Susan Trout

In the entire year and 3 IUI treatments that we had done at Susan Trout's office we only had 3 visits directly with her. My experiences were not pleasant and her level of compassion was almost non-existent. After having met with another doctor, I am also confused by her treatment methods. Despite having very few follicles reach optimal size, she continued to keep me on the same dosage of femara every single IUI. When I spoke to my new doctor about the 2.5 mg that she had me on, the new doctor said they usually average 5 to 10 mg of that medicine for IUI treatments. Overall, it felt like Susan Trout was just out to make a buck. Due to the failed IUIs we had with them, IVF was close down the line and my new clinic says that isn't even something I need to start thinking about at all right now.

Find another doctor to visit. Trust is not something I left with after the year and 3 treatments we did. If you decide to see Susan Trout, do so with caution and do your research. I wish I had read all the reviews on this doctor and clinic before I wasted an entire year with her.

She told me I had PCOS and she put me on metformin right away. The dosage and medicine itself made me sick almost immediately and left me with very little appetite. We did 3 IUIs and she prescribed me 2.5 mg of Femara each time. Each time, the IUI failed and I never had follicles that reached the optimal size. One of the IUI rounds that we did I was required to take a large amount of Femara at the last minute to try and produce ovulation and it still didn't make my follicles big enough. Very little was explained to me about what the next steps were or would be moving on from there.

Each IUI was $450 and our clinic visits were $60. Our insurance doens't cover fertility treatments and it was only after we started seeing another doctor that we found out that Susan Trout and her clinic were not filling the claims as "fertility" related so that's why our insurance was paying for them.

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When I decided that I was going to see Dr. Trout, I called the office to get information. The first time I called, they set up a free phone consult with Dr. Trout. They gave me a date and time to call and I would be able to speak to Dr. Trout and see if I felt moving forward with her was a good idea. When I called for the phone appointment, I waited less than 30 seconds before she was on the line. I introduced myself to her and she did the same. She told me what she does, how long she's been doing it. I told her a bit about my background and asked her opinion on if she thought pregnancy would be possible for me. She, of course, would need a full work-up on me and to go over my medical history, but she gave me SO much hope during our phone call. Several other doctors had told me previously that I would probably never be able to have kids. She didn't make me feel like that AT ALL. She was so kind and compassionate towards me. I am a higher weight than I would like to be and have been shamed by many doctors. I told her my height and weight, she hardly even commented on it and said she has full faith that I will be a mother one day. She explained thoroughly the process. I decided to move forward with her. I made an appointment and my husband and I drove to her office a few weeks later. I live four hours away from her office and she was really accommodating to that. At my first appointment, I was instructed to bring all my medical history and anything prevalent or what I thought she would need to know. When we got there, we were called back right on schedule. We met in her office and went over absolutely everything in great detail. She answered all our questions in a way we could understand. She was very upfront and honest about what was good and what was not. Even when something was negative, she was able to present in a positive way that didn't make either my husband or myself feel hopeless. I appreciate a doctor who tells me like it is and if there was things we/I needed to fix and/or change, she told us. But, she never talked down to us or made us feel bad. Not long after my first appointment with her and a change in some meds, I naturally conceived. It ended in miscarriage and she was incredible to me. I ended up needing extensive surgeries after the miscarriage from newfound complications and she took great care of me and my husband.

Gather all the medical history that you want her to have and bring it with you. Dr. Trouts office will reach out to other offices and request history, but she was more than willing to go over everything with us and having it yourself eliminates having to wait for other doctors to follow through and send her office things.

In the beginning of treatment with Dr. Trout, she ran labs to check essentially everything. We knew I already had PCOS and based on bloodwork, she increased my metformin. After my bloodwork improved and stayed consistent, I ended up becoming pregnant naturally. It ended in miscarriage. The miscarriage brought about two emergency surgeries and a diagnosis of severe endometriosis. Unfortunately, I live in Wyoming and Dr. Trout is in Colorado so the emergency surgeries were done in Wyoming. Dr. Trout quickly requested all files from the surgeries and all my aftercare was done with her. I needed a third surgery to get the endometriosis out and fix my arcuate uterus so Dr. Trout did those surgeries. After healing from that, I had several cysts on my ovaries. So, we started with 2 weeks of OCP's to see if they went away. They did not. I ended up doing 4 more weeks of OCP's and the cysts were gone. I started on Femara 2.5mg and had no follicle growth so right away did another 5 days of Femara 5mg. The next time around I did Femara 5mg and Ovidrel, it did not work. The third round, I did Femara 7.5mg and had multiple mature follicles and did IUI, it did not work. The plan is to do one or two more IUI and if both fail, it will be time to move onto IVF.

My insurance does not cover any fertility treatments themselves but they do cover ultrasounds due to PCOS, so I am lucky enough to only have a copay for the ultrasounds which is $50. The IUIs are not covered and cost $450. The Ovidrel and Femara, they sent me to a pharmacy that sells fertility meds at cheaper costs so the Ovidrel was $100 and the Femara was less than $10.

