Texas DE/IVF clinics?

ladybuglive · 03-16-2005, 12:53 AM

Is anyone here from Texas? I'm not, but am considering going there for DE/IVF because it seems like the costs for a cycle are less than east or west coasts. Feedback on clinics appreciated!

ladybuglive · 03-16-2005, 09:06 AM

I'm not in Texas at all, just looking at possibly doing a cycle there if I can find a clinic that is affordable with good success rates. Do you know any? You can email me at ladybuglive@yahoo.com

**BC-KarenS-MI** · 03-16-2005, 09:58 AM

I have a friend who lives in TX & her DE cycle was outrageous!!!! She could've done a cycle at my RE, in MI, for a little more than half of what she was going to have to spend.

I suppose it would depend on where you're looking to go & if they have their own donor pool. The RE my friend was going to didn't have his own donor pool so she was going to have to go through an agency, which added A TON of money onto her cycle cost. She ended up using her sister, so she didn't have to go through an agency.

Good luck!! If you want some names of RE's in TX, you can go the IVF & High Tech bb & ask for RE recommendations in TX. There are currently several ladies from TX on the other bb.

Karen

StacyD · 03-17-2005, 03:36 PM

I know the clinic we used for our third and fourth IVF and ICSI cycles do. It is a husband and wife team, DRs. Kevin and Kathleen Doody at the Center for Assisted Reproduction it is in Bedford which is Fort Worth.

Stacy

pupandbon · 03-17-2005, 05:21 PM

You can email the Center for Assisted Reproduction in Bedford, Texas and they will send you the prices if they aren't listed on their website already. Rebecca

iceranger · 04-19-2005, 08:46 PM

I have done 2 cycles in Austin with Austin IVF & one in Houston at Baylor ART. I thought Baylor was very reasonable with their prices. You can also do donor embryos transfers there really reasonably.

Good luck!

sskeele · 04-20-2005, 02:19 PM

I have done two cycles. One at Baylor in Houston - unsuccesful and I wasn't impressed - and one with The Center of Reproductive Medicine in Webster - just south of Houston. I am now pregnant from that cycle and am totally impressed with them. They have there own donors and everyone was just great. Best of all it worked! It cost $18,500 + donor and my meds - about $23,000 or so. Is that cheaper than where you are?

Shell
Age 44/DH 41 – Married 1 ½ years
I have 2 natural children by first marriage, daughters 16 and 10
DH has no children - this is his one and only marriage
TTC #3 with DH for 2 years
1 IUI – May 2004
1 DE IVF August 2004 – 10 eggs retrieved, 6 fertilized, 3 3-day embryos transferred – failed
1 Frozen cycle with 3 embies – failed
Changed clinics
1 IUI – January 2005 – failed
2nd DE IVF – March 25th retrieval – 27 eggs – 21 fertilized
March 30th – transferred 2 blasts and 1 morula
Beta done 4/11/05 BFP!!!!!!!! 575 12dp5dt – YEA!!!!!
Beta #2 4/15/04 16dp5dt – 4574 – Yikes!?!
U/S set for 4/25

iceranger · 04-20-2005, 09:44 PM

Shell,

Just curious, which doctor did you have?

Ice

StacyD · 04-20-2005, 10:15 PM

I just wanted to add that we did out third and fourh cycles of IVF and ICSI with the Doodys at Center for Assisted Reproducton in Euless.

Our first and second cycles were with another doc in Dallas. Both were failures due to his mistakes.

As you can see below our cycle with the Doodys resulted in our two sons.

Stacy

sskeele · 04-21-2005, 06:44 AM

Ice,

We had Dr. Carson at Baylor and our main Dr. is Schnell at CORM, but Dr. DeSplinter actually did our transfer.

Shell

03-16-2005, 12:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
ladybuglive Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2	Texas DE/IVF clinics? Is anyone here from Texas? I'm not, but am considering going there for DE/IVF because it seems like the costs for a cycle are less than east or west coasts. Feedback on clinics appreciated!

