California Fertility Partners (Pinnacle Network clinic)

Dr. Vyas was the best doctor we could have hoped for. She was extremely communicative, compassionate, knowledgeable, and warm to us. She made a daunting process seem so much easier to navigate. We felt lucky to have Dr. Vyas guiding us and trusted her decisions and recommendations.

Be open minded and listen to her recommendations and expertise. Trust her instincts. She sees fertility as an art as much as a science, which is something that we have truly come to realize as well.

After studying our previous unsuccessful cycles, Dr. Vyas recommended a natural transfer cycle and a fresh egg transfer - both of which were never previously offered as options. She felt like taking this more unconventional approach was suitable for my partner's body. The results have been successful and we have Dr. Vyas to thank for recommending a more creative approach.

Costs are expensive (and got more expensive as we continued).

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Dr. Vyas went above and beyond to help us. Although the process is not easy, she made it as comfortable as it could be. In a weird way I would look forward to our visits because she was so kind. I always learned so much and she was happy to share what was going on in our process. I felt heard each visit and I loved her bedside manner. She was empathetic and thoughtful throughout our treatment.

Absolutely see Dr. Vyas! She truly cares and it is so nice to be able to count on your doctor. Throughout the 6+ months I was at the clinic, she was there for every procedure and every checkup. She went above and beyond to communicate and explain

I immediately started IVF with Dr. Vyas. The egg retrieval was very successful, resulting in 15 embryos that were further tested. The Doctor was very strategic in how many and which embryos to freeze and test to give us the best chances. I had a medicated transfer for my first transfer, which was unsuccessful. For my second transfer she wanted to try something different so we used letrozole. Unfortunately my body didn't cooperate. She suggested a hysteroscopy before transfering a 3rd, and I totally trusted her suggestion. She did the procedure herself and made me feel so comfortable even during the discomfort. The final transfer was successful under a medicated transfer. She was very proactive about changing the course when my body didn't cooperate fully, so I felt that she was really trying to find the best plan that worked for me which I really appreciated.

My monitoring appointments were scheduled in the mornings generally, which was convenient for me. I face a lot of traffic if the appointment is too early, so they were able to accommodate times that were best for me almost every time. Once I was there it was an easy process with almost no waiting. I was so lucky that my doctor did each monitoring herself throughout the entire time at the clinic.

Dr. Ringler is incredibly trustworthy and compassionate. I was initially planning to do an egg retrieval cycle in February and I was eager to get it done. But Dr. Ringler said based on my response to the estrogen treatment, he would like to try something else and push to March. He thought we could get better results. I was disappointed, but he turned out to be right. The March cycle with the adjustment in estrogen produced more follicles. A greedy doctor could have pushed me into the February cycle with abysmal results and then gotten me to do another cycle after. I have Progyny benefits with 4 full cycles through my employer, so the fact is he could have gotten more money out of me, but at the expense of my body and health. He did not take advantage of this, which I really respected. I also later discovered looking online at my labs that my AMH levels were really bad for my age. I was 41 at the time of treatment and AMH was at 0.7. When I did my previous cycle at 38, AMH was 1.2, so I was definitely declining quickly. He never once brought this up. Because I had previous experience with egg retrievals, I did notice my medication doses this time were higher, so he was definitely adjusting treatment to address it. He was honest about IVF not always working, but he never once brought up my age or low AMH. He encouraged me to stay optimistic and had I not researched it myself, I wouldn’t have known what a miracle he had performed in getting me pregnant at 41 off a single egg retrieval and embryo transfer, despite diminishing ovarian reserve! I pursued IVF and pregnancy as a single mom by choice using known donor sperm from gay friends. From the SMBC communities I’ve joined, I’ve learned a lot of doctors discourage the use of known donors, but that was never an issue with Dr. Ringler. He was most accommodating of my unique situation, including helping me find a great lawyer and taking my donors through the testing process. I truly appreciate his support in my decision to create a family through alternative means.

I’ve been through 3 fertility doctors and my experience has been that the biggest driver of outcome is having a doctor who personalizes the protocol to your results and needs. Hormones and pregnancy are so complicated and every single woman responds to treatments uniquely. Having a good doctor is absolutely crucial and Dr. Ringler is THE BEST. I could not refer him more highly.

