windyscent on "Choosing a doctor/clinic"

Hello, I am new to all of this, and have recently decided to become pregnant. Wow. Until now, that I have passed the 40 year mark, I have pretty much not thought about being a mother. Now that I am looking into it and plan on doing it on my own, I am diving in and researching my options. Step one is to find a reproductive endo/clinic. I would love to hear recommendations of doctors or clinics who specialize and/or have a reputation of working with older patients.

I have reviewed the ART table from CDC and, without regard to location, reviewed the numbers to see which clinics seemed best (on paper). Where possible, I only considered the information for 40+ patients only, must accept single women, be accredited, be a SART member, have higher percentages for cycles resulting in pregnancies (20%+) and live births (10%+), and higher confidence level with lower spread (<=15 points). (Less spread means there is a higher confidence that clinic can maintain their claims under similar circumstances.)

These are the resultant clinics:

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Stanford Fertility and Reproductive Medicine Center, Stanford University Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics (CA)

Shady Grove Fertility Reproductive Science Center (MD)

Brigham and Women's Hospital ART Center (MA)

Reproductive Medicine Associates of New Jersey (NJ)

NYU Fertility Center, New York University School of Medicine (NY)

Reproductive Medicine Associates of New York, LLP (NY)

Weill Medical College of Cornell University, The Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility (NY)

However, if I look at clinics that have higher percentages for cycles resulting in pregnancies (20%+) and live births (*20%+*), and *lower* confidence level with lower spread (20-40 points-->less confidence). The results are as follows:

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Center for Reproductive Health & Gynecology, (CRH&G) (CA)

Southern California Reproductive Center (CA)

Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine (CO)

Connecticut Fertility Associates (CT)

Sher Institute for Reproductive Medicine–Las Vegas (NV)

North Shore University Hospital, Center for Human Reproduction (NY)

This seems to be a good list to start with. Even though the data is from 2006, the overall numbers (see CDC website) suggest that success has been increasing over the years. So it is likely that the current numbers from each clinic are as good as 2006 or better, but it is best to confirm.

I am currently in Southern CA; it seems 3 clinics are close by. But, I am more concerned with success rather than location.

Have you had experience with these clinics? If so, would you let us know which doctor and your experience?

Do you have other recommendations? Please let us know and why.

Ref:
cdc.gov

Thanks!