As I have only done IUI with Dr. Trout, we have not discussed in great detail what her approach is to single vs. multiple embryo transfers.

My experience is unique in that I have been a patient of Dr. Trout's for a year for infertility, but have not started interventions yet. My husband and I first scheduled an appointment with her after we hid the one-year mark of trying without success. Then, I got pregnant and miscarried early. We went back and Dr. Trout did some tests and diagnosed me with PCOS. She suggested medicated IUI. We were saving up for that when I got pregnant again. This time it was an ectopic pregnancy and I lost my right tube. We are going to pursue IVF next.

She can talk around direct questions, so if you really want an answer on a specific question, be very direct.

Consultations were around $200 Genetic tests were in the thousands, but our insurance covered them. Dr. Trout said they would be "a few hundred" but when we got our EOB, they were almost $10,000 for two of us.

Our first visit with Dr Trout was about one year from our first attempts to concieve naturally. We had a LOT of questions, since we were relatively new to this process. She was very patient with us and answered our many questions with an appropriate level of detail. My wife and I got the sense that Dr Trout genuinely likes reproductive endocrinology, but just as importantly, enjoys helping people through their journey. Although Dr Trout did not personally administer the tests or procedures that we explored, we felt that she always had time for us whenever we needed counsel or information.

I would advise anyone seeing Dr Trout to be an information sponge. Get informed. Do a little research on your own, come with questions, and be prepared for answers. Along these lines, I would advise new patients of Dr Trout what a reasonable test/procedure schedule might be for your circumstances, as well as the costs involved, possible side effects, and chances of success for those procedures.

Dr Trout seemed to encourage a minimalist strategy; starting with scheduled intercourse, then adding in the next least invasive assistance each cycle. My wife and I made some of our own adjustments as needed, but our treatment planhas been incrementally more aggressive each cycle: 1) scheduled intercourse, 2) unmedicated IUI, 3) Clomid and scheduled intercourse, 4) Clomid, Ovidrel, and IUI, 5) currently planning another Clomid and scheduled intercourse cycle, followed by 6) injectables and IUI, and 7) possible IVF after that.

Our costs were slightly less than what we expected. Each IUI was between $400-$500, Ovidrel was much cheaper than expected at $110/per, and other tests were exactly as expected.

Dr. Trout is good at explaining things and answering all our questions in a way that is easy to understand. She's also candid about tests and procedures that are unnecessary, which we really appreciate since we're self-pay (she didn't order a whole bunch of stuff that wasn't going to help). She is direct and kind at the same time, and I feel like she understands not just the biology but also the emotional toll.

I think it helps to go in with questions prepared, whether about your insurance or your procedures.

Since we have unexplained infertility, we started with Clomid IUIs, which seems to be fairly standard.

Our testing was covered by insurance. IUIs were around $450-ish, not including the cost of drugs.

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She is good at responding to questions and providing information when asked but she is somewhat passive about trying different things and doing diagnostics when things don't work. I had to ask for it, and ask a lot of questions about what other options we could try. With that said, she is not scary or intimidating and when I told her that acupuncture seemed to work she was very willing to hear it and adjust accordingly which I appreciated because some doctors won't consider alternative methods.

Be politely proactive and ask lots of questions about what other things to try, and what she seeing in the results.

I had donor embryos. We tried a LOT of estrogen to get my lining thick enough, and progesterone. She was also willing to try (and she was the one who suggested) something experimental - an expensive drug usually used to fight cancer, that has inconsistent results in helping to thicken lining. I liked it that she was willing to try it and to go to bat with my health insurance provider to try to get it covered.

Not sure how to answer this. It seems in line with others.

They explained the pros and cons of one embryo versus multiple and helped me think through it.

Dr. Trout is clearly very bright, and is kind, but not great with talking through all aspects of procedures, treatment, medication. I was disappointed that her nurse did 95% of my intake consultation and I only spent the last 5% of the appointment with Dr Trout, where she didn't ask me any questions really about medical history etc, but began prescribing treatment. I feel like Dr Trout is extremely bright and qualified, but I never quite felt comfortable as her patient - she was a bit impersonal and hard to communicate with.

3 rounds of IUI: #1 and #2 w/ 50 mg clomid days 3-8, ovidrel injection. #3 w/100 mg clomid days 3-8.

Each IUI was out of pocket $450 I believe. Plus an ultrasound each cycle ($150) and medications (clomid and ovidrel were total around $200 each month). Grand total for 3 IUIs plus consultations was probably between $2500-$3000.

She is abrupt and does not show compassion to patients. She fails to educate patients on medical diagnoses and recommended treatments. She is not a skilled reproductive endocrinologist. She is pessimistic in her approach to care and does not listen to her patients' preferences. Local acupuncturists who work with infertility patients do not refer clients to Dr. Trout because they are not confident in the work she performs.

