Michael Allon

Dr. Allon is an amazing and compassionate doctor. He truly cares about his patients. Or at least this was the way we felt back in 2016. Things have taken a turn. We're on our 3rd cycle with Dr. Allon and i feel like our time with him is cut very short. I still believe in him and this third transfer works but he has too much on his plate and definitely needs some help. Running three practices on his own is too much and he needs to dedicate that time back to his patients.

To have patience.

Dr. Allon never did any of our treatment plans. Dr. Tralik is the person who oversees our treatment plans.

We paid over $16k for the first cycle.

Dr. Allon highly suggested only transferring one embryo during both transfers. We were never forced to transfer multiple.

Dr. Allon truly cares about me as his patient. We've had many setbacks and each time that has happened he assesses the situation and comes up with a new plan. He's compassionate and honest. We were successful once and have a beautiful daughter. We are being treated by home again and trying to have baby #2. We love Dr. Allon and are glad he has our back during such a stressful process.

Trust your gut and make sure you ask any questions you have. He's there to help make dreams come true,

I lost weight prior to treatment in order to improve my egg quality. He has a wellness center on site to help with that. I took CoQ10 and prenatal vitamins. We did not use birth control before my cycle in order to not suppress my ovaries. Meds used were Gonal-F, Ovadrel, and Menopur. We ended up getting 5 good quality frozen embryos. After the first transfer failed, he looked at reasons why that could have happened. He ran more tests to rule certain things out and discovered that my prolactin was high. For the successful transfer I was taking medication to lower my prolactin. Dr. Allon only uses frozen embryos. After my positive pregnancy test, he monitored me closely for the first 12 weeks.

I had health insurance coverage for the first round of treatment that covered procedures. But, Dr. Allon has his own inhouse lab, so those costs are out of pocket. Paying 100% out of pocket this time and for one egg retirval and transfer (includes all lab work and freezing costs) it will be $11,000-$12,000 plus the cost of meds $2,000-$6,000.

He has always transferred two frozen embryos.

Dr. Allon is very caring and easy to talk to. I always felt at ease with him. If I needed to talk to him I could. He is a very busy man but would take the time to see if he could help with anything. Honestly I have nothing bad to say about him as a person. The treatments/ protocols that he used for us...unfortunately didn’t work but that’s okay it has worked for others.

Just pay attention to your protocol and if he changes it every single cycle. There should be some consistency to find out what is working and what isn’t. He did my ERA test (which came back right) with one protocol and then the transfer cycle after was with a different protocol. It should have been the same protocol used as the one with the ERA test. I never realized this until another dr looked at it and pointed it out. For first time IVF patients it’s hard to know everything....by the second round you will know a lot more. (Hopefully you won’t have a round 2).

I would like to say he tried just about everything on me. Literally! I felt like a guinea pig at times, but it didn’t matter because I wanted to be pregnant!

It was $14,500.00 for IVF and the medications were another $3-$5 thousand....then $3,150.00 each time we did a transfer. Plus add acupuncture $400 for a couple treatments which they HIGHLY recommend and all their wellness products.

Test your embryos no matter what! Always! Dr. Allon said I am younger I should have good embryos...no need to test. SPEND THE EXTRA MONEY! He would transfer two every time when we only had 6. I wasn’t old when he did the transfers. Seemed to be a little much especially when this isn’t a cheap process. He chargers for each transfer. Some places will not charge for each transfer. They only charge after you have had a successful one.

Dr. Allon is compassionate, patient and gentle towards his patients. He is extremely straightforward but in a gentle and stern manner. Dr. Allon has always been thorough and sympathetic towards infertility issues.

Take something to write with because there's no spoon-feeding with Dr. Allon. He gives you all the needed information at one time so there's no surprises.

So far, we have only done a cycle of clomid to go in and look at the number of eggs produced. Dr. Allon determined that I had PCOS and recommended a hysteroscopy. It's still fairly early to speak about the results produced but I'm confident in Dr. Allon's plan towards pregnancy.

We paid for the consultation and blood work that had to be completed. We have purchased clomid through a local pharmacy and are taking the recommended fertility vitamins from the clinic. We have recently been billed for the hysteroscopy as well.

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He was very compassionate. He was honest with us in the beginning that because of my age donor eggs were my best option and he "wouldn't put you through" trying with my own as he just thought it would not work. Because he is so thorough we discovered before my 2nd transfer that my uterus was covered in scar tissue because of my previous C-section. It took a lot more work to get my uterus healed before I was ready for a transfer. Dr. Allon never gave up on me but I totally trusted that if we were to get to the point where it was an impossibility that he would have been honest with me. There were a couple of times that I had questions and emailed or call and he always called me back immediately, giving me his mobile number to call whenever I needed to. As far as I'm concerned he is an angel.

