Laura

Knowing that I was about to start an intense graduate program at 35 years old and would not be ready to start a family for a few years, I decided to look into freezing some of my younger eggs just in case I needed them down the road.

I had no idea that I was experiencing premature ovarian failure until the initial ovarian reserve testing came back. I am so thankful I sought a fertility consultation because doing so gave me options! I would have been much worse off if I had waited until graduation.

I cannot adequately capture in words just how grateful I am to have found Shady Grove Fertility. They came highly recommended by my sister-in-law who underwent IVF treatment, and I have Shady Grove Fertility to thank for my two nieces and my nephew.

The staff is so knowledgeable, so competent, so supportive, and just absolutely wonderful. Dr. Munabi and my nurses Morgan and Melanie at the Reading, PA location were with me through my journey every step of the way. They truly took the time to educate me, explain my options, support me as various anxieties arose, and answer my many questions throughout each of my three cycles.

They not only knew my fertility problems, but they knew me as a whole person—my goals for fertility and education, my hobbies and interests, my schedule, and the best times to push forward with a cycle. They truly knew me, and not just by looking in a chart. I could call or catch them in the hallway with a last-minute question and they remembered it all.

How many other doctor’s offices can you go to where even the receptionist (Rachel) is on a first-name basis with you and knows you are not particularly a morning person? Others have commented that Shady Grove Fertility is like a family. It truly is.

I am writing this on the day of my third and final egg collection. We collected eight more eggs from ovaries that did not want to cooperate, yet they were no match for Shady Grove Fertility, and we were ultimately successful at retrieving them to freeze. While I’m not ready to use my eggs yet, I can continue with my education with a sense of confidence that Shady Grove Fertility will be ready to continue their magic when it is time.