America Institute of Reproductive Medicine – Alabama

Dr. Long is a compassionate doctor with execellent communcation skills. He gets to know his patients on personal level and my husband and I walked away from our first consult feeling extremely grateful for having met him. He helped us feel important on this emotional journey and educated us every step of the way. He was relatable and accessible for each concern or question we had with our infertility. He told us from the beginning he would personally enjoy our next IVF cycle was a better experience than in past and although he couldn't promise us a baby, he promised us a better experience. We had been going through secondary infertility for years before we met Dr. Long. At a prior clinic we had gone through several cycles of hormones, IUI's, a miscarriage and unsuccessful IVF attempt. We found out about Dr. Long from a friend's recommendation and it was the best decision we made to schedule consult with him. I would recommend him to anyone. He will do his absolute best to ensure each of his patients with best possible chance of successful outcome. He hires the best staff and uses best and newest technology to ensure he gives his all to each patient he has. Although our IVF cycle with him did not go as planned, we felt like we were in better hands with Dr. Long and his clinic.

Go have a consult with him. Talk to him about your needs and allow him to get to know you and trust him with his treatment plans. He is an excellent doctor with wonderful bedside manner.

When we came to Dr. Long, we had already been through several IUI's, a miscarriage and a failed IVF transfer of our only embryo. After our consult with him, he immediately did a thorough exam and found that I had a couple polyps... something my other doctor should have noticed and dealt with before our transfer. He recommended surgery to remove and mentioned he thought I may have endometriosis; which I did. After surgery we waited few months to make sure everything healed correctly. After getting the green light, we started a traditional IVF cycle. After previous cycle with genetic testing of embryos (with different doctor and clinic) we learned that I have Balanced Translocation so we felt IVF was our best option with genetic testing. We started a cycle with shots and appeared I had healthy number of eggs. On day of egg retrieval we were excited; but disappointing to find out out that several of my follicles we saw on sonogram did not contain an mature egg. We left with less eggs than expected, but still hopeful for future. On day of egg retrieval, Dr. Long had his embryologist on site and and used ICSI to create embryos. It was a very fascinating process. We found out that of our 6 eggs, 5 of them developed into an embryo - however, by the time day 5 came around, none of them had made it, so we didn't have any embryos to send off to testing. This was such an emotional journey because we thought after everything we had learned that "now was our time". However, we left with no regrets that Dr. Long had done everything in his power to help us (not a feeling we left with at the other clinic with previous doctors). He was there for us after this and has continued to consult and talk future options.

As anyone going through IVF can relate, costs are very expensive. However, it was very comparable to our previous IVF clinic, actaully slightly less. But the mian thing was how easy it was to get answers. Each visit we knew exactly what we owed and we had a billing quote up front that covered everything we would be charged. We did not get that at previous clinic. Here they worked very closely with our insurance and billing and made sure there were no errors or mistakes and always communicated with us in timely manner.

Unfortunately, we did not make it this far with Dr. Long for our IVF cycle.

He seems to want to put his patients through IVF without first running diagnostic labs to determine if they'd be a successful candidate. He pushed IVF at my first visit and refused to look at my medical records. At my second visit, I convinced his RN to look at them, and she saw that I had a probable uterine anomaly (which I did not know because my ob/gyn never mentioned it to me). Dr. Long performed an HSG on me and diagnosed a unicornuate uterus with a non-communicating horn, then performed surgery to remove the horn and tube one month later. No one called to check on me throughout my recovery. After my next loss, I returned and he wanted me to do another HSG, but that didn't make sense to me, as he had performed a second HSG during the surgery. He decided I should get baseline tests, but I decided that I should get a recurrent pregnancy loss blood panel. I felt like I was directing every step of my own treatment, which made me lose trust and faith in him. When the test results came back, I was told that I had a clotting disorder. After researching the disorder, I came to the conclusion that I did not have the clotting disorder they diagnosed me with. So I contacted them through the patient portal with information copied from another source and they agreed that I was correct and that they had read the test results incorrectly. He was barely present. And when he was, it was difficult to understand his logic behind his thoughts, as he never explained anything. He seems very cheery and hopeful, but doesn't seem to want to help you figure out the root cause of infertility.

Educate yourself and self-advocate every step of the way!

At my very first visit, he prescribed progesterone without ever seeing my progesterone blood test results. I took one round of those and they didn't do anything. He performed an HSG (per my direction) and said that I had a unicornuate uterus (although, today, I'm not certain that I ever did because I've lost trust). He performed surgery to remove part of my uterus, my left fallopian tube, polyps, fibroids, and endometriosis. That is all that he has done, aside from routine post-miscarriage transvaginal ultrasounds.

I've gone over most of it in previous answers, but I will say that his rates are lower than other clinics. The initial consult was over $800. But nothing was gained from that consult.