Egg retrieval - estrogen patches prior to starting cycle to quiet ovaries and help them produce more mature oocytes evenly. Prior to FET, I did PGT-A testing on embryos. Also did a HSG to confirm no issues. I also did a mock trial and ERA prior to transferring first embryo. For embryos, ICSI was used.

I used Progyny so they billed everything through them. I just paid my deductible and for my sperm donor costs (about $1k for 2 donors)

I only wanted to transfer one embryo at a time, so this was not a discussion in my case.

My experience with Dr. Vyas was highly positive both in terms of results and level of care. In our initial consultation she had looked through our records, discussed our results with her embryologist and came prepared with ideas of what went wrong in our past cycles and how best to address those issues moving forward. Nobody else, not even our prior doctor who managed those cycles, brought this level of insight. She also took the time to get to know us and understand our goals. During the cycle Dr. Vyas performed every ultrasound. She made medication adjustments as needed, explained her decisions, and set clear expectations at every stage. When I reached out with questions she often answered directly. I felt at ease during the cycle because she was so clearly on top of everything and was invested in our success. She also took the time to check in with me pre and post retrieval, and followed up directly with results. In our single cycle with Dr. Vyas we ended up with 3 normal embryos, which was shocking after our past two cycles combined only yielded 1, and our experience was also much more positive emotionally.

Dr. Vyas used Estrogen priming (patches) after ovulation. On day 2 of my cycle I started 5 days of Clomid. On day 3 I started low dose Follistim and Menopur. She increased the Follistim midway through and added Ganirelix. She used a dual trigger (Hcg and Lupron) and determined dosage based on my hormone levels. She thought a gentler approach, combined with adding clomid, and a dual trigger, would be better due to my diminished reserve and past outcomes from mid-high level meds. She also carefully adjusted trigger time to allow more follicles to mature. Additionally she worked with the lab to perform the egg retrieval early in the morning and the ICSI in a later time slot to maximize egg maturity. Overall we ended up with far more eggs and embryos than prior cycles.

~$20k

Dr Baek has been an invaluable addition to our fertility care. We saw a different doctor for 14 mths, had a pregnancy and a miscarriage did 9 cycles all up. It was a LOT and we were at a loss by the end. Upon seeing Dr Baek for our initial comprehensive consult a few months after leaving the previous clinic, she recognized a problem on my scans that needed correction. Straight away, we had a new course of action and she was so helpful in explaining the prognosis, let alone being kind and encouraging along the way to keep us moving forward. A few months later, we are finally doing our first cycle with her and her management of our particular case feels personal, thoughtful, and innovative. Our "success" remains to be seen, but switching our care to her has already proven healthier, happier, and much more progressive than our previous doctor.

Save your questions for the nurse team! Dr Baek is incredibly good at her job, but the questions we have as patients are sometimes better disseminated and explained in a calmer/lengthier sit down with the nurses, post-appointment. I find it better to bite my tongue during our appointments with Dr Baek, let her do her (expert) job, and then ask for clarification from the nurse thereafter!

We have started with estrogen priming patches for about a week, along with an antagonist for 2 days to synchronize my follicles, as I had larger lead follicles showing up. This, so far, has proved successful. We then started our first stimulation protocol - Clomid, Follistim, and Menopur - all in lower doses and in a staggered every other day capacity. My understanding for this is because I am advanced age, these "mini" protocols are helpful in preserving egg quality (if the good egg is already there), even if follicle count is reduced. We are halfway through this cycle now, so its success remains to be seen.

At our previous clinic, we would pay the lump sum of the cycle up front. Any costs we didn't incur would retroactively be refunded. At CFP, you pay-as-you-go. As we are only in the first cycle currently, we haven't determined whether this method of payment is helpful or not. For one, you're not over-paying for services that you don't utilize - if a cycle gets cancelled, for instance - but on the other hand, it's hard to keep up with tally of costs as billing is done internally after each appointment and it's the patients responsibility to keep checking the portal for itemized receipts. I think this way will work out, but we're only halfway through. It appears as though the costs at this clinic, however, are more expensive than our previous. Labs, as an example, are costing far more it would seem. Upon completion of a full cycle, I'll be able to better assess!

We have not gotten there yet with Dr Baek, but she has proven to be spot-on with her assessments so far, so we are inclined to trust her instincts and expertise.

