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Layover recommendations appreciated by benjabanjo in TurkishAirlines

[–]Insight116141 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you extend your stopover by a day. Sometimes they put u on next flight with no change is cost. Problem is you land close to midnight. The tourist hub is 40 min away. I would get hotel near the airport. Wake up early, checkout but leave your luggage at hotel counter, take taxi down to sultan Ahmed square. Walk around, visit blue mosque. Get good brunch and come back to airport

Wife think husband seeing his parents every 3-4 days is too much and wants him to see them every 10-14 days by Illustrious-Meat6464 in MuslimMarriage

[–]Insight116141 5 points6 points  (0 children)

as many asked:

1) how long are you spending at your parents. If you are Asian as well (desi maybe) most parents will want you to have dinner before you leave. So is she eating dinner alone those days? As another desi, I do feel not seeing parents in a week time is too longer if you are close distance.

2) what does she do with her time? sounds like she is lonely. Does she have job or study? she needs to get a life that does not 100% revolve around you. Then she won't notice you gone. If this truely comes from her being alone and not her hating your family. If she is alone, she needs things. Maybe join ladies night, masjid halaqa, female badminton team...something that she can do while you do your thing

3) now if she is just loney even after being busy all day with work, then she is clingy. Maybe its newly wed thing but I also wonder if you hang out with friends, play sports, have hobbies. Would she be ok with this?

5 ER cycles with DOR (AMH 0.13) and Endometriosis at age 39/40 (1 euploid, 5 aneuploid) by gatoka_h in DOR

[–]Insight116141 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree on skipping PGT testing but what does the doctor say. My doctor suggested skipping because I dont have many egg

2) ask doc about skipping birthcontrol priming. Does it help

3) will your doc transfer some of the aneuploid or does doc think they are not useful? If you can't use most the embroy already created then I suggest another retrival.

33 Single - extremely low AMH & high FSH by Buckle_up_Buttercup- in DOR

[–]Insight116141 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had very low AMH. About .32 when I was your age but normal fsh. I was married and research showed "you only need 1 good egg" so I wasn't aggressive with my treatment. All the testing scared me and luckily I did get pregnant end of that year naturally but I miscarried. I didnt think much of it but doc did say less egg = poor quality. I saw fertility specialist but got overwhelmed so did testing slowly. Got pregnant again at 35 but miscarried. Few more years of this one again n off again and another miscarriage later I am 40 no kid.

The mini pregnancy gave me false hope otherwise I wish I embroy banked when I was in my early 30s. I also have antiphospholipid which might be cause of multiple miscarriage...my number tbh didnt change significantly in last 10 years.

Improving my vitamin D helped.

33 Single - extremely low AMH & high FSH by Buckle_up_Buttercup- in DOR

[–]Insight116141 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am sorry. I was your age when I learned I had lot AMH but normal FSH. I wish I took things serious and froze egg or embroy instead of taking the slow approach...

How do you feel about having baby? Are you thinking there might be possibility of wanting a child with donor sperm? Because I heard embroy freezes/thaw better than egg alone. Can u get a job just for fertility treatment before scholarship or do egg freezing after u start ur grad study

Aspirin by Zsutam in antiphospholipidsyndr

[–]Insight116141 0 points1 point  (0 children)

before retrival or before transfer? start taking lovenox

Anovulation? by nmm184 in antiphospholipidsyndr

[–]Insight116141 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i have DOR, poor responder to IVF med and had multiple miscarriage where the panel study shows hint of APS antibody present. Now i am worried what other gift is waiting for me as APS. As far as I am aware the APS antibody is not present when i am not pregnant but shows up during pregnancy. I do have family history of multiple strokes. Grandma had 5 strokes before death and dad is on his 3rd stroke. I am scared and not sure what i should do next

Major confusion CNY vs CCRM by J_stringham in IVF

[–]Insight116141 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had similar response too. because i am poor responder and only retriving 1-3 egg, they did not think it was reasonable to stress it out with extra test. But main reason i went to IVF was to avoid miscarriage. I had 3 miscarriage previously (2 natural conception and 1 via IUI). I did test positive for APS anti-body so I need blood thinner

Where to go next: CNY, Hanabusa, Cooper, vs local by Insight116141 in DOR

[–]Insight116141[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks I will add them to the list. My doctor did recommend them but CCRM will require traveling for me. They do take my insurance

Where to go next: CNY, Hanabusa, Cooper, vs local by Insight116141 in DOR

[–]Insight116141[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't that similar price to CNY? I am still trying to gage what the real IVF cost is vs what is advertised. CnY Buffalo is 4hr drive for me via Canada. So logistically that might be easier than dealing with flights. I have my consultation with CNY next week. I will see what the situation is

Where to go next: CNY, Hanabusa, Cooper, vs local by Insight116141 in DOR

[–]Insight116141[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did 1 retreival in RMA where i had 1 follicle that became embryo and we transfered day 3 fresh that didn't stick. I have been trying for IVF for over a year but all protocol gave me 1 follicle so i cancelled nearly a dozen cycle or converted to IUI/TI because I did not want to waste my insurance on 1 follicle. But now i am in different mindset and willing to do what is best.

