Paula Brady

Dr. Brady was really reachable throughout the entire treatment. She makes herself available even if she is not in the office and will answer any of my emails. She will always offer a call to follow up if needed. We felt really supported during the process and feel we could trust her along the way. Dr. Brady was very open in communicating expectations and next steps. She exhibits great knowledge of her area of expertise to the point that we still ask her questions for guidance during active pregnancy. We really loved her and believe we couldn't ask for a better doctor. If we decide to have a second child she will be for sure our first option. We feel like she went above and beyond for us and walk us every step of the process to a successfull outcome.

To make sure to ask all the questions they have as Dr. Brady will always have an answer and will help to manage expectations

Dr. Brady guide us through genetic studies that are important before the fertilization of the eggs. She then discussed results with us and did the fertilization of the eggs. After the eggs were grown into embryos she came back with results and details for next steps on quality review before the transfer. She allowed me to decide between hormone treatment and natural treatment for the embryo transfer, and I picked natural. She reviewed results every single visit and had her care team keep me updated on progress. She finally scheduled the embryo transfer, and personally came to take care of the procedure despite being her day off. We were beyond graceful for her taking time during her time-off to take care of us and she was very descriptive during the actual embryo transfer. Intructions were provided on next steps and then she monitor my pregnancy until week 9, keeping me updated on progress, expcectations and next steps in every visit.

My experience with Dr.Brady, was comforting, respectful, answered all my questions, responded in a timely manner and was pleasant. I saw her about 3-4 times during my treatment. She's very kind and understanding

One piece if advice I would give to a patient of Dr. Brady is to ask all the questions you've got even if you think it's stupid. Dr. Brady doesn't make you feel stupid.

I was prescribed Gonal F, Letrolzole, Cetretide, ovidrel, and menopur. Letrolzole was 2 pills every evening, gonal f 300 and menopur were self injections. Menopur burned a little but went away soon after injection. Everything else was fairly easy and simple. They provide videos with tutorials

I was able to apply to grants and programs that help cancer patients with IVF. So it was fully covered !

Dr Brady is not only very knowledgeable but also very kind, patient and caring. She takes her time to explain the process and the procedures to you. She will give you your options and involves you in decision making. She is very professional but at the same time makes you feel like a family member. She cares about her patients a lot. I failed a transferred and she personally called me and that made a difference for me, I cried over the phone and she spent 30 minutes explaining my other options, etc. She doesn't transfer embryo after embryo with no plans (which happened to me before) Her next moves are very calculated. I can't recommend her enough. My husband and I were both very happy with her approach, bedside manner and knowledge. She is rarity!

You are in great hands!!!!

she suggested a new test to check the markers of endometrium, she started me on different medications for the next cycle and she changed the cycle to natural. It worked!! She made us happy parents :)

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Dr Brady is not a fan of multiple embryos which was a pleasant surprise for us. Majority of fertility providers love multiple embryo transfer and push for it. She will listen to you and gives you pros and cons of multiple transfers and ultimately let you make the decision. She never pushes you to do things that you are not comfortable with. She never orders extra tests for the sake of charging your insurance.

Dr. Brady is a wonderful provider. I always felt comfortable with the plan of care she created. My previous doctor had been very wishy-washy, often asking me what I thought we should do- which I didn’t know because I’m not a RE! Needless to sat, Dr. Brady came up with solid plans that I was comfortable with and lead to a successful pregnancy!!

Trust the process- it is grueling and time consuming but Dr. Brady is knowledgeable in her field and will do her absolute best to get the results you want!

I used 3 different subcutaneous injections (gonal-f, menopure, and cetrotide) for the stimulation meds. The trigger for my egg retrieval was lupron and ovidrel which yielded great results of 26 eggs retrieved! For my transfer, we had done an ERA test and determined I was pre-receptive and needed 1 more day of progesterone so I completed 6 days of shots prior to my transfer, in addition to oral estrogen tablets 2-3 times daily. Additionally, Dr. Brady had me repeat a HSG test because my first one showed some tubal issues and it was determined I needed to have one of my tubes removed. This, in conjunction with the extra progesterone, is why I think this 4th transfer was a success!

My insurance covered most of my treatment so there has been minimal out of cost to date. There is a bit of lag time on billing so I can’t say with certainty the out of pocket expenses but I would guess less than $10,000 total.

Dr. Brady is a proponent of single embryo transfers for both the safety of mom and baby. Having multiples carries risk for both and is better to be avoided if possible.

