Kansas University Center for Advanced Reproductive Medicine

Dr. Lydic is great at explaining tests and procedures to patients during appointments. I left each consult with all of my questions answered. When a different on-call doctor cancelled my fresh embryo transfer without an explanation, Dr. Lydic called me on a Sunday evening (without my request) to discuss the change and answer my questions. It made me feel 100x better and I was so grateful to have a doctor who cared about my feelings. My biggest complaint would be that I never met him in person until my FET. This is partly due to Covid, but when going through such an intense procedure it feels odd to not know your doctor.

Speak up about things that are important to you because Dr. Lydic is very willing to listen to his patients wishes. Advocate for yourself every step of the way.

My first cycle we did low-dose letrozol. I have a high AMH of 10.96, so low- dose made sense. I only produced 1 follicle and the IUI was unsuccessful. My next cycle he tripled my dose to the max dose and I responded perfectly, although it was unsuccessful. For my third IUI we used the same protocol but it didn’t work. After that cycle I still wasn’t ready to try IVF so I opted to do TIC while we considered our options. For my 2-3 TIC cycles, we added clomid to my protocol to get my follicles. Nothing worked, so we moved on to IVF. My IVF protocol was pretty typical for a PCOS patient and it worked well for me.

Dr. Lydic did not give the option for multiple embryo transfer.

Dr. Lydic was very clear and explained things very well during our initial virtual consultation. He was patient and answered all our questions being a newbie to the fertility treatment world. He did not hesitate to jump into easy interventions and didn’t make us wait any longer to start our journey to the rainbow baby I’m currently carrying.

Track your cycles and come educated about your body and what you’ve tried so you and your doctor can pick the best/most effective course of action. Also highly recommend fertility acupuncture (I’ve been doing that since 6 mo after a miscarriage…about 3 mo before seeing Dr. Lydic for help).

We tried one month of letrozole with monitoring sonogram to measure/count follicles and ovidrel trigger shot when follicles were mature for fertilization. We were successful on our first round. I’m currently 15 weeks pregnant with our first child, a rainbow baby.

My insurance provided no coverage for fertility treatment. The initial consult was close to $300 out of pocket. The letrozole was cheap (maybe $15) and the trigger shot was $100. So our round of fertility treatment cost us around $415.

Dr. Lydic was warm, thorough and direct. He always took the time to answer our questions and treated us with dignity. I never felt rushed by him and felt like he cared. Whenever there was a setback, he always took the time to look at it from all angles and decide on a new course of action.

Don't be afraid to ask questions, because he's not going to rush you and will answer your questions fully. (Often while drawing diagrams.) He's going to be invested in your journey and truly cares when there's a setback.

We did five timed intercourse cycles with Letrozole / Clomid, one of which ended in miscarriage. When he thought it was time, he kindly but firmly told us when it was time to move onto IUI and IVF. Since our diagnosis was male factor only, I did a small course of Follistim / Menopur before our retrieval. (I didn't need up needing the full course before the eggs were mature.)

IUI without insurance costs $600. I had insurance coverage for IVF and paid $3,800 out of pocket for stimulation medication.

We didn't have a preference, but Dr. Lydic prefers to only transfer one. That was in-line with our expectations.

I always felt like Dr. Lydic made sure to take time for me as a patient - even if he had other procedures or appointments that day. I also felt like he did a good job of making sure my husband knew what was happening and was included in the conversations about care. He answered questions as needed, used visuals to help explain, and called on nights/weekends as a follow-up.

Ask any and all questions you have. He does not get annoyed or ever talk down to you when answering.

Dr. Lydic performed two IUI's on us before moving to IVF. This was over a period of 5 months. I lost one of my tubes due to an ectopic pregnancy before seeing Dr. Lydic so he monitored that I was ovulating on the side I had a tube to increase our chances. If I was going to ovulate on the opposite side, he would cancel our IUI and have us try naturally that month. This was because our chances were very slim and he did not want to waste money/benefits. We moved to IVF and had two egg retrievals with Dr. Lydic. After the first retrieval, we went through two transfers. One resulted in a chemical pregnancy and one resulted in a miscarriage. After one of these transfers, my progesterone was low. Dr. Lydic increased the amount I was to inject each night. This new amount was carried throughout the rest of my treatments. Each time my progesterone was checked after the increase, it was always in a good range. We decided to do another egg retrieval after our second loss. This was because we only had one remaining embryo and were using fertility benefits to pay for our treatments. Dr. Lydic supported this decision and agreed that retrieving more eggs and trying for more embryos was a good decision. I believe our protocol for the second retrieval was the same as the first. After this retrieval, we had two more transfers. One resulted in another miscarriage and we chose to do a D&C procedure as we were further along. The second transfer did result in a successful pregnancy.

