Kate Schoyer

She was very open and honest about all of the steps that we had to take and the reasoning for each test. At one point I had something pop up and a hystrosonogram so I had to come back for a more extensive one that was much more expensive I was crushed...but when I got there the machine was down so they repeated the hystrosonogram at no cost and it was a huge blessing. When I had 2 miscarriages she listened to my concerns that I wanted a natural transfer cycle so I did not have to be medicated and just took ovulation tests at home and they transfered a few days after a positive. She also listened for our reasoning of transferring our last two embryos because we had completely run out of money and it was our last chance. She is a wonderful doctor.

To be honest with her as well and open to any of her medical information to help you bring your baby to fruition. She is very capable and open to hearing your needs as well.

We used the agonist protocol . I was on ganirelix, gonal f , menopur and preg/Lupron. I took 75 units of both gonal f and Menopur until trigger which was 1500 preg and 40 Lupron . I had 10 eggs 7 embryos and 4 survived the 5 days. We had one transfer a few days after retrieval and then I was on progesterone injections. I became pregnant but miscarried shortly after. Waited a month had a period then had a natural transfer and that one did not stick. Went right into another natural cycle had the transfer and then used progesterone suppositories and it resulted in my two girls.

I do not recall exact but consult was around 400 . Hystersonogram was 1500 ivf with icsi was 12000 medications were 3000 additional transfers were 3000 and ultrasounds were 200

She did not agree with multiple embryo transfer but after listening to my needs she looked over my health history and decided to let me go ahead with it and giving me the risks of a twin birth or possibly triplets etc. She told me her concerns in a kind way .

She was just alright. After an emotional journey of infertility I was looking for an exceptional doctor that left me feeling good about treatment options and hope for the future. After all of the testing I’ve undergone I can honestly say I’m leaving the clinic feeling less hopeful than ever.

No treatment plans will be catered to you. You will be simply a number when you step foot in an appointment. If you’re willing to be treated like a number and just want to get pregnant, then she’d be a good fit.

I asked doctor Schoyer to help me get to the root cause of my hormonal imbalances. Instead I got prescriptions for medication I never asked for. After asking for help with the root causes she said "she's not sure".

$2,500, for the initial workup. Doctor Schoyer ordered 20 tests at least and never went over a single one.

Dr Schoyer was very thorough during our consultation in giving us our treatment options. We have male factor and she recommended us seeing the urologist before starting treatments or doing a practice sperm wash. She then left the room and we felt like we didn’t have a set “plan”. Then the financial lady came in to talk to us (insurance doesn’t cover infertility treatments), and asked her if we could talk to Schoyer again, and she had moved onto her next appointment. Understandable. The financial lady was able to talk us through our thoughts, which were cost related, and we did end up leaving with a plan. We attempted an IUI cycle (myself on letrozole) with monitoring and we used that as our practice wash. Unfortunately we ended up canceling the IUI because of numbers, and then saw the urologist. In the end that was her original recommendation, but financially it made sense to put our money towards an attempted IUI. We’ve been seeing the urologist and are getting ready to attempt our 2nd IUI before moving onto IVF.

Ask lots of questions, and if you’re the type of person who likes to have a set “plan”, be sure you leave with one. Advocate for yourself always!

First IUI cycle; 2.5 mg of letrozole days 3-7. Ultrasound to monitor, had one good size follicle. Tested using the clear blue OPK until a smiley. Scheduled IUI for the following day. Semen results weren’t good so we cancelled that cycle for further testing. Same thing happened for our 2nd IUI cycle. We then moved on to IVF

Consultations are around $500. IUI with monitoring is $1300. IVF $12,000 with meds ranging from $3-5,000

Schoyer thoroughly educated us in single vs multiple embryo transfers. And only recommended single, which is ultimately what we ended up doing and very happy we did because of high risk involved in multiples

she was absolutely fantastic! So easy to talk to and kind and knowledgeable in her field. She fully explained everything to us while we were going through the whole process and took my questions into consideration. She never made me feel like my PCOS and anovulation is a disease.