Listen to him. Ask a lot of questions.

The first step was always the hysteroscopy. With my first round it was routine and then we went straight into a successful transfer. The 2nd time there was scar tissue almost completely covering my uterus, he removed it all and we did another hysteroscopy. The scar tissue was back so we did another one and then inserted a pediatric catheter for one week, another hysteroscopy showed that that cleared up the scar tissue but then the Ultrasound showed fluid in my uterus. He had to drain it twice and then we did another hysteroscopy to see what kept showing up on the Ultrasound. It was some inflammation that he had to remove. So I finally got on the treatment calendar estrace twice a day, one baby aspirin, dexamethasone, doxycline a couple of days before, PIO injections a couple of days before. That transfer did not work. After my period came we started again immediately with the same protocol plus another medication to increase blood flow to my uterus (pentafoxylyn?) and 1000mg of vitamin E. This time the transfer resulted in pregnancy.

Can't remember the fresh cycle but the FET was $3125 each time.

Dr. Allon made sure we understood every step of our journey. He sat with us while we cried happy tears and sad ones, and through our many many questions. He was sure that we understood the risks and the gains and why he was making the recommendations that he did. He answered our many calls after hours when we were scared something was wrong and never once made us feel like those calls weren't welcomed.

To trust him. He has your best interest at heart.

We first completed IUI since we had already done clomid with my ob/gyn. We had what he considered a perfect cycle with the numbers always like they should be, and an insimination that was good. We ended with a negative pregnancy test. Because everything was "perfect" he wanted us to move to IVF. He worried that there was something going on that we couldn't see or test for. We moved to IVF with a frozen cycle so all the drugs could go out of my system before my body tried to accept the embryo. We transferred two embryos after thawing 3 because they worried that more than 2 embryos would be too big for my body. They thawed 3 because the first egg was only "okay" quality. They transferred the 2 best and I did acupuncture to help with the transfer. I also took a vitamin regimen that Dr. Allon recommended to help my body give me the best results. We were very excited when we received the news that we were pregnant after our first IVF cycle.

The IVF MD costs were around 10,000 with medication not included. They provided us with a pharmacy that was available and helpful.

He felt given out struggle that he wanted to transfer two and was very upfront about it. We agreed with the decision and had no questions about it.

Dr. Allon was compassionate and a great help in helping me to understand all the troubles that would come with IVF, and all the possible outcomes even if those outcomes are not in my favor. He also took the time to give me other options when my previous IVF Cycles we're not positive or failed. He encouraged me not to give up and understood when I explained I couldn't move forward due to lack of funding.

It is good to write down all the questions you have so that you don't forget any. And ask about discount and alternative ways of payments

I did mini IVF Cycles and they had all inclusive package deals to help accommodate your needs. Which was convenient and you didn't have to worry about making a payment every time or unsure of what the cost maybe.. And if a treatment was stopped you get refunded for what is not used.. which is not recommended but very helpful

He made me feel encouraged like we could have a child. They didn’t explain to me my issue I’m still guessing about what needs to be done. They didn’t accept my insurance past a certain point either so I’m stalled.

Be financially ready otherwise you will get your hopes up in vain.

He suggested a lot of expensive herbs and vitamins that they sell but I couldn’t afford them so that wasn’t very helpful.

All I can remember is it was very expensive to move forward. I received blood work and checked to make sure my tubes were open and that’s basically it.

Allon is fantastic. He listens to what I know about my own body and takes that into consideration with treatment. While he does have typical treatments for specific infertility dx, he doesn't hesitant to change based on YOU. He did this with all my cycles.

Ask all the questions

I used Femara CD 3-7 5 mg, Gonal F 150 IU and Menopur 75 IU CD 6-10. In my case I needed u/s on CD 8 and 10. I'd trigger CD 10 and IUI would be CD 12.

I spent $1500-$2000 per cycle, not including medications.

He's very committed, sensitive and concerned - I like the way he has treated myself and my husband, it is a stressful process and good to have such a wonderful doctor. I really cant add much more than that

Ask all the questions you want! He will answer them

15-20,000

He has a great bedside manner and is a wonderful doctor. He just has limited time because of the number of patients at the clinic. He really needs a partner at his practice

Be ready for limited communication from him, everything comes from the nurse.