Patricia Hughes

Not only was Dr Hughes great about communicating with me, she also went to bat with my insurance company. I was required to do 6 IUIs before I could be approved for IVF and it was taking a toll on my body. I was having multiple cysts between cycles which would cause delays in going forward with the next cycle. Since I was older, she realized that time was of the essence. It meant a lot to me that she tried so hard to be an advocate for me with my insurance.

She knows what she’s doing! Trust her… always ask questions of course but she truly does know her stuff.

It’s been a while - but I had to go through 6 IUIs before I could be approved for IVF. Once I had my final failed IUI we got ready for IVF. I think it was a pretty standard treatment with progesterone shots after retrieval.

Mine was covered by insurance except co-pays

For my fresh transfer we did one embryo based on the grade of that embryo. It was a successful transfer and I had a baby girl! We froze the other 4 eggs. When I was ready to get pregnant again, we also did one egg transfer because of the grade of the embryo. That first one was a failed transfer. The next one we put back was also a single because of the grade and it was successful! I was told of that one hadn’t come to fruition we would have put the last two back together because they weren’t rated as highly.

Dr Hughes has 30+ years of experience and when i initially went to consult her i felt so confident that she was the right fit for me , but 1.5 years in treatment with 5 failed iuis and 2 failed ivfs later (more than $30K later) , i feel i should have switched sooner. I know REs are not god but if i took any question or suggestion to better the result of our treatments she was not very open to them . I had to literally argue with her to get ERA procedure done . Initially she had also advised me against PGS testing , which i still did . I am glad i did that else i would have wasted more money on transfering aneuploid embryos . I felt she was less flexible with her approach. When i met her after my failed cycles she would put a sad face and she also said "i don't know how could i couple be so unlucky". You don't expect to hear this from a fertility Dr. Bottomline is - If i was a millionaire and if i could afford all the IVFs in the world i would not have gone to her again. I would have tried RMA instead (which is so expensive) :( I am still struggling to start a family. I have left her clinic and am on a break before i dive again in this ocean of treatments and find a better RE who listens.

Please don't trust blindly on her. Do your research and take second opinions.

I did the following 3 iuis with clomid 2 iuis with letrozol 1 ivf with - Gonal F + cetrotide + hcg trigger +icsi + pgs testing the only euploid embryo 2nd ivf with - Foliistm + Menopur + cetrotide + hcg trigger +icsi + pgs testing the only euploid embryo . I also did ERA (Endometrial Receptivity Analysis)

I would usually spent 1.5 hr for blood work and monitoring.

Close to $30,000

She always promoted single embryo transfer . Unfortunately both my IVF rounds only resulted in 1 euploid embryos each time.

Dr. Hughes has extensive history in fertility treatments. I love that she explained how IVF was only really relatively new in terms of truly being effective. The fact that she set expectations during each visit was gratifying and I loved that she only revolved my cycle around her hospital schedule so that she could be the one to do the retrieval.

To trust her.

I had a lot of eggs that were showing up on the sonogram. SO much so that we started off on a low dosage to grow them because Dr. Hughes didn't want me to explode. Despite that, I only had a small amount of viable eggs. It was disappointing and I did a second round of retrieval to get more eggs. Setting the expectation- that you really don't know until the retrieval- made all the difference in terms of handling the disappointment.

I think it was about $10,000 per cycle.

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We were new to fertility treatments and the doctor explained the treatment well. I was anxious initially but the doctor and the nurse made me feel comfortable with every visit. It was nice that the same doctor would visit me every time unlike some other clinics.

Ask lot of questions.

The IUI for a cycle was about $200