Carrie Bedient

Dr. Bedient was clear and concise in all her communication with me. At times she was a little short or perhaps rushed. I got the sense that she sees many, many patients and gives the same talking points to all of them, which I can't fault her for. Overall I trust her expertise.

Do your own reading and research ahead of time and between visits, so you don't feel as rushed through the process.

I went though genetic testing, ultrasounds, and extensive bloodwork. I was then diagnosed with a uterine fibroid. Because my insurance does not cover any fertility services, I opted to go back to my OBGYN to take care of the hysteroscopy to remove the fibroid. If I had the procedure with Dr. Bedient, it would have cost close to $4,000.

To complete the testing phase of fertility treatment without the help of insurance, my partner and I spent $2,500. To have the uterine fibroid removed will be an additional cost I'm not sure of yet. Our first IUI round will be about $3,000, plus the cost of the sperm donation.

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Dr. Bedient is very caring and genuine once you get to meet her in person. She's very thorough and answers whatever questions you may have when you have one-on-one appointments with her. She's very patient and listens to all of your concerns. She addresses everything and anything you might inquire about. However, if you don't know the right questions to ask and are new to this process, she doesn't give out a ton of information. I learned more about the fertility journey and process by Googling and watching other women's stories on YouTube. That's how I knew to ask some questions. I believe going through fertility treatments is so hard financially, emotionally, and physically. It creates so much anxiety and uncertainty. Going in as a patient, you don't always know what to ask or forget simply from nerves. Personally, I would've appreciated more appointments with Dr. Bedient herself to learn about everything I was going through. That's not to say you can't make an appointment with her because you can at any time. I suppose I just had different expectations starting this journey with the amount of time and information I'd get with Dr. Bedient and from watching, again, other women's stories. Not what I experienced.

Have a list of questions ready. If you are new to fertility like I was, you're not going to be told much other than what you ask. Do your research and ask other women what would be helpful to ask and know going into this process. Ask about all possible outcomes. I was led to believe IVF was pretty much how I was going to be successful in having a baby. Well, my egg retrieval ended up with no quality embryos. I wasn't even aware that could be a possibility since there's nothing abnormal with any of our testing. Now I'm left completely devastated. I didn't know you might have to go through a couple of retrieval to be successful. I think that's something that should be thoroughly discussed.

For the five IUI cycles I did, I thin I did the standard treatment, from what I understand. 50 milligrams of clomid for five days starting on Day 3 of my cycle. I would do the HCG trigger shot around 24 hours before the insemination. Then an antibiotic was prescribed for after the insemination to prevent infection. I had one pregnancy from five cycles, and it resulted in miscarriage at 8 weeks. For my IVF cycle, I was prescribed Menopur,Gonal,Clomid, Cetrotide,and HCG trigger shot again. I took 100 milligrams of clomid for five days along with the Menopur and Gonal for about ten days. I added in the cetrotide at the end when it was time to ovulate to stop ovulation, I believe. I did the trigger shot 24 hours before the egg retrieval.

For IVF, it was right around $26,000 out of pocket. Medication was right at $3,700. I don't know the exact breakdown, but my payment was 10,000 to the fertility clinic and 10,000 to the embryology department, I believe. 4,000 of that was for genetic testing of embryos. I'm not positive for the IUI breakdown as I paid cash first and then my insurance kicked in to cover some costs, so I had a credit for a cycle or two. Insurance does NOT cover any IVF costs for me.

I didn't make it to this stage as I didn't have any healthy embryos resulting from the retrieval and fertilization.

Dr. Bedient took the time to meet with me and my husband on multiple occasions to go over our treatment and answer any and all questions that we had. We finished our last cycle and egg retrieval right as Corona Virus started to get bad in my city - she gave us her personal cell number to call if I experienced any complications after the retrieval and made herself available for anything we needed. She is very gentle and caring but also gives us all the facts and doesnt sugar coat anything.

Go to your visit with her prepared with questions. She will take all the time in the world to answer every question.

Because of my DOR Dr. Bedient suggested IVF right away. We decided because it was a less expensive option to start with Clomid with IUI. We did 2 cycles of that before deciding with the Dr. to move on to IVF. First round of IVF we did a normal protocol of Follistim, Gonal, and Ganerillex. This resulted in 7 eggs at retrieval, 6 eggs were mature, 3 fertilized, 0 made it to blastocyst day 5. Second round of IVF we added a Lupron Flare - this resulted in 15 eggs at retrieval, 12 mature, 10 fertilized, 3 made it to blastocyst. We are now waiting until the quarantine to be over to do the transfer.

With insurance - IVF retrieval cycle was a little over $9K and IVF meds were $3K

The clinic will not do a multiple embryo transfer for the health of the mom and baby.

