bunnymuimui
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Hi @ttc77, all is not lost until the BT. Do not give up!
We striked our #1 with Dr SF Loh at KKH. His beside manners is.. unusual and we were able to take it, although we understand why he pissed many other couples off. I agreed with @chuckles that it's important to have a good relationship with the IVF doc based on trust as he'd be making recommendations to you on key decisions on this journey.
When we started TTC for #2, my husband wanted to transfer our snow babies from KKH to Dr Loh's clinic as we really believed in him. However, I was worried about cost, especially for fresh cycles and decided to stay with KKH for the familiarity and the grants.
I'm a KKH fan and stuck with them all these years and hence came under various of their docs Dr Kelly and Dr Sad and now Dr Tan HH. I would recommend Dr Tan HH. He took over Dr SF Loh as Head and has excellent bedside manners, sensitive to patients' concerns, takes time to explain issues and rationalize decisions. Since KKH is a govt hospital, you could be eligible for the govt grants as well. KKH has improved its processes over these years to handle more IVF cases so it should be a more bearable process now. Be forewarned that the queue times are still ridiculous. My FET scans @ KKIVF can take up to 1.5 hours to scan and review with doc... My appts to see Dr Tan at Clinic D can take up to 2 hours for a <10min talk with him.
We striked our #1 with Dr SF Loh at KKH. His beside manners is.. unusual and we were able to take it, although we understand why he pissed many other couples off. I agreed with @chuckles that it's important to have a good relationship with the IVF doc based on trust as he'd be making recommendations to you on key decisions on this journey.
When we started TTC for #2, my husband wanted to transfer our snow babies from KKH to Dr Loh's clinic as we really believed in him. However, I was worried about cost, especially for fresh cycles and decided to stay with KKH for the familiarity and the grants.
I'm a KKH fan and stuck with them all these years and hence came under various of their docs Dr Kelly and Dr Sad and now Dr Tan HH. I would recommend Dr Tan HH. He took over Dr SF Loh as Head and has excellent bedside manners, sensitive to patients' concerns, takes time to explain issues and rationalize decisions. Since KKH is a govt hospital, you could be eligible for the govt grants as well. KKH has improved its processes over these years to handle more IVF cases so it should be a more bearable process now. Be forewarned that the queue times are still ridiculous. My FET scans @ KKIVF can take up to 1.5 hours to scan and review with doc... My appts to see Dr Tan at Clinic D can take up to 2 hours for a <10min talk with him.
Hi ttc77, sorry to hear abt your bad experience. It is important to have a good relationship with the ivf doc. You need to trust him to do the right thing for you. Why don't you consult more than 1 gynae and have a feel what it is like. You might not like my gynae though I can't recommend him enough. Raffles hospital have good ivf clinic. I did mine at sincere. You might want to ask abt the experience of the embryologist as well. The lab is where the 'magic' happens. All the best sweetie.
I'm thinking of changing doctor if this cycle fail.my Dr is Dr Loh n I know many sisters bfp under him But feel he is quite unprofessional in many areas and also very impatient.
This cycle,I caught him using his hp while doing ET for me. I think he was waiting for the embryologist to deliver the embryos, But still...
I asked him Why were u on the phone n he says he wanna call his maid to ask the maid to not cook dinner for him. I was like wth.
Then when I was doing Intralipid drip. Dr marianne adjusted to a slower pace for me Cos previously the face was too fast and I was in pain n my hands turned red n veins were visible. Then Dr loh suddenly came in n never ask anything and turned full speed.Walau.I was really crying in pain.and haven't drip finished he told the nurse to remove for me.Cos they all wanna close the clinic already. I was like I already paid the full amount n they don't Let me drip finish
So though he had good reputation of creating many bfp for many sisters here, But I think I have many bad experiences with him as he is very impatient. I prefer to have a Dr That's more patient.sisters, any recommendations in case I need