2019 - 2020, Successful
Dr. Anchan is the kindest and most thoughtful doctor I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. He is extremely bright and you can tell that right away. He thinks outside the box... was the first doctor I met during this process where I felt like an actual patient and not a customer. He looked at all aspects of my health and during our first interaction he gave me a hug and recognized how upset I was from my previous failures and miscarriages...This process may take time as Dr. Anchan wants to do his research on your case before doing anything right away. Be patient...
They [Brigham & Women's Hospital] are well run and allow early visits for lab draws and ultrasounds which was a big plus when choosing clinics. I also felt very well taken care of as Brigham has more Top Doctors working for them than any other IVF clinic in the state. I would suggest having all phone calls returned by the nurse that day and having a live nurse available by phone on the weekend.
How was your experience with Raymond Anchan at Brigham & Women's Hospital?
Dr. Anchan is the kindest and most thoughtful doctor I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. He is extremely bright and you can tell that right away. He thinks outside the box and suggested we collaborate with Dr. Joanne Kwak Kim a reproductive immunologist to look for other reasons I had so many unexplained failures. I appreciated that he was humble enough to suggest we look outside the box, rather than jumping to just PGS. He also suggested doing day a 3 fresh embryo transfer to ensure that I had something transferred. He really is so humble and knows that the human body is smarter than the doctors and kept saying that. He also said PGS testing is not a guarantee and he has done research studies on this himself. He also felt that there must be an immune factor for my failures and miscarriages rather than just blaming my egg quality. As someone coming from another well known clinic, it was refreshing to hear a doctor blame something other than egg quality for IVF failures. As I was immediately told at the other clinics that my failures were from egg quality, even though I had 7 blasts and was 31 at the time of the retrieval.
What's one piece of advice would you give a prospective patient of Raymond Anchan at Brigham & Women's Hospital?
This process may take time as Dr. Anchan wants to do his research on your case before doing anything right away. Be patient.
During treatment, were you treated like a number or a human with Raymond Anchan at Brigham & Women's Hospital?
Dr. Anchan was the first doctor I met during this process where I felt like an actual patient and not a customer. He looked at all aspects of my health and during our first interaction he gave me a hug and recognized how upset I was from my previous failures and miscarriages
Describe the protocols Raymond Anchan used in your cycles at Brigham & Women's Hospital and their degree of success.
I will be doing the patch protocol
Describe your experience with your nurse at Brigham & Women's Hospital. (Assigned nurse: Ellen)
Ellen is extremely sweet. She herself went though infertility and understands how trying this is on you emotionally. She even told me when I was deciding between clinics that they only want me to succeed and won't ever be offended if I choose another clinic. She was like talking to your mother when she called you on the phone. She gave caring advise and you felt well taken care of.
Describe your experience with Brigham & Women's Hospital.
They are well run and allow early visits for lab draws and ultrasounds which was a big plus when choosing clinics. I also felt very well taken care of as Brigham has more Top Doctors working for them than any other IVF clinic in the state. I would suggest having all phone calls returned by the nurse that day and having a live nurse available by phone on the weekend. Boston IVF does a better job with organization of nursing/triage.
Describe the costs associated with your care under Raymond Anchan at Brigham & Women's Hospital.
I live in Massachusetts and most of the care was covered by insurance.
Describe Raymond Anchan's approach to eSET (elective single embryo transfer) vs. multiple embryo transfer at Brigham & Women's Hospital.
He will be doing a fresh day 3 transfer given that I am now 35 with diminished ovarian reserve. If the fresh fails we will do a natural frozen transfer, with the use of progesterone IM only.
What specific things went wrong at Brigham & Women's Hospital?
- Failed to call with results
- Failed to convey critical information
Describe the specific things that went wrong at Brigham & Women's Hospital.
I had an ectopic pregnancy and my HCG results were not responding well to the methotrexate. As the patient I saw my HCG results and assumed because they were not what they should be after the MTX shot that I would receive instructions on what to do next. Unfortunately I had to call the clinic late in the afternoon and had to page the fellow to give me the plan, which was to return to the ED. I was upset that on the weekend the ball seemed to be dropped.