IVF Florida

Dr. Maxson was good at giving you all your options and being honest with potential outcomes. He’s very kind and truly loved what he was doing. He is retired now but I would have definitely referred people to him.

He is retired now.

Please note, all these resulted in no pregnancy. We do have female and male factor infertility diagnoses. The thought process was to see if the meds would help with more eggs/more chance of getting pregnant. IUI #1: zero meds just IUI with timed ovulation as a “trial”. IUI #2: IUI with 50mg clomid & 150iu gonal-f IUI #3: IUI with 75mg clomid and 150iu

IUI: $474 each Ultrasound & blood work: Approx $300 for each IUI round

From my understand he’s not huge on multiple embryo transfers. Prefers to only transfer one. Which we are fine with.

He is very caring and knowledgeable. The nurses he works with are on the ball and great at answering questions. I lost our baby at close to 9 weeks and am trying again hoping to have a second chance at having a healthy baby and he has never given up on my body and it's ability to conceive despite all of my reservations and self doubt. He came in on his day off to do my second egg retrieval because he knew I felt more comfortable with him there.

If you have questions, make sure to ask them when you meet with him because he is not a mind reader, and he will answer them for you.

He modified and canceled my recent frozen embryo transfer because my lining wouldn't grow. He said it's safer to do an ERA on me now and I appreciate how he modified his plan based on my body's poor response to medication.

It was pretty routine. I'd arrive early around 730am and be seen for bloodwork and ultrasound back to back. Sometimes the clinic was backed up with more patients and it took longer (over 2 hours) and other times I was in and out within 30 minutes.

Each egg retrieval was close to $10,000 and we did two egg retrievals. Each frozen embryo transfer was close to $5000 and we have one done transfer. We also pgd and Pgs tested the embryos for the breast and ovarian cancer gene that I have (brca) which was close to $8000 and the medications were over $5000 each cycle. Our insurance didn't cover any of our egg retrieval or transfer costs and only covered progesterone and birth control pills but none of the other ivf stimulation meds or the estrogen patches or the Luperon. We've spent about $50,000 so far on ivf.

He will only transfer a single embryo into me and is concerned about the increased risk of multiples even though I'd love to have twins. He said it could affect their health and I respect his rationale.

Dr Manko has a lot of experience and was highly recommended but I feel like he didn’t give us realistic expectations based on my condition and gave false hope. I have stage 4 endometriosis and instead of referring me to a specialist to greater my chances he created an urgency to get Ivf done. Thinking about it now, I wish I would have looked at the research myself and the statistics to better make a decision, in order to be more successful in Ivf

Read up on your scientific journals before, make sure you get a second opinion, and be your biggest advocate don’t be afraid to speak up

25,000

Dr. Christie is extremely professional. He has always made himself available to us to answer questions or concerns. He is very knowledge and recommend a different procedure in our last cycle that allowed us to have 8 more embryos to complete PGS testing on. One of which is now our little popsicle.

Don't keep wasting time. Go see Dr. Christie or any of this partners at IVF Florida. They are amazing.

In round 1, we went the "normal" way of fertilizing the eggs. On round 2 they were hand fertilized and we got 8 more embryos over the previous cycle (18 total). 8 in total made it to day 5 and after pgs one of those is now our popsicle. We couldn't be happier. We are now going to do an ERA to improve our chances of a successful transfer.

I purchased a 2 ivf cycle plan via Attain. I believe the cost was around $25k plus PGS testing $3k, medication $2k per round, and PGS testing was $3,600 per 8 embryos. ERA should be around $1k. In addition I have about $500 for anesthesiologist and another $2500 for the removal of a fibroid. I think that covers it.

They do not allow multiple transfers and I'm not sure about eSet (not interested)

Dr. Gualtieri would always take the time to explain the risks and benefits of each treatment for each cycle. He was always polite and took the time to explain everything in an easy to understand manner. He would take our concerns and financial situation into consideration and adjust the treatment accordingly (i.e. increase the dosage of pills/injectables). He was successful at getting me pregnant in May of 2017 and now I am currently 2 months pregnant again thanks to his medical care.

Have an open mind but also have your own plan of action and he be prepared to convey that plan to Dr. Gualtieri- he will listen.

I have PCOS so for my first pregnancy I needed to be on the highest dosage of Metformin to help with my levels. I was on Letrozal/Femara starting with 2.5 mg and only having success with ovulating on 7.5 mg. I also took 75 & 150 iu of GonalF injectables and Ovidrel (“trigger shot”). For my first pregnancy we did an IUI with 7.5 mg of Letrozal and injectables for my second pregnancy we did the same medication but with timed intercourse.

