Alyaa Elassar

When I met Dr. Elassar I had no idea about any fertility treatment - I just found her on this website (Fertility HQ) based on the positive reviews. It was extremely fortunate for me. From the moment I met her, I felt completely at ease. She took alot of time to meet with me and explain all the details and information around fertility. Through the entire IVF process I felt 100% supported, and cared for. Dr. Elassar and the team were ready 24/7 to answer any queries and even when we needed to pivot in treatment or medication, everything was fully explained to me. Dr. Elassar is also very kind and takes a personal stake in your treatment, she really wants the very best outcome for you. She would follow up with me after my retrival to ensure I was feeling okay and completed each of my daily monitoring appointments personally - checking on how I was finding the medication and injections. I felt like we were a team and she had my back and that whatever was thrown at us, we were going to navigate it together. Lastly, I truly believe that because she was so close to my treatment (reviewing it daily), that she was able to maximize the effectiveness and gain superior results.

Set up a meeting and meet her. Dr. Elassar is truly talented and I think this is really evident in the initial meeting. She is realistic/frank with you regarding treatment outcomes/expectations, but also extremely knowledgeable and optimistic - presenting options for consideration. She will ultimately present the options and talk you through the pros/cons but she will leave the final decision to you and support you either way.

We started immediately with IVF. I started on a menopur and Follistim, then Ganirelix later in the cycle. Dr. Elassar also prepped my body with birth controls/and or estradiol before starting the injections. The second IVF round produced the best results when I did the round back to back (following the first round).

I was very fortunate that alot of my care was covered my by insurance. But Alejandra really provided alot of support with dealing with all of that.

I only did one transfer and we tried with two embryos. Dr. Elassar spoke to me about the pros and cons and keen for me to ultimately make the decision - not influencing me either way.

We are so grateful to Dr. Elassar and the whole team at NYC IVF for helping us bring our sweet little boy into the world. Dr. Elassar was recommended by my OB/GYN as an IVF practice that didn't feel like an "assembly line." She was spot on. I nearly always saw Dr. Elassar herself for my visits. She did a great job setting reasonable expectations about the process and potential results, which was helpful and reassuring. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Dr. Elassar to anyone looking for a personalized and caring experience.

Have reasonable expectations because she will be kind, but candid about what the statistics say your potential outcomes could be.

I don't remember the specifics of the protocol, other than that she used Lupron as a trigger shot for me because she was somewhat concerned about OHSS.

All-in a cycle of egg retrieval, embryo freezing, PGT-a testing, and embryo transfer totaled ~$24k (including meds). Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get approved for insurance coverage. The PGT-a was $3,500 and the transfer was discounted to $1,500 as a result of doing the PGT. The meds cost approx. $4,700 for the full cycle. The ultrasound visits were covered y insurance with just a co-pay.

We had PGT-a testing done on our embryos to assess viability, so Dr. Elassar strongly recommended against multiple embryo transfer.

Dr. Elassar is extremely knowledgeable and professional while also exuding care and comfort. From the moment I walked into her office, I knew I would be in good hands. She always explains your options in detail and lets you be a part of the process you would like to move forward with. She not only remembers your name and your partner but also things about us individually and as a couple. She was always present on important visits and always smiled or waved on office visits that she did not need to be present for (like giving blood). I found great comfort in her skills and in her presence.

Dr. Elassar is the best. She always explained everything and never let me worry. She was so positive and always made me feel better even after not so great news. She is an amazing doctor and I sent my cousin and good friend To her as well, because of how much I trust her.

I would tell them that they are in the best hands and to trust that she will do everything she can for you.

