Karen Purcell

Dr. Purcell is extremely intelligent and thorough. She has a PhD as well and it's easily visible that her research background is a bonus to her experience as a fertility provider. She reviewed my previous records thoroughly, including emails to my previous doctor to guide my treatment which I appreciated. She works weekends and holidays and my fiance and I were impressed with her dedication to her work. I felt that she agreed to care for us but was also very honest with us about possible outcomes. It's a hard balance to achieve but she was able to do it.

Make sure to ask questions when she does come into the ultrasounds, since her time is limited. This is best time to ask the questions.

I was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure last year. We were recommended to try ICSI. I was prescribed Follistim, Menopur, and Ganirelix during my cycle. Everything went according to plan during the treatment and my retrieval date was the same as what was planned for. 3 eggs were retrieved and Dr. Purcell said she was happy with the quality of my eggs. They all fertilized but the 2 that were dividing normally unfortunately did not pass the Day 5 PGS testing. We were recommended to pursue a second treatment. We are hoping to do this but since my insurance does not cover our treatment we are waiting.

1) Egg Retrieval w embryo freezing $10,760 2) ICSI $2,100 3) Embryo biopsy $4575 4) Anesthesia $600 5) Surgical supplies $300 6) Injections (paid to Walgreen's) $5,700

We were unable to transfer embryos.

Dr. Purcell is a Yale MD and PhD and and I feel confident in her knowledge and experience. I am unsure of her statistics and never thought to ask, as I was impressed with her from our first consultation. Dr. Purcell does every ultrasound and while they are typically quick, she will always stay and answer questions or concerns that I have. I feel that she is always thinking deeply and processing things, even though she doesn’t always explain in detail unless asked. Sometimes I don’t know what questions to ask, and so I don’t always get all the information I need, but when I do, she always explains things thoroughly. She pays attention to my schedule and works to build my treatment plan around it. I know she takes the time to think about me when I’m not there as she will get back to me once she processes all the information and blood work results. When I have called before with questions the nurse cannot answer, Dr. Purcell has taken the time to call me back. We are still in the midst of treatment, and have not been successful yet, but I would still highly recommend her.

Do more outside research of procedures so you know what to expect going in. She is good at explaining medically what will happen, but not all the logistics. I also felt unprepared for the extent of the recovery post retrieval, but Dr. Purcell was also surprised by how severely my body reacted, so she couldn’t have prepared me for that.

I have amenorrhea and don’t cycle on my own, so my protocol was always a little different, and everything was based on how I reposnded based on my bloodwork. For my IUIs, I took a combination of clomid, ovidril, and progesterone. For my retrieval cycle and one FET I took menopur, follistim, and ganirelix, plus progesterone post transfer. For my second FET I took estrace and PIO.

Insurance: 41K Personal: roughly 5K

Dr. Purcell feels strongly in eSET when embryos have been PGS tested. I understood her reasoning, and agreed to avoid the risk.

Dr. Purcell has a very busy office but always takes time for the patient. Knowing this was my only and last cycle I wish more would have been done to prepare me for a more successful retrieval and outcome.

Do research ahead and push for HCG especially if you have frequent chemicals or miscarriages.

She recommended the 5 day retrieval and PGS testing to get the best embryos. She used the minimal dosage of drugs and I responded really well. Sadly we only retrieved 7 eggs because she had trouble getting to my ovaries. Ultimately it was the weight ( i gained 30 lbs thru all the treatments) that prevented the access to my ovaries. we only ended up with 4 embryos via ICSI (we used hubby's sperm from vitals they retrieved at another clinic via mTESE). We ended up with 1 embryo at end of day 5 and it did not take. I feel the implant time might have been off even though we did two ERA's (mock cycles). With other attempts I had chemicals aka implantation but failed to thrive.

$900.00 – anesthesia & surgical supplies $10,760.00 – embryo cryo cycle $960.00 – 1 yr embryo storage $2,100.00 – ICSI $4575.00 – PGS test $1,875.00 – Igenomix Fee (outside lab that performs PGS test) $960.00 – 1 yr sperm storage $5,500.00 – Medication (approximate cost, depends on pharmacy - payable to pharmacy) $3,066.00 – Frozen embryo transfer (does not get billed until you are ready to do the transfer)

Dr. Purcell strongly believes in eSET

Dr. Purcell always makes me feel calm and hopeful. She is able to understand each patient and how they are, so she can adjust her style to taylor each patient. If anything ever goes wrong she takes the time to spend time in her consultation going over all of my questions and concerns. She is the kindest person and I adore her.

I would say to make sure to educate yourself to ask questions because Dr. Purcell tends to not stress her patients out with all the details, so if you want the details you need to ask.

Full Cycle not including meds, but including PGS Testing 15,500