Dr. Matthew Will is personable, friendly and helpful; I appreciate his honest opinions. While this process isn’t enjoyable, I’ve enjoyed each procedure and consult we have had with him and he does all he can to ease my mind. While we have currently been unsuccessful, I will continue on with him as my doctor...after our failed first FET that he would be willing to try two embryos if we wanted to do so
Communication [at Midwest Fertility Specialists] is less than ideal. I typically have no idea what my levels are for labs or anything. The nursing staff (of not my main nurse) have no clue as to what’s in my plans or in my file. The online portal never has information on it and they’re currently switching to a new portal...When Emily is my nurse, everything is well. She is amazing, bubbly and compassionate
How was your experience with Matthew Will at Midwest Fertility Specialists?
Dr. Matthew Will is personable, friendly and helpful; I appreciate his honest opinions. While this process isn’t enjoyable, I’ve enjoyed each procedure and consult we have had with him and he does all he can to ease my mind. While we have currently been unsuccessful, I will continue on with him as my doctor.
What's one piece of advice would you give a prospective patient of Matthew Will at Midwest Fertility Specialists?
Dont be afraid to ask questions. He will answer honestly and if he doesn’t know the answer, he will find out and do the research.
During treatment, were you treated like a number or a human with Matthew Will at Midwest Fertility Specialists?
Dr. Will was always friendly, understanding, and willing to answer all of my out there questions. For all of the procedures with him we always got to laughing.
Describe the protocols Matthew Will used in your cycles at Midwest Fertility Specialists and their degree of success.
We did 3 clomid and 2 letrozole cycles with times intercourse. 2 more letrozole cycles included gonal-f hormone injections (50 IU) with IUI. My third IUI also included gonal-f injections (50 IU). For my antagonist stims leading up to egg retrieval, I was on 200 IU of FSH and 150 IU of HMG. The FSH and HMG dropped down to 45 IU for the 4 days before egg retrieval. My ganirelix was 25 IU. Post op, I took 10mg of Provera for 10 days, 3 doses of 25IUs of ganirelix and a mix of aleve and Tylenol. I’ve done 1 unsuccessful transfer with estradiol 2mg tablets, 3 times a day with 75mg of progesterone once directed to do so. I also took a vagina probiotic once a day for 7 days prior to FET. For my ERA, I did the same estradiol and progesterone injections. They found I need 12 more hours of progesterone support for the next transfer. We did the same protocol for our second transfer which was cancelled due to lining thickness (6.4 I think it was). Currently in the process of attempting another FET, doing estradiol intramuscular injections to help with lining at 0.3 every 4 days and will increase to 0.4. PIO will start 12 hours earlier than the last to tries. Results TBD
Describe your experience with your nurse at Midwest Fertility Specialists. (Assigned nurse: Nurse Emily (nurse practitioner) )
When Emily is my nurse, everything is well. She is amazing, bubbly and compassionate. The issues I’ve ran into is when I get another nurse. It is hit or miss on what they do or do not know about me and the plans. Sometimes it seems like there is no prep or looking at my file before they meet with me and I have to explain what the plan is. I have the nurses draw circles on my butt to make sure we’re injecting in the correct area for PIO but that’s also hot and miss on if the nurses even know where to draw circles. One nurse drew massive circles where my kidneys are, no where near where we had previously injections when Emily correctly made circles. I dont know if this is a nursing staff or doctor issue, but when I went in for my ERA, they were supposed to take part of the biopsy and send it in to test for endometritis. This wasn’t done and was completely forgotten about.
Describe your experience with Midwest Fertility Specialists.
Communication is less than ideal. I typically have no idea what my levels are for labs or anything. The nursing staff (of not my main nurse) have no clue as to what’s in my plans or in my file. The online portal never has information on it and they’re currently switching to a new portal. I hope this changes and it was an issue with the old version of the online portal.
Describe the costs associated with your care under Matthew Will at Midwest Fertility Specialists.
Consults we’re roughly $95
Times intercourse with Clomid/Letrozole: $30-50?
IUIs: roughly $1500-$2,000 each
IUI meds: minuscule compared to everything else (gonal-f was roughly $200-$300 per pen needed)
Egg retrieval not including meds in 2021: $10,000
ICSI: $1,333
Anastasia: $416
PGT Testing: $2,200 for 7 embryos
Medication estimate: $4-6,500
Meds I purchased for stims: $2,000
First embryo transfer: $3900
Transfer meds: $250
Second cancelled transfer: $4,100
Transfer 2 meds: $300
Transfer 3 meds so far: $400?
Describe Matthew Will's approach to eSET (elective single embryo transfer) vs. multiple embryo transfer at Midwest Fertility Specialists.
We have no issues transferring one each time. Dr. Matthew Will mentioned after our failed first FET that he would be willing to try two embryos if we wanted to do so. We will be transferring one embryo in the current transfer cycle this month.
What specific things went wrong at Midwest Fertility Specialists?
- Failed to call in prescriptions to pharmacy
- Failed to order appropriate test
- Provided conflicting information
- Lost or damaged samples
Describe the specific things that went wrong at Midwest Fertility Specialists.
Prescriptions are not always called in when I’m told they will be. This makes retrieving my medications for the pharmacy in a timely fashion more stressful due to work schedules for my spouse and I. I was told by my main nurse, the amounts of meds I had for stims was sufficient, only to be told my a different nurse that I would need more. As of this process isn’t stressful enough. Patients have a file for a reason and I shouldn’t have to explain what meds I’m on to each new nurse.
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