Reproductive Science Center (US Fertility Network clinic)

I am nearing the end of my treatment, having gone through retrieval earlier today. Dr. Harris is thorough in his explanations for the current status of his treatments -- why a change in the medications he prescribes, the statuses of the follicles, and setting expectations for the numbers of eggs to be frozen. He is reassuring when I would like to be reassured. I appreciate talking to him as he is super outgoing and positive.

Not sure. I can't think of any watch-outs or items that would be helpful to know before going in. Dr. Harris is thorough in answering your questions and explaining the "whys" behind your treatment.

I'm in my early 30s and undergoing egg freezing. I underwent 4 days where every night, I did two injections, one each, of two common FSH meds. Then, I did 6 nights of those two FSH meds, plus a third injection of a drug whose purpose was to suppress ovulation. This brings me to my trigger day, where in the afternoon, I did my normal dosage of that third drug, plus my normal dosage of one of the FSH meds. Dr. Harris explained to me that the purpose of the extra dosage of the FSH med was a "booster" to get my smaller follicles to grow. That evening, I did my two trigger shots. Retrieval yielded 10 eggs, and of those, Dr. Harris and the ultrasound techs have set the expectation that I should have 7-8 mature eggs. This cycle has been smooth, with the only major side effect I've felt from the drugs being bloating.

My insurance covered most of the costs. However, from the quote I got in the beginning of the process, the cycle fee for one round of egg freezing is about $9,000. I know I just barely hit my health insurance max of $10,000 for Rx fertility drugs. So, the cost of one cycle for me would have cost about $19k without insurance.

Dr. Homer is professional, helpful and caring. He is very human and has a good sense of humor. He has a very good bedside manner and always listens to his patients. He tries his best to make the IVF process easier for his patients. I'm very lucky to choose him as my doctor on my IVF journey. Dr. Home did the egg retrieval (1 time) , hysteroscopic surgery (twice) and natural-cycle transfer (twice) for me. All of these are successful. I was diagnosed with unexplained reasons for infertility, but with his help, my first IVF baby is 2-year-old now and I'm pregnant with my second IVF baby at the moment. I certainly recommend Dr. Homer to other patients!

Do your homework, learn some IVF information , get to know your body so that when you communicate to your doctor, you're more prepared and it will benefit your treatment.

I didn't remember the detain, I had 9 eggs retrieval, 7 were mature, 5 embryos and they all past the PGA test!

My monitoring appointments are efficient. There are a wide time slots for me to choose. Some monitoring scheduled on weekends I need to go San Ramon office which is a little far away for me but it's OK.

I have very good fertility insurance and it cost me around $4000 in total.

always listen to the Doctor.

Dr. Harris is a very kind doctor who made us feel comfortable. He has a great attitude and excellent bedside manner. It really feels like he cares. He is good at listening, explaining, and making you feel better. He will listen to your concerns and incorporate your suggestions. He makes you a part of the care team. He will often personally call you to relay information. He is very quick at getting back to us when we had concerns.

Don’t hesitate on asking questions or expressing your concerns.

Egg retrieval: letrozole, gonal-F, menopur, trigger. 25 eggs 20 retrieved 16 mature 16 fertilized 12 blastocysts 11 PGT-A euploid FET 1: modified natural (5 days letrozole, prometrium, hcg trigger) didn’t implant FET 2: modified natural (moved transfer date to 6 days after trigger instead of 7). Chemical pregnancy FET 3: 2 months of lupron depot and letrozole for endometriosis suppression before programmed FET. Doxycycline for empirical treatment of endometritis prior to FET. Vivelle patches, PIO 1ml daily, prometrium 200mg twice a day. Currently 8 weeks pregnant.

$47,000 for 3 egg retrieval cycles with all the transfers needed to use up the embryos from 3 cycles. I got pregnant in the first cycle. It’s a full refund program if it fails. I had to pay for meds, some labs, and ultrasound after I got pregnant out of pocket.

He transferred one embryo each time.

