Indiana Fertility Institute (Prelude Network clinic)

I have had great experiences with Dr. Jarrett. Although I have not gotten pregnant yet, I trust that he is doing the best thing for me. I have had two surgeries with him and he called me after both to check on me. He understood I was nervous and made me feel better about it. Also after two failed cycles of timed intercourse, Dr. Jarrett called me at home and checked in. I can tell he cares about his patients. I felt like I was doing something wrong and that caused me not to get pregnant. Dr. Jarrett was great at making me feel like that was not the case.

He is to the point. Doesn’t sugar coat things but also has a great bed side manner. Go with questions and he’ll answer them.

Started with doing blood work to check me AMH levels and also an ultrasound. I was diagnosed with PCOS and a uterine septum. I have no clue I had either. Dr. Jarrett also thought I had endometriosis which I agreed with. I did one surgery to clean out the endometriosis, did ovarian drilling (not sure if that is exactly what it is called), check for tube blockages, and also to remove my uterine septum. After that surgery Dr. Jarrett told me I would probably have to have another due to the size of the septum. We checked at my post op appointment and the septum was still there. He gave me the choice to have another surgery to fully remove it but said he would not be upset if I didn’t. I decided to trust him and do another surgery. After that I took femara 5 mg with ovidrel and times intercourse. I didn’t produce a good number of follicles and also that cycle was not successful. Next cycle I took femara 7.5 mg with ovidrel and timed intercourse. That cycle was also not successful. Next step is ivf.

My surgeries were covered by insurance with only cost $300 out of pocket. Ultrasounds are $245 or $295 depending on where you are in cycle. Appointment with no insurance is $99. IVF is $15,000.

Briefly discussed IVF with Dr. Jarrett and he said he normally does 1 but can be convinced to do 2. We will discuss this more when we save enough to do IVF.

My experience with Dr. Provost wasn't awesome. I didn't find her especially compassionate or caring. I wanted more direction from her as to what course of treatment she recommended. She did explain my options but I wanted more input from her on what she thought would work. That said, I will forever be grateful to Dr. Provost for removing a small uterine septum.

If you like someone more direct/straightforward, work with Dr. Provost.

I had unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss (MMC+Blighted Ovum). We started with general testing, and everything came back fine. I had a hysteroscopy, and she fixed a small septum. Then, we started with IUI + letrozole. The first two IUIs did not work. The third cycle was canceled because my follicles stopped growing. When I asked about next course of treatment, I didn't get a clear answer from Dr. Provost on what she thought was the issue or what treatment would work.

Monitoring Ultrasound - $250 IUI - $2,250 Letrozole - $10 w/insurance Embryo Freeze- $13,000 IVF w/fresh transfer - $15,800

Meredith is such a sweet doctor. She makes us feel like we are family and that she is always helping us make the best decisions for our family. She explains every appointment and procedure in detail and makes sure that all of our questions are answered in detail before we make decisions.

She is a great choice if you want to don’t want to feel like just a number. Meredith makes you feel like you are absolutely never alone in the infertility struggle.

We started out with 4 vials of menopur for about 8 days and then backed down to 2 on days 9-12 because my estradiol was high.. I responded like a person with PCOS would, but Dr. Provost made sure to monitor my levels very closely so I wasn’t uncomfortable. I did get a slight case of OHSS, but she gave me cabergoline to help lower my levels after retrieval.

With living 2.5 hours from the fertility office, most of my monitoring appointments were done at my OBGYN office. I always had stat bloodwork and ultrasounds and Provost’s nurse always called me within 3 hours of my test. Whenever I wasn’t able to get into my local office, Indiana fertility was able to get me in right away to get them done there.

My egg retrieval and fresh transfer were just under $14k.. I was unable to do a fresh transfer and we had to freeze my embryos so there was another $2k I paid to transfer later on.

I am a very small person and would be high risk to transfer two embryos. My husband wanted to do two no matter what until Meredith told him it wouldn’t be a great idea for my safety and the babies.

She made us very comfortable with our situation and our options. She listened to us and explained our options clearly and without judgement. She didn't pressure us into treatments that we weren't interested in. She has been easy to get a hold of and provides feedback (lab results, biopsy results, etc) in a timely manner.

Nothing about this is easy. Do a little research on your own prior to your visit so you have an idea of what your options are and what to discuss with her.

