Jessie Dorais

I have already recommended her to my best friend - she in fact has an appointment with her next week! Dr. Dorais is the best, hands down. She will always be a bright spot in the memories of my fertility journey.

Don't be afraid to tell her your concerns and what you really want to achieve. She listens and will take what you say very seriously.

Dr. Dorais knew that I had low egg supply, and so she made sure to do a mini-IVF where I did not need as many medications as a full IVF cycle, knowing from past experience that I simply can't produce as many eggs as a typical woman. She was very careful to let me know the risks and limitations of my condition. I was able to achieve a pregnancy of one child this way. My daughter has Down syndrome, which has been unbelievably wonderful. There are so many ways to be a parent, and if you open your heart, your world will change! We did not do PGS testing, and I am so glad we didn't! I didn't have that many embryos, only two made it, and if we had tested my daughter, she would not be here. We would have discarded her embryo and potentially never been parents. Instead, we are parents to the most delightful, capable, loving, and fun 15-month old daughter. She has changed our lives.

Approximately $5,000 for a mini IVF, for people with low egg reserve.

Dr. Dorais strongly advises not to transfer multiple embryos. We only transferred one. We agreed with this guidance. There has been a trend toward twins that we wisely avoided. Many people have them and it works out fine, but it places so much stress on the first year of life, and on pregnancy. We really wish more people would be strong and not let the attention they think having twins will get them, override the desire to have a healthy and lower stress pregnancy and first year of life.

Dr. Dorais was super kind and informative during our consultation. She explained things in a way that made sense but didn’t make me feel belittled. She seems like she truly cares about what we want and is really there for us and wants to help us. When I had to have an HSG and it didn’t work due to my uterus cramping too hard, Dr. Dorais made sure that the procedure was repeated at no cost, with medications to make it go more smoothly in order to get an accurate test and not just guess with my treatment. We are on the middle of our first IVF cycle and are (so far) beyond happy with Dr. Dorais.

Go see her. She truly is on your side, ready to help.

We have our appointment to discuss protocols in a few days so I don’t know (yet)!

Total cycle will be right around $30,000, but we opted for all the bells and whistles. Cycle ONLY cost: Freeze-all cycle (risk of OHSS) is about $12,500, not including outside testing of embryos, medications, tests, ICSI, etc.

We haven’t discussed this yet.

Dr Dorais is the best of everything at what she does. I could not have asked for better results with my IVF cycle and I can not thank her enough for doing all she did to ensure I had the most positive experience with no regrets. Dr Dorais was very open and made sure that I understood the success rates for my age range so I knew exactly what I was getting myself into. I am not going to lie, I was a needy patient, and needed a lot of reassurance on things throughout the process. Dr Dorais always remained patient and listened to all of my concerns. She acknowledged everything I said, even when I was being overly anxious about something. She was open to a lot of the requests I had, such as doing an endometrial biopsy, and even added steroids to my protocol to help with egg quality. If there was something I wanted to try, but she didn't feel was necessary, she would give me a detailed research/fact based response as to why she didn't feel it was necessary for me to do which I really appreciated, because she knew I wouldn't be content with just hearing no I don't need that. During my cycle, she was able to retrieve 21 eggs, 19 of those fertilized, 8 made it to 5 day embryos which we had PGT tested. Of those we tested, 6 came back abnormal and 2 were normal, 1 boy and 1 girl. I was a little disappointed we didn't have more normal embryos, but Dr Dorais was very pleased with the results. I wanted to transfer both embryos, but since Dr Dorais wanted us to have the best possible chance at having a successful pregnancy we made a plan to transfer only one of them. We were on a time crunch to do the transfer because my insurance with IVF coverage was going to lapse soon. I started my FET with estrogen and when I went in for testing my levels were optimal sooner than expected so she pushed up the date of my transfer by a week. Dr Dorais took the time to call me after hours to explain the change herself because she knew I might stress out since the new date of my transfer would be during her vacation she already had planned. I was terrified of the change and even though I tried to hide it she could tell. Dr Dorais did something I never expected and even offered to postpone her trip by 1 day so she could do my transfer. After I had a few minutes to process things, I told her no that would not be necessary. I trusted who she suggested to do my transfer. Dr Conway in the same clinic did my transfer a week later. I still stressed for various reasons, but despite all of that I wouldn't change a single thing we did because it resulted in a healthy baby girl!