Dr. Lee really impressed me with her intelligence and capability. After three unsuccessful IUIs and one IVF with other doctors, where I only retrieved 7 eggs and ended up with just one PGT-passed embryo for implantation, I felt doubtful about its success due to my thin endometrium, which wasn't addressed by the previous doctors. That implantation ended in a biochemical pregnancy, leaving me deeply frustrated. I discovered Dr. Lee online and decided to contact RSC, even though there was a wait of over four months to see her. Fortunately, I got the chance to have a video consultation with Dr. Lee earlier than expected. After that, I promptly started treatment with her and soon became pregnant, with many healthy embryos frozen for future use, a far better outcome than my initial IVF experience. I was still scared during the implantation because my first experience, where the only embryo retrieved resulted in a biochemical pregnancy, had left me with many anxieties. Dr. Lee understood my fears and arranged weekly ultrasound checks until graduation, which reassured me by showing my baby's healthy development. Her understanding and adjustments to address my concerns made me feel truly cared for, not just as a patient looking to conceive, but also emotionally supported. I'm so glad I found Dr. Lee, and now I feel confident about my pregnancy.

Dr. Lee is very professional and kind. Whenever I have questions, she answers all of them in detail. Her explanations are not only from a medical professional's perspective but also logically reasoned, which always makes it clear to me the purpose of the medications at each stage of the treatment. She makes me feel very trusted and reassured. I am so glad to have met Dr. Lee.

agonist protocol. Adjust dosage during stimulation.

I only did 1 embryo transfer and it's successful.

Throughout my IVF experience, I was so grateful to have such an outstanding reproductive endocrinologist who not only showed me compassion and kindness but helped to ease my anxieties as best as they could be by providing me with a wealth of information about my process, even if it wasn’t always positive news. I felt that Dr. Harris went above and beyond to personalize both my various treatment protocols, as well as delivery of updates and information. Everyone who meets him can attest to his infectious cheerful attitude - I’ve never felt more uplifted and relieved of my anxiety before a surgery than before my egg retrievals with Dr. Harris.

IVF treatment is so so hard under the best of circumstances and rest assured that you’re getting some of the best possible care with Dr. Harris and RSC (CDC reported success rates confirm this).

Primed with estrogen/progesterone oral birth control due to dominant follicle in first failed IVF cycle. Ovarian stimulation started at Menopur 150 units, Gonal F 225 units, cetrotide after day 5, Omnitrope to improve egg quality in both egg retrieval cycles under Dr. Harris. Dual HcG GnRH agonist trigger. Results: ER 2: 8 eggs retrieved, 5 fertilized, 2 day 6 2BB embryos that tested euploid were frozen. ER 3: 19 eggs retrieved, 10 fertilized, 3 day 6 embryos, 1 5AA euploid, 1 6AB inconclusive PGT-A, 1 6BB aneuploid. For my transfer I did a modified natural protocol with Letrozole, HcG trigger and progesterone suppositories 2x a day with a 2BB euploid. This transfer was successful and I’m currently pregnant (10 weeks 5 days).

Monitoring appts, consultations, egg retrieval procedure: $18.5k (2x) Stimulation/trigger drugs: $5k (2x) Transfer procedure: $4.5k (1x so far)

Since my embryo was euploid the clinic mandates eSET.

Dr. Lee is kind and supportive. She answers your questions thoroughly without any judgment and ensures you have a clear understanding of your treatment. She has a good sense of humor and is highly competent. She genuinely cares about the well-being of her patients. She is reliable and responsive. She takes time to respond to emails.

Please do not be afraid to ask questions; she genuinely wants to help and provide high-quality care tailored to your needs.

In the process of beginning treatment. Dr. Lee continues to be helpful and to keep me and my partner informed about the IVF process (which we will be beginning next week!). I cannot imagine going through this process without being in the care of Dr. Lee. She is gifted in creating a safe space where her patients feel heard, seen and supported.

The cost of IVF is roughly about $19,000, with first visit with vaginal ultrasound costing roughly $375.

