“Best” IVF Clinic?
Written by Arpee on September 27, 2008 – 11:23 am -In the last ICLW, I noticed a couple of infertility bloggers who are going to Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine (CCRM). I dug up a bit about CCRM and noticed that their stats show very high percentages of live birth compared to TFC where I am going.
STATS TFC (SART 2006)
STATS CCRM (SART 2006)
With stats like these, CCRM must have a lot of infertility patients coming in for the higher probabilities. They even have a page in their website for out-of-state patients.
Anyway, I commented on a couple of these CCRM’ers a few weeks back but did not hear from any of them until this week (Thanks Christi!) . I was hoping I could ask them more in-depth questions about their experience.
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Since digging more into “best IVF clinics”, I have heard of Sher Institute of Reproductive Medicine (SIRM). I checked out their website briefly and it was cool to have their patients chatting in a forum within the website - it sounded like the patients had automatic support system within their month’s cohorts.
SIRM has multiple infertility clinics within the US. I wonder how alike they really are, how best practices are proliferated and where the famed Dr Sher most frequents - all these and more… I still have to dig into. The nearest SIRM site to me being in Dallas, TX (3 hours away). However, that specific site’s stats are not comparable vs TFC where I am currently at.
STATS SIRM-Dallas (SART 2006)
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I have also stumbled upon Northwest Center for Reproductive Sciences (NWCRS) in Kirkland, WA which has comparable performance as CCRM, but with a lower “sample size” …
STATS NWCRS (SART 2006)
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Should I open all the SART stats of the various clinics to find those with >25% live birth for my age group? That’s a lot of work… I don’t like to go there! So… if your infertility clinic has good IVF stats, please sound off and leave me a comment so I can explore it more.
So meanwhile, I will concentrate on learning more about CCRM and SIRM for now. Also, I will piggy back with Polly (Hi Polly!) on her consult with the top doctors - even if her case sounds more complicated than mine.
AMA is not exactly complicated. It just is what it is… OLD!
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September 27th, 2008 at 6:02 pm
I would look at Cornell in NYC, I’ve seen several women on one of the message boards with AMA have success at Cornell.
http://www.ivf.org
Here’s the stats
http://www.ivf.org/stats.html
GL
ICLW
September 28th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Sorry if I have missed any of your earlier comments on my blog…
Yes, we are going to CCRM after three failed IVFs at TFC in Austin. Our Dr. in Austin recommended it–he really didn’t know what else to say/try with us. I’m considered young (did first IVF at age 33 with good FSH but apparently have questionable egg quality). We wanted to give CCRM a go since it will be our last chance. We’ve really liked it so far.
Good luck to you!
September 30th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
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September 30th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
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October 29th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Can you delete my post with my email in it?
Thanks.