My initial consultations with Dr Brady were great. She went through a lot of detail and was very patient with me in answering all my questions. She was very responsive in getting back to me throughout my treatment as well. I wish I would have seen her more for my in person visits but understand that it’s very common with fertility practices to see whatever Dr is there that day. I didn’t have any major issues that needed to be addressed but feel that if I had, she would have been helpful.

Be willing to speak up and advocate for yourself if you have questions or concerns. Dr Brady was very responsive to my concerns but there were some I had to push on a little more.

I did two rounds of IUI with Dr Brady. The first time I used Clomid as after coming off birth control I hadn’t started ovulating again after a couple months. The second time I didn’t need the clomid but did a trigger shot for ovulation. The second IUI resulted in my pregnancy.

2,600 per IUI cycle I think there were some additional initial charges of a few hundred but don’t remember specifics

We can't say enough great things about Dr. Brady! She is simply the best. She was very communicative and empathetic to us as her patients. She really worked with us to achieve our goal to become parents even with our set-backs from doing many IVF cycles to in-clinic procedures to my surgery. IVF is a long road and we found Dr. Brady to be very patient and enthusiastic during our journey. I've recommended Dr. Brady to several of my friends. She's wonderful!

She's great with email. If you have a question, don't hesitate to email her. She will respond within 24-48 hours. No question is too irrelevant, she won't judge you and happy to answer anything. She tries to be there for most of your procedures but with all the doctors' rotating schedules, you'll be in good hands if isn't her.

I was diagnosed with a low egg count and later with adenomyosis. My husband had no issues. I did 5 injection cycles for IVF: 1) egg retrieval - 3 eggs retrieved, 2 embryos, 1 embryo tested normal 2) this round, I didn't produce enough eggs for a retrieval so we decided to do 3) back-to-back cycles, so 4 weeks of injections. With this egg retrieval, we only got 1 egg, 1 embryo, 0 embryo tested normal. 4) I didn't end up with enough eggs to confidently do an egg retrieval (we didn't want to use up our last retrieval covered by insurance) so we did IUI. It was unsuccessful. 5) 2 eggs, 2 embryos, 1 embryo tested normal. When all was said and done, I had 2 embryos tested normal. Dr. Brady recommends 2 embryos tested normal for each child you would like to have. It's hard to tell with each person what is the best course of treatment. We tried pumping me with meds at first but later found out that it wasn't the best solution. The only way you can find out is if you try. As IVF research progresses, doctors will be able to know more about specific courses of treatment. These were the different meds I was on throughout my course of treatment: Lupron, Follistim, Menopur, Ovidrel, Estrogen pills, Progesterone vagina capsules and injections. My first transfer, I took estrogen pills and progesterone shots to prep. This transfer was unsuccessful due to my low HCG level that did not grow rapidly. I had to do many in-clinic procedures throughout the course of my time- it's hard to remember them all. I did have to do a saline sonogram that detected that I had adenomyosis and an adenomyoma in my uterus which probably was the reason my first transfer wasn't successful. I had to have surgery - Myomectomy, Hysteroscopic (at the hospital) to try to remove most of the adenomyoma and smooth out my lining in the uterus. We learned that I produce a lot of estrogen which was causing the adenomyoma. I now understand why I have had painful periods all my life! We decided for my 2nd transfer that I would go on less meds. I didn't take estrogen to prep and I took the progesterone vagina capsules before/after my transfer. After everything, I'm pregnant now and in my 2nd trimester at 14 weeks! Throughout my course of treatment, I also changed my diet. I gave up alcohol and coffee. I also stayed away from estrogen producing foods- so mostly a gluten and sugar-free diet. I went to acupuncture weekly which was extremely helpful. I recommend going to Yinova and seeing Katy Hogan. This acupuncture clinic specializes in fertility. I did acupuncture twice the days of my transfers (before + after each transfer). Both Yinova and Columbia Fertility have support groups that I recommend.

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Dr. Brady recommends only doing single embryo transfer which we agreed with. It was good for us to do 1 transfer and see what the problem was before going ahead with our 2nd (and last) embryo.

Dr. Brady has a wonderful bedside manner. As a scientist myself, I like to know all of the data, statistics, etc., so it was important for me to find a doctor that would be upfront and not sugarcoat things. Dr. Brady was the perfect match and more, because she consistently gave us complete information in a warm and thoughtful way.