Overall I felt well cared for, monitored, and promptly communicated on the plans. There was not much follow up after the retrieval process, I imagined there would be a follow up blood work or doctor appointment but there wasn't any. I was messaging with the nurse on the symptoms anyway and was starting to recover well, so perhaps there wasn't a need for any follow ups in my case. And I feel confident that if there was, it would have been easy to reach the doctor and the clinic. During the process, I felt like I could easily reach Dr. Harris if I had any questions or concerns. I tend to tread carefully and am a skeptic but throughout the process, the doctor understood me well and helped ease my concerns and explain the reason for choosing certain protocol or doses.

If you are on the verge of egg-freezing decision, I highly encourage you set up an initial appointment with Dr. Harris and go through your situation. Ask as many questions as you like. Explain your needs and priorities and let the doctor know if you have any concerns and he can help suggest a direction for your case.

Follistim 150, Menopur started with 150, dropped to 75 after 3 days. Ganirelix started on day 6. Lupron trigger and pregnyl 36 hours before retrieval.

treatment for 1 cycle $10,000; medications: $5000

He is an inexperienced and irresponsible doctor, both in selecting treatment and communicating. For treatment, I got second and third opinion from other experienced doctors, they all have different opinions compared with his. I was misdiagnosed as DOR. For communication, before starting treatment, he didn't tell me any information related to the protocol, including the options, medications and risks. The case manager just started. Just pills and shots, no communication. I ended up being told an outcome that was complete different from what the doctor had described to me, and with no explanation.

I recommend that patients check reviews on line before choosing a doctor, and try to choose a doctor who has many years of experience in this field. See two more doctors and ask everything about protocol, medications and success rate.

Antognist protocol; Gonal-f 300iu; Menopur 150iu; Cetrotide; two weeks birth control pills as pre-cycle; Lupron trigger

$9236.00

Dr Wachs was thorough. She explained everything in detail but also in a way that is easy to understand during this hard and overwhelming time. I really appreciated her still giving me autonomy to make decisions while also making sure my husband and I were completely educated on all routes before making a decision. For example, my lining was a little thin before embryo transfer. She took the time to thoroughly explain all options including potential risk/benefits so my husband and I felt confident to make the right decision for us. She also did the same when we made the decision to go from IUI and IVF. She is smart, kind, and a great doctor.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions - even ones you might think are silly. There is no judgment from Dr. Wachs and she is here to help you.

We had a 2.5 hour drive to the clinic. They were accommodating. Scheduling was easy which took a big stress off is during this already stressful time.

After reading good reviews about Dr Homer on this website, I decided to give fertility treatments a shot. I previously tried to conceive unsuccessfully for about 5 years. During my initial consultation with Dr. Homer, all of my questions and concerns were addressed. He gave me an understanding if my options and the potential success rate per procedure, as best as he could at that point. After careful consideration, my husband and I decided to start with IUI treatments. Over the course of my first treatment, I was given Clomid. My ultrasound showed that I developed an ideal amount of follicles to proceed with the iui, but the Clomid did cause my lining to thin so I was prescribed a medicine to help thicken my lining before my iui. That iui was unsuccessful. We opted to try again and the second time, Dr. Homer changed my medicine to Letrozole/Femara. That ultrasound showed that I developed an ideal amount of follicles and the new medicine did not cause my lining to thin so I did not need to take anything to thicken it before my IUI. I had my second IUI in mid-January 2022 and later discovered that I was pregnant! My first ultrasound confirmed that it was a singleton pregnancy. I graduated from the fertility clinic at around 6 weeks, right after the initial ultrasound and have since been seeing my OB. As of late April, I am currently 16 weeks pregnant and all has been going very well! I am 40 years old and have never previously had a positive pregnancy test besides the one I had after my 2nd iui. Despite my chances of success being rather low with IUI, he made it possible! I’m not sure if the change of the medication helped or what, but I owe it all to Dr. Homer and the rest of the staff! Of note, Dr. Homer was my primary fertility specialist, but both of my iui treatments were with different doctors, both were wonderful. I never actually met Dr. Homer until he performed my ultrasound to see the baby, but still, he was the man with the plan behind the scenes and I owe everything to him. He is a warm person and I highly recommend him!

Write out all of your questions before the initial consultation. Be understanding if he is not the doctor who will perform your treatments.

I spent approximately $1300 per IUI cycle with meds.

