Fertility Specialist - Flower Mound,TX

S.,

I spent several years doing infertility treatments and working with RESOLVE on these issues. I also have had lots of friends with fertility problems. The two best doctors that I know of in the area are Dr. Peng, with the Sher Institute (Dallas) and Dr. Chantillis (Plano). You may just want to go and get a second opinion to see if they corroborate what Dr. Ly says. I have not heard that great things about Dr. Barnett.

My friend just had twins and went to Dr. Barnett. My OBGYN says he is your guy if you want to get pregnant.

I would second the advice of using acupuncture with IVF. My sister and I are both seeing Dr.Liu in Frisco, and we have seen amazing things happen for us. We decided to see her first and then ease into fertility options.

Hi S....not sure where you live, but I used Dr. Sam Chantilis in Dallas...he is located as Presby in Dallas and there is an entire floor dedicated to assisted reproduction in the hospital.

Dr. Chantilis was rated as the best in Dallas for infertility. My hubby and I went through six years of infertility...after many IUI's and 2 miscarriages we went with Dr. Chantilis. We were blessed and became pregnant with my son on our second IVF attempt. After my son was born I became pregnant with my daughter 18 months later the old fashioned way. (we joke and call my son the $50,000 dollar baby) And yes IVF is VERY expensive and VERY hard on your body...I feel your pain...but there are no guarantees ever. That's the hard part. Go into it with your eyes wide open...get a doc your are comfortable with and confident in..that will make a world of difference. God Bless you on your journey and if you need a shoulder feel free to lean on mine!

A.

Hi S.. I went to Dr. Barnett as my last attempt (#3) and we now have a 2 year old daughter. He will give you only the straight story on what your odds are but his statistics are very good. Also the Plano Presby Hospital is one of the best labs in the country from our research and he would say it is as much about the lab as the Dr. I would also recommend doing accupuncture. I did that with my 3rd time and I would say that made the difference also, there are studies that have shown this. Dr. Jane Liu specializes in women's infertility. ###-###-#### Good luck and my only other recommendation is to have "Plan B" whether that is adoption or no children. Infertility is terribly stressful and a tough thing to go through so I wish you the best.

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I used Dr. Barry Jacobs in Lewisville. He is awesome!!!! He used to run a huge teaching clinic in Albany. Now that he's gotten older, he has scaled back and is starting to think about retiring. Now he has a small office and is involved with every step. He did my ultrasounds, drew my blood, everything. I liked that we weren't getting passed back and forth and then only seeing the doctor as the last step for just a minute. We were able to talk to him every morning for my blood draw and to discuss how I was feeling.
We got our son (now 21 months) on the first try of IVF. However, as other moms have said, it is SOOOO hard on you. It is hard physically and mentally. If you think the IUIs were somewhat stressful/difficult, to quote a cliche, "Honey, you ain't seen nothin' yet!"
The hormones will drive you almost to the point of insanity. I have talked to many other IVF women/moms both face-to-face and on online support groups and we all have the same opinion: NEVER, NEVER again. When hubby and I get ready for #2, we are going to adopt because I wll not allow myself to be subjected to that process ever again. I was 27 when we did it and I certainly can't picture doing it now that I'm a little older.
No matter who you choose to go with, you have to go in to it having full confidence in your doctor and knowing that it is not a guaranteed process. You also have to be fully committed because no matter how hard it gets, you can't quit half way through the cycle. Well, I guess you could but you'ld still have the time to readjust while your hormones get back to normal so you may as well just plug along.

Good luck and happy egg hunting!
L.

Go with your gut. I think its ALL about the doctor. I went to 3 doctors and tried for almost 3 years until something finally just clicked. If you think your doctor isn't doing everything in his power to get you pregnant, than switch. I was able to get pregnant (with fertility treatments) last May and now have a beautiful 8 month old daughter. I'm also 3 months pregnant!! Now I'm fertile all by myself!

