open list of questions
I am meeting with two different doctors next week to start the process of my work up and see what they have to say about B's options and our chances. I trust the urologist-- all he does is male infertility. And, I emailed him yesterday, asking him questions and he just emailed me back and is going to call later. He has already contacted the REs to give them our background. He is so good with personal attention!
I am compiling a list of things to ask the RE.
I am compiling a list of things to ask the RE.
- Have you gotten couples with NOA, no known/clear cause, pregnant? Success rates?
- What do I need to do before IVF (hormone panel, hsg, etc.)?
- What protocol would you recommend for me for a first round?
- How long would I prep for, before starting stims?
- If no sperm is found, and we don't have a donor back-up, will I still have the retrieval? Can the eggs be frozen?
- Any financial incentives for this clinic? What are your costs?
- What kind of monitoring do you do during a cycle/after a + test?
- How many embryos would be transferred?
- How long do you keep patients before releasing to OB?
These are good questions. I honestly cannot remember the questions I had when we went to our RE (it's been 3.5 years...) but I'll try to see if I can find my notes tonight. For your question about "no sperm/no donor", we asked that question, too, and they said they would either cancel the IVF or would freeze the eggs until we could find a donor. If you don't want to pursue donor IVF, then I guess you'd cancel the IVF cycle.
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Good questions. Our clinic required us to go to a info session first, where they went through EVERYTHING on powerpoint (to 75 couples in the amphitheater), so I never really gathered a list of questions. From what I've read, unfertilized eggs don't freeze too well, so in our case they would have canceled. They REALLY pushed us to have donor backup, so we wouldn't have a cycle go to waste if no sperm, which was a definite possibility for us.
ReplyDeleteFeel free to email me anytime if you have any questions - glad I can offer a little bit of hope :)
I missed this post somehow...! I think this is an excellent list of questions, Emmy. Good luck with your appointments, I hope they go well and you get all your questions answered. Looking forward to reading the updates when I get back!
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