Dr. Homer is the best. I was fortunate enough to be referred to him specifically through a RE I consulted with on Maven. Initially the RE recommended I find a young female doctor, however when she learned I live in the Bay Area, she told me to forget everything she just said and go see Dr. Homer at RSC. I am so thankful I took her advice! He was very transparent about the process and expectations and always answered all my questions - which I always had a lot of! After my first transfer, which resulted in a chemical pregnancy, I appreciate that he wanted to leave no stone unturned before trying another transfer (we tried different forms of estrogen for priming to see how my lining responded, an ERA/Receptiva test, hysteroscopy, and repeated pregnancy loss lab-work since I have a history of chemical pregnancies). He was always optimistic that we would find the solution and gave me hope throughout the entire process.

Trust Dr. Homer because he truly has your best interests at heart.

We did 2 egg retrievals with the same medications, but different doses. My 2nd cycle yielded a higher number of mature eggs which I contribute to the dosage change. The medications we used were Gonal F, Menopur, and Cetrotide. We used a Lupron trigger for the first retrieval since it as a freeze-all and an HCG trigger for the second retrieval since it was a fresh transfer. We did 2 FET cycles with different forms of estrogen. My first FET resulted in a CP most likely because my lining only reached 7.4mm using oral and vaginal estrogen. For the next FET cycle, we tried estrogen patches and then injectable estrogen but unfortunately neither produced a thicker lining. Dr. Homer recommended a hysteroscopy to investigate why my lining was not thickening. He was able to remove adhesions and compacted tissue and my next transfer was successful.

He did not perform my mock transfer or transfer. He only performed surgery to remove polyps. I don’t believe he read my previous medical records and just prescribed a standard protocol. He also over prescribed antibiotics which I questioned. No discussion was had just told me through case manager to not take. Very impersonal. Bed side manner was ok but not note worthy.

Question everything he prescribes. Double check and make sure he reviews your previous medical records. Push him to explain everything to you. Make him tell you the odds of success. He made us think this was going to be a guaranteed success. Or simply ask for another doctor with more experience.

Pio once a day, vaginal inserts x2day, estrodol 4X a day. No explanation or rationale explained just do it attitude from case manager. Prescribed 5 days of antibiotics before and after transfer just in case infection. I argued rationale and they just said nevermind. I had successfully transfer bit six week scan showed no development. I had to induce a miscarriage

Total around 15k for one transfer

Due to my age they only do single transfer

Dr. Wachs is straightforward, kind, and quite professional (even as I got irritated with our lack of initial success). She has of way of making the unpleasant a little bearable. Her tendency toward tried and true evidence based medicine is mostly an asset, but when that doesn’t work it takes a bit but she will adjust. I found myself pushing for out-of-the-box ideas and finally found success in when listening to her once we got off into less familiar cookie cutter territory. The things that should have worked didn’t but she found something that did.

Come with questions written down, she’ll have a plan already based on initial evaluation.

Two identical 450 fsh cycles, 3 lupron 450 fsh cycle, and one mini. 3 with hgh.

Quick, in and out appointments. Printed amounts, get your next appointment and out the door.

Very expensive but insurance help cover all of ours.

Did multiple for us, transferred 3 days...I would guess she’s a eSET doctor as she goes for what’s successful.

We came to see doctor Homer after 1.5 years of trying to conceive. From the beginning he was positive yet direct (which we liked and I believe he recognized that at therefore made a point of doing that). He was very knowledgeable, personable and made the whole process feel much easier and even fun. All through the process he was patient, responded to our 1000 questions (we learned a lot about the topic) and was open to adjusting treatment according to outcomes and our preferences. I really couldn't have asked for anything better from him and feel so lucky we choose him. I'd give him 10/10 regardless, but the outcomes were also amazing - we have the coolest awesome daughter from our first round with doctor Homer, are now expecting our second child (the second normal embryo from our first cycle), and have 5 more normal frozen embryos from cycles 2&3.

You won't regret it!

All covered by the insurance

He recommended eSET (with normal PGS tested embryos)

I am very satisfied with my experience with Dr. Homer. He never pushed me to go beyond my comfort level, and unlike some doctors he is not too aggressive in his treatment method. I came in ready for IVF, but he convinced me to try IUI 1 more time, with a different medication than I was using with my previous doctor. We were successful at the first try.

