Our Clinical Teams

What is your favorite patient success story?

“I have too many to count as I love all my patients!

One of my favorite memories is from a patient who lives 8,000 miles away. She had been through many failed IVF cycles with her local doctor. Dr. Wilcox recommended egg donation and surrogacy. At that time, she was not emotionally ready, and we tried an IVF cycle and an embryo transfer, without success.

The next cycle, we used an egg donor and transferred to surrogate, and the outcome was a positive pregnancy! It’s amazing how a simple phone call saying, “Congratulations” changed their entire world! It turned out to be twin pregnancy! This was in 2011. We actually still keep in touch!”

What is your favorite patient success story?

“My favorite patient success story comes from a couple in California. They needed a surrogate, but also needed to create viable embryos for a future transfer.  Unfortunately, the odds were against her as she had low ovarian reserve. She persevered and was very determined to make it happen for her and her husband.  After multiple cycles they succeeded in creating two normal embryos. She was then matched with a surrogate who got pregnant on the very first attempt. This couple now has a beautiful baby boy and on their 2^nd surrogacy cycle using their remaining embryo. Throughout her time with us, she always let us know how thankful she was to have our support during this very emotional process. Even when a cycle did not have the outcome she was hoping for, she would still come in and express her faith in our ability to help her with the dream of having her family. She’s my favorite success story because even with all the adversity that was put in her path, she trusted our team and allowed us to do what was necessary to be successful on her journey to parenthood.”

What is your favorite patient success story?

“I had a patient who had a history of recurrent miscarriage. She did not have a problem getting pregnant, but had problems retaining the pregnancy to full term. After 2 IVF cycles of embryo accumulation, we referred her to a recurrent miscarriage specialist to co-manage her embryo transfer cycle, but even after extensive treatment we were not able to help her retain her pregnancies. We then discussed moving forward to using gestational surrogacy.

The journey with a gestational surrogate also had bumps in the road, but we were finally able to succeed on the 4^th embryo transfer attempt. This patient has since had a second child via GC, and I am very honored to have been a part of this turbulent, emotional, yet rewarding and touching journey every step of the way. We like to say that the IVF journey usually takes some patience, and as evidenced here, as long as we “hang in there,” there will be a reward at the end.”

What is your favorite patient success story?

“My favorite patient success story is of a patient who became pregnant after several attempts but who never lost hope.

After unsuccessful rounds of IUI’s, egg retrievals and failed FET’s, this patient never failed to have a positive outlook despite the numerous negative pregnancy reports.

It is truly heartbreaking when we have to deliver bad news to patients, but she has shown me how to be strong and hopeful. Because of her positive attitude she as helped me grow as a nurse, as a coordinator and as an individual. We come into this line of work to help our patients grow their families, but this patient has given me so much more than she could ever imagine.”

What is your favorite patient success story? 

“All of them! It’s such a wonderful feeling knowing we had a part in each person’s journey.”

Why did you choose to work in the fertility field and what do you like best about your position?

“I chose the fertility field because it is another avenue where I knew I could help people, especially an important one as having babies. Helping people throughout an already emotional journey is nothing to be taken lightly, so when they’re dreams of becoming pregnant comes to life, seeing the joy on their faces is the best part of my job.”

What is your favorite patient success story? 

“A former patient and her husband came to visit bringing their new baby and wanted me to meet their bundle of joy.  During our conversation, she had mentioned that when they came for their first consultation with Dr. Wilcox and met me for the first time, they felt at home.  She said they felt at ease and knew from the start that they were in good hands.  They knew it was perfect timing.  They lived quite a ways away in Bakersfield but were willing to drive to Pasadena for treatment.

This couple had been trying for a few years.  She had low egg reserve and her husband had sperm issues.  They went through an IVF cycle and had one normal embryo.  One chance to get pregnant.  Dr. Wilcox did the transfer and according to them, on the day of transfer, Dr. Wilcox’ last words with them before he left the room was “you will have your baby”. And sure enough, 12 days later the blood test results came back positive.  They now have a baby boy and their family is complete.”

What is your favorite patient success story?

“I had a patient who had a history of recurrent miscarriage. She did not have a problem getting pregnant, but had problems retaining the pregnancy to full term. After 2 IVF cycles of embryo accumulation, we referred her to a recurrent miscarriage specialist to co-manage her embryo transfer cycle, but even after extensive treatment we were not able to help her retain her pregnancies. We then discussed moving forward to using gestational surrogacy.

The journey with a gestational surrogate also had bumps in the road, but we were finally able to succeed on the 4^th embryo transfer attempt. This patient has since had a second child via GC, and I am very honored to have been a part of this turbulent, emotional, yet rewarding and touching journey every step of the way. We like to say that the IVF journey usually takes some patience, and as evidenced here, as long as we “hang in there,” there will be a reward at the end.”

我有一個病人,有反覆流產病史。 她懷孕沒有問題,但是有习惯性流产。 經過2个試管嬰兒胚胎收集周期后,我们转诊惯性流產專家共同管理她的胚胎移植周期。 但是經過一系列的治療,仍無法幫助她避免流产。 所以，我們建议使用代孕来帮她完成家庭的梦想。这个病人的代孕旅程也不简单，但是在第四个周期终于成功，孩子顺利出生，后来也再用代孕流程有了第二个孩子。我能陪伴这位病人经过这个困難的时期， 是我的荣幸。

我們常说，試管嬰兒的旅程等于像个馬拉松，需要耐心，到最后会有成功的结果。

What is your favorite patient success story?