Be patient - fertility treatment is a marathon, not a sprint. And trust Dr. Brady's outlook.

Three retrievals with Gonal F, Menopur and Cetrotide. First trigger shot was HCG, second was Lupron (due to mild OHSS after first cycle), and third was a combo (added HCG back in due to failed second cycle - Dr. Brady said HCG can help with egg maturation). Third cycle Dr. Brady added in oral Clomid for the first 5 days. PGS testing in all 3 cycles. First cycle 4 blasts -> 2 normal embryos Second cycle 0 blasts Third cycle 4 blasts -> 3 normal embryos From there we moved on to a medicated frozen embryo transfer, from which I am currently 8 weeks pregnant.

Most was covered by my husband's supplemental fertility coverage (Progyny) and meds were covered by CVS Caremark. Out of pocket, we paid around $1,800 USD in clinic co-pays and around $1,000 for medications (three retrievals were around $150 each, plus progesterone in olive oil for medicated transfer cycle which was not covered by insurance).

Dr. Brady strongly encourages single embryo transfer, and we agreed with the recommendation given our age and prognosis.

Dr. Brady made us feel that we could trust her completely and that we were in good hands each step of the process. She made every attempt to be at monitoring and retrieval/transfer appointments when possible; but when these days did not overlap with days she was in the clinic she would email us ahead of time to let us know and to reassure us that we were in good hands. She was highly responsive to emails and always responded in a thoughtful and sensitive manner. When we had setbacks and disappointments (e.g. three unsuccessful IUIs, 1 failed transfer, and 1 chemical pregnancy) she was compassionate and made us feel that she shared our disappointment while also providing the healthy balance of optimism that we needed to keep going.

We would recommend her without reservation! You will be in great hands with Dr. Brady. She is smart, committed, and has wonderful bedside manner, which when going through the vulnerabilities and emotional ups and downs of infertility process, felt extremely important to us.

We did 3 unsuccessful IUIs (using Letrazole and trigger shots) before moving onto IVF. Our first retrieval yielded 2 pgs normal embryos. The first transfer resulted in a chemical pregnancy which was devastating. The second transfer resulted in a negative pregnancy test. We then did several months of uterine testing (hysteroscopy, ERA) and once we were cleared (no abnormalities were detected), we continued with a second retrieval which yielded 4 PGS normal embryos. Our third frozen transfer resulted in a pregnancy and we are now 5.5 months along!

Usually there was no wait or 15 minutes at most. Monitoring appointments are self-scheduled which was very convenient.

Our insurance covered all cycles of IUI and up to three cycles of IVF. The only out of pocket costs were for genetic testing of our embryos (approximately 5k per retrieval) and anesthesia ($500). Otherwise all appointments and medications were generally covered.

Dr. Brady recommended that we only transfer single embryos but mentioned that if we had continued to be unsuccessful there would be a discussion of the possibility of transferring multiples.

Dr. Brady was so supportive and caring, we immediately felt we made the right choice in switching to her care. In fact, in my previous Dr. was somewhat hard to get ahold of and ordered several very painful endometrial biopsies and intense antibiotics (one was for the plague or something? I felt terrible and gained a lot of weight). Dr. Brady performed one of these biopsies and that was when I knew she was the right fit for us- she was very warm, gentle, and explained every step of the process. She even stopped me on the way out to confirm I had had a few other tests conducted that day. After a few more weeks of feeling in the dark and more of the same tests I made the decision to request a care switch to Dr. Brady completely based off of the wonderful care she gave during my biopsy and I'm so glad I did. Dr. Brady said we could consider IUI or IVF, with IVF being the most ideal for our chances and the best chance. We were so excited to get started and had a great round, we had 10 eggs in retrieval, 5 embryos, but only one that made it to day 5. Dr. Brady was so honest and supportive when we got this hard news, and was very clear in what change in treatment would be if this round wasn't successful. Thankfully, the one embryo was a successful transfer and we are now in the second trimester. What could have been really defeating and scary after all that hard work ended up being an important growth opportunity for us (being ok with it not working, being willing to do it again) and we were really lucky to have Dr. Brady and her team to support us through it.

Ask as many questions as you like, do your own research too, and know your options.

IVF treatment

Easy to make monitoring appointments online via myconnect- you can schedule your own bloodwork and ultrasound. You can also go early around 7 to avoid the line even if your appointment is later.