We have had repeated miscarriages. She did labs on both my husband and I. She also did a procedure where she looked at my uterus and ovaries to make sure everything looked good and there were no obvious reasons why we keep miscarrying. Our plan is to try again naturally and then add treatments as she is suspecting our issues have to do with an autoimmune response from my body once I get pregnant. Our last pregnancy was a "chemical" pregnancy so we were unable to implement any of these strategies but will try again.

Most were just copays for office visits and labs. The surgery was a bit more but wasn't excessive as my deductible had been met.

Our experience as a patient of Dr. Jarrett has been nothing but positive so far. While we haven’t reached our goal of pregnancy we are so early on in the process with some minor setbacks because of COVID-19. He is reassured us and stayed in contact the entire time and has been optimistic about our next steps. He has been compassionate understanding, and very clear and on top of things as to not waste any time.

Make sure you come with as many questions as you can as he is a very busy guy with a pretty busy schedule. He will answer all questions to the best of his ability and give you that time to ask them. No question is a stupid question.

So far we have done our UI with Femara, ovidrel injection, And progesterone suppositories. While I have had good response to all of this and the cycle seem pretty positive we have yet to get a positive pregnancy test. We have attempted some difference in timings but our treatment was postponed due to COVID-19. Because of the setback he is being very proactive and moving forward and being more aggressive at this time

I am still waiting on most of the billing for my IUI procedures. My Ovidrel shots cost around $90 apiece

I do not know Dr Jarrett’s approach to eSET

By far Dr. Provost's strength is her thoroughness. She takes everything into consideration when developing a treatment plan. As I stated previously, at our first meeting she asked questions no other doctor had asked me throughout our 3-year infertility journey. She truly wants to get to the root of the infertility problem, if possible, to develop the best treatment plan. It sounds obvious, but not all doctors take this approach and for us, it is exactly what we needed. Her communication with us and with the nurses is consistent and clear. We never felt like we were in the dark about our treatment plan. Before starting our IVF cycle, I had a lot of blood work done to test my hormones. She called personally with the results and spent roughly 30 minutes on the phone with me explaining everything and answering all of my questions.

Provide as much detail about your journey and your cycles as possible. The more information you give her, the more she has to go off of when developing a treatment plan. She is not pushy in any way, so she will want to hear from you about what you would like to do in terms of treatment. Then, she will give you all the information you need to move forward.

I started with about a month of birth control prior to the stimulation phase (I believe this is pretty standard). The stimulation phase included 6 vials of Menopur for 8 days (we used the highest dose because I am a "slow responder" and with our previous IVF cycle, with another doctor, we had a low number of eggs -8- retrieved and they were not great quality. Menopur is supposed to help develop higher quality eggs). I triggered with 80 units of Lupron and 5,000 units of HCG. I took an HCG booster the morning of egg retrieval. Dr. Provost retrieved 14 eggs, 7 of which were mature with 100% fertilization rate (this is amazing because we had a much lower fertilization rate last time). We are waiting to find out how many of the 7 that fertilized made it to day 5 (we will know tomorrow).

IVF cycle fee $15,300. Medications were about $4,300. Genetic testing is additional if you choose to do that.

For Dr. Provost this is not a hard line in the sand. She takes this on a case by case basis. I think the preference is always one, but she takes embryo quality, quantity, and patient history into consideration when discussing the option of transferring more than 1 embryo.

Dr. Jarrett is very personable and easy to talk to. He made me feel comfortable and assured us we'd be well taken care of. He has a lot of experience in the field and seems to have had success with other patients. For us, we weren't seeing the numbers we'd hoped and had to continually request follow-ups to discuss what went wrong and treatment plans. We were on a different page of what "success" meant for us, which was extremely frustrating. He was thrilled with one average-quality 5-day blastocyst, and we were not given my health history and prognosis. We chalked it up to a wrong protocol and decided to give it another chance. The second protocol resulted in a worse quality, day 6 embryo. We decided to pursue two second opinions at CCRM and both doctors mentioned I was on the wrong protocol.

If you're not seeing the results you want, please get a second opinion and look into other clinics. We're so glad we switched and feel like we're on the right path finally. The four and five vials of menopur protocol did not work for us and were not recommended by the other second opinion docs we talked to.

