Peter Ahlering

Warm and caring. Always upfront about the treatment plans and what to expect in the coming visits. Excellent communication via phone and portal messages. Always answered questions and concerns. Compassionate.

Expect to be given a lot of information but know that questions are always answered during any part of treatment.

I don’t remember specifics.

Transfer one embryo to give it 100% chance in the optimal environment.

Very smart doctor. Excellent bedside manor. Spent over 1.5 hours explaining our failed transfer and developing a plan for IVf round 2. He is open to patient/doctor dialogue. One bit of advice I would recommend is to better educate on embryo grading and changes seen on the embryoscope.

Come with your questions. He will try and answer them all to alleviate any concern you may have.

Round 1 Retrieval: gonal f, cetrotide, menopur Lupron and hcg trigger 13 eggs, 11 mature eggs, 7 fertilized, 4 day 5 embryos, 3 PGS normal Transfer: Estrogen po, estrogen patch, progesterone injections and suppository Transferred 2 embryos- failed transfer Round 2 IVF Retrieval- omnitrope added for better quality, ubiquinol gonal f, cetrotide, menopur Lupron and hcg trigger 13 eggs retrieved, 7 mature, 6 fertilized,, 5 day 6 embryos, I PGS normal ERA testing and hysteroscopy Estrogen po, delestrogen, progesterone injections and suppository 2nd transfer pending

I received most of my ultrasounds at my primary obgyns office. Dr. Ahlering did come from out of town for key ultrasounds.Appointments were set for a specific time.

Approximately $15000 for first cycle

He prefers single embryo but will transfer 2 per patient request and health history

Dr.A was an amazing doctor. I loved that he was very blunt when asked questions. When going through the process some doctors may try to paint pictures of the treatment and sugar coat them to make it easier to accept and he didn’t do that. When asked if he would suggest something (ICSI, PGS testing) he gave honest feedback and not the answer that would benefit the clinic the most.

Ask any and all questions. He loves when you ask questions and wants to make sure you understand completely.

My protocol included follistim, menopur, HCG and Lupron trigger, vaginal progesterone inserts, estrogen patch, PIO, cetrotide, and endometrin pills.

$1,500 retainer fee due at time of choice of the clinic to book your cycle. $500 for anesthesia for egg retrieval. $1,500 for meds that we ordered

He will be very honest about what he thinks is the best idea for you to transfer. The clinic typically will not transfer more than 2 eggs at a time.

We are happy with Dr Ahlering. He addresses our concerns professionally and respectfully. He states his opinion on medical issues with research or examples to explain. Our biggest struggle is balancing those medical opinions with reality/the financial aspect of fertility treatments.

Be prepared with questions but dont be afraid to contact again later after you've had time to process the large amounts of information given

IUI: letrozole pills (5 days) and gonal 150 u injected (3 days) 3 negatives IVF: menopur, cetrotide, gonal. CoQ10, DHEA, and omnitrope added for 2nd retrieval. 1st retrieval 13 eggs, 8 mature. 2nd retrieval 4 mature eggs. 4 initially fertilized but did not grow to genetic testing stage

IUI approximately $1000 per round plus medications IVF $16000 for 2 egg retrievals (with egg banking first round) and no transfer completed, plus additional for medications

We were not able to transfer so discussed this very little

He is literally amazing and has helped us in every aspect along this journey. He is smart, compassionate, and genuinely cares about his patients and their ultimate success. I would recommend Dr. Ahlering to anyone and everyone looking to conceive who has had troubles.

Trust your gut and be your own advocate!

First I was diagnosed with endometriosis so I underwent laparoscopic surgery for treatment of that. Ahlering was the first physician to listen to my period concerns and properly diagnosed me. Stage 3 endometriosis! We then got started on the IVF cycle after two months of birth control. I underwent a baseline ultrasound and w as given daily instructions regarding medication dosages. I was started on 225u of Gonal F and then went in for a follow up ultrasound on cycle day 5-6 where they saw 15 follicles. My dose was then adjusted and Menopur and Ceteotide were added. I retrieved on cycle day 11-12 and got 18 eggs, 14 mature and 13 fertilised.