I think there was a $5,000 hold for expenses that insurance wouldn't cover that is given back to you at the end (I got all of it back). Luckily my insurance covered just about everything and my work provided Carrot Fertility (10K of reimbursable expenses) that covered additional costs you have to pay (like $300 per anesthesia). Meds- around 12k Procedures- around 1,000

Dr. Brady was communicative, responsive, sensitive to my needs, empathetic, warm, compassionate, and very knowledgeable and competent. She always listened to me carefully and answered all my questions. She kept me informed ahead of time about the course of treatment and adjusted the course of treatment in case of any setbacks. She checked with me one more time the day before any important procedure. If another doctor would be performing the procedure, instead of her, she informed me accordingly and reassured me about the other doctor's capabilities. She made the right decisions about the course of the treatment (we got the results exactly as predicted by her).

Trust her with your care. Be open with her about any questions you may have about your treatment. Know that you are in the best hands.

Before egg retrieval, I took Follistim 150 IU and Menopur 150 IU every night for about 11 days. A nightly dose of Ganirelix 250 mcg was added on about the 6th day and took that every night going forward, in addition to Follistim 150 IU and Menopour 150 IU. From the 8th day onwards, increased Ganirelix from once a day to twice a day. On the 11th day, stopped the nightly injections of Follistim, Menopur, and Ganirelix and took a trigger injection of Lupron 40 units. The egg retrieval was scheduled on the 13th day. Via the egg retrieval procedure, total of 18 eggs were retrieved, of which 14 were mature. ICSI was performed on all 14 eggs. The next day, 12 fertilized embryos were obtained, which were cultured for 5 days. On the 5th day, 5 embryos were biopsied and frozen. Biopsied materials were sent for pre-implantation genetic testing (PGS). The PGS results indicated that 4 out of the 5 embryos were normal. One out of the five embryos was transferred via Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET) procedure which resulted in pregnancy.

As an employee of Columbia University, I had really great health insurance. I think the total cost of my treatment under Dr. Brady (including PGS) was under $3,000.

Dr. Brady has a strong preference for eSET and I am in complete agreement with her.

The one or two times that I did meet with Dr. Brady she was very thorough. She asked me all the questions necessary to be able to arrive to the best course of treatment. When I had my first chemical miscarriage, she called me to tell me the news over the phone and I can not begin to express how much that meant to me. Dr. Brady could've easily had the nurse coordinator relay the message or write me via email but she called me and that made me feel like this was personal to her as well. The Dr. calling me made me feel like although miscarriages frequently occur mine wasn't just another in the book. Dr. Brady called me and reassured me I would still be able to get pregnant and that this miscarriage was not due to anything I could've caused.

A piece of advice I would give a prospective patient of Paula Brady is to be as open as possible and share any concerns that you have; that there is nothing to fear!

I was placed on timed intercourse cycles. This was the best course of action after having been administered blood work and done specimen analysis that ruled out any other causes for my infertility. After receiving a transvaginal ultrasound, they were able to confirm that I had numerous immature follicles in my ovaries due to anovulation. The timed intercourse cycles consisted of taking letrozole for a week to make my follicles mature to the appropriate size (normally 20-23mm), monitoring the follicles size during the following week and once having reached the appropriate size, injecting myself in the fat of my lower belly with Ovidrel (trigger shot) which forces egg to ovulate and come out. After trigger shot, we would have timed intercourse the night of shot and following 2 days waiting to test for pregnancy 2 weeks later.

Dr. Brady is an excellent physician. She would always explain her reasoning for suggesting a particular course of action, but left room for me to do my own research and come back with questions and ideas. We emailed each other often during off hours and I felt like she was genuinely rooting for our fertility success even though she couldn't pin point what was wrong.

Don't be afraid to ask lots of questions. Dr. Brady knows what's trending in the field and is often willing to push the envelope and try new tactics.

My first transfer protocol was standard: menopur, follistim, ganirellix, progesterone, etc. I transferred one embryo but it did not implant. For the next round we decided to try a modified natural cycle: femara, ovidrel, progesterone. I transferred 2 embryos which resulted in a chemical pregnancy. We conducted a few diagnostic tests after this failure but nothing was amiss, so we proceeded with another modified natural cycle and transferred 2 embryos which resulted in my current singleton pregnancy. I am currently 11 weeks.

I never received cost breakdowns from the clinic unless I asked. The first and only time I'd see the price of a procedure or medication was on my insurance bill.

