How was your experience with Gavin Puthoff at Mercy Clinic Fertility Services?
Dr Puthoff is an expert doctor and surgeon. He has earned my trust over and over again. We feel safe and confident in his care. We could not be more grateful to have found him, especially after having so many horrible experiences with doctors. He’s one of a kind.
What's one piece of advice would you give a prospective patient of Gavin Puthoff at Mercy Clinic Fertility Services?
Get on his waiting list, start charting right away. That way you can begin treatment immediately. Be patient. Dr Puthoff strives to understand why you body is behaving the way it is; that leads to more successful results but does take some trial and error.
During treatment, were you treated like a number or a human with Gavin Puthoff at Mercy Clinic Fertility Services?
We’ve been with Dr Puthoff for over two years and we feel like he is as committed to the goal as we are. He seems invested in our family and has been wonderful to us from day one.
Describe the protocols Gavin Puthoff used in your cycles at Mercy Clinic Fertility Services and their degree of success.
We did numerous cycles of Letrozole, Letrozole plus trigger shot when I didn’t ovulate; Letrozole plus clomid plus trigger shot for better chance of success. Finally we took his advice and did injectable gonadatropins plus trigger shot (Estrace, progesterone, preseed, etc.) and after three years of infertility, finally became pregnant for the first time.
Describe your experience with your nurse at Mercy Clinic Fertility Services. (Assigned nurse: Jeannette and Bridget )
Everyone on Dr. Puthoffs team is amazing. I look forward to seeing them all!
Describe your experience with Mercy Clinic Fertility Services.
The clinic is well organized, clean, professionally run. They are very busy and have a full book of patients. They have a clear order of operations so sometimes I become frustrated when I don’t hear back immediately, but they never forget to call after their last patient.
Describe the costs associated with your care under Gavin Puthoff at Mercy Clinic Fertility Services.
Cost have been very reasonable. All procedures, scans and bloodwork have been sent to insurance. The medication is not covered by insurance and he always provided info on alternatives. The most expensive cycle was about $1500.
Describe Gavin Puthoff's approach to eSET (elective single embryo transfer) vs. multiple embryo transfer at Mercy Clinic Fertility Services.
No IVF
What specific things went wrong at Mercy Clinic Fertility Services?
- Failed to order appropriate test
Describe the specific things that went wrong at Mercy Clinic Fertility Services.
They’ve sent me for bloodwork many, many times and only once was there an issue and they resolved it immediately