I want to start by saying that Doctor Alyaa Elassar is very knowledgeable in what she does. I can say this because after every visit, my husband and I would spend time doing google research and find that Doctor Elassar was spot on with what she said. We had faith in Doctor Elassar's expertise, we were just a paranoid couple who were spending money on an expensive treatment and didn't want anything to go wrong so we did our own research. I liked that every single scan of my ovaries and uterus was done by Doctor Elassar only. I only met with Doctor Elassar and no other doctor. It put me at an ease that I am seeing the same Doctor each visit and she knows where I am in my treatment cycle very well. Doctor Elassar has great bedside manner. I am a little shy with my body because I have so much body hair due to PCOS. I never felt like I had to wax/shave my legs for each visit. Doctor Elassar made me feel comfortable in my own skin with hairy hands and legs. Doctor Elassar is flexible with the treatment option. We first met her in February of 2019 and wanted to do IVF. She recommended we try IUI since we have never tried it and if it is unsuccessful, we can just move on to IVF. Our IUI went great except my embryo never made it down the Fallopian tube so it ended in an ectopic pregnancy. Doctor Elassar went over the options with us and we decided to let my body end that pregnancy naturally rather than taking strong medications to end it (since ectopic pregnancy never goes to full term any way). I decided to take a break after the IUI because I wanted to do some traveling and job hunting before the next treatment. Doctor Elassar never forced me to come in for appointments during those times. She gave me my space that I needed. In January 2020 we met with Doctor Elassar and were ready to begin our first cycle of IVF treatment. She had preliminary bloodwork and sonogram done the same day to see where my hormone levels stand and from there, everything was a smooth process. I had a successful pregnancy by end of March 2020. Doctor Elassar always wishes the best for her patients regardless of your racial/educational background. She does her best for her patients. She came in on weekends if I just needed a bloodwork or a sonogram done for monitoring purposes. Doctor Elassar works 24/7! A very hard working woman. She is also professional and does not stick her nose in your personal matters. Even when it comes to 'timed intercourse' during IUI, she does not want to know the details, she just wants to know if the 'timed intercourse' was done or not. Doctor Elassar is great at what she does and I look forward to doing a 2nd IVF transfer from her when time comes. In the end, I want to say that even though I started going to a different clinic after my 6 weeks of successful pregnancy, I always reached out to Doctor Elassar for any question that my clinic was not able to answer.

Doctor Elassar is an expert and will do her best to help you achieve your treatment goal. She will always be there with you at every visit (except bloodwork). If you want to be treated as a human and not just a number at a clinic, then this is the Doctor you SHOULD think about seeing.

In February 2019, we had a consultation visit with Doctor Elassar. She asked some screening questions and explained a couple of things about how conceiving works normally. We had our initial bloodwork, sonogram and genetic carrier testing done. In March 2019 we began IUI treatment. I took Clomid and Doctor Elassar monitored my ovaries to see how the egg was growing. Based on bloodwork and her scan, she confirmed I was ovulating and asked to come in for insemination. In between there was bloodwork done to monitor progesterone level. I was prescribed progesterone pills. Unfortunately the embryo never made it down the fallopian tube on its own so we let the body naturally end the pregnancy. If we had taken medication to end the pregnancy, it would add a 4 month wait before we could try conceiving again because the medication takes time to come out of the system. After taking break, I met with Doctor Elassar January of 2020 and decided to do IVF as we did not want anything getting stuck in the fallopian tube again. Since all our genetic screening was done, I only needed a hormone checks through bloodwork and a sonogram check to see how my ovaries are doing as well as my uterus lining. I received a green light once bloodwork results came in. Gonal F was ordered and shipped to my house. In between, I would visit Doctor Elassar so she could do a scan to see how many eggs were growing in each ovary. In the middle, I was also prescribed Menopur along with Gonal F to pump my ovaries to grow those eggs. My ovaries were taking a bit too much time in growing them. The retrieval day was scheduled and 14 eggs were retrieved and fertilized. 10 lived up to day 5. We opted to do a PGS testing so our embryos were frozen and the PGS results came back in a week. Only 6 our to 10 embryos had normal chromosomes. I had to wait until my uterus lining was back in normal range. We began injections to ready my uterus and did transfer beginning of March. We continued with the injections as advised by Doctor Elassar. After 2 week wait, pregnancy test was done and I was pregnant! Injections for progesterone were continued until Week 9 of pregnancy.