My company provides fertility benefits through Progyny. I was able to utilize these and paid somewhere between $5000 and $7000 for all treatments.

Dr. Lydic would only do a single embryo transfer because we did not present with a need to do multiple and the risks were greater if doing multiple. He did explain the risks to use so we understood his why.

I would have liked to have seen Dr.Lydic more in person but he did perform my D&C and one of my biopsies. He always explained things very thoroughly and always answered all my questions. He also was very open about any ideas I had and what was the best course of treatment for me.

Do not be afraid to ask questions

I have PCOS so I do not ovulate every month and have irregular periods. I started treatment doing timed intercourse with letrozole and ovidrel trigger shots. That resulted in two chemical pregnancies and one blighted ovum that I need to have a D&C for. I then decided to try IUI and on my second round of IUI I am currently pregnant.

Insurance covered the ultrasounds, medication, and D&C procedure. I did have to pay out of pocket for the IUI which was $600 and for the sperm preservation which was $300 for a year to be held.

Dr Lydic is very knowledgeable and listened to all of my concerns. He also recognized time constraints due to my demanding career and helped develop a plan that worked for me. He was also very responsive to my concerns via the patient portal messaging system.

Manage expectations that a lot of communication will be quicker and streamlined if you use the patient portal

We used ovulation induction oral therapy, ovulation trigger injections, and timed intercourse. When one ovulation induction medication did not work as expected, he quickly shifted to higher doses and ultimately two medications used together. These methods allowed me to keep pace with a busy work schedule and recognized both time and financial constraints.

I received follow-up calls after all treatments. He explained the ways he was mitigating risks for me specifically throughout the process. He was a great communicator, made the process easy-to-understand, and was very kind.

Just go for it. I had a great experience.

I had PCOS, so he was very conscious of mitigating risk for hyperstimulation. He recommended a frozen transfer cycle as a result. He put a lot of thought into the need to use ICSI or not.

A lot of our treatments and meds were covered by insurance. I believe just treatment was estimated at $11k with meds being estimated at $3-8k.

No real comment. He was very clear he would only transfer one embryo. We had uncertain PGT results on 1/6 embryos, so he said he would use that embryo last.

He performed the frozen embryo transfer procedure with care and he gave very clear instructions. It was a very smooth and successful procedure. He took the time to answer all questions I had. He is compassionate.

You will only get to see Dr. Lydic twice during your entire treatment. One at the initial consultation and one at the embryo transfer procedure.

I did frozen embryo transfer. I took estradiol and Endometrin for 10 weeks. The medications worked great.

The costs were reasonable and affordable.

He is balanced and realistic, not too optimistic and yet not pessimestic. He presents to you data objectively without bias. We appreciated his honesty. He is good comminicator and goes over all the details and discusses with you the pros and cons if each step/or choice you make. His communications are clear. He is kind and understanding. Overall we like him alot

Be patient and follow what he tells you, read and go back to him to ask, and he will be happy to discuss and explain further to you.

I cant rememebr specifics. We agreed on going through making and freezing embryos first and later start the transfer

Our IVF was covered for the most part under insurance

Dr. Lydic insisted that he doesnt do multiple since I am high risk already and mutlipes transfer puts me even at a higher risk. He chose our best embryo quality for the first transfer.

I would highly recommend him. He took the time to check on me, call me, explain things, and make me feel heard. My first appt was so long because I kept asking questions. He wasn't frustrated, mad, and didn't mind going over everything. He was patient and thorough.

Go with him!

Yikes, sorry I do not. It was 2 years ago.

Hmm I honestly don't remember.

We discussed that transferring multiple embryos may decrease the chance of getting pregnant so we just stuck with one.

He really truly cares. When I had anaphlaxis shock from progesterone, he messaged me after hours while out of the office to get me on a new plan. He worked with coworkers to make this happen. He would call during and after hours to make sure all my concerns were addressed. Cared about my wants and feelings.

He does know what he's talking about medically, especially when other doctors have stated concerns with lining. He's not quick to jump the gun with an aggressive treatment.

He put me on 1ml PIO and 1 estrogen pill. When I had anaphlaxis he prescribed me pio vaginally 3xdaily

Literally half the price to transfer that other clinics but more than double for retrieval and testing and meds.

We only wanted to put in one so we didn't graph discuss anything else

The best doctor I’ve ever experienced. He gave me the greatest gift- my son! You can tell he cares and truly loves what he does. He communicates very well and gives space for you to absorb information and ask questions.

You should pick him!