Although there have been hurdles along the way, our confidence in Dr. Ringler never faltered. My husband and I have as much faith in him today as we did when we entered his office for the first time over three years ago. Without going into great detail, our experiences thus far with our journey to parenthood have been disappointing. While we had hoped to have a healthy baby long before now, we also realize it is no one's fault. We are also aware that other intended parents often have much longer roads. Everything went very smoothly during the process until the retrieval and outcome of PGT-A testing. All of our embryos were mosaic to varying degrees. At first, we did not fully understand the gravity of the situation. Dr. Ringler took the time to call us from his vacation in Europe to discuss the results. He was candid in saying that he was quite surprised due to our donor's age of twenty-four and excellent history. It was a rare but troubling result. During that call and subsequent conversations, Dr. Ringler laid out our options. He was supportive when we needed it most. In order to fully explore the possible ramifications of transferring a mosaic embryo, we met with a genetics counselor at Harvard on Dr. Ringler's recommendation. We ultimately decided not to proceed with a transfer based on the high degree of mosaicism. Several weeks later, COVID struck and our plans to immediately resume the process were dashed. Life also intervened when my husband lost his father unexpectedly. During this lengthy period, Dr. Ringler checked in periodically which was much appreciated. We met with him again recently in person to discuss our three potential egg donors. He provided guidance which led to our final selection. If all goes well, we are hoping for a retrieval to take place in several months. We are cautiously optimistic and feel that we are in great hands as far as Dr. Ringler and his entire office.

I would tell a prospective patient that while Dr. Ringler seems reserved, when it matters most, he is extremely compassionate. Dr. Ringler is not "warm and fuzzy" upon meeting him. He is serious and business-like. However, we learned that he is incredibly supportive during a traumatic experience. It is easy sometimes to write off people whose personalities do not jump off the page. This is true of Dr. Ringler but based on his calls from a European vacation to counsel us, among other things, he is all we could have expected and more.

Our course of treatment was standard in terms of a gay couple intending to be parents. We had a detailed physical examination and semen analysis during our initial appointment. Thereafter, our egg donor was cleared and began her cycle. We actually traveled to Los Angeles on the day of the retrieval to provide fresh samples. The retrieval went smoothly; unfortunately, the result was not what we hoped for. For our second attempt, we are proceeding similarly. My husband and I feel confident we were simply victims of bad luck. There was nothing that could or should have been done differently.

I believe that the total cost of treatment from initiation through transfer was about $40,000.00. This seems consistent with similar practices in LA.

Dr. Ringler encouraged eSET as the healthiest option for our gestational surrogate. We had not considered otherwise so everyone was in full agreement.

Unfortunately, we did not get to that point with CFP. That said, we have no reason to believe there would have been any problems down the road.

While he is very likely a highly skilled physician, he was unprofessional in handling our case. When we questioned him on why his own medical standards were not being followed, and rather relying on things the donor or donor agency said rather than actual medical / lab documents, he became defensive. Worse, when he realized how bad our case had transpired at his office and apologized and claimed he was embarrassed, he did little to correct the situation and actually ignored emails.

While is likely a very skilled physician, make sure your case in handled properly from a medical perspective if using an egg donor (e.g. her exams are done there and/or transferred from other medical facilities to his).

We were still evaluating both the donor and host for viability of egg/embryo transfer.

$35 for full egg donor cycle and one embryo transfer

Dr. Vyas is personable, patient, detail-oriented, and extremely knowledgeable about reproductive medicine. The IVF process can be scary, but Dr. Vyas made me feel so safe and empowered during the process. It was night and day difference from the experience I had at my last clinic.

Don’t be afraid to ask her as many questions as you want because she is a wealth of knowledge and takes the time to give you all the information you need!

Dr. Vyas was very thoughtful in her approach because my last cycle at another clinic with a very different protocol had not been successful. She had me estrogen prime due to elevated FSH levels. I have DOR and she had me on a lower dose protocol that included clomid and a dual trigger. My body responded much better to this protocol.

The costs were similar to what the prior clinic had charged. I’m not sure if all the price breakdowns because it was covered by Progyny.

