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The forum has a new look and the Fairfax Team is so excited to create the best experience for our users.
To Note:
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Questions about your forum access? Email forum@fairfaxcryobank.com
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Doctor Recommendations
My partner and I are in the very beginning stages of planning to start our family. We've done a substantial amount of research online trying to find gay-friendly doctors willing to perform inseminations, but what we're really craving is some actual recommendations. Would anyone be willing to share information of doctors in the Twin Cities they've used or would use again?
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We've been trying to find some referrals from Rainbow Families, but the contact we've had seemed to have dropped off the face of the Earth. If you have a contact there, I'd love to get it from you. Feel free to private message me (or however that works) on here with the info!
I would definitely recommend a clinic with weekend hours. The first two times we tried, I ovulated on the weekends.
They are amazing at what they offer and do...they are a team of all women doctors...some who are gay themselves!
If your insurance is covered through them...this is a great choice! Our experience was absoultely amazing...and they were truly wonderful! Please let me know if you need any additional information or if you have other questions. Good luck!
Eric J. English, M.D. FACOG
Metro OBGYN - Maplewood MN
Phone: (651) 227-9141
He is awesome
I only wish the first doner was available but he isnt.
Initial visit, blood work, insemination, ultrasounds. The drugs and ultrasounds I have done at Fairview and only go down to Diamond to have hte insemination done.
My partner and I "me" got pregnant in 2008 and had a beautiful daughter in July 2009! We did IUI w/ no drugs and happened to get pregnant on the first try! You're in great hands at Women's Health!
Good luck!
Women's Health Consultants (4 IUIs)
POSITIVES
+ Super friendly staff. Dr. Roxy B was the BEST
+ More natural approach to making babies
+ 2 locations (28th+Chicago, and Downtown)
+ All woman staff!
+ Only 3 appointments for every month you try.
+ More affordable [$500 IUI cycle + sperm]
NEGATIVES
- Chaotic scheduling adds stress
- "Closed" on weekends so you have to page the doctor on call
Center for Reproductive Medicine (7 IUIs)
POSITIVES
+ More accurate...Makin babies is all they do
+ Use of drugs makes scheduling insems very easy to manage
+ Offers IVF option
+ Closer tracking of your cycle
NEGATIVES
- Outrageously expensive [$2000 IUI cycle + sperm] (...$150 for a pregnancy test??!)
- Extremely clinical (they will treat you like a straight couple who's had trouble conceiving. Push back on "required" tests.)
- 5+ appointments for every month you try.
- Impersonal.
BOTTOM LINE: If you have more time than money, go to WHC. For both clinics, we found we were very pleased with the services of the Andrology lab. Also the motility count was consistently better if Andrology washed it. So buy ICI units if you can! GOOD LUCK!
I don't have anything bad to say about them. We did 10 or so IUI's and one IVF cycle. Our insurance covered all of the IUI's, we just had co-pays, so I never examined the bill close enough to see the costs that Ninotchka mentioned. We did IVF there, which was obviously expensive-- but it came at a similar cost as anywhere else. Also, they gave us quite a few sample medications, which helped bring the costs down.
Just thought I'd add to your comments re: CRM. We worked with Dr. Erickson as well. She was wonderful, not only for her support of same-sex parents but because she acknowledges the emotional toll you are both going through to make this happen. Her approach is one that offers options and has you choose a route, which is nice for most couples. (Some couples I know were at their wits end and just wanted to be told what they need to do to get pregnant.)
We previously worked with Dr. Kuneck at CRM as well. He is a nice man but he didn't offer the same emotional support we experienced with Dr. Erickson.
I know CRM has a new doctor as well, Dr. Casey. I've seen her in the hallway...she seems nice.