Doctor Elassar was out of network. There's cost of drugs which varies depending on your insurance coverage. Embryo retrieval process has it's own set of costs. The PGS/PGD testing has it's own set of costs as well. The last major cost was embryo cost, set by Doctor Elassar's clinic.

We chose to transfer only 1 of the 6 normal embryos we had because did not want to have twins. We didn't want to choose gender so we let Doctor Elassar decide. The embryologist just pulled out the first normal chromosome embryo from our 10 frozen embryos (4 were tested as not good) and transferred that. It turned out to be a girl!

Dr. Elassar is an absolutely fabulous doctor with a warm heart. You see Dr. Elassar for each visit rather than a rotating list of doctors who might not remember your name at larger clinics. Dr. Elassar is available to answer all of your questions whether in person during your visit or via email. I never felt rushed and she explained all my options to me thoroughly allowing me and my husband to make informed decisions that worked for us.

Be sure to read the instructions provided to you by Dr. Elassar's staff so that you are prepared to ask any questions.

Without PGS testing, Dr. Elassar recommended transferring two embryos which is what is ASRM recomments for my age group. With PGS testing, Dr. Elassar recommended a single embryo transfer since we would be aware of the quality of the embryo.

I chose Dr. Elassar because if I’m going to pay for a treatment I wanted the best of the best and that’s exactly what I got. She’s straight forward which I personally love. When looking her up, I found that her education and experience was A+++. She’s competitive and gives results. She was at all of my appointments and did every scan herself. She was thorough and was excited as I was whenever we received any good news. I have PCOS and I remember asking about OHSS, she quickly stopped me and told me she had never had a case of OHSS. I went in fully trusting her and the results speak for themselves. Going in we started with many eggs and some how (of course I have an aliens body) I started to lose my eggs during my stimulation cycle. I was so bummed as was Dr. Elassar. She told me not to worry that it’s best to work with quality than quantity. By the time of my egg retrieval, we got 11 eggs, 10 were fertilized using ICSI and 9 matured for freezing. At first we weren’t going to get genetic testing (even though Dr. Elassar recommended). She recommended it at first and her justification was that if we are going to do something this significant might as well get our best chances at a healthy pregnancy (especially since I had 2 prior miscarriage before the age of 28). After losing some of my eggs during stimulation, we decided to go with the genetic testing. Out of our 9 embryos, we got 4 normal healthy embryos (amazing results!!!!). Our first frozen transfer ended up in a pregnancy. I’m currently 11 weeks and 2 days pregnant. I had some complications at the beginning of my pregnancy and Dr. Elassar was always quick to answer any emails I sent. If you’re looking to get a truthful diagnosis with personal care this is the doctor/clinic for you.

Don’t plan on getting any sugar coating. She’s amazingly blunt. Also, just do what she says. It was really hard for me at first to give complete control of my care over but I never questioned it (just asked and researched for peace of mind) and obtained the best results.

At first I had to take birth control because I had a large corpus luteum cyst that was taking up space in my ovary. After about 10 days, we started stims. My protocol was very minimal (just gonal-f) and then the ganirelix. These were one of the times I was skeptical about her choices since I saw everyone’s protocol included meds like menopur. After asking, she explained I didn’t need it. Great! Due to the PCOS, I only needed about 9 days of stims with close monitoring. As mentioned, every scan was done by Dr. Elassar herself. Before seeing Dr. Elassar I did do 3-4 months of supplements to try and improve egg quality. I took myo-inositol, Vitex berry, melatonin and CoQ10.

Dr. Elassar only transferred one embryo. She explained I was young and at my age (diagnosis) a multiple transfer would be high risk. Also, after researching, multiple embryo transfers don’t exactly result in a higher success rate.