Like you should with any doctor, be prepared with a list of questions beforehand. Don't hesitate to ask anything, even if you think it's stupid. She was very impressed with the type of questions I had because she knew I did some homework and I feel like it made her respect me more and make it easier to communicate things with me.

We did an estrace priming protocol and added dexomethasone to aid in egg quality.

There was rarely a wait in the waiting room. Once I was in the room I don't remember waiting more than 5 minutes for someone to come in and perform the ultrasound.

Egg retrieval and frozen embryo transfer were billed separately through the clinic. My insurance covered 80% of it. I paid for medications separately and insurance covered $10,000 of it.

I assumed we would transfer 2 embryos because that's what I had and I assumed transferring both would increase the chances of a viable pregnancy. But since we did PGT testing we already removed the chance of the pregnancy failing due to chromosomal abnormalities which I know for a fact contributed to 1 of my miscarriages. Dr Dorais took into consideration my age, and desire for a girl since I already had 2 boys, and since we only had 1 normal girl embryo from my egg retrieval it made sense to transfer just 1.

I appreciate how knowledgeable and current Dr Dorais is on the information and studies within the infertility community. And because of that i highly trust her. She is a great listener. She is great at discussing all the details and options and scenarios and answering my questions in depth. I appreciate her expertise and good judgement. She works hard to be absolutely clear and transparent in her communications.

Ask questions. Dr Dorais knows so much and really wants to help!

We tried antagonist protocols, an agonist protocol, etc. Each cycle we tried a different approach with the medications in hopes of one of them being the ticket to success. I’ve done IVF a lot so we were hoping for better results by doing something different.

A fresh cycle is $8,000. If it’s cancelled before egg retrieval, you don’t have to pay that amount again to try again, except for medications and blood draws. Medications have been $10-12,000 per cycle; we’ve done 3 cycles. Anesthesia is $500 for egg retrieval. Blood draws are about $200-300 per cycle. We did 3 IVF cycles.

She prefers 1 embryo, but with my case she is willing to discuss and consider multiple embryo transfers depending on the situation when we get there.

Dorais is my number one! She is literally the nicest person I have ever met. She is brilliant and so reliable and has so much knowledge about this. Her patience is 100%, and she will answer every SINGLE question you have until you understand. She explains things in a manner that makes sense to people not in the industry. She is solid in her suggestions and support. If there is something that you are concerned with, she will let you know every outcome no matter the severity. There are even times that I have told her we were uncertain about things, she has provided options but has kept us in the loop to explain why it would/wouldn't be the best. I absolutely would recommend her to anyone! She is what I think people look for in a doctor when they are looking to be cared for. She is the only doctor (in any field at all) that makes me appreciate a doctor and the help that they give.

She will have your back. And she really will put her heart into this with you.

We have used Clomid at the maximum strength every treatment (100, or 150mg?) Trigger shot most of the times. There are times when I didnt agree with using it because we had other success with OPK. We only did a baseline ultrasound the last 3 of 12 because of choice. She wanted to be sure that I had 3 large eggs each time because of the difficulty of getting us pregnant. The last 4 to 5 treatments of 12 we used Gonyl F for 4 days (dont remember the dose). I responded well to the Gonyl F, Trigger and Clomid well together. However, we are to the point where we need to move onto IVF and we would complete this with ICSI if the sperm count was low, and we would do a frozen cycle.

More expensive but very comparable to UofU

She strongly suggested to do only single embryo transfer. She WOULD do multiple eggs but would notate that we went against her suggestion.

