Coastal Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility (closed)

Dr. Fru is a wonderful doctor. She provided the best possible car for me and my husband and when we lost our child via miscarriage she delivered the news with compassion and understanding of what I was going through. She gave us time to process each step and explained thoroughly all of our options without being pushy. I couldn’t ask for better care or a better doctor.

I would say to listen to her advice and use her as a guide through the process. Be knowledgeable but ask as many questions as you’d like because she’s truly there to help you and she can’t serve you best if she doesn’t know your concerns.

I was diagnosed with pcos and referred to another doctor. He had my husband do a semen analysis but following that put me on Clomid. I took clomid over 3 months to no avail. My friend was seeing dr Fru and loved her so I transferred. She immediately did testing to check my Fallopian tubes and uterus as well as other testing. My husband was checked again as well. Both of us had great results although through bloodwork she determined i was in need of a few different meds. She put me on metformin, prenatal vitamins, thyroid meds, and vitamin d. Following the testing we started our fist iui cycle (we decided to take this route over time intercourse since we had been trying for over a year.) she put me on Femara and then when that didn’t work she bumped me up to a higher dosage. Once my follicles were big enough she had me do a trigger shot with ovidrel then iui. that month did not work but month 2 using the same medications I was pregnant. Between week 10 and 11 i has a miscarriage then a d&c procedure. A month or so of recovery then 2 more iuis using he same methods. We took a break for a few months while dr fru was on maternity leave and while my husband was deployed but resumed treatment in January 2018. Since then I have had one more iui treatment cycle. The Femara that had previously worked did not work so she put me on clomid. It was a long cycle but finally I had mature enough follicles to proceed with iui. It did not take. I am currently in another treatment cycle and taking clomid again. We plan to try iui a few more times with hope it works before switching to Ivf.

I don’t remember exact costs but my husband is military and we have a very modest to low income and are able to make the payments to see her for treatments. We are very lucky with good healthcare coverage the does help as well as my mom who helps us offset the costs.

She was extremely sweet as well I was informative. She showed compassion during my miscarriages and was extremely professional but also made you feel at ease and very comfortable and like you knew her for years. You can tell she truly cares about her patients and that you are never does her number. She never seems like she is rushing off to the next appointment she is very relaxed during every appointment and willing to answer Every and any question you ever have for her

She is not as experience with IVF procedure is at her facility because they are new to them however be prepared to be relaxed with a great doctor and team

Her protocol was to do to 2 IUI. When those failed to be looked into possibly checking to see if I had endometriosis however she recommended that if IVF was something we wanted to do that the cost would be well spent on IVF rather than surgery for endometrio sis. So she was very upfront about my options

The IUIs were quite expensive And I think I would have preferred to spend the money on IVF if I knew my IVF options better

I found Dr. Fru to be an incredibly positive person. We had been struggling to conceive for over a year by the time we met with her. We were told that we could do several rounds of Clomid and timed intercourse before moving on to Clomid and IUI. She told us we could switch to the next step at any point in the treatment. We did 2 rounds of Clomid, 100MG, and timed intercourse. There was a lot of monitoring involved in this cycle. Dr. Fru was always very hopeful and positive while going through this process. She made us feel that we were really making moves in the right direction. However, only later when I went to a different doctor did I find out that there was only a 4% chance of success with each of these treatments. I did appreciate Dr. Fru's positivity, but I wish I had been provided with the odds of success for these treatments. I think had I known the rate of success we would have proceeded to IUI and IVF more quickly.

I would advise patients to ask for the rates of success for the treatments they are doing if that is something that they feel may help them make a decision. I wasn't presented with any of this information and I wish I had been because I would've used it to guide our treatments.

We did 2 cycles of Clomid and timed intercourse. I was surprised at how much monitoring we had to do for these cycles. I went in for 2-3 ultrasounds each cycle and had blood work drawn each time. I know Dr. Fru was being extra careful and wanted to make sure we didn't over stimulate the ovaries, but I was still surprised because I had friends on Clomid given to them by their gynecologists that did zero monitoring. Go figure for both of them it worked and for me it didn't, despite great results on the ultrasounds.

I have no bad words about Dr. Fru, she is amazing, compassionate, and funny which I find to be an important part of the process. She explains everything very well and is straight forward about you, your partner, and your treatments. I would always recommend her.

Come in trustworthy, Dr. Fru is not going to push any larger treatment on you until she has explored all other options.

I just finished my first IUI and before she had me take femara and then come in for an ultrasound, after the ultrasound showed my follicles weren't the right size she had me take clomid additionally then come in for another ultrasound, that one showed my follicles a good size and we went on to a trigger shot then IUI

With my IUI including sperm wash was right at $500 but the trigger shot was $100

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Dr. Fru always took her time to explain in detail what each procedure would entail. She treated us like people instead of just another copay coming through the door. When we couldn’t do our last iui due to too low sperm count she gave us different options instead of just saying she couldn’t help us.

Think positive. Dr. Fru is a great doctor and very knowledgeable.

Dr. Fru had me on clomid on cycle days 5-9, then on cd 11 I went in for an ultrasound, when my eggs were the correct size I would give myself a trigger shot at 10pm and then 2 days later I went in for the iui. Unfortunately due to male factor they were not successful.

Our iui was $300 under Dr. Fru, plus the cost of clomid which was not covered under our insurance, but was not expensive, and the cost of the trigger shot, which was around $100. We were quoted $12,000-$18,000 for IVF when we begin that in 2019

Very knowledgeable about the science of it all but would have rather her cared enough to be honest about my diagnosis with one tube blocked and what our chances really were instead of letting us go through with multiple IUI

Ask more questions about all treatment options and trust your gut.

IUI with Cholmid-2 cycles, IUI with Femara 7 cycles. Responded well to femara with multiple eggs but should have stopped after 3 fails and tried something ifferent

Very kind, professional , willing to work with you and goes above and beyond. But most of all she makes me feel hopeful and that is a very good feeling to have when dealing with such a sensitive and frustrating thing.

Keep pushing for what you want until you get to a doctor that listens.

Loved her. She was an amazing doctor. She was kind, caring and always treated me not only fairly as a patient but as a friend. she continued to monitor my cycles even after transferring to another clinic because of cost of ivf

Use her services. She's awesome

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