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I came into Kelly’s office 6 months into trying just to get an idea of my fertility. After asking me some questions, she took me into ultrasound and almost immediately diagnosed me with uterine scarring. When we went back to her office she told me I have Asherman’s syndrome and when I asked for me information she told me to “look it up at home” and literally spelled it out for me and told me to write it down in my notepad. She immediately went into discussing surgery and the 2 specific surgeons she recommends for scar revision/removal. I had no history of D&C, miscarriage, pregnancy or abortion and she instead harped on the fact that I had an IUD and was confident that my IUD caused the scarring. This is ALL without first doing an HSG - just ultrasound. She could have said “I see some sort of defect, and I’m not sure what it is. Let’s do further testing”. Instead, she was very quick to diagnose me with ashermans (even though I have perfect menstrual cycles), and went as far as discussing surrogacy. Fast forward 3.5 weeks later during which I was confused, scared and truly in anguish - I do my HSG. The report comes back with zero adhesions, no scarring and definitely no ashermans. Radiologist finds a slight contour on my uterus which he explains as a normal irregularity in my uterine shape. Dr Baek sees the report and emails me that her diagnosis was correct and that the defecr the “correctly” diagnosed is a fibroid, and needs surgical removal from my uterus. No explanation of the fibroid size, alternative solutions, etc. I have since shown my HSG results to 3 different doctors and NONE of them see a fibroid. I’m sharing this story as I hope that no other woman has to go through the same experience as me. It’s unclear if Kelly’s misdiagnosis was due to incompetence, overconfidence or pure mendacity - either way she is unfit to me a physician.

Stay away and get multiple opinions.

Used ultrasound to misdiagnose me and jumped to conclusions which were then found inaccurate from my HSG.

I have very good insurance from Meta so I was taken care of.

Dr. Chung has a warm, kind approach, and always made sure to tell me her thoughts about my status and what the next steps in the process were. She adjusted her approach through multiple cycles of oocyte cryopreservation, and knew my prior data and used that to inform decisions about medication choice and dosage. Her clinic is often busy and she sometimes seemed rushed, but always made time to answer my questions.

She gave me a diagnosis of diminished ovarian reserve prior to starting the oocyte cryopreservation cycles. She tried various methods (estrogen priming, taking clomiphene concurrently with injections for the first week, using high dose FSH alone for the first few days). What seemed to work best for me was max doses of FSH and FSH/LH injections throughout the cycle.

I believe that one complete cycle of oocyte cryopreservation cost about $15-17K, though I used fertility benefits through my employer.

I am particular about medical care especially when it involves fertility. I came to Dr. Chung after hearing positive reviews and outcomes from a friend (and her friends who are all doctors). I found Dr. Chung to be brilliant, straightforward, respectful, thorough, and extremely accurate re: predictions and outcomes with egg retrievals and embryo testing. I felt very respected and heard through the process. When I had concerns (which was often), my questions were always answered whether that was over email or in an appointment. I also appreciated that my appointments were ALWAYS with her. My fertility journey took a little longer than I had hoped but I became a first time mother over the age of 40 using my own eggs and successfully carried the pregnancy. I have recommended Dr. Chung to other women over the years because of the respectful communication and successful outcome we had.

Write out questions before your appointment. Dr. Chung will answer everything so having them all in one place was very helpful for me.

I don't recall the exact number. I would have to check my records. My insurance (through SAG) covered nothing. When I was pregnant, I was able to submit certain things like ultrasounds that were partially covered since CFP was out of network.

Dr. Chung recommended we transfer a single embryo because it would be safer for mother and baby. We followed her advice and were pleased with this decision.

Doctor Marrs really cared about me as a patient. I had a HORRIBLE results with SCRC and had my records transferred to Dr. Marrs at California Fertility Partners. He clearly spent a lot of time reviewing the records because at our first appointment, he knew the entirety of my file without even having to reference the documents. He knew my partners name, the disease we were trying to eliminate during genetic testing, the dose of Gonal F Dr. Danzer loaded me up on, etc. Dr. Marrs made me feel hopeful again and he ABSOLUTELY delivered above and beyond any promise. We had 35 follicles retrieved, 30 fertilized, and 16 made it to blastocysts! Mr. Marrs saw me at every appointment and personally conducted my ultrasounds. He is so calming, honest, and trustworthy. Please do not make my mistake and go to SCRC. Dr. Marrs and California Fertility Partners are the team we all deserve. IVF is hard enough. Dr. Marrs is our angel!

You made the right decision.

150 follistim and 75 menopur. We reduced later to 100 follistim.

I don't remember, but worth every penny. It is cheaper to do it here first than to have to do it multiples of times with other careless doctors. Learn from my mistakes.