Dr. Dorais is an incredible doctor. She is whip smart and so compassionate towards her patients. She takes the time to answer all your questions and takes your research and concerns into consideration when designing care plans. It's clear she is passionate about helping people grow their families.

Don't be afraid to do your own research and talk to her about your thoughts and ideas regarding your body and your fertility. She is receptive to them.

We are a lesbian couple so obviously TI was not something we were capable of trying. When we first started with Dr. Dorais we had no reason to believe we would have any trouble getting pregnant so for the first two IUIs we didn't do any pharmaceutical interventions. Those didn't work so we ran some tests, and found I had a blocked fallopian tube which was able to be fixed in office. We then adjusted to doing IUIs with Clomid. Those didn't work either. We ran more tests and discovered I had polyps in my uterus. I had surgery to remove those and we moved on to IVF. We used a pretty standard protocol of Menopur, Follistim, Cetrotide and an HCG trigger shot we got 17 eggs but only two embryos. Only one embryo tested normal through pgs testing. We transferred it and I got pregnant. However it resulted in a missed miscarriage at around 11 weeks. Babe stopped growing somewhere around 9 weeks. We are trying IVF again when covid-19 is over. Our stimulation cycle has been increased slightly and we have added Novarel to the trigger. We had taken almost a year off to improve my health with supplements that are shown to improve egg quality, and to work on my nutrition.

It was definitely an efficient process. I am almost always able to get in for appointments that make it easy for me and my schedule (not having to get a sub for an hour or so is huge for a teacher).

We have insurance that covers fertility treatments, so I can't remember exactly. However I feel like what we're going into this time (where we haven't met our deductible yet) is pretty typical for an IVF cycle cost wise.

Dr. Dorais is conservative and feels that a single embryo transfer is best. That said she is open to discussing multiples.

She was very thorough each time I talked to her. A little disappointed that those opportunities were slim. I had 3 stimulations and 2 egg retrievals with her being my doctor. One egg retrieval another doctor performed the surgery and I wasn’t made aware it wasn’t going to be her until right before being sedated. Had a lot of ups and downs during treatment with things not going as planned but I trust Dr. Dorais knowledge and most of my disappointments had to do with process handled by the treatment center and staff.

Be your own advocate and do your research. She will give very detailed responses to your questions and provide necessary backed research but she won’t bring up the topic first.

First stimulation I was on 275 Gonal, 2 vials of menopur. By the end of stim day 12 I had only one dominant follicle, egg retrieval was canceled. For the second month, they retested my amh. My amh came back significantly lower than two months prior where the testing was done with my OB, not the fertility clinic. My meds were bumped for the second stim to 375 Gonal and 2 vials of menopur for 12 days. Retrieved 6 eggs, 5 mature, 5 fertilized, 3 blasts, 3 PGS normal. I was thrilled with the result but we wanted to bank more given my age. Stim 3 had the same protocol for 13 days. 21 eggs retrieved, 18 mature, 15 fertilized, 3 blasts, 1 PGS abnormal, 1 PGS inconclusive, 1 PGS normal. Really difficult with the results of the third cycle and can’t help but wonder what went wrong.

Still going through billing. So far about 15K per cycle.

Suggested single embryo given we have PGS normal and my younger age.

She’s very soft spoken. That was okay with me but I can see how it may bother other. She used a lot of illustrations to describe things which were helpful. She was also very hopeful and pointed a lot of positives in our situation.

I was fortunate enough that my GYN doctor did a lot of the diagnostic testing which then Dr Dorais continued. I feel like UFC is very much “let’s get you pregnant” so I wasn’t sure if they didn’t need to evaluate more on the reasons why I wasn’t getting pregnant

She diagnosed us with MFI due to my Husband’s Varicocele and low morphology. She put him on Coq10. We had to talk to her about seeing a infertility urologist to assess it further which she left it up to us. We decided to pursue that direction since my insurance would cover surgery. At the time, my husband continue with the Coq10 so we’re not sure which helped.