03-16-2005, 09:58 AM	#3 (permalink)
BC-KarenS-MI Board Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 28,043	I have a friend who lives in TX & her DE cycle was outrageous!!!! She could've done a cycle at my RE, in MI, for a little more than half of what she was going to have to spend. I suppose it would depend on where you're looking to go & if they have their own donor pool. The RE my friend was going to didn't have his own donor pool so she was going to have to go through an agency, which added A TON of money onto her cycle cost. She ended up using her sister, so she didn't have to go through an agency. Good luck!! If you want some names of RE's in TX, you can go the IVF & High Tech bb & ask for RE recommendations in TX. There are currently several ladies from TX on the other bb. Karen __________________ ttc #1 for 7 1/2 years ~ IVF #1, 6-93, cancelled; IVF#2/rescue ICSI- 7-99, failed ~(switched RE's) ZIFT/ICSI- 1-00, successful w/twins, lost 1 at 8w ~ ZIFT/ICSI #2, to try for #2- March '03- successful ~ GS- IVF #1, 7-05 failed. FET 10-05- BFP, m/c 5w5d

03-17-2005, 03:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
StacyD 5000-9999 post king of hearts Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 7,115 Blog Entries: 39	I know the clinic we used for our third and fourth IVF and ICSI cycles do. It is a husband and wife team, DRs. Kevin and Kathleen Doody at the Center for Assisted Reproduction it is in Bedford which is Fort Worth. Stacy __________________ God Blessed us with two wonderful boys B 1997 from our third IVF and ICSI G 1998 from our fourth IVF, ICSI and AH Hoping to add to our family someday soon Become a vessel God can use to pour encouragement into the lives of those you know and love.

04-20-2005, 10:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
StacyD 5000-9999 post king of hearts Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 7,115 Blog Entries: 39	I just wanted to add that we did out third and fourh cycles of IVF and ICSI with the Doodys at Center for Assisted Reproducton in Euless. Our first and second cycles were with another doc in Dallas. Both were failures due to his mistakes. As you can see below our cycle with the Doodys resulted in our two sons. Stacy __________________ God Blessed us with two wonderful boys B 1997 from our third IVF and ICSI G 1998 from our fourth IVF, ICSI and AH Hoping to add to our family someday soon Become a vessel God can use to pour encouragement into the lives of those you know and love.

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03-16-2005, 09:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
ladybuglive Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2	I'm not in Texas at all, just looking at possibly doing a cycle there if I can find a clinic that is affordable with good success rates. Do you know any? You can email me at ladybuglive@yahoo.com

03-17-2005, 05:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
pupandbon Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 258	You can email the Center for Assisted Reproduction in Bedford, Texas and they will send you the prices if they aren't listed on their website already. Rebecca

04-19-2005, 08:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
iceranger Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 31	I have done 2 cycles in Austin with Austin IVF & one in Houston at Baylor ART. I thought Baylor was very reasonable with their prices. You can also do donor embryos transfers there really reasonably. Good luck!

04-20-2005, 02:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
sskeele Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 140	I have done two cycles. One at Baylor in Houston - unsuccesful and I wasn't impressed - and one with The Center of Reproductive Medicine in Webster - just south of Houston. I am now pregnant from that cycle and am totally impressed with them. They have there own donors and everyone was just great. Best of all it worked! It cost $18,500 + donor and my meds - about $23,000 or so. Is that cheaper than where you are? Shell Age 44/DH 41 – Married 1 ½ years I have 2 natural children by first marriage, daughters 16 and 10 DH has no children - this is his one and only marriage TTC #3 with DH for 2 years 1 IUI – May 2004 1 DE IVF August 2004 – 10 eggs retrieved, 6 fertilized, 3 3-day embryos transferred – failed 1 Frozen cycle with 3 embies – failed Changed clinics 1 IUI – January 2005 – failed 2nd DE IVF – March 25th retrieval – 27 eggs – 21 fertilized March 30th – transferred 2 blasts and 1 morula Beta done 4/11/05 BFP!!!!!!!! 575 12dp5dt – YEA!!!!! Beta #2 4/15/04 16dp5dt – 4574 – Yikes!?! U/S set for 4/25

04-20-2005, 09:44 PM	#8 (permalink)
iceranger Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 31	Shell, Just curious, which doctor did you have? Ice

04-21-2005, 06:44 AM	#10 (permalink)
sskeele Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 140	Ice, We had Dr. Carson at Baylor and our main Dr. is Schnell at CORM, but Dr. DeSplinter actually did our transfer. Shell

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