Fertility & Midwifery Care Center

My very first visit was a not an exam but a sit down “meeting” in his office. He asked me to explain in great detail my past issues from pain to my diagnosis and what I would liek to achieve. Right away we had a game plan and I left my very first appointment very hopeful. We had to jump right into a diagnostic surgery. He prayed with me before that surgery, one of the many reasons why I knew we were in good hands. He found the source of my pain and infertility issues. My previous doctor had missed them. U was told to get a hysterectomy when I was 19-20 years old and had I listened Dr. Stroud would not have been able to remove my endometriosis not once but twice and unblock my tub. Dr. Stroud is the reason we have our rainbow baby. When I had my very early miscarriage he called me personally and after only one miscarriage suggested the frequent loss testing and found my MTHFR, when many providers let you have 2-3 losses first.

This is a catholic office and birth control, IVF, and IUI will not be offered.

We used Femara, trigger shots, follicle scans, and progesterone along with endometriosis removal surgery.

My varied due to the surgeries I had. Obviously those are very expensive but mostly covered by insurance. My office visits I just paid my insurance copay.

She answered any questions that I had whether in person and through email. She even contacted my insurance when they refused to cover a procedure. She has a very caring and sympathetic bedside manor. She explained all our options and laid out a clear path of treatments that we could try on our journey.

Ask her any questions and make sure that you understand all of your options.

Transvaginal ultrasound during follicular phase to observe egg maturing and confirm natural ovulation. Blood work to check hormone levels. Testosterone was high, progesterone was low. Started on progesterone supplementations post peak with monthly blood draws to monitor levels. Recommended vitamin B6 and antibiotics to increase cervical mucus. Tested husband’s levels and sperm. Referred him to urologist and prescribed antibiotics for a potential infection.

Covered by insurance. Less than $100/ visit and blood draw

She does not do them nor recommend.

He is a very compassionate doctor, and seemed to be a great surgeon. However, he is completely catholic based. He no longer believes in IUI or IVF. He will only do medicated cycles, and natural family planning. When your cycle failed, he just had you do the exact same thing again and again. One day he even told me "God just doesn't will some women to have children." He also put me on clomid for numerous cycles, which I later found out from a different OB/GYN and RE that it makes Ednometriosis worse, which is why I had to end up having 2 back to back surgeries by Dr. Stroud within a year of each other.

Don't go there if you know you might need more intervention than regular medicated cycles and/or natural family planning.

Natural family planning. Cervical mucus tracking. Clomid. Femara.

He doesn't 'believe' in IVF anymore, because it's not the catholic approach.

Very empathetic doctor and knowledgeable. He is a devoted catholic and will not perform IUI or IVF in his practice which I admired art first but then made me feel hopeless when letrozole and timed intercourse wasn’t working.

You have to accept IUI or IVF are out of the question when becoming his patient.

Started off charting my cycles and timed intercourse. After a few cycles started letrozole on cycles day 5 and would get vaginal ultrasounds to monitor follicle growth. I would see a mature follicles in cycles day 11-14. I’d administer trigger shot and proceed with timed intercourses and started progesterone but my period would ultimately come. The follicle would not release. I don’t ovulate even with assistance. We tried this several times with the same results.

Very minimal. Trigger shot was $100 but letrozole was only $15.

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Dr. Stroud is very passionate and dedicated. He isn't afraid to say yes but he isn't afraid to say no either. He works hard for his patients. Sometimes he seems a bit too busy but is still a phone call away.

Be strong. Speak up for yourself.

Napro methods. Femara, Clomid. Lots of follicle scans.

We've spent over $100k before insurance payments.

Will not use this method.