Dr. Alyaa Elassar and her entire team were amazing! We would recommend her without a doubt and know that she played a big part in us finally achieving our dreams of having a family! The IVF process is a tough one, usually filled with ups and downs, and a lot of anxiety and heartache. Like many others like us, when we started having difficulty in getting pregnant, we didnt know where to turn or whether to go to a large, well established place, or a smaller private practice. Everyone is different and has unique needs, but my husband and I were very turned off by the experience of the large well known places, and besides wasted time / effort / money, later on found out that the advice given to us was not actually in our best interest. After giving up hope we ultimately stumbled upon Dr. Alyaa Alassar and are we glad we did! From the start, the doctor and her team were very warm and inviting, always patient to explain to us our options, and we never felt like we were just another "number". You see Dr. Alassar every time, which I think is a big benefit. Not just whichever doctor is on the schedule who have skimmed your records. The doctor would email us personally with certain results, and shared in our disappointment when things didn't always go as we wanted. We did two cycles of egg retrieval and two transfers. After the first transfer failed, Dr. Alassar took the time to sit down with us and brainstorm how we should approach the next transfer. The rest of the team (especially Racquel) is also great, each appointment (for which there are many) was always super efficient, and her office is very warm and inviting. Everything ended up working out great, and my husband and I now have a fully healthy baby boy and we couldn't be happier! At the end of the day, the process is long and difficult, and so much of it can be mental - it is super important to be in the best headspace possible and to feel like you're being taken care of and on the right path. That is what we got with Dr. Alassar's practice and would highly recommend her and her team. You won't regret it.

Don't hesitate to use her. You won't regret it.

Dr. Elassar is a wonderful physician! She always treated me with respect and compassion. She took time to explain things to me and always answered my questions in details. I liked that she was straightforward and never sugarcoated anything. She set realistic expectations. We had two failed transfers after which she recommended new tests to figure out what was going on and fortunately the subsequent transfer was a success! I saw at every visit and she did all procedures by herself which was the best thing about this treatment.

If you want to be treated by a single doc and want care that’s tailored to your requirements, don’t think twice about going with Dr. Elassar!

Costs are high if your insurance doesn’t cover the treatment!

For my 3rd embryo transfer we decided to proceed with two embryos instead of just one and it was a success! Not sure if using two embryos helped but it was helpful that the clinic agreed to respect our wishes.

Dr. Elassar was extremely accessible, took time to answer my questions and explain the process. She was also friendly and respectful - as was everyone in her office. I think she trained them very well. I trusted her judgment and she explained my choices and made clear recommendations. I would 100% recommend her to a friend - as I was recommended by a friend who loves her!

See her sooner rather than later!

I used lupron first, then progesterone shots and twice daily estradiol pills.

Other than co-pays it was covered by my insurance.

She and the embryologist suggested I implant 2 embroys because of the age I was when I froze my eggs. She shared the risk of multiples - and.I am indeed pregnant with twins now.

She is the only fertility doctor I saw, but I can't imagine a better one. It was wonderful seeing her every visit, and she was quick to respond to any queries we might have had if we emailed the clinic out of hours. I could tell she was very busy (probably because she was giving all her patients the same personal approach) but I never felt rushed by her.

Trust her and her methods. She said that she would be able to get me pregnant, and even though it took some time I am currently pregnant.

Because I had a limited number of embryos overall and I was in my early 40s, the doctor recommended multiple embryo transfer.

We are soooo grateful for doctor EL assar ,there’s no words enough to describe dr el assar, she’s the best dr i ever seen ,since our first visit after struggling with unexplained infertility we were so relaxed and relieved,she’s so kind and extremely knowledgeable,,she explained for us everything, answered all our questions, she discussed every step with us ,i trust her 1000000% she know what she is doing, with dr el assar i feel like I’m her only patient ,she remember every single detail, Taking her time on each visit, did all the scans and follow up with results (blood work) on the same day . For our successful ivf cycle,everything went smooth and easy, she explained for me how to use all medications and injections , dr elassar she’s soo professional ,she did my eggs retrieval and my embreyo transfer, it was really quick and efficient procedure,she holds my hand and give me hugs ,she’s really the kindest ,warmest ,knowledgeable person ,she’s answered my emails anytime even on the middle of the night and calling to check if everything okey,

