We went over to Tulsa for our first appt in person. They actually took most of my medical history over the phone, but then we met with Dr. Blackwell in person to discuss our family plans and treatment options. She examined me and DH left a specimen for SA. I chose Dr. Blackwell b/c I had 3 other friends who'd used her, but the other RE, Dr. Prough, is wonderful also! He actually did my ER and ET b/c he was on call those days. You'll actually see whoever is on call when you are going for observation and procedures during the IVF cycle.
Here's our actual timeline of treatment from last fall...
9/12-initial consult and examination
9/20-learned DH's diagnosis (low morphology)
9/28-second consult to discuss IVF w/ ICSI treatment
10/17-patient education class, mandatory counseling session with therapist in Tulsa
10/20-start bc pills
11/5-baseline u/s
11/8-start stims
11/12-u/s, b/w
11/14-u/s, b/w
11/16-u/s, b/w, trigger shot
11/18-ER
11/23-ET
12/3- beta....BFP!!!
8/5/08-Sweet Caroline was born!!
As you can see, we were very fortunate to have a "picture perfect" IVF/ICSI cycle. However, I feel confident that even if we weren't successful that first time around, we would have definitely gone back to Tulsa b/c their REs, nurses, and office staff were so kind and caring! We had a truly wonderful experience there! We traveled about 2 hours each way to go there, and I realize it'd be farther for you, Hanan. You could definitely have your b/w and u/s locally, then go to Tulsa for the procedures, though.
Good luck...feel free to ask ANY questions. I hope I can help. I don't feel like I have a lot of answers, though, b/c it all went so smoothly for us. But, like I said, just ask away. :-)
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