My husband and I were so happy to find RMA of TX. I am now in my 3rd trimester with twin girls and can't thank RMA enough! We started our infertility journey in Chicago in March 2010. I researched A LOT to find the best place to go. We selected a very respected top-notch hospital in Chicago for our treatment and at the time we were very happy with the treatment plan. Unfortunately, we were unsuccessful after 2 IUIs and 2 IVFs. The second IVF ended in a miscarriage at 6 weeks. We then moved to the San Antonio area. We took a few months off our treatment, and in the meantime I researched facilities in the SA area. I was immediately impressed with the reviews of RMA and took their open house tour. We were VERY IMPRESSED. We immediately started to compare them with the Chicago facility and I just couldn't stop talking about how much better it was. We started our treatment in January 2011 and were pregnant after our first IVF in March. They did not make us redo tests that we had already completed at our other facility. We met with Dr. Arredondo and reviewed our previous plan and explained what worked and what didn't and tweaked it for us. It WORKED! Here is a comparison list of RMA and my previous facility in Chicago:
Initial Dr. Consultation:
Other place - met with Dr. and went over high-level plans for treatment (i.e. IUIs and IVFs) nothing specific. He was very matter of fact and clinical not very personable.
RMA - met with Dr. Arrendondo went over high-level and details of the treatment. He explained exactly what would work for us and why. He was very scientific and talked to us at level that tailored for us (I'm an MIT grad) and was very personable. My husband and I were immediately impressed!
Shots Class:
Other place - it was group atmosphere. We met with a nurse (with 5 other couples) to go over how to administer shots and then we were kind of shuttled from blood draw to nurses for the rest of the time. That is when we received our treatment plan from a nurse.
RMA - it was very tailored one-on-one session with our nurse. We received our treatment plan but there no shuttling and it was a very pleasant experience.
Regular Sonograms:
Other place - We were given the same window of time as everyone else every day to arrive for our blood draw and sonogram. Every morning it waited in line before the doors opened just to get my paperwork (which may or may not be there) and then to get a number for the blooddraw line and and different number for the sonogram line. The sonograms were conducted by a sonographer who was not allowed to show or discuss what she saw. I had to wait until a nurse called later in the day.
RMA - Had an appt time each morning. If I had to wait it was a in a nice waiting room. Our Drs. and nurse conducted the sonogram EVERY time and we both got to see everything and they explained right then and there. We met with a nurse afterwards to discuss any treatment changes.
Retrieval & Transfer:
Other place - they were conducted by whichever Dr. was on call (which was never our Dr.) So a different Dr. we never met before conducted our R&T each time. The prep & recovery room was fine but with no amenities. My husband had to wait in the waiting room the whole time.
RMA - conducted by our Drs. every time. The prep & recovery room was wonderful each patient had their own TV and my husband could sit with me in his own leather recliner and his own TV the whole time. He also had his own viewing room to watch the procedure via TV.
Dr. interaction:
Other place: other than the initial consultation we never met with our Dr. again and the only time we even talked to him was over the phone when there were major results such as retrieval results and if the treatment was unsuccessful.
RMA: we met with our Drs. every time we went! And they were very personable every time.
I could go on-and-on. I LOVED my care at RMA and it was SUCCESSFUL!
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