New Hope Fertility Center

[cutzthename]

I think I saw a post on here about the mini IVF.  I just  made and appointment with the center for October 22.  My doctor is good friends with the doctor who heads this up.  My dr had problems getting pregnant (he's a man, but you know what I mean) and now has a 6 month old baby!!!  There is only one center that does the mimi IVF in the states (I think).

I will let you all know how the consult went and what the procedure is.  I really have precautions to go thru conventional IVF, so maybe this is a sign.

It's funny, my doctor told me about the center, but didn't give me the contact info.  I get home the same day, look thru the paper and BAM there it was!!!

[lara42]

I started seeing dr. zhang for IVF treatments when i was newly married, at age 37.  I had several miscarriages.  Work ups done on me could not point to any particular problem.  At age 39, I was diagnosed with a small but aggressive form of breast cancer.  We were devastated.  I underwent surgery to remove the lesion, followed by debilitating chemotherapy and radiation.  I also removed an ovary to try to shield it from the harmful effects of chemo (which can destroy fertility).  I also went through physical therapy to regain the use of my arm on the treated side of my body.  During this time, we investigated surrogacy because we had several frozen embryos.  We hired a surrogate who became pregnant with our child.  Unfortunately, her pregnancy did not last either. 
 
Finally, we turned to adoption because we thought I would never be able to have a child.  I was in menopause.  After spending thousands on advertisements for adoption, lawyers fees, etc., we finally found a couple who was serious about adoption.  We adopted a beautiful little girl at birth. 
 
Surprisingly, my ovarian function began to return, so we tried again to have a child via IVF.  It did not work for several months.  We almost gave up again.  Then, on one cycle when my FSH was pretty high, I got pregnant!  I was 41.  We thought it would end up in miscarriage, as the other pregnancies did.  But -- can you believe it -- it worked.  And today (right after turning 42) I have a lovely little girl to be a little sister to my first little girl. 

[nycqtpie]

so far my experience with this clinic hasnt been bad i seen dr zhang and he was really nice and took the time to answer my questions. the staff in billing let me know exactly what was going on . i went to both clinics in new york i didnt like the one on park ave i thought it was out dated and dirty and the staff rude as hell  and rushed and i think they had way 2 many ppl.the doct called me and told me the results of my test personally he stayed on the phone with me for a hour and made my appointments himself. he is a sweet heart. i dont work for new hope and never will. im just letting you all know what it was like for me i work for the city. another bad thing are the nurses i think they were the only bad experience i had when i called they got nasty like i was asking way too many questions so i got nasty back and put them in check. i didnt change clinics because me and dr zhang see eye to eye and i feel like he will get the job done. and im not here for the nurses im here for my BABY! i will keep you updated.

[chrisbean3]

You are 100% correct - my experience with them has left me emotionally fragile.  The stress with calling them, being bounced around from tech to tech, receiving different answers all the time - completely unprofessional. I was yelled at, sat in the office for 3 hours, never saw the dr., unless it is the one that hardly speaks english.  There is one dr. there that is professional, Dr. Chang, but he is like a puppet to Dr. Zhang, whatever Zhang tells him, he does.  He is the most qualified person there - he should be somewhere else where he is appreciated.  The stress of walking through that door was like a knife stabbing me.  I did get pregnant twice, on a 2 day transfer, but am in the same spot now as when I started, I lost both pregnancies with no answers still.  I could sit here for hours writing about my truly horrible experiences here (went there for almost a year).  The billing office is compltely clueless and more so, quite unprofessional.  It has been an emotional roller coster dealing with them.  Would really like to discuss this further with you if you have the time. Thanks for your comment- I don't feel alone anymore.

[lulu1730]

I couldn't agree with more with the negative comments on this thread. I had unsuccessful IVF at another clinic and I came across New Hope. I was really drawn to the whole mini-IVF theory since I felt over stimulated by the previous clinic.

First consultation with Dr. Zhang went very well. He had lot of funny analogies to make you understand as to why he thought I couldn't get pregnant and he said my chance of getting pregnant from FET at New Hope would be 50%. He even drew a timeline on paper to show me that I can find out whether I'm pregnant or not by 4th week given my cycle day. My husband and I were very optimistic when we walked out of the consultation.

It has been almost 4 weeks now and everything has been pretty much down hill. I have never seen or spoken to Dr. Zhang since our first consultation. New Hope also missed my ovulation so I didn't even get to try FET. Now I have to wait till my period starts so we can try this all over again. When you have questions you'll get different nurses with different answers which will drive you nuts. I honestly wonder if these nurses are even trained enough to answer your questions correctly.

Ladies, this whole IVF process is emotionally and physically draining whether it is conventional IVF or mini IVF. You really need to put yourselves in hands that you can fully trust. I walked in here thinking mini-IVF will be easier on my body but the stress and worry I'm putting myself by being with New Hope makes me regret coming here. Don't get me wrong, nurses were nice but they don't stay on top of things. You would have to constantly chase, nag, and confirm with them. And lot of the times, the answers they give you aren't even reliable. They would ask for test results that I've already provided numerous times when it's been in their computer system all along. Lady who performs the sonogram doesn't even know how to interpret the sonogram whereas my other clinic the doctor himself will perform the sonogram and tell you on the spot what he sees. The whole time you are a patient there you'll wonder whether the job is getting done or not. Would you really want to go through that? Sounds like there were 1 or 2 positive feedbacks here but I would like to ask those ladies if they still feel that way and most importantly if they were able to get pregnant.

Don't waste your money, time, and emotion at this place. If I had read all these negative comments beforehand I would have NEVER switched my doctor. If you must pick New Hope just be aware of these things. But I really urge you to seek other options before you decide. I wished someone would have told me this beforehand. =(

[Daisygirlme]

Don't waist your money!!!!they don't have A N Y succes stories... Nobody got prego here!!! All they care is money... Dr Zhang is rude unproffesional and careless... I had an IUI done 24hours after I ovulated!!!!!he yeled at me that if I think is too late to see some other dr?! Yes thank u v much rude dr... After you charged me!!
Horrible experience!!! Can't even talk to him he thinks he is a genious???! Pft.. The genious missed my ovulation.. Wow what a genious .. He is a regular Ob-gyn we should all get our money back!!!

[Daisygirlme]

Don't waist your money!!!!they don't have A N Y succes stories... Nobody got prego here!!! All they care is money... Dr Zhang is rude unproffesional and careless... I had an IUI done 24hours after I ovulated!!!!!he yeled at me that if I think is too late to see some other dr?! Yes thank u v much rude dr... After you charged me!!
Horrible experience!!! Can't even talk to him he thinks he is a genious???! Pft.. The genious missed my ovulation.. Wow what a genious .. He is a regular Ob-gyn we should all get our money back!!!