I think out of pocket with insurance we will owe 8,000 including the costs of meds. The total procedure costs are around 15,000-20,000. Insurance helps a lot and luckily they take insurance. The other clinic I tried did not.

Dr Ahlering does not prefer multiples and suggests one embryo transfer if you do PGS testing.

Dr. A is a wonderful communicator. He is definitely an intelligent doctor who knows what he is doing. I am very impressed with how long he has being working in the infertility field. I have confidence in him as a patient and I appreciate several long phone calls he has endured with me to answer multiple questions. Though he has not been able to get us pregnant I still have full confidence in who he is as a Dr.

It would be helpful to go more in depth on the front end and ask more of the “realistic expectations” for what truly goes into Each procedure. And what you can expect at every stage of the game. So if you make it past the egg retrieval then you wait x amount of time before xyz I would ask any and all questions. I wish I would have asked more

I have been through two ER and gained many eggs. We have not made it to the transfer yet because although we got many eggs they did not make it to the next stage. Which is devastating. No one warned me you could get such a high number of eggs and then there is a chance that zero make it . That would have been good information to know

I did them in my own town

20-30,000

We have not made it to an embryo transfer yet. So I am not sure. Although he has told me over the phone he only likes a single transfer each time.

Dr.Ahlering took the time to listen to my story and answer all my questions. He heard me and provided reassurance and hope after my miscarriage to help my dream of being a mom come true. He gives his undivided attention and does not rush you through your consultation. His team is the trained and ready to be your tribe!

I would tell them to breathe and trust that you found the right place to have a voice! You will have support from the staff to the patients as it will become your family!

I came to Dr.A after a miscarriage at ten weeks, times intercourse, clomid cycles and two failed IUIs. He went through the unexplained infertility diagnosis and possible treatment options. After already having tests done showing normal results he gave comfort in finding an answer. We tried our final and third IUI with femara. Unfortunately it did not work and now we’re looking into ivf but need to financially save to afford it

He is amazing. He truly cares and wants the best outcome. This is not our first clinic but this is by far the best clinic we have been to. My husband and I both love the care that we have gotten. Dr. Ahlering is so knowledgeable and we really feel like we are in good hands with our care.

Ask questions if you have them. He will take time and answer every question you have.

We are in our first ivf cycle and dr. Alhering suggested we take lupron for a month prior to stims. I started with 20 units for 5 days, then 10 units for 5 days, then 5 units the remainder. When we started stims I started out on 225 gonal. My body was slow to respond. After about 5 days he added menopur 75units and bumped my gonal up to 300. I have pcos so he was trying to take it slow with me. I ended up stimming for 13 days before I was ready for egg retrieval. We ended up with 17 eggs. 10 mature and so far 7 have fertilized and are growing. Dr. Alhering suggests we do a frozen transfer to give my body a break from the hormones so we will be doing that next month!

We are still in treatment, pending insurance payment.

Dr. Ahlering is the FIRST doctor to help me get to the root of my infertility and not just push medications at me. He carefully diagnosed the reason I have not been able to get pregnant. Since our first consultation in December, we have been working on treating my PCOS and preparing myself to have a healthy pregnancy. I am also diabetic, and have high blood pressure along with the PCOS. His compassion to actually HELP me with my current health/infertility issues before conceiving has been his first priority! To have a doctor actually care about my well being and health is a first for my husband and I. We have been trying to conceive for the past 8.5 years and 11 total doctors. I am really hoping that Dr. A is the answer to our prayers! We are well on our way under his care with our current treatment. So far EVERYTHING that he has done for us has been working. We have a few more months of treatment to go to prepare myself for a healthy pregnancy. I can't THANK Dr. A enough for taking his time, effort and compassion to HELP me and my husband. We can't wait to see what our future holds with Dr. A's help.

Do not ask Dr. Ahlering a question you do not want an honest answer to. He does not sugar coat the truth, treatments or risks. He tells you just how things are or will go. Very up front and to the point. First doctor for us to be so honest in the risks for my husband and I. He is a talker, and very knowledgeable be prepared to listen.

Currently undergoing treatments to treat my PCOS. We are not to this point yet.

We are currently in the middle of treatment. Our costs have been ultrasounds, lab work and medications. We do not have fertility coverage and have currently spent almost $2,000.00

N/A - not to this point yet.