Don't see her unless you only need a fibroid removal. Find a different doctor to address your infertility problems. Schedule an appointment with a second reproductive endocrinologist to obtain a second opinion.

I had a hysteroscopic resection of my uterine septum and myomectomy (uterine fibroid removal). Dr. Trout only recommended I use donor eggs for IVF and would not consider minimal stimulation to retrieve eggs from my ovaries.

I do not remember the costs for my myomectomy and uterine septum resection. Insurance paid 80% after deductible.

I don't know her thoughts on embryo transfer.

She was able to communicate what I needed to know and I understood the odds of getting pregnant. When I asked her how I could increase my odds she let me know the choices I had. I have heard other doctors refuse to allow an IUI simply because of a patient's age. She did not ever tell me that.

Be well informed about what it means to be inseminated. Be sure you want to move forward. Come to the office with questions at hand and ask them so you know what you need to know before you leave. Do not be afraid to ask if you are confused. This actually goes for any doctor visit.

We moved to clomid after my first IUI. Based on my numbers I was less likely to become pregnant without medication. Fortunately, I was pregnant on my second IUI for each child. We started with clomid and a trigger shot for my second pregnancy as I nad needed clomid for my first.

About $3000 total.

I only did IUIs

Dr. Trout was always very forward with the results of our test but also showed compassion on helping me deal with all the emotions that went along with IVF. She made recommendations, was easy to contact and discuss questions with, and made me feel comfortable very time she walked into the room.

Be open with her, let her see your raw emotion, and she will show you compassion and hope!

We lived nearly three hours away from the clinic. They worked with our local health clinic to do the ultrasounds. My hometown clinic would send over ultrasounds every morning and CRE would call by noon with the results and the next set of protocol.

I had a cyst on my ovary that she did not remove during surgery because she inaccurately diagnosed it as a poly cystic ovary. The cyst continued to grow because it was an endometrial cyst. Eventually I landed myself in the ER because it was hemorrhaging blood and was the size of my ovary itself. She also missed endometriosis on my fallopian tubes. Also, incorrectly informed me that endometriosis cannot return a few months after a laparoscopy when absolutely it can. However, thanks to this experience, I have helped to found a non-profit called the Endo Challenge which focuses on raising awareness for endometriosis and providing ACCURATE information to sufferers. Do not, under any circumstances, go into surgery with Susan Trout.

Don't do it. Find a new doctor!!!

The only treatment was metformin for a pcos cyst that I didn't have.

Considering half of the stuff they told me I needed, I didn't really need, I'd say I was definitely overcharged.

She’s very professional and understanding considering she went through this as well. She provides all of the information needed. She explains everything in length and allowed us to ask questions until we completely understood what path we needed to follow.

Be open and honest with her and yourself. Ask questions!!

I tried chlomid, Injections, prometrium, trigger shots. I did many different things and depending on my cycle and or follicles things had to be adjusted

We have spent near 10,000 or more on fertility

It’s a smaller clinic which provides opportunities to know the staff and feel like they are listening to you. We didn’t get to interact with Dr Trout other than the initial consult and when we asked to follow up with her. She took to the time to explain things then, but we didn’t really feel a connection to her since she wasn’t doing the IUIs. It sometimes felt like you’d get more of her time if you were an ivf patient.

Ask lots of questions, advocate for yourself.

We did 6 iui treatments so a lot were different, but we started with progesterone and iui, then did several rounds with gonal f and occasionally a trigger shot. The last round, there weren’t enough eggs so I took another shot to help with that. All were unsuccessful.

Can’t rememver

We didn’t do IVF with her clinic.

Dr. Trout has great bedside manner and is very thorough in her explanation of your care and treatment plan. While it's standard to only meet with her at your initial visit (and likely when your plan needs adjusting), she is very open and willing to meet with you privately should you feel the need.

Have questions ready so she can give you thoughtful and detailed answers about what to expect.

Dr. Trout is open to all types of treatment and isn't quick to put you on loads of hormones if she feels a certain treatment / drug may be successful. She adjusted my plan accordingly and introduced various medicines and hormones only when needed.

Everything was out of pocket as infertility was not covered by my insurance.

She seems very smart but has a bad bedside manner. She also has her nurses handle most everything when sometimes it would be nice to hear from her. She also doesn’t really get to know me for the initial appointment instead she jumped right into the negativity

Write down all your questions before hand

She put me on HRT

Consultation fees Medication fees

Dr. Trout was candid with me, she actually put me in a positive mindset, I had been transferred over from an OB-Gyn and she was sure to look through their findings and focus on what needed to be done with me.

Be open, and let her know all of your concerns. She listens and will do her best to answer them.

I don't remember, unfortunately.

The consults have been very educational. Dr. Trout presents the facts as they relate to you and the options based on the stage of the process. It happens verbally - and I wish there were documents so I can go home and reference the information again.

Come in with questions you have.