Dr. Baek is really invested in my quest to have a child. She took the time to carefully review all my history at previous clinics and RPL and built a protocol to improve on my results. Which she absolutely did. She doubled the quantity of eggs from previous cycles... and quadrupled the quantity of embryos. Ultimately PGT testing was unsuccessful, but she has adjusted each cycle as a result. She has also paid more attention than other doctors to my partner's stats and how to improve them, which may be part of our improved numbers. She and her partners run a very tight ship, meaning there is absolute clarity and never a dropped ball about the next steps.

Provide her with as much background information on your fertility history - she really does factor in a lot to tailor your protocol.

Estrogen priming then antagonist protocol with a HCG trigger. The estrogen priming was to keep from suppressing my ovaries too much and to synch all the follicles. Dr. Baek would only proceed on months where there was a good number. She adjusted the meds trying to get to an earlier trigger to preserve quality.

$15k egg retrieval $4k additional monitoring $5k meds $2k PGT-a

During the initial consultation, Dr. Chung discussed my history and went on to describe what the process was like, what I can expect, her projections, challenges that we might face and the reproductive system in general. I also noticed that her approach is a combination of experience and sciences. She was very thorough in her recommendations and did not cut any corners. She seemed like she was in it with me.

Ask questions and trust her- she knows what she is doing.

375 -425 menopur, estrogen priming, ganirelix as the antagonist double trigger (HCG+Lupron). I used both triggers at the 34hour and 12 hour mark. For IUI it was Clomid100 and Follistm - 200 HCG trigger. We also did icsi and zymot for the sperm For IVF retrieval, we got 7 eggs, 5 mature and 2 blast with one pgt normal. For IUI I had 3 good sized eggs and must have ovulated all 3. Dr. Chung likes to complete the IUI either very close to ovulation or after which makes sense as a matter of science. I am currently waiting for the result

iui and ivf were approximately over $30k, each monitoring usually cost about $600 because of ultrasound and blood work and a cycle had about 5 of those. Medication cost about 8k for my ivf cycle and retrieval including pgt biopsy cost approximately 15k.

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I am a 2 time cancer patient and unable to have children. I tried to freeze my eggs before starting chemo, but only able to retrieve one egg...which did not turn into a viable embryo. I was gifted embryos by an amazing anonymous donor. Part of my contract with the donor was that I had to use Dr Ringler and I am so glad because Dr Ringler has been so kind and compassionate through this whole procedure. Having to use donor embryos AND a surrogate has been hard but Dr Ringler has been my rock. After 1 (and a half) failed transfers, I have a new surrogate lined up and our medical clearance appt is on Monday. I can not wait to start this process again and am so glad to be working with Dr Ringler.

To trust him. If I had another dr who told me to move on from my first surrogate, I may not have listened and probably would have just wanted to go ahead and try again. But I completely trust Dr Ringler and when he told me to look for a new surrogate, I took his advice.

With my first surrogate, we did 2 months of BC and then the transfer. the transfer failed. We started again with 1 month of BC and then went in for her lining check appt and determined she had swelling in her uterus that would not be good for a successful implantation. After months/or a year of searching for a new surrogate, I have found a lovely girl and we are excited to have her medical clearance appt on Monday. Hopefully from there, right to transfer!

I mean, not sure of exact cost but it's so much...not because it's Dr Ringler but because all IVF costs are expensive and not covered by insurance. I feel like I had to spend extra because of working with a surrogate. Again, Dr Ringler's fault, so more out of pocket expenses for someone using a surrogate

No comments. I am only looking to transfer one embryo as I am a single intended mother and one is what I'm looking for.

Dr.Chung performed all my ultrasounds, retrievals, and transfer. She tailors to my need- what to expect, answer questions I had, shared information that I should be asking, but didn’t think to ask. I will be graduating from Dr.Chung’s care soon and I wish she was my OBGYN too.

There is a waitlist for new patient consult with Dr.Chung. My advice is be practice patience, she is worth the wait (trust me on this!) I did my fair share of IVF RE consult based on my previous fertility experiences. You will know she’s the one when you first meet her!

Again this is different for everyone and these protocols are tailored to you individuals based on your diagnostic test and how you respond to them.