It seems pretty standard.

We haven’t spoken about transfers but she did express her discomfort about possible multiples in my statue.

She was extremely helpful and answered all my questions. She did all the testing that I needed at the time to diagnose and treat. She was nice and made her professional suggestions and mapped out what we should do.

Write down exactly what you would like to have done.

We started with Clomid so that I could have more mature follicles with timed intercourse for about 5 cycles. That did not work. We then did IUI with Clomid. That did not work, so the next thing was to do IVF.

I don’t remember exactly mount, but even though they excepted my health insurance, I had to pay on site. Just for a consultation to talk about next steps, it was over $100. Are you why was over $1000 that had to be paid on site. Nothing was billed to my insurance.

She is very passionate about what she does, as well as very intelligent. She thoroughly explained every treatment, And why she felt it necessary. She took into account that we didn’t have insurance, and helped us figure out our best options. She is super caring and genuine, and has taken the time to call and personally talk about our next step.

They should know, she is very kind but also brilliant. She knows what she is talking about

We have tried the different amounts of Letrozole to get me to grow my follicles to a decent size. Overall, we ended up doing the 7.5 mg for 10 days straight, and have added Estrace to thicken up my very thin lining. We also have to use the HCG trigger shot, because I don’t ovulate on my own

Timed intercourse was approx $540 Iui approx $875 HCG trigger shot every month was approx $110 Pregnancy tests were 55$

She is all about single embryo transfer, as long as you are young and healthy. She isn’t fond of the high risk factors that come along with a multiple pregnancy

Dr Dorais is newer to UFC and she used to work at U of U Fertility. She is extremely optimistic and kind. Unfortunately with this sensitive type of medicine, being overly optimistic about everything isn’t always the best characteristic because it can lead to high hopes and devastating letdowns when the IVF cycle doesn’t work or go as planned. I prefer someone with more years of experience and a more realistic vs optimistic approach.

Get a second opinion from another doctor and/or clinic before deciding to go with her and UFC. Don’t let your heart talk you into spending that huge amount of money just because she says you have great chances of it working. Sometimes you have to go with your head instead of your heart, and being sweet talked with optimism was unfortunately something that we fell for as a new-to-IVF couple.

Antagonist protocol.

$11,699 for IVF cycle with ICSI, $200 per embryo for PGS testing, $750 for FDA physical examinations (standard for intended parents using gestational surrogate), and $400 cash UNDER THE TABLE (or $450 on credit card) directly to the anesthesiologist for anesthesia on the day of egg retrieval. Super sketchy there!! Plus all blood work and doctors appointment consult fees.

Dorais is happy doing single or multiple embryo transfers, depending on your personal preference.

Dr. Dorais is great at communicating every detail of the process. She is so knowledgeable in every aspect of both male and female infertility. She knew the answer and a ton more for every question we had. The only weakness she had was trying so much to make syre we didn't get our hopes up. After transfer though she was super excited and rooting for us, but during the process I felt it was hard to be excited at all. Part of that though was how little our chances were because of both my husband's and I's infertility factors.

To not be afraid to ask any questions you may have. She makes you feel like every question is important and will literally have the answer plus some for each question.

We did IVF with ICSI because of male gactor infertility. I started out taking birth control pills for a couple of weeks. I also have an extremely low AMH of .38 so she put me on Gonal-F 300 once a day, 150 units of Menopur daily, and once it was time I took 1 shot of ganilerex. Once it was time to trigger I took 10,000 units of HCG 36 hours before egg retreival. During all this I also took prenatal vitemins, one baby asprin a day, 600mg of CoQ10.

We were blessed to have partial insurance coverage. Out of pocket we paid about $4,500 for medications and about $1,500 or less on dr. Visits, ultrasounds, bloodwork, etc.

Dr. Dorais HIGHLY recommended only one embryo and made it very clear. She gave all the risks associated with doing two.