We started off with a single embryo transfer for the first transfer. After that I was beginning to feel defeated and asked to transfer 2 at a time. Dr. Brady understood and strongly warned me to consider the health risks, but ultimately let me make the call. After my second failure, I asked to transfer 3 embryos but Dr. Brady said it wouldnt be allowed due to my young age and risk for all 3 implanting, so we went ahead with 2.

I became a patient of Dr. Brady's after a miscarriage and negative experience with a doctor at a different hospital. From the very beginning, I appreciated Dr. Brady's directness and kind demeanor. She quickly developed a treatment plan for me and after several failed IUI's and a hysteroscopy, I had a successful pregnancy after one round of IVF.

Make sure that you have a thorough understanding of your treatment plan and don't hesitate to push back if you disagree with anything that is being recommended.

I used Clomid for my first IUI and had a very negative emotional reaction. After that, Dr. Brady switched my prescription to Letrozole and I used that for the remaining IUI's. I responded positively to both drugs but did not have success with any of the IUI's. When I moved onto IVF, I used Gonal and Menopur and Cetrocide to prepare for the retrieval. I used progesterone shots to prep for my first transfer but my lining remained too thin to move forward. We cancelled that cycle and next I began a nonmedicated cycle. While my lining was still on the thinner side we decided to move forward with the transfer. That transfer was successful and I gave birth in November.

My insurance covered IUI's and monitoring appointments. IVF was not covered.

My husband and I had a very positive experience at CUFC. We first met with Dr. Brady in January 2019. I was so comforted by her demeanor and the space she made for all our questions. I was so impressed that all her answers included both the scientific evidence and her professional experience. Another couple of friends had recommended Dr. Brady to us and we are eternally grateful that we started with her and that we didn’t have to go other places. She supported our decisions about how long to try IUI and when to move on to IVF. She was amazing at responding to our questions via email. You won’t always see your specific doctor at every monitoring appointment. You will go in so often and the doctors take turns covering morning monitoring. All the doctors and all the sono techs were wonderful. This practice also has lots (a majority I believe) of female doctors if that is important to you. A friend who went to a different nyc fertility practice, said female doctors were rare at her practice. I also appreciated that the office has their OR on site where all the surgical procedures are done (I had a termination for medical reason, a polyp removal, two egg retrievals and a frozen embryo transfer). The office itself is convenient, clean, nicely designed and took covid precautions very seriously. We are so grateful to Dr. Brady and the team for every way they have guided and helped us through the infertility process. It made something that is so challenging a lot easier. We are very hopeful to meet our IVF baby next year. If you are looking for a fertility practice that has your best interests at the forefront and is connected to a medical and educational establishment (versus a private business) I heartily encourage you to go to CUFC. I have already referred friends there. We are lucky in New York City to even have options of fertility practices, but based on everything I have heard about other places, this was the absolute best fit and decision we made.

We have unexplained infertility and so Dr. Brady was always game to try IUI (which worked once, but resulted in a missed miscarriage) but also let us know when/if we were ready for IVF, we would be able to learn more about my egg quality/maturity and our fertilization. I am so grateful she would outline our options with also being aware and respectful that we were paying out of pocket. She supported our choice of trying to bank more embryos by doing a second egg retrieval. Her level of care was one of the best I have ever experienced. She is down to earth and supportive. I am so grateful we worked with her.

We did not have insurance coverage for infertility. I estimate we spent around $25k for 5 IUIs, 2 egg retrievals, 1 frozen embryo transfer, medications and monitoring appts.

Since day one Dr Brady demonstrated the great doctor she is as well as her kind human side. She always explained my husband and I in a clear way and with so much patience. We had 3 IVF (only 1 IVF full cycle). Throughout the journey we literally bombarded her with questions. All of them were answered in details and in a timely manner. Something to highlight is that we always had direct contact with her. It made me feel that there wasn’t any missing information at any time. We left Columbia Fertility Center in October 2020 as the only embryo transfer we had, got implanted. Now we are in hands of the Columbia Obstetrics and Gynecology but we still have contact with Dr Brady.

An advice for any patient would be to expect the worst but hope for the best. Before starting our first IVF, my husband and I were checked/tested for almost everything and all the results showed that there wasn’t any specific problem for a pregnancy. Unfortunately, our first IVF resulted in abnormal embryos and that was shocking because that result we were not expecting at all.

