Medical • Emotional • Financial

Medical Care

Shady Grove Fertility Reproductive Science Center offers comprehensive infertility evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment to those couples with a delay in their ability to conceive.

Evaluation and Diagnosis
After your initial consultation with a physician, an individualized, diagnostic plan will be outlined to determine the cause of your infertility. This plan is based on the information provided by your medical history and physical examination. It is designed to focus on and answer many important questions including:

• Are you ovulating?
• Are your fallopian tubes normal?
• Is your uterus receptive to implantation?
• Are the sperm normal in number and in function?

Once your diagnosis is established, a treatment plan will be tailored to suit your personal situation. The recommended approach will depend on your age, diagnosis, the duration of infertility, any previous treatments, and your personal preferences.

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Treatment Options
A wide variety of treatment options are available to meet your medical needs and may include:

• the use of hormone therapy (medications) to stimulate or support ovulation,
• sperm preparation for intrauterine insemination,
• the latest techniques for minimally invasive reproductive surgery (hysteroscopy and pelviscopy), and
• the Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART's), including In Vitro Fertilization

The In Vitro Fertilization Program
Over the past several years exciting breakthroughs have been made in the field of reproductive medicine offering new hope to couples of childbearing age regardless of the duration or extent of their infertility. None have been more dramatic than those associated with IVF and the treatment of male factor infertility.

For instance, now even the most severe cases of "male factor" infertility may be overcome through the use of successful new treatments such as Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) combined with IVF.

Another important recent advance in our IVF Laboratory has allowed successful growth of later stage embryos called blastocysts to be transferred to the uterus, maximizing pregnancy rates and at the same time, minimizing multiple pregnancies.

We have performed over 20,000 IVF procedures, giving us extensive "hands on" experience using the latest technologies. We regularly update and publish comprehensive statistics detailing the pregnancy and delivery rates in our IVF program.

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The Egg Donation Programs
Our Egg Donation programs were developed for women, who for various reasons, are unable to become pregnant using their own eggs. We offer several donor egg programs and financial options to accommodate individual circumstances.

All potential donors must meet strict and thorough medical and psychological screening before being accepted to any of our donor programs. The identities of the donors and recipients are kept strictly confidential in the Anonymous Programs.

For more information on the Egg Donation Programs, please contact our Donor Nurse Coordinator, Michele Purcell, RN at: 301-545-1255. To learn more about the financial options for Egg Donation, please contact Amanda Segal at 1-888-483-0500.

Psychological Support

Infertility is a highly stressful experience. We believe that providing resources for psychological and emotional support during the treatment process is an important element of fertility care.

Our Center works with a team of mental health professionals who are experienced, and who understand the normal emotional reactions associated with fertility therapy. These specially trained professionals can help you develop coping strategies to handle the personal stresses that may occur and offer assistance with communicating your feelings to each other and family and friends.

We invite you to tap into the "support network" at Shady Grove Fertility Center. From recommended reading and monthly support groups to our popular discussion series, featuring guest experts, our Psychological Support Staff offers resources for every situation.

For more information on individual, couple, or group counseling, call: Mrs. Covington, 301-279-9030.

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Financial Considerations

Coordination Of Insurance Benefits
Financial considerations are an important part of any medical care, especially in the decision to pursue advanced fertility treatment. Our financial coordinators are at your service to explain the cost of treatment and the extent of your infertility insurance benefit prior to initiating therapy. Their expertise allows them to help maximize the insurance benefits that may be available to you through your insurance plan.

IVF Shared Risk 100% Refund Plan
The original IVF Shared Risk 100% Refund Plan was created by our physicians more than a decade ago to help couples without insurance benefits for infertility treatment. Now you can choose to pursue IVF treatment without the worry about the cost versus chances of success... and without sacrificing high quality medical care.

For a fixed fee, you have six chances to overcome infertility through IVF. And if treatment isn't successful you'll receive a 100% refund, leaving your resources intact to pursue other family building options. We believe, like you, that success means having a baby. Donor Egg recipients and couples requiring ICSI may enter Shared Risk at a slightly higher fee. To learn more about our Financial Programs, please call 888-483-0500.

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