Jessie was kind, but she didn’t make an effort to let me know that they cared about me and were doing everything they could to help. I am finishing up a cycle with her right now and then I am switching to Dr. Conway because I’ve heard so many good things about her. I feel like Jessie hasn’t done everything she can to find a diagnosis, and as the patient I shouldn’t be responsible for making sure they’ve run every single test there is to run.

Be prepared to ask a lot of questions. She will give you statistics, and that’s about it. It’s like talking to google almost.

We did clomid but it wasn’t working so she said IUI was next since we are “unexplained.” We did clomid and IUI first, and my husband’s numbers were high for that one because we waited to have intercourse until after the IUI was done (there’s like a 2-5 day thing where you want to have intervourse within the 5 days before the IUI, but not after 2 days before). We did a trigger shot and that was it. It didn’t work. The second IUI we did letrozole instead because clomid makes me very sick. This time her nurses told me to have intercourse like less than 24 hours before the IUI. This made my husband’s numbers lower because DUH! We had sex before the stinking procedure! So then later she said it was because they want us to keep trying naturally at home, which I understand by telling me to do it right before the dang thing? That was so confusing and so frustrating for me. It still is. Anyways, we also did a trigger with that one and it didn’t work. I am currently in the middle of a letrozole cycle after 2 months of a break after the IUI’s.

The IUI itself was like $850 or something. The medicine was bought separately through integrity RX and one other company, and that added up to around $200.

My experience with Dr. Dorias has been wonderful. She is very thorough and matter of fact. I really appreciate the fact that she never made us feel like she's in this for the money. I had so many questions regarding additional testing. She was very honest about each test and how it would or would not benefit us. I never felt like she was trying to sell something to us.

I would advise a prospective patient to do their research and come with a lot of questions. It is nice when your doctor has a very well rounded, educated response. Dr. Dorais answered SO many of the questions I had without me even formally asking her. She was so thorough.

My protocol is for an antagonist cycle due to my AMH levels. Dr. Dorais explained the risks of developing OHSS and order a Leupron trigger shot to use in conjunction with my HCG. She also ordered: 5 Ganarelix 250MCG, 3 Follistim 600IUI, 75IUI Menopur (22), Pregnyl 10,000 units, Endometrin 100mg tablets, 63, Leupron 5MG. I began taking birth control pills on cycle day 3 and my husband and I were also prescribed a Z pack and Cipro for him as well.

The actual procedure costs $9,800, which includes ICSI. Additional blood work runs around $400, medication was around 4,000. I had to do outside monitoring for my baseline and initial blood work due to living in California. Since my facility is in Utah so we had travel expenses as well.

My doctor definitely educated us on transferring 1 vs 2 embryos. She went over all of the risks of transferring more than one embryo in great detail. She also very respectfully told us that ultimately, we are the patients and the decision to transfer 1 versus 2 is up to us. She was very clear on letting us know what the medical field safely recommends.

Dr. Dorais is extremely caring and nice to all of her patients. She is very knowledgeable about the infertility paths and always wants what is best for her patients. I love that she is my doctor and trust she knows what is best for my body.

You will not want to find another doctor after seeing Dr. Dorais!

She diagnosed me with anovulation and PCOS. She put me on progesterone to get a period. When I did we started our first timed cycle which involved femara to grow my follicles and a trigger HCG injection to induce ovulation. I got pregnant the first cycle and carried it till 6 weeks and then miscarried. She was concerned that is might be ectopic and explained that we needed to do a D&C. After the D&C we waited for my levels to go down and then started our 2nd cycle 2 months later. On my baseline ultrasound I was told I needed to come back for a saline ultrasound because there might be something in my uterus. I came back the next day and they found polyps in my uterus. 2 weeks later we did a hysterectomy to remove 5 polyps. 1 week after we started our 2nd cycle that turned into a negative pregnancy. We just did our 3rd timed cycle and I am currently in the two week wait!