We're still working with him currently so I can't give a ton of details yet. We're using him because our circumstances are forcing us to do IVF and we've heard his Lab is one of the best for that. But before we're able to move forward with IVF we have other medical issues to fix, but no progress has been made with those issues over the last 6 months.

Have any/all questions ready before meeting with him. If he asks you to do genetic testing don't fight it and get it done.

We're dealing with male factor. He's had my husband on letrezole for 6-7 months now. While his natural testosterone is finally starting to rise slightly, every single semen analysis has come back as 0 sperm. Dr. Ahlering does not seem to specialize on the male side of things so we are now seeing a urologist as well. Dr. Alhering also had my husband try HCG for a couple months, but did not keep him consistent with his meds and has been very wishy washy about it. We have to remind him what he's had us do every time we speak and the plan always seems to be unclear which has been very frustrating.

The HCG was very expensive, around $300 per order which we've done 2-3 now. The letrezole was cheap, maybe $30 or so. We have not done IVF yet but we are looking at around $23,000 all in including meds and genetic testing.

We have not gotten to this point in the process yet.

Dr. Ahlering has been very helpful. He is super knowledgable about fertility and the appropriate steps that need to be taken. He is very heavy on the research side of things, often referencing when good research has been done or has not been done and using that as part of the discussions held. Sometimes this is hard to follow and understand if it's part of an approach he wants to take as part of the treatment or if it is just research related to the issues at hand. Overall, Dr. Ahlering has been good with my treatment plan, however, do wish he expressed more compassion and confidence that things are/were going to be okay and work.

Be sure to ask a lot of questions that you have and keep track of the topics you want to discuss.

During the first 3 IUIs, Gonal F was used as the shot given to help with ovulation. Negative pregnancy tests resulted with all 3. During my first IVF retrieval, a combination of Gonal F, Cetrotide, and Menopur were used followed by Lupron and HcG as trigger shots. We had 2 embryos as the outcome and evaluated with genetic testing. Genetic testing showed 1 abnormal embryo and 1 low mosaic embryo. The risks of the low mosaic embryo were discussed and decided not to transfer this one right away. Instead, doing another retrieval to help produce better or more embryos. The second IVF retrieval protocol was the same with the addition of Clomid, to help stimulate the 4 follicles that did not grow during the first IVF. Nine mature eggs were retrieved, however, zero were able to move on to genetic testing due to growth of the embryos never reaching blastocyst. Because we did not have any embryos, we will be doing another retrieval.

Due to having insurance, costs were much less than those who do not have coverage. On average, the retrievals+meds were ~$6300.

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Dr. Aherling is very compassionate and tries to make it work as efficiently as he can. He is thorough and has a great bed side manner. He explains the procedure and the why's of what might have gone wrong and what can be done better. I wish we would see him more often when we go in for checks.

Make sure to have room on your credit card.

Start off with a consultation and even that day he took me in and looked at ovarian reserve. Did some bloodwork and came up with a plan. Once we started medications were as follows Provera, Omnitrope, Clomid, follistim, menopur, Novorel, Luperide, then progesterone and endometrium

I have insurance but its 80/20 with a $5000 copay and I had to pay a deposit of $2000 plus extras like embryo scope $800, nanosperm, $600, embryo glue $100, and anesthesia $500

We have not gotten to this stage yet, we briefly discussed this but he would not give a number until he said we had some viable embryo's for transfer. His words are...you only need one to get a baby. Let's go with that first and see what happens

Dr. Ahlering is extremely knowledgeable. I feel that for patients with female factor infertility, he is the pinnacle of reproductive specialists. However, as an individual couple with male factor infertility (my husband has a history of leukemia) I feel as though a lot of our questions were ambiguiously answered or unanswered.

Have questions ready before you enter the office.

With no female factor infertility, we simply treated my IUI using donor sperm with letrozole, a trigger shot, and prometrium The letrozole started after CD3 ultrasound, trigger shot 36 hours prior to IUI, and prometrium vaginal suppositories 3 days after IUI until serum beta 2.

