Reproductive Fertility Center

We liked Dr. Lin when we first met him. He was friendly and had a sense of humor. He even provided us with his personal cell number. He did not seem too concerned about our ability to conceive given my age, but perhaps he could have been more aggressive in my care given my AFC and AMH. After the initial visit, it felt like we were treated like just a number. We did not have much interaction with Dr. Lin after that, only again when he performed our 2 IUI procedures. The procedures went smoothly, unfortunately they both failed. We did not get a change to speak to Dr. Lin after the first IUI failure to come up with a better plan for my second IUI. The only reason the second IUI protocol was slightly different was because I asked my nurse to change my oral medication.

Hopefully you will get a nurse who is on your side and is responsive.

We essentially did the same thing for both IUIs with oral medication only. Perhaps he could have suggested injectables or moving onto IVF sooner.

We did two IUI procedures, which cost about $1200 per cycle + the cost of medication.

Dr. Lin tends to be difficult to communicate with. He can be very difficult to understand and I don’t feel that he explains things throughly. I often leave there feeling like I have tons of questions. After he does my ultrasound I meet him in his office which usually consists of him scratching out a script and mumbling something about what he is giving me. My husband would also agree that he is difficult to communicate with. During our consultation we both found him difficult to understand.

Write down your questions for each appointment because he does make you feel rushed. I always leave feeling like I have unanswered questions.

I only did two rounds of IUI with Letrizole. I tried the clomid and it made my body grow cysts on my overies. Ultrasounds were done once a week to monitor my follicle growth. And when he thought my follicles were big enough he would prescribe the trigger shot and do IUI 36 hours later. I got a paper with all the detailed directions and times of everything.

Ultrasounds are $165. The actual IUI procedure $375. Trigger shot $100. Pregnancy blood test $99.

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He made me feel insignificant the very first meeting. I asked him more questions than the information he provided. He’s like a robot, telling you statistics. Not warm at all. Maybe if I spoke Chinese. Maybe because my office visits were covered by insurance but I felt rushed. I left the first visit feeling more confused as I was not sure if this is how the drs are like.

Be extremely cautious and get second opinions

He wanted me to try multiple tried of Clomid first as he kept saying I am still young. He made passive aggressive comments about asking my OBGYN to conduct certain tests. I felt like he didn’t want to treat me and wanted the other doctor to work with me.

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I saw Dr. Lin 2-3 times for consultation and ultrasound. Each time, I waited 2+ hours in the waiting room beyond my scheduled appointment time. Once I was seen by Dr. Lin, the appointments felt rushed. I was taking time out of my work schedule for these appointments and driving 45 minutes each way, so it was a massive inconvenience to experience such delays. Dr. Lin gave us a poor prognosis and essentially told us we would not be good candidates for IVF due to diminished ovarian reserve. I got the feeling that he did not want to attempt IVF on a patient with a lower chance of success because it might lower his success rates. We got a second opinion at a different clinic and had success on our first IVF cycle with that clinic.

If you have diminished reserve, be aware that you may be dissuaded from attempting IVF at this clinic.

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