Cycle 1: Four vials of menopur with ganirelex Result: 7 eggs retrieved, 3 fertilized with ICSI, one 5-day 2AA blastocyst Cycle 2: Five vials of menopur for a few days, then four vials with ganirelex Result: 12 eggs, 8 fertilized with ICSI, one 6-day 2-BB blastocyst I believe this is the standard protocol he uses for most of his patients.

Our insurance covered most services. I believe embryo storage was ~$1,000.

Dr. Jarrett recommended we transfer one embryo.

Dr. Provost’s inexperience really showed during my IVF cycle. In our consultation, she suggested that I do ovarian priming (due to my low ovarian reserve). Then, in attempt to fit my IVF cycle around the holidays she did not order ovarian priming. She said “it shouldn’t make that much of a difference” Dr. Provost prescribed max doses of meds even though I had low ovarian reserve. She later admitted that this could have been the reasons for my poor IVF results. In addition, she continued with IVF even though I only had 2 mature eggs. To top things off she “couldn’t get” one of the eggs during the retrieval.

I would not recommend going to Dr.Provost. She does not look at the whole patient and is quick to push IVF.

For IVF, I was on max dose of Menopur. This was supposed to help with eggs and quality. This did not work for me and produced only 2 mature eggs. For IUI’s, I took Clomid/Fermara with injectables. This produced 3-4 mature eggs each time.

IVF was very expensive at this clinic. Every fee that is possible they will charge you. IUI prices were more reasonable. Purchasing the packages is definitely the way to go.

I started doing to dr Jarrett in October. It's now February and I saw him or talked to him on the phone 6 times. He is a mixture of warm and welcoming to blunt. He is concerned with how I feel and what I want. He always asks me what I want to do next.

Be direct. Dont hesitate to ask questions. He will answer the best he can.

Since I already did a lot of treatment with a different dr, dr Jarrett didnt want to waste time. My first visit with him was supposed to be a consultation. After five minutes he diagnosed me with pcos (I didnt believe him so he did an ultrasound to prove me wrong) 1. He did surgery to clean it up down there. 2. Iui #1 letrozole days 3-7, ovadril day 12, progesterone days 14-28 3. Same as above. Move ovadril to day 14 progesterone to 16-30

Consults are 75. Iuis are 799 plus meds. My meds were under 110

As stated before Dr. Jarrett was absolutely amazing start to finish. We had unexplained infertility and he did not hesitate to get us started on IVF right away. He explained everything step by step and I felt extremely confident in his practice. While he may be straight to the point and some patients don't like that, I do. He personally called me after we lost on of our twins shortly after birth and gave his condolences. I never once felt like a "number".

To listen to him and to trust him and his staff. They are very to the point and their goal is to get your pregnant.

We have amazing health insurance and so majority of our care was covered, I think we paid $1,000 for embryo preservation and then we obviously had to meet our ded/opx with insurance. We did not have any billing issues.

Dr. Jarrett was not overly pleased when I stated I wanted to transfer two embryos. He said "these look great are you sure you want to do two?" I said "yep" his final response was "if you ended up with twins don't blame me" (while chuckling. We did end up only having one embryo implant but it split and we conceived identical twin boys.

Dr Jarrett is straightforward but also compassionate; he answers your questions with literally thousands of patients’ worth of experience. While each of us is truly unique, it was a comfort to me to have his experience as our guide.

Ask your questions as you want them to be answered. I appreciated the straightforward answers.

Costs were grouped based on treatment groups; they felt expensive to us but please know we have no insurance coverage whatsoever for these services and we didn’t “shop around.” My OB referred me here, knowing my medical history and our family goals, so here I went.

As a patient, I’d say was experience was wonderful. I left the office having a complete understanding about infertility. I was provided the good, the bad, and any risk. I didn’t leave the office with questions. I like the fact that everything was given straight forward, and blunt but done in a nice way. This was very helpful to us.

Any question you may have, write them down and ask. Even if it’s something you really don’t want the answer to. Ask

After our initial call to the office, an appointment was set to speak with the doctor. When we met with the doctor we briefly went over our fertility history. We had to sign a consent form to have our previous fertility care released to them. Our first step was to go over the different treatment plan options with the office coordinator. We started with blood work to detect hormone levels, estrogen, and ovary function. My husband had to have a semen analysis done. He had a very high numbers of sperm cells, with great motility. Next we had an ultrasound to look at the lining of my uterus. My uterus lining was a little thick, but this is something that can be corrected. In between this I did have to schedule for a SIS prior to my start cycle. When my blood work came back the doctor was able to see that my vitamin D levels were low, and started me on a Vitamin D supplement. I took these drops for 30 days. After 30 days I returned to the office, for more blood work. The results came back, and the vitamin D supplements did raise my levels. I was advised to keep taking them for another month or so. After all the test came back exceptional we were ready to start planning our IVF cycle. The medications I would’ve been taken are Menopur, Novarel,Ganirelix, and progesterone injections.

