Lorna Marshall

She is clear in explaining her process, but there is little room for a patient to work with her on your plan of care. She is also quite defensive when questions are asked, as if she is offended. Overall, I felt pretty disheartened by our meeting together.

If you want to just have someone take the wheel, this is your doctor. If you want to explore options with a doctor, she is probably not the best fit. However, her nurses are incredible and you won't see her much, so it could be a good fit for some folx.

We did a consultation for IVF and she managed our IUI inseminations using Letrozole. She planned our IVF cycle with only PGS testing embryos. The clinic does not do, as far as I can tell, any fresh transfers.

It was about $300 for an IVF consultation, however IVF for one retrieval was quoted at just over 30K, with no discounts for self-pay clients. They also looked flabbergasted when we asked for an LGBTQ grants.

Dr. Marshall was very calm and considerate whenever we met with her. She is very knowledgable and was patient with us even when we were frustrated that multiple IUI attempts had not worked. I have also heard great things about her from other patients that we have met during our journey. My two critiques are as follows: - Dr. Marshall (and PNW Fertility) was less than willing to stray from the normal playbook. Our case is atypical in that we were using donor sperm and we had no explanation why the IUIs hadn't worked to date. We asked about a laparoscopy to look for possible endometriosis, which she dismissed as too invasive and stated that she thought there was no reason to think my wife had that condition. We decided to move forward with the procedure anyway using my wife's OB-GYN, and they did indeed find endometriosis, which may have been an issue with the prior IUI attempts - At our last insemination, the RN asked if we had been taking in additional medication recommended by Dr. Marshall. These recommendations were in our file, but she had not actually told us anything about it.

Dr. Marshall is knowledgable and considerate, but as with everything in the infertility process, it is important to be your own advocate and make sure you communicate with her if you feel you need more testing or are seeking a different approach.

Multiple IUIs attempted with Dr. Marshall and RNs at PNWF. None were successful. After 5 attempts Dr. Marshall recommended proceeding directly to IVF.

IUI costs included the insemintation, as well as defrosting and testing of donor sperm. We were repeatedly charged for sperm analysis that as not done (since it was a donor). We have begun exploring IVF costs, and while they seem comparable to other clinics in the area, it is... excessive.

Lorna Marshall was technical and rather emotionally cold. She was pleasant enough to work with, superficially compassionate, and not very warm. She had a strange story about her parents taking 9 years to conceive her which was unhelpful given my age and situation. She provided information on the procedures and answered the questions we had as best she could. She was less than helpful in giving advice on next steps and directed us away from further examination of my partner's varicocele and potential varicocelectomy. She was helpful in not recommending IUIs with injectables to avoid possible multiples.

Be prepared that Lorna Marshall likely won't be very warm and emotionally supportive through the process.

Lorna Marshall recommended IUIs with letrozole. She had us come in for ultrasounds in advance of the IUI in order to check follicle count in advance of each IUI. She had us use an HCG trigger shot prior to the IUI. Each time, I developed 1-2 follicles on letrozole, but only ever got negative pregnancy tests.

We paid for 2-3 consultations with Dr. Marshall, the cost of letrozole and HCG trigger shot medications, the cost of ultrasounds/IUI/sperm washing procedures, and parking.

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