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Originally Posted by Wannabemomto3
Hi!! Sounds like there a few ladies from Northwest Arkansas!!!
I am just starting my IVF journey and am doing a Nov/Dec cycle with Tulsa Fertility Dr. Blackwell... Would love to know if either of you used that clinic!!
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Hey Michelle,
Glad to see another local. Here is my opinion for what is it is worth. I used Dr. Prough there, Blackwell's partner, but you end up seeing both during stim ultrasounds. Dr. Prough is very nice and will be very open and honest with you. I have some good and bad thoughts about that clinic. I feel like Dr. B is more sensitive-prob bc a woman and she had kids later in life- and she even once told me maybe we would get lucky and get preg again on our own. Dr. Prough said our first visit- we never would get preg on our own again bc my dh sperm issues. ( Well I am now 6 weeks preg on our own after 3 failed ivfs) we had zero fert after first cycle and I only had like 3 good eggs. Dr. Prough rec donor right away- I thought that jumped the gun a little early plus my ins covers 4 ivfs 100%. well we tried again- had 2 fert, but only one made it and i had a BFN. I talked to him again about anything else to try and he only rec I try DHEA and I did for 4 months and still only had 4 eggs and one fert and i got preg but m/c right away. Looking back now, seems a lot of women on here have RE's that try new protocols for poor responders- he never did for me. I haven't talked to him since. Their IVF nurse, Joni, is good at her job, I guess??, but not very personable and always acted like she wanted to get me off the phone, except the time when she told me I was miscarrying. I think I also upset her when I was m/c I wouldn't go back and drive 2 hrs there for follow up labs bc I could have it done at my local OB and they can do same thing. She was mad I could tell. Well, after I found out I was preg- I left a message with Dr. Prough's nurses and one with IVF nurse, Joni to say I am preg and just wanted to let them know and I ahd extra meds I wanted to donate- well neither ever called me back. not sure why?? They had always called me back real prompt before when I had ??s. I had my records sent to new dr- maybe he found out and they said to not return my calls?? crazy. I had decided I was going to switch to see other group in Tulsa- Dr. Bundren- he works with the Bennett Group in Oklahoma City- you go to OKC just for retrieval and transfer, rest is done Tulsa (MPisready-Maria used them) If you look at the stats for both groups- TFC has about same success rate as Dr. Bundren for 35 and younger, but over 35( I am 37) Dr. Bundren has a much much higher succes rate- like 67 to 20 percent?? go to
IVF Success Rates - Compare National IVF Fertility Success Rate Data Top IVF Clinics to see. I know this is long response- but I really rec you research both places and find which one works best for you. This is a very stressfull and expensive process. Please PM me anytime if you have ??s or email me
janalharris@hotmail.com .
Hope all works out for you,
Jana