomid 100mg- No ovulation
Nov 2011: Clomid 150mg- No ovulation
Jan-Feb 2012: 150mg Clomid and 5 mg Femara w/ Orvidrel Shot- Ovulation!!
Feb 2012: IUI #1- BFP
Beta #1: 206
Beta #2: 2496
Feb 16: TWINS!!!
June 13: Found out genders... Boy/Girl (Team Green)
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I have been to 6 RE's during my 7 years of trying. In the DFW area, I have been to Kauffmann and he he was very nice and experienced infertility with his wife, but I too felt the numbers were combined with the hospital program plus his office was so far from me (1.5 hours away). I ended up doing 3 clomid cycles with him in 2006 and did not ovulate. I felt his approach was not agressive enough since at that point I had been trying to 2 years and one of my tubes was blocked.
Then I went to Dr. Le in Irving who is very nice, but he jumped to IVF immediately. His cost for IVF was a great deal compared to other fertility clinics, which kind of made me suspicious. Also, his SART #'s were fantastic (almost 70% success rate for my age group). I tried for 2 years there and did IVF twice, one FET and none of them got me pregnant and I hyperstimulated once resulting in a cancelled cycle. When I started trying again in 2012 I went back to him and checked out his SART numbers and realized that they weren't the same that had been published a few years ago (for the same years that used to be 70%). I am a statistician for a living, so I really am into numbers and quanitfying data, so I know I didn't make a mistake. I decided not to go back to him and look for another RE. I will say that Dr. Le did find some uterine abnormalities that had not been found at the other RE's I had been to and I had to have surgery to remove a septum and polyps -- if I had these and got pregnant I would have had issues and potentially miscarriages. However, I never did get pregnant from any of the cycles I did with him.
Finally in 2012 I ended up at Dr. Barnett's office in Frisco. By this time I was 35 and we tried clomid once and he advised to move to the next step of trying injectibles plus timed intercourse. 1st round and we got pregnant for the first time in 7 years! Unfortunately it ended in a miscarriage. 2nd round we got pregnant - which ended in an early miscarriage. 3rd round we got pregnant and now I am 19 weeks pregnant with a boy. Obviously after going to so many RE's and not having success it is a miracle that I was able to get pregnant all 3 times we tried with Dr. B, and didn't have to go the most expensive route of IVF. I wish that one of the 5 dr's I saw previously had recommended this route as it could have save me years of anguish and money.
Good luck on your journey!
He and his staff were in constant contact with us and always available for anything we needed. Dr. K even called me on a Sunday evening to check in. He is wonderful please consider him!