Dr. Bedient is very knowledgeable in the field of infertility. She was punctual and answered any questions that my husband and I had. She was kind and personable. She was also very informative with my diagnosis.

One piece of advise that I would give someone would be to ask as many questions that you have.

Both cycles I did with Dr. Bedient were medicated cycles with timed intercourse. The first round we did metformin and letrozole with a trigger shot and timed intercourse. That first cycle was not successful. The second cycle, we went from 5mg of letrozole to 7.5 mg letrozole. We still took metformin and did the trigger shot. That cycle resulted in a chemical pregnancy.

I spent $2500 on medicated timed intercourse and almost $500 on medication each cycle.

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My husband and I went to another fertility clinic and saw a different doctor before we got to Dr Bedient, and boy are we glad we didn’t go with anyone else. Dr Bedient is caring, attentive and she makes you feel as if you are her only patient. During my fibroid surgery she checked in constantly, and the plans she makes for your cycle you can tell she really has taken the time to think about it and make it personal. She explains things in a way that you can understand I would and have recommended her to friends.

I would tell them that although she is busy and you have to wait a little bit to see her during your appointment it is worth it! When you finally do see her she is attentive, detail oriented and takes her time with you so you don’t feel rushed.

Yes. Dr Bedient did strongly recommend that we only transfer one embryo, she took the time to explain that with our age and the number of embryos we have that she feels this will get us the most successful result. We went in originally thinking we would do 2 but we didn’t think about all of the risks and results of the egg retrieval so we respected her expertise in this area and when the time comes we will do 1 embryo.

She was a very nice woman. But we never spoke with her or saw her.. at ALL until retrieval after the consultation. My husband and I were so frustrated not being able to communicate with just her. We were constantly worried out coordinator as she was always confused about who she was talking to and my current situations we were in.

You won’t even communicate with Bedient. You’ll communicate with a coordinator who doesn’t get back to you in enough time and with not enough details.

Bedient suggested I go through an aggressive protocol. We did stomach injections of follostim and menopur. We did this until I grew enough and large enough eggs to their approval. We then did egg retrieval. I stopped all medications once we finished the retrieval for about one or two weeks? Bedients office only does frozen transfers. So five minutes before our scheduled transfer she called us to let us know our only blastocyst stopped growing cells at the rate it should have been after thanking out. She suggested we toss the blastocyst or go forward even knowing it won’t live. We went forward. I then started progesterone injections until my period came.

$5,000 for genetic testing. $21,000 for the whole ivf procedure, and $2,000 for medications. So all in all, $28,000 to go through ivf with Dr. Bedient.

We didn’t have a choice. She originally suggested single transfer (before we knew how many I would have been able to make) only because I have tietzi syndrome.

Dr. Bedient was nice, had a very calm demeanor. One thing i did not really like was the fact that there was one time where she had came back from working out, literally dripping in sweat, face red and can barely catch her breath and she was speaking. I felt that it was unprofessional.

Just know that they wont work with your schedule, you'll have to miss work. All of their blood work and ultrasounds are only done in the morning.

No treatments were done at this facility. The doctor did suggest we did femara with timed intercourse.

I couldn't imagine a better doctor to have while going through this emotionally and physically exhausting journey! She puts you at ease while also making sure that you are informed each step of the way. She never made me feel rushed to ask questions and I always felt comfortable asking anything. My one complaint is that I feel that she can be overly optimistic. I think that a certain level is necessary to provide hope but I felt like the response "you are young and healthy" gave my husband and myself too much false hope. We walked away from our meetings knowing the success rates but thinking that pursuing IVF would be a slam dunk to conceive. She did not require that we do genetic testing until after 3 failed IVF transfers. After 2 we were very worried and requested it ourselves. After we received the results she said that she was so glad that we did it since our embryos had so many abnormalities. I have trusted her each step of the way (and of course none of us expected those results) but sometimes providing too much hope of success can be a double-edged sword for patients.

Go visit her! She has such a calming quality about her which will put your anxious minds at ease. Make sure to write down questions that you have beforehand. She will answer all of them, you just have to remember what you want to ask!

The first treatment strategy (after all initial diagnostic testing was completed) was trying letrezol pills to induce ovulation - as my irregular cycles indicated that my body was not ovulated consistently on its own - with timed intercourse. We pursued this for 3 cycles with no success. We personally chose to skip the IUI treatment path next and instead went straight into IVF. We had the egg retrieval and instead of a fresh transfer, all 5 day blastocysts were frozen for subsequent frozen embryo transfers.

$14,400 for the global ivf package which included the egg retrieval, anesthesia, IVF coordinator, bloodwork, ultrasounds, transfers for up to 1 year, embryo storage for 1 year.