Consults: $80 Transvaginal Ultrasound: $250 IUI: $500 Lab work: to be determined

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Dr. Ahlering is an amazing doctor! My husband and I trust him completely and are confident we are in the best hands while under his care and guidance. He is both personable and professional, compassionate, understanding, and honest. He has a wealth of knowledge to share and he can do so in various ways in order to help his patients truly understand. For example, he may create a drawing and/or diagrams, present data and statistics, or share his experience. It's amazing how he knows each one of his patients and their stories. I have absolutely loved being his patient and I feel so fortunate to have him as our doctor. In times of sorrow and despair, my husband and I find it most reassuring that we have such an amazing doctor who we are so confident in.

I would advise prospective patients to make the most of their scheduled time with Dr. Ahlering. It is always most productive to come prepared. He is willing to spend as much time with you as you need so take advantage of it while you are there!

I do not recall these specifics.

Dr. Ahlering, my husband and I all agreed single embryo transfers would be best for us.

I loved how Dr Ahlering was very blunt and honest with you and didn’t lead you on to believe that every IVF story is a success. He had great bedside manner! He did make sure all of our questions were answered and that we understood what to expect. He even made time for phone calls to check on us before and after our IVF cycle. He spoke to my husband and I as humans and made us feel comfortable about the situation.

Be prepared financially for an immediate second cycle if need Be. This process is a roller coaster of emotions and a waiting game so prepare yourself and remember not every IVF story is a success.

We did pay about $6,200 out of pockets but we also had helpbwith our insurance company

Dr. Ahlering strongly recommended transferring one embryo at a time but would do as you asked. We understood his reasoning as a multiple pregnancy comes with complications and with us already having trouble getting pregnant thisbwould not be ideal. Also sometime when you have a multiple pregnancy one baby can take from the other causing one not to make it.

He has a lot of experience in infertility and has also been an OB Gyn. So he knows a lot. He is kind, explains things well and listens. He is always friendly, takes time to explain complicated ideas and answers questions

He is very approachable, so ask questions and communicate your problems

He individualizes the treatment it seems and thinks over what the problems are to address them. They have an analytics program also to predict your individual chances of success. They seem to be cutting edge especially how they manage male infertility.

All these costs are high but for what they offer it was the best I saw You have to look at These differences

His “default” recommendation is One at a time..and he thorough explains why multiples is not recommended, he does a lot of pgs so this is a big reason why

Dr Ahlering is very truthful but respectful. He has a sense to him that will leave you feeling very positive and hopeful, but without false hope. He is very caring and is open to listening to your concerns or ideas. He is upbeat and happy and loves his work.

Give him a chance

I am not sure there was a name for our protocol.

He is usually open to leaving that to you unless you have a health condition limiting you of carrying multiples

Dr. Ahlering wasn’t one of those doctors that tried to ‘up sell’ services. He was very honest about what he thought would be the best choice for us. He is always there for us, answers us back insanely fast, and truly cares.

You will not find a better doctor then Peter Ahlering!! Hands down the best choice ever to go with him

Our main problem was my husband so they didn’t treat me very heavy.

It’s pretty much a good, better, best package decision. I did the best and it was very affordable.

Dr Ahlering was suggested to us on multiple occasions by past patients. After many weeks/months of research we knew he was the one to help us become parents. We are in a different state from his clinic so our first appointment was via phone which was so convenient. Dr Ahlering had reviewed all of our lab work prior to the phone call so that all of our questions were answered based on our specific situation. He was thorough and explained every part of the process.

Take advantage of all the meet ups and medication training classes. They are extremely helpful and can answer a lot of your questions.

The medications I took were menopur, cetrotide and gonal f. The cetrotide burned but no reaction to any other medication.

The cost for the entire cycle plus medications was around $13-15k. We opted for PGS testing which was an additional $2,000

Dr Ahlering explained that multiple embryo transfer isn’t something his clinic pushes or suggests. He told us that if we transferred 2 we should definitely prepare for twins.

I believe that the experience with the doctors overall have been good just awaiting a good outcome. Still in the process of the second round of iui they have all been very helpful with what options that are available to have a successful outcome.

He is the best in this field. Easy to talk to and very accommodating. The price is lower than others from my home state with better value perceived at his clinic. He is very kind and seems to care. The reason we chose this clinic was a friend’s recommendation and the fsct that he wasn’t going to make us wait three months just for a consult. We were able to start the ivf process immediately.