Between both pregnancy we spent roughly $20,000

Dr. Gualtieri would also warn us about the chances and risks of multiples but that was never a concern of ours.

Overall, Dr. B is amazing, and I’m glad to have found him. He shows compassion, and doesn’t make you feel silly for asking the simplest/irrational questions. He treats his patients with care. He explains everything in absolute detail. When delivering bad news, he shows empathy and brings an action plan.

Ask all the questions. Sometimes doctors don’t know that we don’t know, and that’s okay! They do this all day. But he will answer all your questions with loving care.

During the egg retrieval cycle, we down-regulated with birth control. Once cleared, we started stims. Due to my young age and no apparent issues, I was placed on the lowest dose of Menopur and Follistim. I was monitored almost every other day with bloods and U/S. Once cleared, 48 hours before egg retrieval, I was told to trigger with an intramuscular injection of HCG. For my FET prep, I also began with BC. I then down regulated with Lupron injections. Once cleared, I was given my calendar and told to begin estrogen patches to build up my lining. A week before my scheduled transfer, I came in to ensure my lining was thick enough for transfer. 5 days before transfer, I began PIO injections. After that transfer failed, I followed the same protocol for an ERA to ensure that I had the correct amount of PIO to be receptive to an embryo. I am now currently on my second FET prep, and since my ERA came back “receptive,” I am following the same protocol.

Thankfully I had insurance. Without insurance, each FET would have cost about $10,000, not including medications. The Egg Retrival would have cost $6000.

My clinic is very against transferring more than one embryo, especially if the patients are under the age of 40 and have good quality embryos. I disagree with this mentality, but trust my doctor and am going with the flow. When a patient has gone through multiple heartbreaks, and is also financially unable to follow through with multiple transfers, sometimes transferring multiples is their final chance - emotionally, physically, and financially.

Dr. Maxson is very smart and knowledgeable in his field. He has many offices and sees many patients, so there is definitely a personalization factor that is missing. He is also very busy and very hard to get an appointment with.

Schedule your appointments ASAP as he is only at each office on certain days for certain times.

He used a variety of treatments always offering advice after a failed cycle. He also was good about seeking advice from the other partners.

$5000 per frozen cycle not including meds. $12000 for fresh not including meds. ICSI was extra $1500.

I always wanted to transfer more, he would only do 2 each time per the guidelines for my age.

Dr. Wayne Maxson is an incredible doctor. He is brilliant and up to date on the most cutting-edge research and technology. He is an incredible scientist, but even more wonderful human being. He is kind, emotionally attuned to patients and empathic. During difficult moments in my fertility journey he offered me such comfort and treated me with the utmost respect. I felt that I was a person to him, and not just a number. He is truly remarkable and I highly recommend him. I came to him after struggling with secondary infertility for over a year. I was working with another reproductive endocrinologist (who did not offer IVF) but who had helped me get pregnant with my son (with the use of Clomid). When I returned to this doctor to get pregnant again, the Clomid did not work and I spent over a year (with 2 miscarriages) trying oral and injection options with IUI. At one point, my first doctor recommended I speak with Dr. Maxson for a second opinion. When I met with Dr. Maxson, he did NOT push me into doing IVF. In fact, he discouraged it at first and recommended less invasive courses of action. Once those failed, he discussed IVF options with me and with that information he helped guide me in the process. My medical presentation was actually very complicated due to a severe case of PCOS. We met hurdles at many points in the process and Dr. Maxson managed them beautifully - he even suggested a cutting edge test to confirm the perfect date of implantation for me, which turned out to be different from the norm. Because of him, I am blessed with a healthy, full-of-life and just delicious baby girl. She is almost 1 year-old.

Dr. Maxson will often explain different alternatives to you and often times there is no "right" or "wrong" decision. He rarely pushes you into a decision, unless he feels VERY strongly that it is important medically. More often than not, he is there to guide you but also respects your own viewpoints (within reason and safety of practice, of course). If you do feel that you need more guidance from him, ask him the decision he would make if you were his daughter or his family member. Dr. Maxson is extremely human and when you ask this question to him he will speak openly and honestly. He will meet you where you are at.