Dr. Bedient strongly encouraged us to only transfer one embryo at a time to minimize the risks of carrying multiples. We had the choice either way, however.

Dr Bedient is a female, which I love, when discussing sensitive issues regarding reproduction. She is also a mother so she has been through pregnancy herself. She is kind, compassionate, and always fit me into her schedule if it was an emergency. She was willing to answer any questions I had and took her time during every appointment.

Double check everything done with billing/insurance, I had several issues with their finance department

I did 50 mg of Clomid, with an HCG trigger shot, and IUI 6x. I was carefully monitored via bloodwork and vaginal ultrasounds and always kept in the loop about how many mature eggs I had.

My IUIs were covered by insurance but I did a financial consultation for IVF, they charge $15,000 not including medication

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Dr. Bedient is very understanding and straightforward. She always makes time to see me and reaches out to colleagues for opinions or questions if needed. She always answers my questions and takes time to explain things to my husband. Even though my situation has not had the outcome I hoped for I still feel she trys to offer options to me.

That she is a great doctor.

I have an Ovarian Isuffiency with a low egg reserve so she first wanted to make sure I had no underlying autoimmune issues. She ordered lots of lab work and ovarian ultrasounds. She first tried cyclical hormone therapy to see if we could get follicles to grow. I took up to 6 mg of Estradiol daily for several months and 200 mg of Progrsterone hoping that we could do an IUI. Ultimately, I decided to take a break because of the side effects of that much Estrogen. I currently take a lower maintenance dose.

Most of my stuff was billed to medical insurance because of my ovarian insufficiency and low hormone levels.

Unbelievable doctor! Very real, very supportive, loving, kind, knowledgeable, and extremely caring in all she does. Highly recommend her and her staff, everyone there is so nice and helpful! She has been such an amazing resource and guide through the craziness of IVF.

Expect to be treated really well :-)

IVF with own eggs, Day 5 frozen embryo transfer. Treatment plan for endometriosis and severe endometriosis during IVF cycle and pregnancy. Successful IVF cycle, currently pregnant with a Singleton! We have a game plan for future transfers and endometriosis control and treatment as well.

About $23,000 for everything

My age (30 at time of retrieval/transfer) was the biggest factor. Being young increased the chances of a successful cycle. Also I’ve miscarried before, so we didn’t want to try to put in too many embryos at once until we knew for sure how my body would react to carrying a baby again.

Dr. Bedient is wonderful. So compassionate and kind, spent as much time with me as I needed to make sure all my questions were answered and that I was comfortable. I never felt rushed.

So far did one egg retreival cycle using menopur, follistim 225 mcg, and ganirellex. Got 6 eggs, all 6 fertilized, and 4 made it to day 6 blast stage

Ultrasound monitoring was done 630-830 AM, a time slot was scheduled for you, mostly on time

Spent $19000 for full IVF cycle including egg retrieval, monitoring/labs, anesthesia/surgery center fees, genetic testing and freezing/storage of embryos. Medications were mostly covered by Tricare, paid $1500

I felt very comfortable. The information was not easy to hear, which she recognized. Her tone was soft which was soothing. She walked me through what my next steps would be and provided a realistic picture of what to expect. What I especially appreciated was her correspondence with the billing staff to make sure that we got as much covered through my insurance as possible.

So far I have only completed the diagnosis testing. I am saving up for IVF. Most of my treatment thus far was covered through insurance

Dr. Bedient is patient, thorough and compassionate. I always felt as if I had 100% of her attention while she was with me. She always made sure I felt cared for, comfortable, and secure in our plan. She was available to me whenever I had questions or concerns. She is an incredible doctor and I am lucky to have been under her care.

Ask questions and seek to understand the plan.

I did 3 retrievals and 3 frozen transfers. My plan was adjusted each time to achieve a better result each time. After 2 successful transfers which ended in miscarriage, I was diagnosed with recurrent miscarriages and underwent lab work which revealed a blood clotting disorder. Once we figured that out, we were able to successfully transfer again and with the help of a blood thinner, I am now 18 weeks pregnant.

My total cost for a full round of IVF was $14,900. This included In-cycle ultrasounds, 1 Egg Retrieval with Anesthesia, Unlimited Transfers using the embryos created from this retrieval (valid 1 year or until live birth, whichever comes first); In-cycle blood monitoring, Fertilization of eggs by ICSI, Assisted Hatching if needed, 1 year of embryo storage from date of freeze. Sperm freezing, if needed, was $538. PGS testing was an additional $4,725.

Dr. Bedient prefers eSET because there is less chance for a multiple pregnancy, which can add a whole other set of complications.