Unfortunately, insurance doesn't cover anything infertility. We have been doing timed cycles which are $525 a cycle + around another $300 for medications and then gas money (I live 1.5 hours away from Utah Fertility Center). We also had a D&C and then a hysteroscopy and those each costed money too. I have figured we are around $4,000 into this journey.

We haven't had the opportunity to transfer embryos

Dr Dorais is very patient and kind. She is also extremely smart. I think it was Einstein who said, "if you can't explain something simply you don't know it well enough." Dr Dorais always explains things in simple ways. She welcomes questions and answers them in simple to understand ways. She takes notes for you and draws diagrams so everyone is on the same page. She doesn't rush you out of her office or make you feel like you are wasting her time. I've always felt like we are her only paitents. She is always so positive and helpful.

Don't be afraid to ask her to repeat herself. She is very patient and she wants you to know what is going on. So ask questions and if you don't understand, ask her to explain it again and she will.

We just barely got diagnosed with make factor infertility. Dr Dorais just laid out all our avenues, their likelihood of working as well as the cost and then she gave us 2 weeks to think it over.

I don't remember specifically but I do remember opening my bill and being surprised at how low our costs were. I think I was expecting upwards of $500 and the bill was around $100. I do know that one of our bills was only $17 and that was nice but I don't remember what it was for.

Dr. Dorais is so sweet. She always seemed happy to see us, never seemed to be in a bad mood and was always present with us. When we were talking about treatment options she realized that I was interested in the details so she gave them to me. She discussed recent studies and always explained the rationale behind her suggested treatment plan. When things didn’t work she adapted and she was willing to listen to and consider our opinion for our treatment plan. I feel like she is up to date with emerging research and willing to adjust to try new things.

Just go to her!!

I was unexpectedly a poor responder to the storms so she continued to slightly increase or modify my dosages through our IUI cycles (we had already done 3 rounds of clomid when we saw her so we started right away with that). She began us just on Femara and then added injectables. When we began IVF I still didn’t respond as well to the meds, so after my first cycle was canceled she adjusted and increased doses and added HGH. She also wanted to make sure everything was perfectly prepared going into IVF so she did a uterine septum surgery prior to it. My second IVF cycle was still a learning experience but I did get pregnant and have a son. Even though it resulted in pregnancy it was clear they it hadn’t worked as well as hoped (no embryos to freeze) so now that we are doing IVF she is trying a totally different approach (min-stim with ICSI and luteal estrace).

IUIs - $360 with meds/cycle I did a guarantee programs for IVF so my 2 cycles were about $15000. Meds for the first cycle were $4500 and second were $5500.

We only had 1 embryo. She was going to let us transfer 2 although she definitely seemed to prefer the idea of a singleton pregnancy.

Jessie Dorais is very nice (even all the nurses comment on how sweet she is) so she’s easy to talk to. She thoroughly listens and is always available to talk, there were a few times I was just at the clinic for blood work and she’d see me in the hallway and invite me into her office for a quick catch up. She also explained everything very well while also being very respectful. My egg retrieval was scheduled for a day when Dr. Dorais wasn’t doing retrieval’s (the doctors rotate) so she had them schedule it for 7am and came in before her normal shift to do my retrieval. That is commitment to your patients, and I very much appreciate it.

Make the appointment, you won’t regret it.

We have unexplained secondary infertility, Dr. Dorais seems to use the basic general protocols for everything since we don’t have a lot to go on. For my IVF cycle I was concerned because I felt like she chose to trigger me too soon (only a few mature follicles), but I tried to remind myself that I trusted her and she knew best. Seems like it was the right decision, we only ended up with 4 mature eggs (I have low AMH) but 3 fertilized and all 3 made it to day 5 blasts (1 transferred, 2 frozen). Those 4 mature eggs were plucked just at the right time which might not have been the case had I pushed to stim longer.

IUI was about $800 with monitoring. Anesthesia for egg retrieval was $400 ($450 if using a credit card) which is completely out of pocket. Everything else was billed through our insurance.