Definitely do your homework before you see him. He explains everything in detail but it's always best to be educated in the subject prior to seeing any doctor.

He switched me from Clomid to Femara. I have PCOS and had previously had 4 IUIs with another doctor (not from RSC) that failed. He had me and my husband do the genetic testing to make sure there were no other underlying issues, then did a sperm count for my husband. After the IUI, I was using progesterone supplements until I got my positive result.

About $600 per IUI cycle.

A wonderful, knowledgable doctor who truly cares for her patients. Dr. Wachs is very empathetic and available when needed. Dr. Wachs is honest and open with her patients, so you know she is doing everything she can to help you conceive a child.

I would push to get extra tests done. Ask her to turn over every rock until we find the answer. Sometimes, fertility clinics and doctors wait to do something after a few tries. I want answers after first miscarriage, not after 2 or 3.

Antagonist approach based off of ERA testing we did. Changing protocol for next round. Will had a hormone to improve egg quality.

She was very warm and welcoming. She seemed to be very empathetic about our situation, and always had a smile on her face. She explained everything thoroughly, and seemed optimistic about our treatments.

If you want a kind, warm doctor, she is the one to go to.

My first and second IUI's had exactly the same protocol. My lining thinned out for the third one, so they added Estrace into the mix. It was explained to me that it helped thicken the lining, but then the lining was never rechecked. The 4th IUI I used progesterone suppositories but I never knew why. I understand it was to aid in implantation, but they never drew my progesterone levels to see if that was necessary. None of my IUI's resulted in any kind of pregnancy.

None of our treatments were covered by insurance so it was rather expensive. Every IUI was $1200 out of pocket. Our IVF quote was quite high as well, but that could also be the Bay Area.

I really loved working with Dr. Wachs. The only issue is since she was out of the Los Gatos office, there were times my iui fell on a day where she wasn’t there to do the procedure or with IVF, I had to wait an extra week for transfer for her to be in the San Ramon office if I wanted her to be the one to do it (which I did). I trusted her implicitly and believe she had our best interest at heart and was rooting for us and wanted it as much as we did. She was always smiling and always encouraging and there if needed. She paid attention to our emotions and feelings, and made sure we always had all the information to make the best decisions and that we were okay with our course of treatment. She empowered us to know that we were in control of our treatment and we could change course at any time if we felt we wanted to do anything different.

Trust her. She knows what she is doing and she will lay out every option for you and what it means. Don’t be afraid to ask questions to understand the process. She is wonderful at being patient and explaining things so that you know what you are going through and what to expect.

For our iui cycles, I took letrozole days 3-7 and then started going in for ultrasounds around day 12. Once the follicles were appropriate size, I was instructed to give myself the ovidrel shot to trigger ovulation, and iui was performed 36 hours later. My husband would go in 2 hours before the procedure to give his sample and then we would go together for the IuI. After, I would lay on the table for 10 min or so then leave and go about my day. 2 weeks later I was given a blood test to determine if we were successful. We attempted this 3 months in a row with no success. We decided at this point to take a break, then switch to IVF. I took gonal-F and menopur, then added cetrotide 5 days later. I also started monitoring appointments on day 5 and went every other day. At my third appointment I was found to have 24 follicles growing and my dr sat me down and explained that while this is a great response, it increased my risk of OHSS and I wasn’t a good candid for a fresh transfer anymore. Afterthat appointment I switched to daily monitoring for a day or two and then triggered with Lupron on a Saturday night for a Monday morning egg retrieval. 15 eggs were retrieved, 13 were mature, 9 fertilized with icsi. We chose icsi since we had secondary unexplained infertility and were unsure what was causing this - so wanted the best option for fertilization to occur. Of the 9, we ended up with 3 day 5 blastocysts and 3 day 6 to go into the freezer. We opted out of pgs testing as we’ve had a previous successful pregnancy and no known genetic issues. We performed one 5 day FET the following month. I took estrace 2mg 3x/day starting on day 2 or 3 of my cycle, and then started progesterone shots and vaginal progesterone 2x/day 6 days before transfer. I had my blood test 9 days later which revealed we were unsuccessful and the transfer failed. Dr wachs then believed we had a timing issue, so we did ERA testing the following month - medication all the same as the previous month. The test found I was more receptive for transfer on day 7. The following month we did everything the same except I started progesterone 7 days before transfer. We opted to transfer two embryos this time to give ourselves a higher chance at success. We had multiple conversations with dr wachs about the pros and cons of a dual embryo transfer and she agreed to go ahead with it once she knew we had thoughtfully considered the outcomes. We found out 8 days after transfer that we were successful (hcg 71) then another blood test 11dpt (hcg 314) and was told it was probably only one embryo that took. We just had our first ultrasound at 6 weeks 3 days and saw one perfect embryo with a flickering heartbeat. I am continuing all my medication until my next appointment 2 weeks later (at 8 weeks, 3 days) at which point I hope to be able to stop the injections and wean off all other meds and “graduate” back to my normal OB for the duration of my pregnancy.