I am grateful for the company I work that provides fertility benefits

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Dr. Ringler is pretty dry but once you get to know him is very sweet and compassionate. This man means business! He is very committed to success and everything he does is with extreme precision. I understand his bedside manner is not for everyone but I was at a previous clinic with a doctor well-known for being sweet and it just wasn’t cutting it. I’ll take getting pregnant over niceties any day. Many fertility doctors also don’t do their own ultrasounds and that was never the case with Dr. Ringler. He has his finger on the pulse every step of the way. We had been trying for nearly 2 years prior to seeing Dr. Ringler. He took a look at my paperwork, all our previous attempts and within minutes was able to see exactly what the problem was. It was such a relief to finally feel like we were in good hands and I’m so grateful. He’s truly a master of his art.

I was apprehensive about doing IVF but Dr. ringler advised against IUI due to low sperm count from our donor and borderline AMH levels. He said he would give IUI a shot but that we shouldn’t get our hopes up and he was right. We went to IVF for our second cycle and it stuck right away.

I went to Dr. Ringler at CFP for a natural cycle IUI. I had an initial consult app. On Skype with Dr. Ringler that cost $490. As part of the consult, we discussed the treatment plan for the IUI cycle. At the end of the conversation, he asked me to upload the past tests in the patient portal and also send them to his email address, those tests were critical for the success of the IUI cycle. He was supposed to provide his feedback on whether he had all the tests needed or if any test was missing or needed to be repeated. His promise of looking at the documents was never fulfilled. He did not review the documents uploaded in the patient portal and never responded to my email either. I never received any sort of response and wrongly assumed that he does not need any tests to be repeated, it was only after I started the cycle, that I asked him about the medical history, which he mentioned that he has never looked at the documents I have uploaded in the portal and never received my email, when I mentioned the date that I sent the email, he was able to find it and then informed me that one of the tests is missing! At that time, it was already too late to repeat the test and the chances were that I missed the cycle altogether. Doctors in CFP put notes in the system that nurses, and staff become aware of the discussed and agreed treatment plan and be aware of what needs to be done when the patient starts the cycle. Dr. Ringler did not put any notes in their system and the treatment plan which was agreed on bet. me and him, never been discussed with the nurse and the rest of the team. The goals of the consult session have never been fulfilled, it was a complete waste of time and $490 was a complete waste of money. Unfortunately, Dr. Ringler did not do enough to clarify and resolve anything. He put his staff before the wellbeing of his patient, for not putting any note in the system and not communicating clearly with his staff.

Make sure that you and him are on the same page when it comes to treatment plan. Make sure he puts notes in the system and let the staff and nurses know - ahead of time - of the agreed treatment plan. Make sure he reviews the medical records that you upload in the patient portal or send to his email address and ask for his feedback BEFORE you start the cycle.

Natural cycle IUI, no mediations used.

No insurance accepted. Please note these fees belong to 2020. Consultation session $490. Progesterone: $130, Estrogen $125, LH $125, Blood draw fee: $45, Ultrasound: $285.

I cannot recommend Dr. Karine Chung enough. Upon her first meeting with me, Dr. Chung thoroughly explained the entire fertility process and that helped me understand what was going to happen during my IVF / embryo freezing process. She is also an expert in oncofertility which meant she knew all the latest research and could help make personalized recommendations for me. I was so happy with Dr. Chung.

Have your questions ready to ask her. She will take time to answer them all.

For the first cycle she started me on 75 Menopur and 300 Gonal F. However at my first monitoring appointment she increased me to 150 Menopur and 300 Gonal F which is the same protocol I used for the second cycle. I used Pregnyl and Lupron for my trigger shots.

My Progyny insurance covered all of it in full, so I'm not sure, but they said it could cost about $20K per cycle including medications.

He is our second REI doctor after we exhausted options with our first. He had read through all of our charts and history prior to our first consultation, which means he actually understood where we were with our history. His sense of caring, warmth, and expertise is simply wonderful. His experience and reputation in the field are unparalleled, so we were quite shocked that he still spent so much time with us as if we were his only patients. He analyzed our case and charts and presented his opinion about the reason for our recurrent pregnancy loss. Other doctors had thought it was a bicornuate uterus and other issues, but Dr. Marrs believed it was another issue that could be solved surgically. He had his colleague Dr. March perform the surgery with him in attendance.

[See previous response] After having surgery to remove the uterine septum, we are now planning on another FET.

He’s compassionate, caring and detailed oriented. Answers every question and ensures that I understand everything before he leaves the room. Dr Ringler diagnosed me with a septate uterus and the amazing (now retired) Dr March repaired the defect and I’m ready for IVF.