We had 3 IVF, all of them with embryo genetic testing (PGT-A). The first IVF resulted in abnormal embryos. The second IVF resulted in only 1 normal embryo. Because my husband and I always wanted at least 2 babies, we decided to go for a third IVF that resulted in many normal embryos. Dr Brady performed our first embryo transfer and it worked, so in fact, we had only 1 full cycle of IVF. Dr Brady explained us that with each IVF they gather more information about how my body reacts to the medications so the protocolos are customized. The outcome can be clearly seen in my case.

My insurance covered part of the first IVF. The second and third IVF were completely out of pocket. Taking account 2 times monitoring mornings, 2 times all the medication for IVF, 3 times anesthesia, 2 times eggs retrieval, around 12 embryos were genetically tested and 1 embryo transfer, we would say that we spent around $50’000.

Dr Brady explained us from the beginning the policy of implanting one embryo at the time for the safety of the baby and the mother.

I did not get Dr. Brady for many of my monitoring scans especially in between cycles but I did manage to get pregnant twice. Once we confirmed the pregnancy, Dr. Brady was more engaged and involved. She personally did my 6-8 week scans. Unfortunately my first pregnancy ended in loss and she did not perform my D&C but she did continuously provide support and guidance throughout. We continued treatments with Dr. Brady and chose IUI as our next step, Dr. Brady also did not perform the actual IUI but once again was actively engaged and involved once the 2nd pregnancy was confirmed. She again performed my 6-9 week scans. During each of these visits and scans, it felt as if she knew us personally and was very open and honest with any and all information she had to give.

Adjust your expectations that you will not see Dr. Brady at every visit especially during monitoring scans or bloodwork appts, etc. However, once you do get any news whether pregnancy or miscarriage, Dr. Brady is extremely active, present, and attentive. In the meantime, her team is fantastic and supportive. They are always in communication and never did I feel like there was any miscommunication between her and her team.

At the first initial consult, Dr. Brady took an extensive amount of time understanding our existing health, asked about medical history, and we did genetic screening prior to starting treatments. She helped diagnose me with PCOS based on my medical history and monitoring and sat us down to talk about our specific course of action. She discussed that we should start with the most minimally invasive methods given that we are young and healthy and not in a rush. Also she was confident that getting my PCOS in check would priority. We started with timed intercourse cycles with letrozole and ovidrel. It took a couple cycles to get the dosage and timing right but after about 4 cycles, I was pregnant. Dr. Brady was incredibly engaged once the pregnancy was confirmed and even delicately informed that our baby no longer had a heartbeat. She talked us through next steps, and options and explained what happened and why it happens. She was incredibly kind and took the responsibility of delivering this news to us to heart. She encouraged us that the upcoming cycles after a miscarriage typically yields good chances of getting pregnant again. So with her advice, we did 3 more rounds of timed intercourse until she suggested if we want, we can move onto IUI. We decided for the 4th cycle, we will attempt IUI and we got pregnant again. Once again, Dr. Brady was incredibly engaged once the pregnancy was confirmed up until we graduated from the center at 9 weeks.

The clinic was extremely adept at billing and costs. The only costs I have had to pay were my copays. I had 1-2 occasions where they forgot to bill insurance for a couple items but those got cleared up quickly. If anything was not covered by insurance they were upfront and clear about costs.

We did not reach this stage of treatments. I was able to get pregnant with an IUI.

She is knowledgeable and answered any questions or concerns that my husband I had during treatments. Even though some of the procedures were performed by other doctors, Dr. Brady ensured that I was in good hands and followed up with me after each procedure. I was extremely nervous on the day of the egg retrieval and it meant a lot to me that Dr. Brady stopped by the procedure room to make sure that I was fine even though the procedure was assigned to the other doctor.

Ask any questions or concerns, and she will make sure that you are comfortable with treatment options. She is also clear about what may or may not work, but always explains all the available options for you to ultimately decide.

After five cycles of IUI resulted negative, Dr. Brady advised us to move to IVF which gave us a positive result on the first trial.

We paid copays, and the treatment costs were mostly covered by our insurance. My financial coordinator was helpful in answering any billing questions.

Dr. Brady suggested a single embryo transfer in our case.

Dr. Brady had a very good bed side manner, she always took time to explain things to me and put my worries at ease. Infertility is not so black and white, so while doctors cant tell you exactly how things will turn out, she was always optimistic, which helped me stay optimistic. She was always quick to answer my questions.