Just trust dr elassar, because she know what she is doing,

During all the process dr alassar , was asking us and letting us make a decision for everything,she give us advice and explain the risks,

Dr. Elassar is the best there is. I feel so lucky to have her as a doctor. She was kind, understanding, professional, intelligent, attentive and caring. Dr. Elassar performed every single ultrasound, she was there for me as we prepared for the retrieval. She's truly the best doctor I've had.

Don't wait, book your appointment now!

First retrieval vs. second retrieval, medical approach slightly varied. (ie. double trigger for round 2). Results were similar, and I believe maximized best potential results for my low egg reserve.

Cost for egg retrieval procedure and monitoring visits.

I was skeptical to go to fertility clinic with only one doctor. What if she got sick and wasn’t able to make it in for an appointment? This never happened. I saw Dr Elassar during every visit for nearly an entire year. I genuinely felt that she cared about me and my journey to get pregnant.

Ask any and all questions. No question is silly. Be patient.

It is hard to put into words how incredible Dr Elassar and team are. The support, encouragement and personalized care was incredible. I am still amazed at how invested the team was in our success. We are forever grateful for the beautiful girl we now treasure, and look forward to the next  journey with NYC IVF for baby number two. 

Go for it

Dr Elassar was great with suggesting in my circumstance only to transfer multiple embryos if i was comfortable with having a multi pregnancy.

Dr. Elassar is the best. She always lets you know exactly what is going on and what to expect. I felt comfortable every time I was in the office. She really cares about her patients. I completely trust her.

Ask the questions you want to ask.

My whole experience with Dr. Elassar was truly amazing. Besides being a brilliant doctor she is also an incredibly supportive and kind person. Her whole team, from the front desk to the nurses, are a bunch of really fabulous people who were always there supporting me and rooting me on. After 2 failed IVF rounds at RMA of NY it was time for a change and Dr. Elassar was a breath of fresh air. No waiting rooms filled to the brim. No seeing a different doctor every visit. No being treated like a number. Dr. Elassar gives you an exceptional personalized experience. She is 100% in it with you and makes you feel like you are her only patient. She did all my monitoring, she followed up with results, she did my egg retrieval and embryo transfer. She also gives hugs when needed. From the first consultation, I felt so lucky to have found Dr. Elassar. She spent quite a while with my husband and I going through almost every detail of my previous IVF cycles explaining things to me that my previous Doctor had not. I’m sure there are many good fertility doctors in NYC but Dr. Elassar is really just one of a kind. After one round of IFV with I’m almost 8 weeks pregnant with twins. I’m a week out from moving on to an OB and just thinking about having to leave her is making me tear up right now. She is truly an incredible person and doctor. I'm beyond grateful for her!

First, she put me on birth control for about 2 weeks to get my FSH down before started stims. At the same time, I also used topical testosterone to improve egg quality. After my FHS was low enough we went right into stims and it took about 2 weeks for my eggs to be ready for retrieval. We used a Follistim, Menopur and Ganirelix protocol. Timing is EVERYTHING with IVF and having Dr. Elassar keeping a close eye on them we got great results 9 eggs which ended in 5 A/B rated embryos.

$450 consultation. $80 per visit using my out of network coverage. IVF $12,000. $100 per month for frozen embryos

She talked to me about what the protocol is for someone my age which was 2 embryos. She explained the risk of multiples and I was ok with it so we moved forward. I don't think she would ever force it on someone if they were not comfortable with it.