It was approximately $17,000

We did discuss doing two or three.

He always listened to what we had to say and answered every question. I had a rough recovery from egg retrieval and he came up to check on me personally. When I developed OHSS he did the paracentesis in office the same day that I walked in and came back to make sure I was draining properly.

I would tell them to listen to everything he has to say. He’s been at this a long time and has seen many different scenarios. Trust him!

Birth Control- for approximately 1-2 months to regulate cycles. At a smaller clinic (and also splitting some time at a clinic in Illinois) he has to align cycles in order to do surgery’s on set days. Estrogen Progesterone in oil beginning after retrieval. For extra progesterone support. Then switches to vaginal progesterone. Baby (low dose) aspirin- for better blood flow/implantation of embryo

I don’t remember specifics from my first cycle. The second cycle (FET) was $4500 (split between doctor and lab) + medications like PIO, birth control and estrogen.

None of our embryos were tested (chromosomally) so we opted (with Dr J’s) approval to transfer 2. He thought that my body would be able to handle a twin pregnancy and he said if we were okay with those chances that he was okay with transferring 2.

Dr. Jarrett has great bed side manner. I’ve had a rough journey consisting of 2 eggs retrievals and 4 transfers (1 fresh, 3 frozen). I actually had OHSS and Dr. Jarrett was there every step of the way to get me through it. He has called me on weekends and evenings personally to check on me. Although I’ve not had a positive result (YET!!) I completely trust him and wouldn’t want to go to someone else.

Trust the process and the time it takes. He knows what he’s doing and I believe he will help in the best way possible.

I don’t remember the exact protocol for my first cycle. I hyper stimulated pretty bad the first time so the second round my doses were much smaller, unfortunately resulting in only 3 eggs that didn’t fertilize. I’ve been on blood thinners, progesterone in oil, estrace, and antibiotics for all of my frozen embryo transfers. The first cycle I had positive pregnancy tests after my fresh transfer. Then we lost it. After that we did 1 frozen embryo transfer with negative results. We then decided to do a laparoscopy which removed some endometriosis. Then another frozen transfer negative again. So we started over with a new cycle and at the egg retrieval only got 3 eggs that didn’t fertilize so we transferred our last frozen with negative results. So now we are about to start a new cycle again.

Full cycle with embryo transfer including costs of meds around 18,000. Each frozen embryo transfer is 5,000 plus medications.

The first time he recommended only one because of our chances for multiples being so high since I’m young and healthy. Since we lost it we then did 2 with our frozen embryo transfer then singles after that. He lets you decide what’s best for you but gives his medical opinion.

Dr. Jarrett has quite a bit of experience and is respectful of people navigating the infertility journey. His strengths included his candidness, his warmth, and that he always seemed to have a "back up plan." His weakness, frankly, is his availability. He is only available a few days per week, and only in the afternoon, since he runs his lab in the morning and also runs a clinic in Illinois. I would have been much happier with my care at his clinic if he were more available to patients and managed their care in a more hands-on way.

Be prepared to interact mainly with the nurses and office staff at this clinic. You won't see Dr. Jarrett much beyond your initial consultation, unless he's doing your surgery.

I was originally diagnosed with PCOS and came to Dr. Jarrett after 3 failed Clomid rounds. He looked at my ovaries, which did not appear polycystic on the ultrasound, and tested my AMH level. When my AMH came back normal, Dr. Jarrett suggested we move forward with letrozole and triggered ovulation, with intercourse at home. We tried this for three cycles total (took one cycle off because I had an ovarian cyst), and each hpt was negative. Because I had had a previous ectopic pregnancy, Dr. Jarrett suggested a laparoscopy to look for potential tube blockages and/or endometriosis. He performed the surgery, and everything came back normal. He moved our diagnosis to "unexplained infertility" and we are now looking at our first round of IVF.

I needed to pay for medications and for ultrasounds during my treatment. I also had to pay for surgery.

