RE in Atlanta? Also, what does all this mean exactly?

[Sweet Girl]

I am new to all of this and just started seeing a RE in my hometown of Atlanta. So far, I've had the blood work and an HSG two weeks ago. There is a "growth" in my uterus, polyp or fibroid, that they are removing via hysteroscopy in two weeks. My RE told us last week that due to my age, which is 39, and my FSH level, which is 10, he recommends IUI or IVF, and gave us pretty low odds of being able to get pregnant....I think he said 5% with the procedures. During my HGS, his NP seemed to think the growth was the reason for our problem, as it seems to be blocking my husband's swimmers passage to my tubes. Also, my RE said that my AGH level was pretty good at 2.5.
In a nutshell, I'm getting mixed messages and am confused and freaked out. After his talk, I have been on the internet doing research for four days, and one thing that bothered me that I found is that his clinic's stats are really really significantly lower than average and just not good at all. They are consistently bad over the years available. The RE is nice enough, and I've seen him described as both brilliant and grumpy, which is all good and well, but.....those stats have me freaked out, too.
Do any of y'all ladies have experience or advice about 1) RE's in the Atlanta area, or 2) problems similar to mine, or 3) the weight that I should give to these stats, or 4) anything else that might be helpful??
Thanks ahead of time, and sorry to be long-winded....did I mention that I am freaked out?! [/img]

[DrJen]

I'm not from the Atlanta area, but I can say that there is nothing wrong with getting a second opinion. The clinic I go to in St Louis was highly recommended and I checked their stats. You are investing a lot of time and money and should feel comfortable where you are receiving treatment. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

[doodah66]

All I can say is....the most important thing you can do is follow your heart.

I was 40 when I had 2 uterine polyps removed and then started my IVF cycles. Because of my age I was given pretty gloomy odds that IVF would be successful but my husband and I were willing to try. The question we kept asking ourselves was "When we're 60 will we regret that we didn't give it all we could?" We just didn't want any regrets.

As my RE sort of expected, because of my age, I was a low responder, meaning my estrogen levels didn't rise like they're supposed to with all the injections I'd been taking. Plus I wasn't producing very many follicles, and the ones that did show up were all over the map size wise. All 3 of those cycles were cancelled before retrieval because of very low estrogen and very few follicles.

Anyway, after 3 failed attempts and being told several times I should consider donor eggs, I sought a 2nd opinion. That dr. agreed with my RE - our odds of getting pregnant with my own eggs was 5%. I was devastated and did a lot of soul searching. All 3 of my failed cycles were started with the birth control pill, followed by various types of drugs, which were changed after each failed cycle. Since the 2nd failed cycle I had just had a gut instinct that the bcp's were suppressing me too much, but I thought I was being silly because "my RE knows what's best for me". Finally, 3 months after the 3rd failed cycle, I called my RE and asked if he would be willing to try 1 last time and not put me on the pill this time. He agreed.

Long story long, I'm pregnant !! I still didn't respond like a 20 something year old, but at least this time my estrogen levels rose. For the first time ever. I only had 2 follicles and my RE gave us the speech where we're told that the odds were astronomical and he asked us if we wanted to try retrieval. We knew in our hearts this would be our very last IVF attempt and decided we had to go for it even with such low odds. At retrieval, there were 2 follicles and they only found ONE egg. My RE had said since practically our first visit that "it only takes one". He was soooo right! That strong little thing has made it to 7 weeks pregnant.

What I've learned through all of this is to just trust your heart. If we hadn't gotten pregnant this time, it would have had to be our very last attempt for financial reasons. But looking back at 60 years old, we would have known in our hearts that we gave it all we had at this point in our lives.

BEST OF LUCK !!!!!!!

[Amethyst]

Hi Sweet Girl,

I am also in Atl, who is your RE that you are using:?:

Amethyst