Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Are all fertility clinics the same?

Do all fertility clinics work the same way? Are they all fighting to see who can do the most IVFs? What ever happend to personal care? Do they all have a "script" and procedure that they use 600 times a day to 600 emotionally drained patients?  Do they all spend 3mins or less giving you the script and charging $300?

I just got the informational packet from the fertility clinic we're due to see next month.  IVF IVF IVF.  Honestly, do they do anything else? You should see their price list.  Holy Cow! It's off the charts.  They should be ashamed. 

I'm trying to look outside the box.  I've not seen this doctor before, so I have no idea what to expect. I'm told that he's awesome.  Specialists don't really have the best bedside manner, of which, I'm ok with. Just use all that medical knowledge you've obtained the last 20 years or so, read my file, ask me some questions, spend 4mins (instead of 3) with me and give me your opinion.  (I'll be ok to pay you the $300!) See how that works?

I completed my paperwork. I'll make copies of my old records and I'll mail everything to them early next week. They should have everything they need for my appointment Oct 15.  SHOULD is the key word here. First test of competency!

3 comments:

  1. I know, it's so rare to find competent health care, unfortunately. I finally found an AMAZING doctor...but of course all the other people in the office are nuts. LOL

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  2. Oh good, your comments work now! :)
    (MK from paperbackswap)

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  3. I'm blessed to have an amazing RE and the entire office staff is great. My first consult lasted a little over an hour. It's nice to have that kind of personal care. I've done 4 Clomid cycles with them, but because that made my total number of consecutive Clomid cycles 8, if this is a bust, we're moving on to injectables. IVF comes later. They don't push it first. But a lot of places do.

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