I haven't discussed this with Dr. Jarrett.

Whenever we (me and my husband) sat down with Dr. Jarrett, I felt as though he really listened and actually cared. I felt like he really was passionate and positive about finding a way to get us pregnant. I, of course, was very emotional and he was compassionate and understanding. He gave us some hope. We weren't successful with our IUI, but he recommended we do IVF. We are in the process of figuring out how to afford it, but he made us feel like for once we may have a chance of being parents. He seems to always have a plan and he's ready to put it into effect as soon as you are. Also, as a woman, I have never really felt comfortable with male doctors. Dr. Jarrett definitely made me feel comfortable and at ease. I would for sure recommend him to others.

I would just tell them to be honest and give as much information as you can. This will help him determine the best course of action and hopefully speed up the process for you.

I had 4 treatments of clomid and shots before I came to Dr. Jarrett. Those were not successful. I then went to see Dr. Jarrett. We sat down for a consultation and went over future options. He thought it would be best to try IUI (insemination) first. I suffer from PCOS and my husband has some issues as well. While the specifics, right now, have left me, I do remember taking some medicine prior to the IUI, going in to check my follicles through ultrasound, and then once I was ready, having the IUI procedure. I was told to take it easy and take progesterone. After a certain amount of time, I was allowed to take a pregnancy test. While this was unsuccessful, Dr. Jarrett did meet with us after to follow up on the next steps, which will involve IVF.

I believe the IUI was around $2500+. It was a package that included a number of things like injections, ultrasounds, sperm preparation, etc.

The truth-I took one of his yoga classes before I even scheduled an appointment with him. Haha! Someone told me he is an awesome RE and a yoga instructor so I took a class of his to see if I liked his vibe. He is truly amazing. He has gray hair and a little pony tail that helps explain his down to earth, calm, compassionate personality. He has called me personally on multiple occasions and truly cares. His presence is very calming...like you’re talking to your dad or grandpa. He really has a passion to help us get pregnant. He was the first doctor that I feel like took me seriously and was ready to rock ‘n roll and get this process moving along. In the process of my first IVF with him and so far so good!

Just go meet with him. You’ll instantly feel heard and like you’re in good hands.

Current protocol- Birth control last pill 9/21/18 5 vials 75 Menopur + 1 Saline in AM, started 9/24 and go in 9/29 for an ultrasound. Will likely start 1 ganirelix per day for 5 days and continue Menopur, then Lupron and novadrel trigger then retrieval around 10/5 and transfer around 10/10-if we are able to do a fresh transfer. Progesterone in oil (10/day) and estrace (2mg/day) after.

For IVF: $12,500 for out of pocket fresh round including everything (even ICSI). In addition: meds ($4-7k), anesthesia ($460), PGS testing, donor egg/sperm, surrogate, etc.

I will only have 1 transferred due to the size of my uterus (I have 1/2 the normal size uterus with only one functioning ovary).

There are lots of great thing about Dr. Provost, she is a very positive doctor. She makes us feel confident about our situation every time we visit. She is strait forward and dose not beat around the bush. The only thing I can really complain is about communication. Very rarely dose her staff actually answer the phone. We always have to leave messages and wait on call backs. As a working class couple that can be extremely inconvenient. If we don’t get to the phone on time we have to call back leave message and start the wait again.

Dr provost offered free egg reserve screening. Or at least she did to us as a way to get new clients into her clinic. When dealing with fertility treatment anything you can get is extremely helpful. They try to use the insurance you already have to cover some if any of your procedures. Which when dealing with this that can help your financial state.

I do not remember exact numbers but I have spent about $7000.00 which include 3 IUI and meds. Also an upcoming surgery that was not completely covered byinsurance

Dr. Jarrett is very good at what he does. Every time we were there, he was very honest, yet very compassionate at the same time. He has to give people horrible news and wonderful news and he never knows how the reaction is going to go, and can always respond appropriately.

Not to expect super warm and fuzzy, but to know you are getting the best in the state. He is the master of his craft.

The first test he ever did was to see what my AMH was. Once he found out how low it was, he knew that if we wanted to be pregnant, we would need to go get donor route. He also knew that for my own sanity, i needed to at least try with my own eggs. He was supportive when we decided to move forward with our own eggs and IFV. When that did not succeed, he told me he would get me pregnant with a donor. We have had one unsuccessful attempt with 6 great looking frozen embryos, and I am confident that I will be pregnant this year.