Call get immediately! She is the best, I intrusive meet with another doctor in the same practice that left to join another system and was given to her and I am so thankful that she was assigned to me

I believe I was in the agonist protocol. I chose to be on follistim (due to cost, we were self pay for everything), menopur, ganirelix; I triggered with Lupton. I was on meds for 9 days, never had any dose changes, I went to clinic every other day for 3 appointments and then daily. Egg retrieval went as expected, we retrieved 29 eggs, 23 were mature and 22 fertilized. We had 18 frozen between day 5 and 6. Per embryology 14 were A quality and 4 were B. The only thing I was not expecting was to have a frozen cycle, due to my pcos i was at a very high risk of ohss and after discussing with my doctor we made the decision to do a freeze all cycle to allow my hormones to get back to someone normal. I waited 1 cycle and then did a frozen cycle with estradiol oral tabs and progesterone im injections. That cycle was not successful, wet proceeded immediately into another cycle with same provo and was successful. Our daughter was born at 36 weeks due to predisposition Pre-eclampsia. I spontaneously got pregnant naturally 4 months postpartum and our second daughter was born at 38 em weeks due to Pre-eclampsia 2 weeks after her sister turned 1 year old.

Hsg $500 Ivf guarantee program $23,000 (this covered ask appointments, ultrasounds, blood work, everything related to retrieval like sedation and icsi this was standard for all patients, transfers, ultrasounds and bloodwork.) Ivf meds $4000

my doctor was not comfortable doing transfers with more than one embryo for my situation, my amh was very high and the quality of embryos that we got with being almost 35 at the time a twin pregnancy would have been a risk she was not willing to do and to be honest my husband and I never had the intention of trying to transfer more than 1. We were in a guarantee program that we paid a higher amount for and were given the opportunity to have up to 3 retrievals and unlimited transfers. I was not expecting the first cycle to be successful. I heard so many ditties and take to many people that it took more than one try. I completely understand her reasoning and knowing and going through 2 emergency deliveries i could not imagine that with a twin pregnancy. I do have a friend that went to my same doctor and based on her and her husband history she did have a transfer with 2 embryos and had a triplet pregnancy. So I know that she goes far by case and looks at the individual situating and has a recommendation.

Dr. Schoyer was wonderful to work with. We felt that she was very respectful, while still delivering honest feedback. While we suffered negative results and setbacks, she constantly reassured us and adjusted our treatment plan to achieve better results. She was great with responding to our questions and concerns, even over the weekends through their online messaging. We felt like we were in great hands with Dr. Schoyer and would recommend her to anyone.

Even though she was in charge of our care plan, the way their clinic works you might not see her for every appointment. However, we had great experiences with all the other caregivers and were able to speak directly with Dr. Schoyer any time we needed.

After a full workup, we decided to attempt IUI. The first was done in a natural cycle and was unsuccessful. The following three were completed in a medicated cycle with clomid and HCG trigger shots. All three were unsuccessful and we then made the decision to switch to IVF. Our first IVF cycle utilized the most basic protocol. We were disappointed in our outcome with only 2 viable day 5 embryos. We attempted one fresh and one frozen transfer, both unsuccessful. For our second round of IVF, we escalated to a Lupron protocol with hopes of getting more, high quality embryos. This protocol yielded more than double the amount of day 5 embryos. We transferred one fresh (negative outcome) and one frozen to achieve pregnancy.

Her clinic is a strong proponent of single embryo transfer and has a lot of research and data that they presented to back this up. However, they do leave the final decision up to the patient and will respect your decisions on how many embryos to transfer.

I feel like when I do see the doctor it seems so rushed that she's hardly taken the time to get to know myself or my husband as people. I know her job is mainly to get us pregnant but I feel that she could be a little more personal as this is a very personal and difficult journey. She is always polite and nice to us just lacking on the understanding of getting to know us. I wish our appointments weren't always so abrupt.

Be firm on what you want. Don't be afraid to ask her to elaborate or explain something again. I know she can talk kind of quickly and sometimes seems like she's rushing but don't be afraid to ask her to be in the moment with you. This is an incredibly personal journey and you need to feel confident in the doctor you are working with.

We first did one cycle of Femara with time intercourse, ultrasound monitoring, and a trigger shot. I had on mature follicle. This did not result in a pregnancy. Second, we did an IUI with Femara, ultrasound monitoring, and a trigger shot. The NP did the IUI, not Dr Schoyer. I had one mature follicle. She also did a follow-up progesterone level 1 week after the IUI. This IUI did not result in a pregnancy. Third, we did a second IUI with Femara (we upped my dose from 2.5mg to 5mg), ultrasound monitoring, and a trigger shot. I had two mature follicles. I am currently 1 week into my two week wait to see if IUI #2 was a success.

