Violet Klenov

She is one of the nicest and compassionate doctors I have ever had. It was a complete 180 from my previous fertility experience with another doctor. I am so glad I made the change and would recommend anyone even thinking of going here to make the decision.

Be up front with your fears and concerns. She is excellent about helping you work through them.

I have PCOS, so while my ovarian reserve is high, due to my age the quality is not great. Dr. Klenov explained how this was beneficial in that we would be able to retrieve more due to this. I was on Gonal-F for 2 weeks and Menopur for 2 weeks. I started Cetrotide 4 days in for 10 days and finished it all with a trigger shot of Lupron twice. Upon retrieval they were able to get 35 eggs. Of those, 24 fertilized. Of the 24, 12 started developing, but 7 had dark cytoplasm due to being over mature. 5 made it to day 3, but only 2 made it to the end. We were recommended to do PGT testing due to my age, 41. They found one showed trisomy 13, which would have resulted in a miscarriage. The last embryo is currently cryostored. We are in the process now of another retrieval cycle and they have adjusted to add the medication Omnitrope and the OTC COq10 to help with oocyte quality. We hope to get at least a couple more euploid embryos due to this. We cried over each little baby lost in the process, but are happy to have our one little embryo so far. Dr. Klenov and Alex have been nothing but amazing.

Medication for egg retrieval was about $16,000. The retrieval itself was another $16,000. PGT was $200 per egg and lab fees and shipping was $1200. All but the PGT, lab fees, and shipping was covered by my insurance.

Dr. Klenov wants us to try for 3 embryos due to my age. We were told with 3 euploid embryos we would have around a 90% chance of sucessful implantation of at least 1.

Our overall experience with VIOS and Dr. Klenov has been great. The subject of infertility and IVF (in our case) is a sensitive subject - it could be easy to get overwhelmed. My wife an I have left our appointments excited instead of nervous or intimidated. My wife and I did have a customer service experience incident with the front desk, but we were very satisfied with how the situation was handled when we brought it up with VIOS. Dr. Klenov took a personal approach by reaching out and discussing the incident with us directly and helped us seek restitution for our experience. We are thankful she is out doctor.

Dr. Klenov is very thorough and takes her time to explain the entire process, but do not hesitate to ask her any questions or for clarification. She is more than happy to make sure you understand and are comfortable with what lies ahead.

At this point, my wife and I have had our initial consult, lab work, genetics testing, semen analysis and other testing. We had our follow up appointment and will begin in May. The only set back is Covid-19. We hope to have our embryos frozen for a later insertion.

Our health insurance is covering testing and medications, but not the IVF procedure itself. Our overall procedure cost will be $12,500 we were told.

Dr. Klenov cares about not only your fertility wellness but your wellness as a person. She wants to make sure that you are emotionally and mentally well during the treatment process. I can't think of any weaknesses. I would recommend her to anyone experience infertility.

To be open and flexible

I have not started treatment yet. I will be starting ivf soon.

I have not started treatment yet, so I am not sure. So far I have only been responsible for my specialist office visit copay. Genetic testing was completely covered by insurance.

I have not discussed this with my doctor yet, because I am waiting to do an egg retrieval.

Dr. Klenov was very helpful and thorough with my appointments. She made sure to explain steps and risks of everything along with options. I felt very comfortable under her care. She made sure her staff reached out and scheduled appointments in a timely manner as well as making sure prescriptions were filled ect.

Trust her