It has been almost 2 years since I underwent the egg retrieval process and almost 1.5 years since the implantation. I apologize that I really do not remember - and probably have chosen to forget - much of the details. However, I will say that I highly recommend PGS testing. Due to my PCOS, I produce a large number of very poor quality eggs. After my egg retrieval, I had 12 blastocysts. I am so glad I tested them with PGS because 6 of the 12 came back with chromosomal abnormalities. I fortunately had this information (which Dr. Maxson recommended I obtain) and so I did not waste lots of cycles implanting poor embryos. My first embryo transfer (with a healthy embryo) did fail, which was somewhat surprising to my team. Dr. Maxson suggested I take a month "off" and use that month to do a test of my uterine wall with a cutting-edge technique (sorry can't remember the name!) that allows the doctors to determine the optimal day in the cycle for implantation. This test (which was very new when I was going through the process) showed that my uterine wall was not ready on the day that transfers are typically done...I needed to wait one more day. Knowing this information, we planned accordingly for the second embryo transfer and it was a success :)

My impression is that Dr. Maxson is conservative when it comes to multiple embryo transfer and he follows guidelines and literature on safe practices. When I was going through IVF, I was 32 years old. I also had one biological son from a non-IVF, Clomid cycle previously. Given this information, Dr. Maxson strongly discouraged multiple embryo transfer and explained the risks associated. It is possible he may be open to multiple embryo transfer in other cases, but I can only speak from my own experience.

Dr. Christie was very nice during our first meeting, but then I barely saw him. The nurses were asked to handle everything else. Even after repeated treatments didn't work I didn't hear anything from him. I had to call and insist on a meeting to come up with a new game plan. Only at that time, after my pressing and after many months of treatment, did he suggest making an adjustment to the protocol.

Don't go to IVF Florida. Period.

At first we tried Clomed - absolutely no result. Then Femara - no luck there either. Then, only after my insisting, some injectable drugs to stimulate ovulation with Femara. However, the dosage was off and he didn't adjust it properly. After more combinations of oral and injectable drugs I finally ovulated (after about 5 months).

The per visit costs were lower than other practices, but they made me come back for many unnecessary visits so the overall costs turned out to be a lot higher than other providers. The biggest cost, however, was the time I lost during many months of useless treatments.

Dr. Christie is a very generous and kind hearted being. He took his time to explain to you everything that was going on and always looked for a solution when a treatment wasn't working. You also felt his hurt along with you when a pregnancy wasn't successful. He is a very knowledgeable and positive doctor.

Dr. Christie is just amazing. The way he speaks makes you feel valued. Always ask questions! He has a great way of explaining in detailed and at your pace so you can fully understand with him every step of the way.

With my first 2 IUI cycles I took Letrzole which were not successful. With my 3rd IUI cycle I took Clomid and it wasn't successful. Finally, with my 4th IUI cycle we took injectables only (Follistim) and it resulted in a successful IUI and pregnancy with Triplets.

Since I do have insurance I had to pay my $2,500 deductible. After that with copays and medications I paid around 1,000.

Excellent RE. He was new to his practice (IVF FL) when I was a patient from 2010-2012 and super attentive despite the fact that it is a huge practice with several offices. He was accessible via email for detailed questions that arose outside appointments and he followed up with me via phone whenever something happened with my IVF cycles (I had several unfortunate pregnancy outcomes). He has a great sense of humor and in general kept my and my husband's spirits up through a long slog through infertility treatments over several years. Despite the fact that another RE got me pregnant with donor eggs later, we completely credit Dr. Christie with encouraging us through the long ordeal and ultimately keeping us believing in the process of trying to have a healthy live birth.

Ask lots of questions. His general modus operandi is "less is more" I think in terms of telling you what he's thinking about your case, but he's very willing to make you privy to his views on your case if you want in depth analysis of things. He's a fantastic doctor!

IUI with gonal F (failed attempt Dec. 2010), IVF antagonist protocol (successful attempt but chemical pregnancy, March 2011), FET of single blast (successful attempt but ectopic pregnancy, May 2011), IVF estrogen priming antagonist protocol (successful attempt but Trisomy 18 pregnancy, Dec. 2011)

IUI - 500 to $1000. IVF - 3 cycle package for $21,500

Very cold and rude. She was so unprofessional, bragging about her weekend to a nurse right on front of me. I had her retrieve my eggs two separate times and both retrievals were horrible. Both retrievals were so bad I had to recover for two weeks after her and we yielded no embryos. I had two other retrievals done by another doctor, Dr. Christy and I was back to normal after a few days and both times we had embryos. I begged my doctor not to have her do my egg retrieval, but that was unavailable.

Stay away from her. Do yourself a favor and get someone else to treat you.

Insurance covered large portion

He is a very humane physician. He takes the time and care to thoroughly explain to you the ivf process. I would recommend him to anyone who needs to go through fertility treatment. We were able to get pregnant through our first transfer. Unfortunately, at 21 weeks I lost the baby. He was very caring and took the time to show his condolences and give us hope for a successful pregnancy in the future.