From the beginning my husband and I were clear about not wanting multiples. Dr. Dorais was very receptive to this, she explained that multiples are a side effect of fertility treatment and NOT a desired outcome (medically, since it’s a higher risk pregnancy). She said she usually has to try to talk people out of wanting multiples (which I understand, after infertility you just want all the babies!) so she was happy that we wanted to lower that risk. She did mention that we might talk about transferring 2 embryos if we have a few failed sETs which sounds like a very reasonable plan.

She was soft spoken and was able to describe everything in great detail. I went in for a second opinion on why i am unexplained infertility. She went step by step on why I don’t have pcos or other reasons on why we can’t get pregnant. She explained everything in a way that I can understand. She also helped set us up on the next steps of conceiving which is ivf

Always write down all your questions and concerns before going. It helps to ensure everything is answered and you feel better when leaving.

The strategy was to have 3 iuis to ensure that wouldn’t work before moving on to ivf. She stated we could do a mini ivf or go to a full ivf due to me having a high egg count. The reason she says to go to ivf is because it is unknown if I have tube damage to a potential of endometriosis. She also stated that having surgery for endo would not benefit because it could ruin my egg count and cause more damage to ovaries or tubes.

Iui cost would be $850 with our meds. Mini ivf was around $8000 and ivf was $15000 depending on the price of meds

She did not go over this because we had not set up a time to begin ivf and to go over specifics

I have been very pleased with Dr Dorais. She is very talented and shows compassion with every patient. We have been through 3 timed cycles, 1 D&C, and 1 hysteroscopy, and she has explained each one of them very well to us. I trust she knows exactly what to do and understands all of our frustrations. I will continue to see dr Dorais until we have success! She is the nicest and best!

She cares so much and just wants the best for you and your partner!

We use femara to grow the follicles! We moniter the follicles with a baseline ultrasound and then again another ultrasound to measure follicle growth. Then we do the HCG trigger injection which is followed by timed intercourse. After that is the progesterone taken vaginally followed by the two week wait. We had success first time, but then miscarried due to 5 polyps! 2nd time didn’t work. Just did our 3rd and now waiting for results!

Dr.Dorais has been a great doctor for us. Going into the infertility world was scary and hard and she was so kind and welcoming. She has the most soft voice and takes the time to explain things. She draws things out for you and was open to all of our questions. Sometimes I got a little lost with some of the explaining because she used a lot of medical terms that I didn’t understand but she was always patient when I asked her to re-explain things. I loved that she would familiarize herself with all of our past treatments, tests, miscarriage all of it before we would consult together. I appreciated her taking that time so that I knew she was aware of everything especially since I would mostly see the nurses.

Be honest and open. Dr.Dorais cares about your feelings and your situation and wants to help so be as vulnerable as you can.

We did 3 rounds of timed intercourse using clomid day 3-7 and measuring follicles starting day 12 and doing hcg trigger shot when cycle called for it and then doing intercourse 12 and 24 hours later. We also did 1 round of IUI with clomid same process as timed intercourse but had my husband bring in a semen analysis 1 hour before the IUI procedure. After the IUI procedure I was told to have intercourse that night and sometime the next day and then to start progesterone suppositories. Blood work was done exactly 2 weeks later to check If I was negative or positive. The other 2 IUI’s were the exact same except using letrezole instead of clomid. All 3 timed intercourse and the 3 IUI’s were negative

I’m under DMBA which has been good to cover a lot of my procedures. My HCG shot and progesterone suppositories have been around $200 each month and that isn’t covered by insurance. Everything else has almost all been covered for.

She is always sure to give me scientific studies and facts behind why she's suggesting something (Femara vs clomid), and is happy to answer my questions. I always feel like I have a clear understanding of what we're doing and what's coming next. Multiple times, I've left a message with a question, and gotten called back by Dr. Dorais herself, to talk through things, make sure we're on the same page, and make a plan with me. She is so kind and I always leave feeling so grateful for her!