Listen to him and ask questions. Have information written down i.e. period dates, any medications, any previous miscarriages or treatments you have had. If you have any test results bring them with you along with a CD of images if applicable. He will answer your questions and if you don’t understand tell him, he will make sure that you understand and are comfortable with your treatment plan.

Total for IVF 2021 is about $35k including meds, ICSI, PHS, etc. the entire package.

With my age he does multiple embryo transfers, which is amazing.

I trust Dr. Marrs and he will even listen to you as we all know we google things! He will explain why this or that does or doesn't work so that you understand the science of it all. And he doesn't act like he knows everything being in the field for a long time.

Ask questions to understand why he is a certain protocol. He tailers to your journey to you individually.

I have thin lining and after several attempts to get my lining to at least 7mm, I came to him noting my lining was a little thicker using egg retrieval protocol. It has proven to help me but we are still in the process to see if I can get the embryo to implant.

~$25K for egg retrieval ~$1500 egg retrievals meds $8K embryo transfer ~$1200 embryo transfer meds

Kelly Baek is a great doctor. She is trustworthy due to her skill, competence, and ethics. I have met with her for all my appointments and she is kind, efficient, and directly communicates. Sometimes it is a lot information thrown at me, and especially if the news isn't great, it's hard to process all the details while having an emotional response. It'd help to have a summary in writing to follow the visit, for us visual learners. I have worked with Dr Baek since 2016, when she has advised me on timed intercourse, which was successful twice, but only lead to one live birth. More recently, we did an IVF cycle for my second child, but had no embryo success. We are going to try again, and Dr Baek has outlined a new strategy for retrieval. We are hopeful and I have a lot of confidence with Dr Baek's support.

Do what she says and you'll most likely end up happy.

Gonal F and Menopur. I had some negative side effects from the Menopur. Because of my diminshed ovarian reserve and age, she didn't want to "overcook" my eggs. She thought she'd be able to retrieve 3 eggs of the 8 since they grew at different rates, but on day of retrieval only 2 were large enough. One had a abnormal PN, and the other embryo didn't grow to a blastocyst by day 7.

We have Progyny insurance so the IVF cycle was covered, with the exception of Zygot sperm procedure for $520.

First of all, she initially didn’t have an appointment available until January, but agreed to adjust her schedule so that she could see us before the holidays in November. At our initial consult, Dr. Baek was more clinical than I would have necessarily wanted, but she found a congenital defect in my uterus that 3 other doctors failed to find. Not only that, after my last doctor told me my only option was to pursue natural cycles, Dr. Baek had other ideas as to how to proceed with treatment for me. At that point I had to make the decision to look past the clinical tone and feel of the first appointment and decided to switch doctors. I’m glad I did because when I saw Dr. Baek to start a new cycle at the beginning of February, she was anything but cold and clinical. At my first ultrasound appointment for the start of my first cycle with Dr. Baek, I found her to be very warm, friendly and engaging. She cancelled my cycle that day because I’d been sick with the flu but she was very thorough in explaining why she cancelled. It’s been a few months and now I’m working with her to try to figure out why I still haven’t gotten my period since having the flu and she’s been very thorough, communicative and willing to see me for ultrasounds and testing despite the pandemic.

She’s very smart so don’t mistake her clinical tone as unfeeling. I believe she really cares about her patients.

We haven’t been able to implement our strategy yet but it is to monitor a natural cycle and trigger ovulation when the lead follicle gets to 18. Then add estrogen and maybe an objective to sync the follicles in the luteal phase and then do an egg retrieval.

Every ultrasound appointment is $285, initial consult was $350-400 I think and phone consult was $315

Dr. Chung is compassionate and knowledgeable, but most importantly you can tell she cares. She took her time to truly understand our unique situation which I really feel does make a difference, as well as to fully explain our prognosis, options, and risks. Unfortunately we ran into a road block that has stalled our journey, however Dr. Chung helped us find the right specialist to help shed some light at the end of the tunnel. As soon as we figure out a way through this hurdle, we will be sure to make our way back to Dr. Chung.

Ask all the questions you may have to understand the journey ahead of you, Dr. Chung is very knowledgeable and there is a lot of information.

I was to complete a typical egg retrieval cycle using hormone injections daily and for the first week, and have appointments every other day at the clinic. We were likely going to be using the ICSI procedure with my husband's frozen sample to create embryos.

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