She's the best doctor I've ever had. period. She is kind, incredibly smart, caring, and personable. She runs a timely office and sees you at each visit. She explains each step of the process in detail so you know exactly what to expect. Before I started on the hormone injections, she gave me a calendar with our daily plan for the next 12 days and we adjusted it at each visit. On the day on the retrieval, she held my hand while they administered the anesthesia and was right there when I woke up. After successfully turning all of the eggs she retrieved into embryos, we froze 100% of the embryos on day 3. We froze 3 times the number of embryos we should have according to average statistics - and I attribute that to how amazing Dr. Elassar is at her job. I'm just sad that I can't have Dr. Elassar as my doctor throughout pregnancy. She is that wonderful.

Just know that you're in wonderful hands and will be cared for in the best way possible. I really don't think you'll find a better Doctor than Dr. Elassar.

She had me doing Gonal F 300 & Menopur 150 every day up until trigger shot day. She monitored my levels via a blood test daily for all 12 days leading up to retrieval in case she needed to modify the dosages. During that appointment, she also used the ultrasound to measure how well the follicle were growing.

All in, including egg retrieval, embryos creation and embryos freezing and storage, it cost $14k. If you want to do PGS, it's another $3.5k. My insurance covered the medications, which I hear can be about $4-5k.

Dr. Elassar worked with my schedule and was extremely accommodating. She scheduled her time off around my treatment. Even when she was on vacation, she would always be responsive. When my cycle start was delayed, she was able to fix the plan and explain all the upsides and downsides. She is very realistic and explains the data, the research, and how is applies to me. Things that are specific to my ethnic background which may be different than the typical american patient. She is attentive, research and data driven, and very focused on getting the best results for her patients. I wish I went to her from the beginning.

Dr. Elassar doesn't give all the bloodwork data every single blood draw. Knowing that Dr. Elassar really has personalized care for each of her patients, I knew I could trust her because she has the best intentions. It's not worth tracking all your hormone levels and driving yourself nuts.

antagonist protocol, but a lower dose for a longer amount of time. Basically to grow my eggs slower and with more care. We retrieved more eggs than the first two rounds with my previous clinic combined.

It was all scheduled, there were no set monitoring hours, it was based on when appointments were available. It's a well oiled machine considering Dr. Elassar is the one doing every ultrasound. I think patients are given hours based on priority (i.e. early in stims vs retrieval any day now).

Our doctor gave us all the data and stayed pretty neutral. It was fully up to us to make the decision and she would support us either way.

Being a patient of Dr. Elassar’s was a treat. It’s rare you get so much 1on1 time with a doctor. She cares about every single one of her patients equally and is always 100% prepared for all scenarios. She was incredibly knowledgeable and versatile. Throughout the process, my body didn’t always cooperate but Dr. Elassar was always ready to adjust the treatment as needed and to respond to many of the unknowns. She was always 100% honest with me in regards to treatment and outcomes. She also always followed up, it was one of my favorite traits of hers. Also, she was shockingly available 24/7, always wanting to be available for her patients.

Ask any and all questions!

Dr. Elassar is very intelligent and experienced. Both of my egg retrieval processes went very smoothly and I believe her careful monitoring of me during that time was a big part of the reason it did so. She is VERY available via email and this was invaluable to me. I also trust her even though I'm not always 100% sure what is going on behind the scenes. I had 3 failed transfers (unexplained) and 2 successful ones that resulted in the 2 children I have today.

Don't be afraid to ask questions! She will answer and explain but you must ask. Trust the process as much as you can.

For egg retrieval, but I was on follistim 300 units for 3 nights and then increased to 400 units for 3 nights. Then I added 150 units of Menopur and Ganirelex for 5 nights with 300 units follistim. I then triggered with Lupron. For my FETs, I used oral estradiol tabs (between 4-6 mg per day) and in-oil progestrone shots with baby aspirin added post transfer and I did one natural cycle using only Letrozole and progesterone suppositories.

Egg retrieval was $16,000 and each FET was $3,000. Each visit is $350 before I meet my deductible. Nothing is covered by my insurance. I do not know how much I have spent on meds and lab bills to date but it's most likely over $5,000.

She prefers to do single embryo transfers in my case and I agree with her so there is no issue there.