At the former clinic we felt like we were a number paying for their fancy building and once we paid the big bill we were herded through like cattle. This is NOT how Dr. Long operates. He and his team are there because they care and I truly believe if one of his staff does not care, he would not keep them their long. He keeps his costs affordable and explains how and why at your first visit with him (1/3 of the price of our first clinic we used). Dr. Long is particular about who works with him and even told us that he works hard to keep the best staff to suit the care of his patients and to represent his name and his practice. We will continue to see Dr. Long until our family is complete and we will always refer people to him and his team.

If you don't see the doctor every visit, it's totally fine. His staff is so knowledgeable and consult with him on all decisions. I think this is one reason they are able to minimize costs because Dr. Long spends the majority of his time to ensure that everything is smooth and simplified and oversees everything not just patient visits and concerns that his staff can handle.

I have never had a regular cycle. I don't know names of protocols. I had a month of estrogen treatments prior to stims and medroxyprogesterone (I'm pretty sure) to make me have a period and then started birth control for a certain period of time. On stims I used follistim, menopur, ganirelix and triggered with overdril. Of course I had progesterone following retrieval and transfer and such.

The costs were 1/3 of the costs of the first clinic. I think we paid about $6k for IVF here and did not have additional ultrasound expenses (this cost not including medication and a copay at some visits) Last clinic charged approx $12k for procedures and a monitoring fee every visit and I constantly got bills for ultrasounds. At ACRM I did not receive ANY bills for an ultrasound.

He was ok with 2 transfers because I had only one implant with a multiple transfer at my last clinic - and miscarried following that one implanting. He did let me know risks of multiple pregnancy and confirmed me and my husband were ok with multiple babies since that was possible.

During our consultation, Dr. Long answered every question we had, talked us through the best course of action and overall we felt great about choosing him as our doctor until the cycle started. Once our cycle started we never saw him or spoke to him until the egg retrieval and embryo transfer. We had chose to do the invocell on day 4 i started to run fever i called the clinic they told me to monitor and take meds they prescribed that my body was trying to reject the device. The next day was my embryo transfer which they still did that day. The next day i felt very full, couldnt walk, still had a fever. I went in for a check up to make sure everything was okay i had developed OHSS. After our embryo transfer failed, we set up a next steps consult where Dr. Long never came and talked to us but instead sent another doctor who didn't really know what had been going on in our cycle and kept leaving the room to go to his office to find out answers to questions we had because she didn't know. She had informed us that she saw i had some adenomyosis and uterine fibroid. She had recommended we do a procedure before our next cycle to remove all of this. We were never made aware of the adenomyosis and what the outcome of getting it removed or not could be. The ultrasound tech had told us about the fibroids but after Dr. Long saw those he said they would be fine not to remove because they were right on the borderline. We walked away from the cycle we no pregnancy and feeling like they had just taken our money because we weren't made aware of important medical conditions that ultimately impacted the result of our cycle.

I would say to make sure you asked questions about every little thing you see on the monitors because they will not tell you.

Follistim AQ # 2 pen 900, 300 Menopur 75iu # 7 vials Progesterone in oil 50mg/ml; 3 vials Ganirellix 3 syringes 1 hch

First Cycle: $4,900 Medications: $1,825.05

He didn't push us on how many we transfered he let us decide. We decided to go with 2.

Dr. Long really cares about his patients. He sees every patient personally at each visit. He has such passion for the work he does. He explains things throughly and is always there if you have any hesitations or questions. His level of care is exceptional.

Just take the chance and schedule a meeting with him. You will be surprised at how much he treats you like family instead of just another patient or dollar sign.

He has used letrozole, folistim, gonal f, menopur, sub q and IM injections. We have tried many different combinations. Each with different results. He has worked on finding the right combination of meds for my particular need at each cycle. I actually had a chemical pregnancy with my very first round of letrozole. Nothing the next round. Each round has faced it's own challenges. He has faced each with a new plan of action. I have had 2 corrective surgeries under his care, to remove fibroids, stage 3 endometriosis, a blocked tube, scar tissue from previous surgery (unrelated). He has taken exceptional care of me each time.

Monitoring appointments are very personal. The doctor is usually in with each patient to assist with the monitoring and explains everything that is going on. I feel like this is exceptional care. You won't get this a most clinics.

When I first became a patient everything was out of pocket. For the most part it still is, he does have more set cost for his procedures, this has made the process more affordable for his patients.

He approves of both depending on the patient.

Dr. Long is a God send. He pushed me to have a surgery that my other doctor told me to ignore. During that surgery he found and removed a uterine septum (which could have been causing me to miscarry repeatedly), uterine fibroids, scar tissue and polyps. If I hadn't had that surgery, I would've spent 20k on IVF just to lose the baby IF I got pregnant. He talks to us each and every time we go to see him. He is honest. He gives us his personal phone number. He calls almost immediately if I need him. I have never met a more caring person/doctor.

Go see him immediately. He is a caring and wonderful person. I wish I would've gone to him first. Also, bring a notebook. He explains a lot and it's good to have something with you to write it all down.