Our insurance is a 25,000 lifetime max and our coverage is usually pretty good. Lab work was very minimal if we had to pay anything at all. My HSG was pretty pricey, I don't remember the exact cost but I think it was in the $350-550 range. We pay $135 per ultrasound, the ultrasound with the HCG trigger shot is about $175. Our total for IUI #1 with 1 ultrasound was about $385. We did two ultrasounds for IUI #2 so I'm estimating the cost to be closer to $450-500.

We have not talked much about IUI but from what little we have discusses it sounds like Dr Schoyer is typically in favor of single embryo transfer.

She did not make us feel rushed, listened to our concerns, and did a day 3 transfer related to our history of embryos arresting. We appreciated her attention to detail as well. She is a very intelligent women. Although she is not as soft as Dr Bosler, we felt well taken care of on various levels.

To bring a notebook as this process is so overwhelming, let the small things go (as infertility is a roller coaster of emotions), and trust the process because Dr Shoyer has a lot of wisdom and experience.

She used birth control for a few weeks, Menopur 75 and Follistim 125 adding Ganirelex closer to retrieval. They grew my eggs slow and steady since last round I stimmed too quickly. Dr Shoyer monitored me closly throughout the cycle and was very observant.

2 retrievals and unlimited FET 21k didn’t include meds

She definitely wanted us to go the single route based off research. But because of our history and the fact it was a day 3 (less info on which would survive to day 5) she was open to let us make that decision. We did decide to do 2 because of those reasons.

She is very honest and up front with the risks and sets realistic expectations. She is thorough with her work ups and testing and describes all tests and procedures fully. She is professional and kind.

She can seem very clinical and blunt, but she just wants you to have a full picture of the process.

We went through all the STD and genetic testing. There was a semen analysis and I had an HCG and HSN to find blocked tubes and to assess my uterus. All of these were done to confirm that IVF is the best option.

It is $10k for one retrieval and $3k for each transfer. The meds run between $3k and $5k.

My case requires a frozen transfer of a single embryo to mitigate the risk of Hyperstimulation.

I had previous treatments and tests through my regular gynecologist. She reviewed everything and explained the results. She also encouraged some natural methods like weight loss which I partially credit to my success to become pregnant.

Ask questions and do your own research too.

Realistic but optimistic. Pleasant bedside manner. Responsive to needs and questions.

She is completely understanding and puts your needs in her best interest. She did a complete work up on her own and explained everything in a timely manner. She was very detailed in the work up and testing she wanted before we start IVF.

Be sure to take notes because the amount of information she goes over is tremendous!

She had me do bloodwork and a saline ultrasound. She wanted all tests to be up to date within a year. She also wanted to make sure I didn’t have anything wrong with my uterus, which in fact I do.

Pretty costly but insurance has covered some of the testing right now.

Dr. Schoyer is an excellent RE with a great bedside manner. She was thorough, responsive, and knowledgeable. She took great care to make sure things went as well as possible for me and my partner and always had time for my questions.

Dr. Schoyer is honest and realistic about your odds.

Estradiol patches started on day 8 after positive ovulation test. One patch placed every other day until CD1. Gonal f 150 (Started 8/29/19) increased to 300 on fourth day of stims (9/1/19) Menopur 75 (started 8/29) increased to 150 on fourth day of stims (9/1/19) Ganirelix 250mcg added two days before trigger. (9/4/19) Triggered on (9/8/19) 10,000 hcG (pregnancy test the following morning was not strong positive. Faint line only) Egg retrieval on 9/10/19 11 follicles. 7 eggs retrieved. 1 mature, fertilized, fresh transfer day 3. Failed.

Dr. Schoyer was a clear and compassionate communicator. She was clearly very knowledgeable and experienced, as well as kind and caring. After failed treatment elsewhere, friends recommended Dr. Schoyer specifically as an IVF specialist. She reviewed our charts and made recommendations that made all the difference! We are parents thanks to her!

antagonist protocol

She made us feel like we were going to get pregnant and we did. She was very kind and knew exactly what we needed. We lost a baby and she continued to make us feel like we had options. It was a long 7 year journey that she helped us through tremendously.

Trust her, she knows what she’s doing