$25,000 each time. $2100to thaw frozen embryos.

He recommends one embryo at a time, but will ultimately do what the patient wants (not more than 2).

He is very direct and answers questions, but he also shows compassion and empathy. If he thinks the fault should land on him he will take the blame. He has a lot of experience and knowledge. I feel comfortable with him being my doctor.

His sometimes direct nature could be a off putting to some, but it’s important to hear that in this process. When the process is so expensive it is important to have honest answers even if they can be hard to hear.

We started off with the most basic procedures, trigger shots and some monitoring, then we moved on to more stim shots. When these things did not work we moved on to a laparoscopic procedure in which he found endometriosis. That was cleaned out and we did another cycle that failed. Then we did an IUI, when that failed we began IVF. My AMH levels were high so the first IVF round we went low on meds because he didn’t want my body to hyper respond. My body didn’t respond as expected, so we stopped the cycle and plant o start again at a higher dose very soon.

Ultrasounds are $300. Bloodwork that I have done usually must be done at an IU Health facility due to my insurance. Medication is ordered through another pharmacy. IUI was around $500. IVF is around $13,000 without the medication cost.

John Jarrett is a very personable person. He’s easy to talk to and listens. He’s very open to any treatment you might want to try and he is very knowledgeable. He really lets you take charge of your treatment. If there something you don’t want to do then he doesn’t push it and he will come up with another route. He’s very informative and also extremely empathetic. He really doesn’t have any flaws and I feel really lucky that I made the decision to seek out more help from him and his team.

Do a little bit of research before you go. Dr. Jarrett is very open to anything you want to try and also ask lots of questions.

When I first saw Dr. Jarrett he started me on metformin to help regulate cycles. When that didn’t work he added 7.5mg letrozole for days 3-7 and then we did follistim 75 day 7-9 (8f I remember well) then on day 12 I had an ultrasound to check follicles and then I would plan to trigger at home then come back about a day and a half later for IUI and then start progesterone shortly after IUI. Then since I did follistim they had to do a blood pregnancy test which were negative. So now we are in the middle of a break but will try it again bc it’s cheaper than IVF.

I think overall so far we have paid about $2500 dollars. Prices include two IUI, 5 ultrasounds, medications, consultation, sperm analysis and prep for insemination.

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Infertility can be overwhelming to deal with. I do wish she would maybe have a list of FAQs toncover with patients who aren’t sure what to ask. She’s very kind and truly seemed baffled with our failed IUIs as It’s unexplained infertility and no known cause for our issues. She listened when i wanted to do a more medicated cycle and gave it a couple tries before saying we needed to discuss next steps.

As overwhelming as it all is try to come with questions. I didn’t really know what to ask. And after everything came back normal it was confusing bc what do you ask the ? I wish i would’ve had some guidelines to walk this journey with even though everyone is different. I have a general understanding of the processes but don’t know what else i should be asking about.

We went straight to IUI (Letrozole and Ovidrel) as aid had failed timed cycles with clomid with a previous obgyn. I was placed on synthroid to try to lower my thyroid levels a bit more even though they were in normal range (history of thyroid issues). After 3 failed IUI’s with just Letrozole and Ovidrel we added 75iu of Gonal-f for 4 days for cycles 4 & 5 unfortunately with no success. I responded well to the meds. But after 5 failed cycles it was time to discuss next steps. I did have to go on Birth control to help with a couple cysts.

Initial semen analysis for husband $200-250 Lab work for husband each cycle $200 Beta Draw self pay option for results same day $100-$120 Lab work after processing brought insurance $10-$80 Meds $0-$300 ea for IUI cycle (the specialty pharmacy can ship overnight or within a couple days, they offer a self pay discount if you do not have prescription coverage) I have fully reviewed our statement to breakdown everything else (ultrasounds, procedures, etc)

Due to my age and not having a clear diagnosis she recommends only transferring 1 embryo the first time when we get to that step. We are not to this stage yet so her stance could change pending number of embryos we get and their quality.

As disclosed in the previous comment, I had a very bad experience with this doctor. I will never be able to shake the belief that the Letrozole I was given led to the miscarriage. I will never know for sure. She seemed nice during office visits, but seemed to be hell bent on directing me toward IVF, and retrospectively, probably wasn't concerned with the success of my IUI cycles for this reason. One round of IVF (not including monitoring and meds) at this clinic cost 12,000.00. She was fairly new to the practice at the time I saw her, so I can speculate that maybe she needed some IVF procedures under her belt.

