From Dana & John

When my wife and I found out we were infertile, we couldn't believe it. How could this be? Us? We went through the traditional steps of a thousand different tests and found that we both had a hand in the infertility problem.

  We were initially very excited when our insurance company said that they DO cover 50% of infertility costs. We knew this to be a very rare thing in the world of HMO's so we jumped at the opportunity. A year and a half of infuriating paperwork and red tape both with the doctors and the insurance company led us to throw in the towel on what seemed like such a fortuitous thing. We were into this over two years now and we were getting pretty frazzled.

  What to do next? Who next to go to?

  As chance would have it, my father in law is a surgeon who was in San Diego for a conference. He bumped into Dr. Sahakian doing another conference in the hall next door. They talked about our case and my father in law was very impressed. My father in law is rarely impressed by other medical professions. So we setup a meeting.

  We met with Dr. Sahakian a few weeks later. He looked at the specifics in our case and gave us a pretty rosy picture. Our first attempt failed and we were, like all others before us, pretty crushed. However, after some IVIG treatment and the second try, we were pregnant with twins. Less than six months after meeting Sahakian, we were finally pregnant!

  The pregnancy went very smoothly and just a week ago, we gave birth to two perfect, not rose colored parent, but really perfect baby girls!

  We cannot sing enough praise for the thoroughly professional set up they have at Pacific Fertility Center. Everyone was so supportive and positive. If there ever is a relatively painless way to go through the infertility process, my wife and I did it, and it will change our lives forever.