I recently went to the effort of booking two appointments with two new fertility specialists in a desperate bid to get a second opinion. One at a new clinic and the other with a different Doctor at the same clinic I currently attend. I mentioned in a previous post that I had been frustrated that I have not had any success with IVF as yet and that I felt my Doctor had not been proactive in recommending changes in my treatment protocol.
The first doctor I saw told me my chances of getting pregnant were very low but that he would treat me. There was no variation in the treatment in what I had done previously. The only major change was the change from transferring at Day 2 instead of Day 5. The benefit of going to him was that I would have the same Doctor treating me. The downside was that the clinic’s location was more difficult for me to attend and that I would have to go through the process of getting lots of paperwork transferred from one clinic to the next. I walked out of that office quite upset and depressed for the rest of the day.
The next doctor I was intending to see was not available until the end of May works at the same clinic as my current Doctor! I therefore decided to maintain my appointment with my current Fertility Specialist. I am stunned. He spent more time with me than normal, reviewed my files and recommended two major changes to what I had before. The first was:
- Embryo biopsy to see if there is any reason why I haven’t gotten pregnant
- Trying the Colorado Treatment protocol
I am stunned. Just when I was getting frustrated with my lack of success and made appointments to see other specialists, my own makes a change! Its a big clinic but I wonder if somehow he found out that I wanted to change or whether he knows from experience that women on a mission to get pregnant will stop at nothing.
Hi Carol!
I’m glad to see that there is a development and that your doctor finally decided to change the approach. To be honest, I think that your appointment with the other specialist, actually made him do this – no matter that the clinic is big, I’m sure he was immediately informed about your plans.
The endometrial biopsy is an interesting thing – it can give information if there is some old infection in the uterus that might impact the implantation. And, of course, the doctors get additional information, depending on the particular tests they perform… (mine was covering the NK cells in the uterus and also some implantation indicators). Another theory I heard is that this “hurting” of the uterus improves the implantation rates – some ladies used to undergo endometrial biopsy only for this reason.
I hope that your results will be fine and you’ll be successful in your next cycle. At least something can pop up, something that was hidden up to now.