Request results of all lab work and tests. Ask questions. Do your own research on any drugs prescribed.

I was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve due to my AMH and FSH test results. The doctor recommended IVF without trying any medicated cycles or IUI. I decided I wanted to try a few rounds of IUI first, because the idea of IVF was daunting, and it would be a financial strain on my husband and I. For the IUI cycles, I had monitoring (trans vaginal ultrasound), was prescribed Letrozole, and a trigger shot of HGH. First cycle resulted in a negative pregnancy test. Then I took a cycle off. I never made it all the way through my second cycle. I was monitored at what I thought was the beginning of my cycle, given Letrozole, and when I came back in for a transvaginal ultrasound to measure uterine lining and follicle growth, the nurses literally could not find my uterus. So, they drew blood instead, and determined that I had already ovulated (at this point, they still didn't bother to run a pregnancy test). So, the second cycle was cancelled. A couple weeks later, I started bleeding heavily and passing clots. I finally took a pregnancy test and it was positive. I had been pregnant when given Letrozole during the second round, which may have caused my miscarriage.

I spent around $3,000.00 for one and a half rounds of IUI (the second round was botched and therefore cancelled).

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Dr. Jarrett was not only knowledgeable, but a great communicator and I always felt like I could trust his professional opinion. He always gave us the facts so we were prepared, but was gentle in his delivery- which is so important in our delicate situation. He called me on weekends to check in after surgeries, checked in with us at every appt, and even called in the evenings from his personal cell phone to go over our options. He is the reason we have our baby boy and we are forever grateful!

Trust this man! He has so many years of experience and has seen it all! We trusted him every step of the way and are so grateful we did.

Our treatment started when Dr. Jarrett believed I had endometriosis. After surgery it was explained to me that I had a mild case, and that we could try for a few months to see if we could conceive on our own. When that didn't work, we tried a cycle with femara with a trigger shot and timed intercourse. Negative. We tried again with IUI. Negative. Dr. Jarrett called me one evening to discuss the next options. I asked him to be candid and give me the chances of another IUI cycle working. He explained that the chances were very low and that he would recommend IVF as the next step. We scheduled another call when my husband was home to discuss details. We decided that if we could come up with the funds we would go for it. Next came the huge box of meds, follicle monitoring, shots, hormones, trigger shots and egg retrieval! He was able to retrieve 11 eggs. 8 were fertilized and 4 made it to day 5. We then went forward with PGS testing. He had explained early on that if finances weren't an issue he would recommend that every time. This essentially shows which embryos have the best potential to implant (and helps to avoid miscarriage due to incorrect number of chromosomes). After testing we were left with 2 embryos that tested normal. (One boy and one girl!). We asked him to choose whichever he thought had the best chances. Our transfer was scheduled but then delayed because of a leftover cyst on my ovary. At the time I was so frustrated but grateful they were trying to give me the best chances. New transfer date was scheduled for July 27th. About 5-6 days later I couldn't resist and tested at home! The first positive test I have ever seen!

Was conducted locally since we are 2 hours away from his office.

Too much detail to list here...but our total cost with PGS and meds was around 25k

I appreciated that Dr. Jarrett explained that with PGS testing he would only recommend one - since our chances of conceiving were higher; but that ultimately it was our choice.

She was kind and patient with my husband and I throughout the whole process. She managed my expectations but never lost hope. She held my hand when I was scared and gave me hugs when I needed them. I live far away and often brought people with me to the appointments and she never once had any issue with it. She is nice and brilliant and caring and I would recommend her to anyone who was seeking.

Be clear about your body. When things went wrong I had to suggest solutions and they were always considered.

We did IVF with ICSI because of male infertility. Not sure how to spell any of the medications.... Retrieval: Lopron, menupor, Ganarelix, HCG trigger shot. 13 eggs retrieved 10 fertilized, 7 made it to day 5, 4 normal PGS tested embryos. Transfer: Estrace, PIO, HCG trigger and progesterone suppositories. I am currently 5 Weeks and 4 days pregnant with my first ultrasound on Monday.

I have insurance that covers my treatments and medication up to 90% so far I have paid $2000

We are young and PGS tested our embryos so we decided that one would be a good amount for us.