She is a very brilliant woman who knows what she is doing. From the moment I met her I knew I could trust her guidance and methodology. I never questioned her decisions and knew she was doing the best for myself and husband and our fertility journey. We had 2 frozen embryo, day 5 transfers. The first was unsuccessful, which can be common. She was compassionate when this happened and reiterated that it was bad luck and to be positive and give it another go. I am glad that we did as the 2nd transfer was successful. We are so very thankful!

Trust her, her methodology and don’t get caught up in looking at the internet and doing your own analysis paralysis.

We tested both myself and my husband with the usual tests - tubal view, egg quality, count and sperm. We’re able to quickly conclude 2 male factor issues. She advised that IVF would be the quickest and most cost effective rather than going through IUI as well. We trusted her and agreed with her rationale.

Dr. Elassar was out of network for us but still covered by Aetna. This meant slightly higher costs for us but we opted for this as choosing our Dr was important for us. Think in the end it was around $20k give or take. Well worth it.

We did single embryo due to my age. We were all comfortable with this approach.

Dr Elassar is an exceptional doctor and I would whole-heartedly recommend her to anyone who is looking for results. She is the only practitioner who did every single ultrasound. On my first visit she said she needed to 'get to know my ovaries', which no other doctor ever said .... there is so much depth to this, because IVF is all about timing ... she adjusted the timing of egg retrieval based on what she saw and she just really understood my body so well. Her protocol worked really well for me and gave us more eggs/ embryos than we ever expected. She is also very candid - she told me on the first visit that IUI would be a complete waste of time in my case, and I'm glad I listened to her. She knows her field inside/out and she earned my trust, so I followed her instructions to the T and we were able to get pregnant at the first transfer. She is truly exceptional.

Have an open mind. Listen deeply to what Dr Elassar says and if you decide to go with her, follow her instructions to the T - she knows what she is doing and you are in great hands. Keep in mind that she is the only practitioner in this clinic. So when she goes away, there is no treatment ... although she is very responsive via email even when she is away.

Gonal-F Menopur Ganirelex Pregnyl for trigger shot Everything was the lowest possible dose ... she would adjust the dose during the visits based on what she saw in the scan. Transfer .... Estrace, Progesterone in Oil shots for 9 weeks

Egg Retrieval: $10,500 Transfer: $3,500 Meds: $3K-5K

She strongly recommended single embryo transfer in our case. She was very clear about the downsides of multiple embryo transfer ... we thought about it and agreed to go with her recommendation. It worked for us.

Dr Elassar is a professional, efficient physician. She has a busy and rigorous practice, yet she updates me on my lab results as soon as they are available. For one particular exam, within an hour or two of leaving the imaging facility, a remote location from her office, she notified me of the results via email. Similarly, her office was closed during the holidays however she and her staff were still available by phone and email throughout this time, responding promptly.

If you want solutions and help to get you there, i.e. a successful pregnancy, she is a great clinician. If you want to spend hours talking to your doctor about your fears and concerns over infertility, Dr Elassar is too busy doing the hard work to help get you solutions, which is what you want from someone who is in the business of helping you achieve pregnancy.

Fortunately, Dr Elassar has to intervene very little. My husband and I both went through the standard testing in a fertility workup, and with her education and guidance about timing to optimize pregnancy, I was able to get pregnant. She did describe in detail what the next steps would be if this did not work.

She was out of network, so I had to meet my deductible first. Dr Elassar's visits were between $300 - $350.

Dr Elassar has great bedside manner, is very knowledgable, warm and really takes the time to get to know you in order to figure out the best treatment plan for your situation. I never felt like she rushed through appointments and she always explained things in a way we could understand. She was always very positive, even during the tough times. I really can't think of anything that would be considered a weakness.

Ask as many questions as you need to feel comfortable with the recommended treatment plan but at the same time, trust her.

Dr. Elassar was not covered under my insurance so it was an expensive treatment process. That said, totally worth it!

Dr. Elassar recommended transferring only 1 embryo at a time.