Every IVF patient wants to go to the best IVF doctor . After all, it’s obvious that the better your doctor , the better your chances of getting pregnant !
However,
the catch is that it's very hard to find out who the best IVF doctor for you is.
Every
doctor claims they are the best – after all, no doctor is going to say I am the
second-best !
It’s
hard for patients to differentiate between IVF doctors , because pretty much
every IVF clinic website looks the same .
They
all claim they have the best IVF success rates ; they all have photographs of
smiling couples and happy babies; their “state of the art” IVF laboratory's facilities
; how experienced and caring their doctors are ; and testimonials by patients
of how great their experience has been ( though how many of these have been
bought and how any are fake is hard to say, because IVF has become so
cut-throat and commercialized today).
It’s
only when you actually visit the IVF clinic that you find out that a lot of these
claims are just marketing spiel, and that there is a big gap between what the
website claims, and what the clinic actually does.
Part
of the problem is most patients only learn how to differentiate between good
and bad IVF doctors the hard way – after their IVF cycle fails. This is the
time they finally wake up , and realise they should have asked lots of
questions before paying their fees.
After
you have signed up for the IVF package , it becomes very hard to get back out ,
because doctors are quite happy to take your money up front . They often lure patients
into signing up for three cycle IVF packages , which means it’s very hard to
leave, because you are trapped. No one wants to waste the money they have
spent, and hope lives eternal, so patients fall into the “sunk cost” trap.
Once
they sign you up ( by offering a low price up-front, so patients think they are
getting a bargain), it’s easy for them to upsell and cross sell you . Once you
start your treatment cycle , they add new bells and whistles , which are much
more expensive , and patients are tempted, because the doctor claims these additional
procedures will increase their chances of getting pregnant. These include duds
like the ERA test and PGT.
The
poor patient doesn't know any better , and is happy to do whatever the doctor
advices, to increase the chances of getting pregnant . They are happy to believe
whatever the doctor tells, but the doctor is just adding financial insult to emotional
injury .
Patients
they find themselves trapped in a hole which they can't get out of .
The
only way to protect yourself is to be proactive , and do your homework before
you pay your IVF fees
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