Ask a lot of questions, because he will take the time to answer them all. He is very attentive.

He put me on Lupron since I could not be on BCP since I could be prone to blood clots.

I was able to get a loan through Attain for 2 ivf cycles with unlimited transfers. I had to pay medication and OR costs on my own.

He is an excellent communicator. He’s very well read. His scope of practice is vast as one of his specialties being laparoscopic surgery. He performed two of these for me. Ivf of FL is a big practice with a lot of staff and a lot of patients. Sometimes it was difficult to get a hold of him but mostly I could.

Be open and honest about your fertility goals and be patient as this can be a lengthy process. Dr. Hoffman will not rush to get you pregnant. He does things when the timing is right.

I had medical insurance which covered two rounds

He did not want to transfer 2 as I was under 40. He gave me all the negative possibilities with can come with a twin pregnancy. Ivf of FL no longer transfers 2 embryos unless the patient is 40 or older

Dr. C was kind, compassionate and I had a great experience with him. mI did two rounds initially and was successful on the second round. I went back to have another baby and he was very honest about my small chances for success but still was willing to work with me. Unfortunately those other attempts were not successful.

Be prepared with questions-he is open minded and will work with you.

I am a slow responder so he used max doses but always expected me to respond by day 9. I primed with estrogen patches-not birth control pills as the one cycle that I primed with BC pills seemed to over supress me.

I was fortunate enough to have insurance so costs were minimal.

He was very informative and had a good approach of giving his recommendation as well as letting me ultimately decide.

He is excellent and made what is an uncomfortable situation bearable. I feel very comfortable and grateful to him even though we are still in the process. He always explained everything in a way that both my husband and I could completely understand. He put us both at ease and we felt we made the right decision by picking him as our doctor.

Just be patient and try not to stress yourself out

I had a HSG - twice. It was determined that I had a blocked tube. Had the tube opened via a second HSG. I took Clomid, Gonal F and Ovidrel injections.

My insurance doesn’t cover infertility- since I had to have a HSG twice it has been quite expensive. We have spent over $5,000.

Doctor Ory is very matter a fact but I appreate that in a doctor. He lays out all options very clearly and he is up to date on any new methods in the fertility world. He not only shares the options but he also gives you his best advise. Aside from that he has been able to motivate us for the next round.

Make sure to ask questions or for a one on one call with dr Ory when needed! He will make time for you, but if you don’t ask you can feel like just a number at this massive clinic.

21k includes 2 full rounds of IVF incl unlimited FETs

Ivf Florida only transfers 1 embryo back

She is excellent at our consultations and answers all questions. She is conservative and cautious as she gains data. She wants a healthy baby and mommy at they end. I just wish the practice is setup different. Nurses do lots of the tracking during IVF and to IUIs.

IVF 12.243 plus preservation , storage, anesthesia, ocp start IUI about 2,000

She follows recommendation and from my understanding only transfers 1 embryo the first time.

He introduced himself and background, had a great bedside manner and explained everything to myself and my husband in great detail until we understood exactly what would happen. During each procedure he would explain as he was going and once completed would sit down with me and go over everything again. He is a great doctor and would recommend him to anyone, the office he works in on the other hand is huge and not the friendliest when trying to reach the doctor and/or nurse

Have all your questions ready to ask cause once you leave it is pretty hard to get in touch with him or his nurse due to the front desk of the office

He put me on clomid 50 mg first round, ovulated late, second round - 4th round 100mg ovulated every month but did not conceive, currently on letrozole now and using estrogen to thicken lining and ovidril trigger when eggs are mature enough

Insurance only covered diagnosis no treatment had a 60 co pay each visit

He takes his time answering questions and explaining procedure. He has a calm demeanor which is beneficial during such a high stressed experience.

Ask for copies of all medical tests. It's so easy to forget your results.

IUI 1 and 2 -Clomid 100mg 5 days, Gonal-F 150 1 day, trigger shot and then two back to back IUIs-BFN

I do think he is kind, smart and professional however he lacks a warmth I could have used. Also, he is not open to hearing about information I brought about myself from tests performed by my functional medicine doctor that I think could have helped.