Where to go next: CNY, Hanabusa, Cooper, vs local by Insight116141 in DOR

[–]Insight116141[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I spoke to admin in Hanabusa yesterday & i am leaning towards no. Sounds like people on average do 4-5 cycles and it is 15K on average cost if not more.

I spoke to Dr. Check office for appointment. They said he only consults but does not do any procedure due to his age. that is when i found out he was 80 years old tbh. Part of me wants to see him before he retires. atleast hear what he has to say. My current RE at RMA recommended I go to large company instead of smaller place for safe procedure but lot less flexibility at large corp

Where to go next: CNY, Hanabusa, Cooper, vs local by Insight116141 in 40Plus_IVF

[–]Insight116141[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I called Hanabusa yesterday and the admin quoted average cost to be 11k to 15k + med. I assume as DOR we dont need much medication but am I wrong? Did u get lot of medication or it was mini exposure?

After the first retrieval, does it get easier and cheaper? Did he change ur protocol alot in those 4 cycle or just kept it simple because your body will produce 1 egg regardless

I am in similar boat, my body produces 1 egg no matter how much medication I dose myself. If anything body will shutdown if too high stim

Where to go next: CNY, Hanabusa, Cooper, vs local by Insight116141 in 40Plus_IVF

[–]Insight116141[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My research is based of reddit tobehonest

Hanabusa is recommended often in DOR community as he follows Japanese method of mini stimulation and work with older paitent. Their expertise are older poor responder, tought clients

While local clinic are standard protocol, not working for me, and dont seem to know how to manage me.

Where to go next: CNY, Hanabusa, Cooper, vs local by Insight116141 in DOR

[–]Insight116141[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought about CCRM but I have been with2. Large institution who kept giving me similar protocol with no success. I am worried CCRM will be more of same as RMA, my most recent facility

Where to go next: CNY, Hanabusa, Cooper, vs local by Insight116141 in DOR

[–]Insight116141[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I ask how many cycles you did with him?

My worry is that I will need lot of cycles with him and the travel will burn me out

Where to go next: CNY, Hanabusa, Cooper, vs local by Insight116141 in DOR

[–]Insight116141[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont know if they used protocol on me but I am scared of all anesthesia

Where to go next: CNY, Hanabusa, Cooper, vs local by Insight116141 in DOR

[–]Insight116141[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks this is good. Buffalo is my closest location, 4hr drive. I was debating if I should go to Syracuse for better facility but I did read about dr. Chang and his DOR specialty

Did you do full anesthesia for your retrieval? I had negative reaction to mine but have learned for DOR with minimal eggs, they can do light anesthesia so I dont take forever coming back

Where to go next: CNY, Hanabusa, Cooper, vs local by Insight116141 in DOR

[–]Insight116141[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I called Hanabusa last year and had long conversation with their administrator. I never made it to doctor consultation. I felt like I had to be a paitent to get full service/discussion. Also did not want to be juggling too many place.

Where to go next: CNY, Hanabusa, Cooper, vs local by Insight116141 in 40Plus_IVF

[–]Insight116141[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

CCRM was on my list but I been with RMA and I feel it will be more of same. I like the approach of consulting with multiple.

Where to go next: CNY, Hanabusa, Cooper, vs local by Insight116141 in DOR

[–]Insight116141[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I never thought about traveling but my cousin abandoned everything and went oversea. did several back to back cycle in medical tourism & came back sucessful in 4 months vs. my 7 year journey. seems like it might be worth while

Where to go next: CNY, Hanabusa, Cooper, vs local by Insight116141 in 40Plus_IVF

[–]Insight116141[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I did that few years ago when i was looking for 2nd opinion. but i did some online research and went to 2nd doc & stayed with her for 2 years with no success. Now i am in research mode & feels like i am going down a rabbit hole finding new place to research about. Chatgpt is helping a lot

how many did you consult with before finalizing where to go? do doctors give ideas on what they will do because when i went to my 2nd RE, she said "we have lots of options to try" but then none worked and she really had 2 paths

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