Hi,

If this Dr. Ly is the same one my friend went to, get out of there now. He was located on MacArthur in Irving. I won't go into details. I went to Dr. Douglas at Medical Center of Plano. He also is listed as the best in Dallas. We got pregnant with the 3rd IUI, but only because it took some time to get the right drug dosage. I am fairly tolerant to medication and usually require more than what is the norm on any medication for it to work. Anyway, the friend that went to Dr. Ly switched to Dr. Douglas and did IVF with an egg donor and is pregnant now. Dr. Douglas is very straight to the point. I liked him, but some think he doesn't have the greatest bedside manner. He's not mean, but just doesn't beat around the bush. He tells it how it is. I don't think that matters too much if he really knows what he is doing. I now have a second child who was an accident as we thought it would not be possible on our own as my husband also had fertility issues!

Good luck and hang in there. It's tough but soooooo worth it in the end!

Hi S., I too was a patient with Dr. Barnett. I made 2 attempts with IUI (he felt that an IUI was not going to be a success the third time so he directed me to IVF. He was only going to allow 3 IUIs total.) and one attempt with IVF. While I wasn't thrilled to hear the negatives of my fertility, it was what I needed to hear to start making decisions. Barnett is a very focused, intelligent man. He knows why you are there and he wants it to result in a pregnancy for you. He tells you like it is and that sometimes is what you need in this infertility fog that is around you. I researched Doctors in the area and then went with Barnett/Presby from the added information that the CHILD MAGAZINE article put the ARTS department in the top 10 for the United States.
I also loved his nurses. YOu spend a lot of time talking to them either on the phone, in person or when they are training you for the medication dosage.
My IVF resulted in boy/girl twins in July. I have friends who have had success with him as well.

Good Luck with your journey.

Dr. Le in Irving sucks! Dr. Le sees patients only as the way to extract as much money as possible. I had to do all the reasearch myself and tell him the next treatment he needs to take with me because he constantly forgets patient's medical history. He withholds the truth: he advised me to have IVF and told me that in my situation I have as good chance as any other woman of my age group (60% based on 2008 results). After my IVF failed I found SART statistics for his clinic and found that for my particular diagnosis my chance of success was only 30%. I hope someone will sue him really soon, he truly deserves it! Don't waste time with him: he milks patients for money ruthlessly and selects treatments based on profitability, not success rates. Also, his rates of success for IVF are on the low range. On his website he lists chance of clinical pregnancy but if you go to www.sart.com and see live birth rates they are lower than other clinics in DFW.

Hi S.. My husband and I struggled with infertility for 3 yrs before doing IVF and getting pregnant with our now 4-month old beautiful, healthy boy. We did not use either of the doctors you mentioned and I don't have info about them but, I wanted to let you know that we used Dr. Michael Putman of Baylor Dallas and I think he is a miracle worker! He is an exceedingly bright man and has the best experience in the metroplex. He has been on the 'Best of D' magazine for several years as one of the top endocronologists in Dallas. He was president of the North American Board of Infertility a few years ago and has 4 patents on surgical tools for infertilty (one of which he used on me!).
Most importantly to me though, is that Putman and his office are extremely kind, considerate and compassionate which is a must when you are going through infertility. And, his office is not money driven--in fact, Putman couldn't even tell us how much different procedures were because he said he didn't know about the money, we'd have to talk to his office. He is in it because he has a passion for helping people have children not because he is money hungry. That is a very different philosopy from some of the doctors in the metroplex.
I loved Putman and cried when we had to quit going to his office and go back to the regular obgyn. We'll be back next year to try for another little one.
One last thing, I read the posts that say that IVF is really hard on your body and they would never do it again, but that was not my experience. I didn't think the process was bad at all and in fact, my husband and I made the nightly shots almost fun because he liked being a part of the process and was a pretty good shot with the needles! I guess to me, the alternative of never being a mom, made the shots, hormones and other side effects just not seem like that big of a deal. I think part of that is that Putman is really good with the right doses of hormones without overloading you. I just had a very positive experience and will definitely do it again. It's a lot of money, but we'd blow it somewhere else and I'd much rather have a child than say, a new boat!
Best of luck to you and your husband. I certainly understand the struggles and wish you all the best. Being a mom has been more joy than I ever expected and every day,I thank God and Dr. Putman for my precious son. Good luck!