Dr. Brady is great and you will love her! Just understand for monitoring hours you often won't see her. My one regret is not asking more questions early on about the actual process day by day, and having an understanding that for morning monitoring you don't always see your doctor. You see whomever is covering morning monitoring that day.

We did gonal, menapur and cetratide injections. We did PGS testing. Both of my retrievals yielded a very similar results based on my dosage.

It was very efficient and I barely ever had a wait time. It was very well managed.

Out of pocket a FET cycle is around $14K, but ideally insurance covers some of that. A transfer on its own is about $2600. PGS testing is not covered by insurance and is around 4K (which from what I understand is a fairly decent price compared to other clinics)

We never wanted to do multiple embryo transfer, so it was never a real issue. I think Dr. Brady agreed eSET was the way to go.

I had no idea what to expect when I started IVF. I had people tell me I had to travel to other states with the best stats in order to get the results I wanted. Paula Brady was the first fertility doctor I saw and when we sat down for our initial visit, I immediately felt confident that we were in great hands. She is so caring and extremely intelligent and up to date with all the latest fertility info. It is so obvious she loves what she does and that absolutely reflects in her wonderful bedside manner and dedication towards her patients.

Book an appointment with her if you are struggling to conceive!

I am relatively young (34 years old) with no major issues aside from a bit of PCOS, so we started off with a few cycles of timed intercourse- mostly with letrezole, but tried clomid once. We did 5 cycles of this and then were supposed to move on to IUI, however due to work reasons, we decided to wait unitl Jan 2020 when my new insurance would cover IVF. We had one cycle of stims with gonalF and menopur and triggered with ovidrel for our retrieval. We did then decided to wait for the next cycle to do a frozen transfer so we could do PGS and also provide for optimal lining. For our FET next month, I was started on estradiol, then began progesterone in oil 6 days prior to my transfer, which worked!! I'm now 9 weeks pregnant with a little girl!

Morning monitoring was extremely smooth. I rarely waited more than 10 minutes. The appointments are in the morning (from 7-9:30AM) so I could fit them in despite having to work a full day.

My insurance covered a large majority of the costs, so I just had a $35 copay for each visit.

My experience with Dr. Brady couldn’t have been more positive. From my personalized care team, her quick response time to inquiries, and Zen office environment at Columbia, I had a seamless, stress free embryo transfer that resulted in a healthy pregnancy. I always knew I could reach her and she was always prompt for appointments. She has a very warm bedside manner and likeable personality.

Relax. She will take care of you.

My embryo harvest was conducted with a previous doctor but the best advice I got was to use PGD/PGS testing on our 5 day old blastocysts. Once we knew which ones were healthy - two total, we were able to proceed with more confidence in both the success of the transfer and health of the baby. Both embryo transfers were successful, so I had a 100% success rate. The 2nd egg, that Dr. Brady transferred is still cooking, but all tests have come back normal. Lastly, Dr. Brady recommended using progesterone shots vs. suppositories on this transfer and I experienced zero bleeding during the 1st trimester. The suppositories I used for my first pregnancy were irritating and caused mild bleeding throughout the first 10 weeks.

All expenses were paid out of pocket. My 1st transfer, which included the cost of the embryo harvest and PGS/PGD testing came to a combined total of $18,000. This was in 2017 and I believe they adjusted their out- of-pocket pricing since that time. My 2nd embryo transfer was $4,000.

I recommend that everyone do PGD/PGS testing for a higher success rate of implantation and greater peace of mind the health of the baby. A single transfer is best.

I would absolutely recommend Dr. Brady as a doctor. She is extremely professional and caring. I felt like she was invested in our success as much as we were. Even during hard times, she built our trust and confidence so we always felt that we were under the best care.

Be patient, have realistic expectations, you’ll get there, it just takes time.

2 egg retrieval’s- menopur and gonal f, ICSI, PGS testing, 4 frozen transfers and progesterone oil shot and estradiol 3x/day until week 10. Levothyroxine ongoing.

After 3 transfers (1 miscarriage at week 7, 1 chemical and 1 failed transfer), we elected to go with a multiple transfer, resulting in 1 successful implantation.

While Dr. Brady's empathy and compassion were evident in her interactions with me, she was also a smart doctor who uses evidence and research to make treatment decisions. After 3 prior failed IVFs with another doctor, I was at the end of my rope and ready to explore egg donors. She encouraged another try to at least attempt a fresh transfer, which hadn't been suggested to me before. That one embryo, a day 3 transfer, is now my 4 month old son.