“I don’t have a favorite patient story, but the favorite part about my job is the consults we have with our incoming patients. There are a lot of ups and downs in fertility. We watch our patients go through the emotional fertility journey, and empathize with all the different emotions; the fertility excursion is a tough one. During our consults, we meet with potential patients to gather medical information, discuss treatments, plan out their fertility goals, and answer any questions our patients may have. We outline every step of the treatment cycle and make sure to allocate enough time to address all concerns and questions. We believe it’s very important for our patients to build a relationship with us and for them to be able to trust our team. Regardless of the type of treatment, we are acutely aware of the emotional roller coaster of infertility. As fertility nurses, we do our best to make the experience as smooth and pleasant as possible, and generally build a very close rapport with our patients.”

我没有最喜欢的病人故事，但关于我的工作最喜欢的部分是咨询我们传入的病人。生育率有很多起伏。我们观察我们的病人经历情感生育的旅程，并同情所有不同的情绪;生育旅行是艰难的。在咨询期间，我们与潜在的患者会面，收集医疗信息，讨论治疗，规划他们的生育目标，并回答我们的患者可能有的任何问题。我们概述了治疗周期的每一步，并确保分配足够的时间来解决所有问题和问题。我们相信，我们的患者与我们建立关系，以及能够信任我们的团队是非常重要的。无论治疗类型如何，我们敏锐地意识到不孕症的情感过山车。作为生育护士，我们尽最大努力使体验尽可能顺利和愉快，并通常与我们的患者建立非常密切的融洽关系

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What is your favorite patient success story?

“My favorite patient success story would be a couple who came from China seeking fertility assistance. They already had two children of their own, but unfortunately, they were both born with a genetic disease and passed away at a young age. They wanted to have another child but didn’t want their future child to have a genetic disease as well, so they used an egg donor. By doing so, they had a successful pregnancy and a healthy baby.”

我最喜欢的病人成功故事是，一对来自中国的夫妇拼命寻求生育援助。他们已经有两个孩子了，但不幸的是，他们都生来就患有遗传性疾病，并在很小的时候就去世了。他们想再生一个孩子，但不希望他们未来的孩子也患有遗传性疾病，所以他们用了卵子捐赠者。通过这样做，他们有一个成功的怀孕和健康的婴儿

What is your favorite patient success story?

“One of my favorite patient stories is I had a patient who was in her mid-40’s who had her eggs frozen 15 years ago. She was ready to have children and had a sperm donor in mind, so she came to us to explore her options. We advised her to use a surrogate for a successful pregnancy, due to her health. A year later she had her first child, a girl. She is now expecting her 2^nd child via surrogate.”

我最喜欢的病人故事之一是，我有一个40多岁的病人，15年前她的卵子被冷冻了。她准备要孩子，并想到一个精子捐赠者，所以她来找我们来探讨她的选择。由于她的健康，我们建议她使用代孕人进行成功的怀孕。一年后，她有了第一个孩子，一个女孩。她现在正通过代孕来期待她的第二个孩子

What is your position and how does it affect the patient experience?

“My role as an IVF nurse is to make sure that our patients get all the information they need to have a smooth and pleasant experience as they go through the emotional roller coaster of their fertility treatments, whether it is an insemination cycle, IVF, egg donor recipient cycle, or insemination. I am the patients’ liaison to Dr. Wilcox; I am their “go-to” person. I order their medications and inform them of their office visits. I let them know what to expect on their appointments with us, where it’s just for an ultrasound, or blood work, or their day of egg retrieval or transfer. I continue to strive to be the best as I can be as a nurse, so that I will be able to continue to serve our patients and make a difference in their lives.”

作为IVF护士，我的职责是确保我们的患者获得所有他们需要的信息，让他们在经历生育治疗的情感过山车时获得一个平稳和愉快的体验，无论是授精周期、IVF、卵子捐赠者接受者周期，或授精。我是病人与威尔科克斯医生的联络人;我是他们的”去”人。我点了他们的药，并通知他们办公室来访。我让他们知道，他们和我们约会时会发生什么，那只是做超声波、血液工作，或者他们一天的取卵或转移。作为一名护士，我将继续努力做到最好，这样我就能继续为病人服务，改变他们的生活。

Why did you choose to work in the fertility field and what do you like best about your position?

“IVF Nursing is emotionally challenging but incredibly rewarding work. Our patients often arrive here emotionally exhausted and very vulnerable. They bring stories of infertility, miscarriage, grief, and loss, and nurses need to be very sensitive to that. The key to IVF nursing is relationship and trust. As we are handling their precious eggs and sperm, patients have to be able to trust us, and confidentiality is crucial. There is a surprisingly strong social stigma attached to infertility that can be very difficult for patients to deal with and we have to respect that. But it’s an incredibly exciting place to work.”

IVF护理是情感上具有挑战性的，但令人难以置信的回报工作。我们的病人经常来到这里，情绪疲惫，非常脆弱。他们带来了不孕不育、流产、悲伤和损失的故事，护士需要非常敏感。IVF护理的关键是关系和信任。当我们处理他们珍贵的卵子和精子时，病人必须能够信任我们，保密是至关重要的。对不孕症有一种令人惊讶的强烈的社会污名，患者很难处理，我们必须尊重这一点。但这是一个令人难以置信的令人兴奋的地方工作