submitted by Becky
I'm finally ready to meet with a Reproductive Endocrinologist, a week from today. I'm more nervous about this consult than I was visiting my OB last winter for the Clomid challenge and preconception screenings.
I've started a list of questions for the appointment, which may be too many or too few. For those of you who who have been through their first consultation, please let me know if I'm missing anything important:
1. Which is more appropriate for my situation - IUI or ICI?
2. Do you perform the insemination yourself?
3. How many vials per cycle should I order?
4. Does my donor need to be CMV neg?
5. Do I need to avoid certain blood types?
6. Will you work with my particular sperm bank? [editor's note: you should dictate choice of sperm bank, not the doctor]
7. How do you test sperm quality? Will you negotiate with the bank if the quality is sub-par?
8. How many treatment sessions should I anticipate, given my fertility "age"?
9. How many sessions of the suggested treatment do you recommend before moving on to more aggressive treatment options? What is our plan?
10. Will I be asked to see other doctors/staff members, or will the specialist I chose be the primary doctor?
11. If I ovulate during weekends and holidays, are you open?
That's all I could think of at the moment. Please send me any suggestions you have.
Heading into 40
8 years ago
1 comment:
There are suggestions on the ChoiceMoms.org website, under TRYING: Fertility, that you should also look at:
1) Tips on selecting the right doctor, including a PDF on the types of questions you should consider asking;
2) Ten steps for donor conception;
3) What you should know about your fertility;
4) insight about ovulation detection;
5) Q&A on IUI;
6) questions to ask yourself about your own emotions about the process of fertility treatment;
7) terms and acronyms;
8) tests you might expect;
9) impact of stress;
10) fertility and food...
and more.
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