Ultimately you need to control and make the final decisions regarding your own treatment. She will lay everything out for you and make her recommendation(s), but you can decide what is comfortable for you. By the point I was at in my treatment, I was glad to feel that it was a collaboration based on my past experience.

OOP cost for anesthesia. Everything else covered by my insurance, which had some lifetime maximum limits that I barely missed hitting.

I think she would have transferred multiple embryos if we had requested, but we were not given the choice since we only had one healthy embryo to transfer.

Doctor Brady was great. From the first visit to the follow-ups, I felt as though she was incredibly knowledgeable and data-driven. Her responses often started with "recent research suggests..." or "based on multiple studies"....things like that. For me, this was really helpful because it showed she knew a lot and also kept up-to-date on the latest information out there. The clinic I went to at Columbia had rotating doctors, but I thought it was so caring that she was specifically there for my first ultrasound and my last one where I "graduated" to a regular OB. I also thought she was always great via email, which was my preferred communication when not in the office. I also shared with her that my friends/family made comments that I was maybe too stressed or not eating right (even though I am generally pretty healthy) and she was quick to dismiss those comments and assure me that I was fine. I needed that sort of support at the time.

Listen to her! She definitely knows what she's talking about!

Dr. Brady first started me with Metformin to let my body adjust to it. She wanted to see if that was enough to get my ovulation started regularly. She told me we would try that for a few months and if that didn't work on it's own, we would try a round of timed intercourse - which would involve Letrozole and a trigger shot. She told me that timed intercourse usually works within the first 4 tries and after 6, we would talk about other methods (i.e., IUI, IVF, etc.) I was very, very lucky that the timed intercourse worked for me on my 4th try.

I was fortunate that most of my costs were covered by insurance. I don't remember the exact costs, but I believe they are comparable to other facilities that would have been in-network for me.

Dr. Brady was very matter of fact and straightforward but had a great bedside manner once we reached the stage of doing the procedures. I always felt like I was in good hands with her. She's very intelligent and caring and kindly answered every question I had in a very prompt manner.

The protocols were not explained to me (wish they had been) and the reasoning for using one drug over another was not explained to me. One downside of the this clinic and doctor. I started the stim cycle with 150 Menopur and 200 Follistim then added 250 Ganirelix on the 5th day, with Lupron trigger 2 days before retrieval. After transfer, I was on 1 ml of progesterone in oil and estradiol 2x daily. I knew I had a high AMH and produced a large number of eggs. I ended up with 4 embryos sent for testing and 2 genetically normal embryos.

Appointments were always scheduled before 9am weekdays and weekends. The waiting room was always absolutely packed but it was run pretty efficiently. I never had to wait too long past my appointment time and was in and out quickly.

I was lucky that my insurance covered the vast majority of the IVF procedure. I had to pay about $5000 out of pocket which included the ICSI procedure, genetic testing and embryo freezing.

My very strong preference was for a single embryo transfer, and my doctor agreed with that approach given my age.

Dr. Brady is a doctor that genuinely cares and is passionate about what she does. Coming from a different clinic where I felt like a number on a conveyor belt being shuffled around, I felt a sense of calm and trust as soon as I met Dr. Brady. She took the time to listen to my concerns and provided me with innovative approaches that were not offered to me in the first clinic I went to. Dr. Brady's calming and caring personality combined with her up-to-date knowledge and innovative approaches truly set her apart. I strongly feel that being under her care and feeling that trust was a key factor in successful treatment.

Trust her!

Our case was not that involved. I have Pcos and responded well to clomid but did not conceive after 4 cycles of clomid/ovadril. My previous doctor was ready to move on to IVF as she felt that iui would be ineffective for us and that it was too dangerous to try as I responded with a large number of follicles to stimulation. Coming to Dr. Brady, I was fearfully expecting that ivf would be our only option. Dr. Brady not only dispelled that myth, but provided me with an alternate treatment approach. She recommended letrazol/ovadril as research has come out that it is more effective for PCOS patients. Furthermore she projected a plan to try at least 8-12 cycles with oral medication, possibly adding iui at some point before jumping to IVF as we had only tried 4 cycles of medication and it can take people even without any fertility complications more than four cycles of trying to conceive. We are happy to report that are first letrazol/ovadril cycle was successful.