First was laparoscopy and a hysteroscopy. After that I took estradiol for 25 days to heal and for the last 15, I took progesterin as well. Then we started with letrozole and gonal-f with a trigger for an IUI. I ovulated too early. Then we did letrozole and a trigger. No pregnancy yet. We're looking to do the invocell in April.

He is cheaper than anyone else in Birmingham. He's not trying to make money just babies!!!

Dr. Long pushes for eSET because he doesn't want multiples. He worries they will put too much pressure on the body.

I’ve only been working with Dr. Long since June. Both my husband and I think highly of him. He has a genuine personality that puts you at ease. This is hugely important to me since for most visits your pants are off and your feet are in stirrups... Dr. Long answers questions without making you feel needy or like you are taking up too much time. He is quite optimistic-sometimes I worry that he won’t be able to deliver what is said.

Ask all the questions you want.

I’ve had one oral medication cycle, one oral and injection cycle with timed intercourse and one oral/injection cycle with IUI. A trigger ahot was used with each of these cycles. I am currently in my TTW from my first IUI. Medication has been used because I do not always ovulate on my own and I respond well to the medications...increased chance of pregnancy. One month after starting treatment with Dr. Long, I had a laparoscopy as he suspected endometriosis. I had Stage II endo and a uterine polyp.

My insurance doesn’t have coverage for any medication. Procedures-surgery/ultrasounds/labs have been covered to an extent. The clinic does always explain cost. I’ve spent probably around $5500 so far but this includes everything.

Dr. Long does IVF with ICSI and INVOcell.

Dr. Long has been wonderful and we are very excited we found him and look forward to having him help us along our infertility journey. He is very knowledgeable, understanding, and patient as we explain our past history and look to develop a future plan. He has identified issues upfront that will help us along the way and has been very thorough and positive so far. We are excited about the future.

I would ask them to set up a meeting with him and allow yourself the opportunity to chat with him and see how wonderful of a doctor he is and see if he has something that you both believe can help you succeed along your infertility journey.

I have just switched to Dr. Long. I had 3 IUI and IVF cycle prior to Dr. Long with another practice (and different doctor). So far with Dr. Long I have had initial consult, labs, ultra sound, and identified need for laparoscopy and he has successfully completed that surgery.

Too soon to tell, so far I have had one laparoscopy surgery and I had to meet my deductible first.

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I really like Dr. Long. He is straight forward without being blunt or harsh. He felt that Invocell would be our best option for conception and was not rude about it. He explained the entire process and I left feeling empowered.

be open minded to your treatment options. He works in a smaller practice, but don't let that deter you, he is awesome

We will be doing Invocell which is affordable IVF. Dr. Long and his NP Karen are one of the few practices in the United Stares who offer Invocell and have had results that are compatible with that of traditional IVF.

Semen Analysis $95 Co-pay $40 Ultrasounds were covered by my insurance

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After almost 2 years at another clinic i switched to dr long to do invocell ivf. He strongly encouraged a laparoscopic surgery to explore my uterus after a prior diagnosis of bicornuate uterus. I agreed to the survey and dr. Long actually found a uterine septum that was able to be resected and stage 3 endo. I don’t feel ivf would have worked if he had not encouraged this surgery. I’m doing stims for ivf this month.

If you aren’t satisfied with your care find someone who has your best interest at heart.

Dr. Long included myself and my husband in my treatment plan

Dr. Long only recommends transfer of two embryos at a time

Dr. Long is very caring and a great doctor. Even though Dr. Hammond oversees all the other appointments, Dr. Long is always in the know of what's going on. I would recommend him to any and everyone! He always makes you feel like you matter. No question is too small. I will never go anywhere else. I wish I had found him sooner!

Do it sooner rather than later! You won't regret it!

I am currently doing INVOcell. My retrieval and transfer are schedule for this week and next! I am currently taking Gonal-F 225IU. I just finished 5 days of Letrozole 2xday.

It is $3900 for INVOcell at AIRM

I am very thankful that Dr. Long will let my husband and I transfer multiple embryos (2). I have had a previous child with no issues, so they said it shouldn't be an issue IF I were to get pregnant with twins. He did go over the risks of multiples though.

He is absolutely amazing. He is so down to earth and easy to talk to. He uses terms that are easy to understand. He is by far the best! I wish I would have found him earlier! He makes sure you completely understand everything that he covers with you.

Be honest with them. He is an amazing person and will go above and beyond to make you feel comfortable!

We are on our second Affordable IVF treatment. He uses low doses of medicine since my AMH is high. They do ICSI with everyone! Also I incubate my embryos!

His cost were very affordable! Under 5k

If you have two he will transfer two. Is quality or quantity!

Dr. Long is wonderful. Thorough, detailed, understanding, kind, compassionate... the list is lengthy. He tried so many things, and was so innovative and worked so hard to help us have a baby. And is still! He is the best doctor I've ever met and I have no doubt that he is and will do everything in his power to help us have a healthy baby and pregnancy!

Go to him! Honestly that is it. He is so wonderful!!

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