Starting from zero :Doctors Appointments Dr Gamal Mathias

I had a little break , I came back  to the gym to try to loose the 8 kg I gained  at the end of  the last pregnancy .. I think  I actually  gained the more  weight when I was winding down from the prednisone,

I think december  was very hard for me  .. not  only  because of my lost,   but  because  I had " retained product  " in my  uterus ...  I was very  stress out ...  I didn't know what  to do... do  what your  doctors  tell you or  just   follow  your  heart ....

So this month I did had a little  break of  thinking about  babies  or having a  family  :-P , but  who I am lying to ,  If I don't look for possible  treatments  myself , nobody is  gonna  do it for me .. 

So 15 days  ago my husband  read and article about surrogacy and then we  watched a bbc  show about  surrogacy in India ,  he though that surrogacy could be a good alternative  for us  as we dont  know whats  wrong with my  uterus ..  so I  actually  wrote to some of the surrogacy leaders in India, I contact  Dr Nayana,   they  were very helpful and  gave me some info  online  about their  surrogacy programs 

but at the end  . I really like  it .  but  at the end  $28k  is just too much for  us , especially  right now that only  MrB is working and not me , I have  been  working  super hard  sending my  cv's and selling things in my  2  ebay sites  but is just gonna be almost impossible to pay 28k in 9 months ... 

I did  contacted other surrogacy programs in Thailand, Vietnam  , India, but all of them   are  about the same  price   :-(  .. I am still waiting for a ivf clinic in Colombia that has a similar program , but they haven't answer  to me yet

So I came back to  plan A :  investigate  what's  wrong with me .   Should I go overseas,  Should I stay , I am so  confuse I dont  even know where to start again .

so I called Dr Gamal Matthias  in sydney , I will have a phone appointment with the doctor , this will cost me $300. Dr Matthias is an specialist in Reproductive  Immunology, I choose him  coz I read about him in some of the forums ,  I wanted to see  Dr Sacks  but  he doesn't do phone appointments  and It would cost me at least  $1000 to travel to Sydney and back and then pay for  tests on top . 

with doctor mathias  I will be  discussing  new tests  and possible  treatments .

I also Contact  Ivf Australia , I will be having an appointment with  Dr Ron Chang , it will cost me  $190 .  With Dr Chang  I will be  discussing  if is possible to have a Hysteroscopy /laparoscopy to check that everything is alright  down there  and that I don't have  any  Fibroids  (as one of the  ultrasound technicians  suggested  I probably had , as  he couldn't  see properly lining of my endometrium .. this happen at the ultrasound of the 31 of  december )  I am just  hoping  Dr chang has  successful experiences in women with Unexplained recurrent miscarriages .

with  doctor chang Ill be  discussing the possibility of  having  Ivf  with PGD/PGD-aCGH , prices etcetera. 

So , my ebay sales will be all going to  this specialist appointments I guess  ,

 I am very  interested in the Ivf  with aCGH  to be able choose the best embryos  and ruled out the possibility of  chromosomal abnormalities .

I feel little bit  left  behind  because  I know  all this treatments are very expensive, I know that we can't  afford them right now  :-( 

Thats why I also contact  some of the clinics in thailand , they seem to have very update  technology  and more reasonable prices than Australia .   I particularly like  one  , they seem to be  quite complete , joining the  immunology and the ivf in one same place , but I still have to  register with them to  know the costs . 

I also contact  some of the clinics in Colombia , I found  one  to be the most  I like , their  Ivf includes aCGH  cost about  8k  so is  not  that bad . 

Monday 9 december : Researching: New Study Finds Effective Clinical Treatment For Unexplained Recurrent Miscarriages

I found this article , I though it was interesting , may be my next step . I went to their website and  is extremely  expensive .. :-( 

http://www.colocrm.com/Services/ComprehensiveChromosomeScreening.aspx

New Study Finds Effective Clinical Treatment For Unexplained Recurrent Miscarriagesl

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-study-finds-effective-clinical-treatment-for-unexplained-recurrent-miscarriages-175379941.html

DENVER, Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent study by the Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine (CCRM) has found that a new technique that examines all 23 pairs of chromosomes in a human blastocyst (day five embryo), known as comprehensive chromosome screening (CCS), is an effective clinical treatment for unexplained recurrent miscarriages.

Miscarriage is a relatively common occurrence affecting roughly one in five pregnancies. However, only one to two percent of reproductive-aged women will have three or more consecutive, spontaneous miscarriages. The cause of recurrent miscarriage is complex in nature and can vary from autoimmune disorders to uterine abnormalities. For 50 percent of couples, recurrent miscarriages have no identifiable cause.

"Recurrent miscarriage is one of the most devastating experiences a couple can face," says William Schoolcraft, M.D., medical director of CCRM. "Our latest study offers hope to couples who previously had no where to turn. Comprehensive chromosome screening appears to greatly increase the odds of having a live birth."

It is well known that aneupliod embryos (chromosomally abnormal) will typically result in spontaneous miscarriage. CCRM clinicians recently conducted a study employing CCS and cryopreservation techniques, which allows them to select and transfer only blastocysts that have 23 pairs of chromosomes in a frozen embryo transfer. Study details and findings include:

• 42 women (36.7 mean age) with recurrent miscarriage (at least three proven miscarriages where fetal heartbeat was shown) had in vitro fertilization (IVF) with CCS.

• Nine patients had all aneuploid embryos; therefore, transfers could not be performed.

• Out of 33 patients who had at least one euploid (chromosomally normal) embryo transferred, 87.9 percent had clinical pregnancy; only one pregnancy resulted in a miscarriage.

• All the pregnancies have either resulted in a healthy delivery or are past mid-gestation and the potential live birth rate is 84.8 percent.

"Our two beautiful boys would not exist without the CCS technology at CCRM," says CCRM patient Kristin Scott Pardini. "After three devastating miscarriages we tried IVF with CCS. We had two egg retrievals resulting in a total of 41 eggs. Only one egg produced an embryo that had the necessary 23 chromosome pairs. That one embryo became our first son, Roman, who is now three."

Mandy Katz-Jaffe, PhD, director of research for CCRM added, "Until now, there was thought to be no effective clinical treatment for unexplained recurrent miscarriage, but now we have evidence that CCS can improve the ability to have a successful pregnancy. This is an exciting discovery that will open doors for many couples wanting to have children."

About the Colorado Center for Reproductive MedicineFounded in 1987 by Dr. William Schoolcraft, the Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine is one of the nation's leading infertility treatment centers, providing a wide spectrum of infertility treatments ranging from basic infertility care to advanced in vitro fertilization (IVF) technology. Today, joined by Drs. Eric Surrey, Debra Minjarez, Robert Gustofson and Jennifer Brown, Dr. Schoolcraft and his staff achieve some of the highest pregnancy rates in the country. CCRM has been ranked "The #1 Fertility Center in the U.S., with the Greatest Chance of Success" by Child.com. For more information, visit www.ColoCRM.com.

SOURCE Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine

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