Don't expect a warm, friendly doctor. He is extremely professional and almost military

This is the worst medical experience I have ever had in almost 40 years! . My first appointment was with Doctor Barrionuevo. Apart from the 1 hour waiting the doctor was very kind and explained the details of the possible treatment in a very clear way. I have also a test done, everything was good. I was told someone from the financial services will contact me . After a few weeks waiting for the call I called about 4 times before being contacted back. Before the financial call I had an appointment for and ultrasound. When I arrived I was told about another exam (genetics) that need to be done and a nurse took my blood for it. When I asked if that was covered by the insurance she didn’t know and said the financial service should provide me that info, I asked a second nurse and got the same answer. When the financials team called me they haven’t check at that point my insurance coverage. When I asked about the specific cost of the genetic test the lady explained this info needs to be provided by the nurses..., she offered to contact the nurses and write back to me (which never happened…). Today I had an appointment to do another test (HSG). I asked to see the nurse to get clarification on the cost of the genetic test. She explained to me this was done by an external company and only that company can provide me costs. I understood but told her I would have appreciate someone would have explain that to me before taking my blood (a day I was going for another test.). Also I would have appreciate not to be sent from one team to another to get that info. The nurse became frustrated, started looking angry at me, raising her voice telling me “this is the way it is” like I should know it….I was not blaming anyone, I was just pointing my frustration of not been provided the right info on time and the opportunity they have internally to better align the communication to the patients. But the worst started when I was called to the room to do the (HSG) test. I was asked to get in a little room , get half naked. When I tried to enter the next door for the test another patient was still having the test so I was asked to keep waiting in the little room for almost 10 minutes while hearing a lady (doing the same test I was about to get done) yelling and crying like she was been tortured. I, by any means , trying to say the pain was the fault of the medical team, I understand each person has a different condition or level of resistance. But when if finally was my turn I was scared, shaking, fearing the pain that could cause me the test. I told the team that it was a very uncomfortable situation and that I wished I haven’t heard those screams, I wish they would have made me wait in another place. The doctor there told me it was not common to have people yielding in pain that way. I told her I was very nervous and if it started hurting much to please stop, and she agreed. She started with the speculum and her first comment was “you are too tense, the speculum will break, you need to relax’’. Easier said than done. Not sure how they expected me to be relaxed after all I heard, so I told them I was done and to please stop the test. I got back to the toilet to get dressed up, and I left the room. On my way out I asked the reception lady to please give me a follow up appointment with Doctor Barrionuevo, After waiting for about 5 minutes I told her I was nervous (shaken) and I have been there for too long so to please call me when she had the appointment booked, her answer was "No, you will have to call the appointment center." I felt horrible, totally discouraged. In the afternoon I received a call from Doctor Barrionuevo, he wanted to talk to me about what had happened. I was shocked to hear apparently all the nurses have accused me to insult them, smashing doors, breaking a clothes box! So not only the whole experience was frustrating enough, and instead of have a bit of empathy they just made it worse inventing false accusations to cover themselves of a job poorly done. Doctor Barrionuevo told me that due the circumstances it was better for me to move to another clinic, he offered to send all the info he has on my case, and encourage me to keep going with my treatment somewhere else. I have nothing bad to say about Doctore Barrionuevo but the whole experience was horrible and traumatizing and very discouraging for me. I am sharing this long review as I hope the clinic can take it to improve certain points and to avoid anyone else has such a bad experience as I had.

Find another clinic

Didn't get to far, I stopped at diagnose

I was told from $7K to $14K

I dont have anything to say seen the Dr once only have been working with the horrible staff Nothing left to input..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Dont attend the IVF Florida. They are not sensitive. I felt discriminated against

I never received any results. My Spouse is still waiting on his semen analysis results. They stated that they were not moving forward from a phone call and stated I will receive a letter. I want answers

Not sure didnt get that far. I was a Glow Patient

Weitzman did speak in a caring manner and took the time to answer the questions that my husband and I had. She also ordered a range of tests rather than going off of bloodwork from a previous clinic, which I appreciate. I have, however, heard from other clinics that they can try ivf with my own eggs. This makes me think that Dr. Weitzman either did not want to attempt it because low success rates hurt her numbers or she does not have adequate experience or research in relation to my diagnosis.

If you are diagnosed with POF or DOR, go in expecting to be given the "donor egg" speech.

I only went for a consultation and testing which included an AFC ultrasound and genetic testing.

I believe it was around $13,000 for an IVF cycle. The ultrasound was $1,000 and not covered by insurance.

He is very knowledgeable and kind. He explained everything and answered all my questions that i had. He took on my case because my original dr left the practice and he seemed to really understand my previous care and picked up right where she left off. He had a good course of action and went through everything in detail.

Have questions and ask them.

He wanted me to get through my ectopic and then after 3 month break start another cycle. Up my progesterone and consider doing an era.

I have seen more then that dr in practice but it’s the only practice i have been to and costs are crazy but i think it’s the whole medical field.

My practice will Kota love more then one embryo. I fee like they should give us the patient a little lore say so in this equation.