Don't be afraid to ask questions - I always feel great about myself for anything I ask! She is patient and happy to explain.

While waiting to get my husband's issues worked out and during testing, she's done multiple unmonitered Femara cycles (I take it day 3-7 and then just do at-home ovulation tests). We've also done one Timed Intercourse cycle, with Femara, where I also went in for ultrasounds to track follicles, and used an HcG trigger shot to insure we could get my ovulation on track.

I'm really not sure. Their front office staff has all been helpful with billing questions, though.

She is very smart and clearly explains all the factors. She is also very kind and you really feel she wants you to have success. In my opinion she is on the conservative side as far as treatment course. She was great to work with, but that being said I did not have success with two ivf cycles so it is hard to recommend fully. If you are looking for a patient, kind doctor that will clearly and carefully explain things she is excellent. Also, she did leave the clinic for another local clinic in the middle of my second cycle.

Come prepared with your questions and she will always answer them and give you the research to validate them.

I did 2 frozen embryo transfers with dr Dorais. Both were mostly the same protocol with lupron injections, oral meds (can't remember name!) and the mm progestorone injections. I was allergic to progestorone and switched to crinone vaginal cream. Cycles were treated the same except with an addition of an endometrial scratch procedure before the 2nd Ivf.

About $3500 for a frozen cycle, plus medications

She favored eSET. I already have twins from a previous Ivf cycle with another clinic/dr and had a very complicated pregnancy. With those factors she had a clear recommendation.

From my first visit with Dr. Dorais, I felt comfortable in her care, confident in her knowledge and abilities, and so grateful to have her as my doctor. She personalized every step of treatment and adjusted it as needed. She was direct with odds, risks, next steps for treatments. She gave professional opinions, but also constantly checked in on how I was feeling and what I wanted to do. She is positive, but realistic, and approaches everything optimistically. I had a few setbacks and complications during my treatment (through no fault of Dr. Dorais) and when things were especially difficult, she would call to check in on me or just to touch base and see how I was doing. When I thought I was miscarrying, she offered to meet me in the ER if I decided to go in. When that miscarriage was confirmed in her office, she sat with us as we cried together, knew the right things to say, and helped us through it. She was so compassionate while we grieved, and later shared in our joy when we were finally pregnant. She made our journey bearable, when at times it felt like it wouldn’t have been otherwise. She was my advocate, my cheerleader, and also a voice of reason. She is simply the best.

Make an appointment with her ASAP.

3 rounds Letrazole 3 IUIs (with Gonal-F) 1 round IVF: 25 eggs retrieved, resulting in 13 frozen embryos. Converted to freeze-all due to OHSS First FET: 2 embryos, 1 implanted, miscarried at 7 weeks Second FET: 2 embryos, resulted in twins (now 14 months old)

Consult $250 IUI around $700 (x3) IVF- guarantee cycle, 2nd tier- $17,500 (covered IVF, retrieval, both FETs) Meds- around $3500 total for all procedures HSG- $500 Polypectomy- $200 Our total for all procedures, meds, etc was about $30,000

She strongly encouraged single embryo transfer, but let us make our own decision about transferring one or two embryos. She was very clear about the risks of transferring multiple embryos and her rationale for her recommendations.

Dr. Dorais is sweet and compassionate. I always felt well cared for and “heard” as her patient. She never pushed us into a treatment, it was always the pace that we were comfortable with. She always had time for us and our questions. We never felt rushed during our visits with her.

Feel empowered about your healthcare and treatment options because she will absolutely address them. I one time hesitated about a particular treatment and timing that she had recommended. She immediately sensed that and asked what our preference was and followed through with that.

We used the highest dosage of Femara because all clomid dosages hadnt resulted in ovulation. Because of this she recommended we start with the highest dosage of femara and we were able to get pregnant immediately. The first pregnancy resulted in a miscarriage (HCG levels weren’t growing appropriately). Our second round we were able to get pregnant again.

Most of our treatments were covered under our insurance

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