Around $1200 per iui $14,100 for IVF with icsi $4062 per frozen transfer $2000 ish for ERA testing (half to clinic, half to lab where testing was sent)

So for the first transfer, my doctor only ever transfers one - especially in my case of secondary unexplained infertility as she was confident the transfer would work. After the first didn’t take, and we did the ERA testing, we had a conversation where I brought up the prospect of transferring two as I read it increases your odds of success. My doctor stated she usually didn’t go to multiple until she was doing the same treatment that hadn’t worked prior, but if we wanted it and were ok with the possibility of having twins , and if having twins was better to us than having zero, she was okay with us transferring two. I appreciated her honesty and candor and I felt like she really listened to us and heard our perspective and agreed

He was helpful at taking time with us and understanding where we were at. I appreciated his expertise and his reputation. I wished he would have worked with me a little better on non-medicated treatments and look more into blood work. I’ve had many friends have way more blood work done than me, a day 3 cycle test which I have not had done, nor hormone testing on certain days of my cycle or during IUIs.

If you are ready to jump all in and haven’t done too much research on your own or know much about your body and just are ready to get pregnant no matter what, he is a great doctor. I want to get pregnant while doing it in the most natural and healthy way for how my body is currently responding.

Immediately he said our chances of conceiving naturally were 1%. This was a very quick diagnosis. He thought if we wanted to do IUIs to try three on clomid. We pushed back and asked for 3 natural with HCG and he was willing only to do 3. After that he wanted to start us on clomid. During the time there were no other blood tests performed, which I hoped to get some more answers. We took 5 months off to give ourselves a break and just started up again and requested the HSG test.

$500-800 for initial visit and sonogram, $1000 per IUI, $300 HSG, acupuncture done outside of clinic but for my treatments

Dr. Homer was just great. He gave me time, patience and respect. He always listened. I never once felt like I didn't know what was happening, or why. He never rushed me, and answered all of my thousands of questions.

Don't be shy to ask all the questions you may have.

I was diagnosed with unexplained infertility, and also really long, irregular cycles. After having tried to conceive naturally for a year and a half, Dr. Homer recommended we move forward with a medicated (Letrozole) IUI treatment. In the days leading up to this cycle, we did blood-work and discovered elevated TSH levels, for which he prescribed me some medication. It must have been this medication that did the trick, for I ended up naturally conceiving in that final natural cycle leading up to my scheduled IUI cycle. It was a wonderful surprise!

As I never ended up needing fertility treatment, I was just charged for the initial diagnosis appointment, and a followup ultrasound appointment after I became pregnant.

Dr Homer was incredible throughout our entire experience, start to finish. In the first meeting we immediately bonded with him, he experience medically and personally helped us instill trust in him pretty much right away. We enjoyed meeting with him and he took so much time with us to explain the whole process and what he could do for us. I had previously visited another Dr who prescribed Clomid and incorrectly told me I did not have PCOS, she was prepared to up my prescription of Clomid to 100mg after 3 failed cycles. At that point I chose to move to see Dr. Homer and I look back all the time and am grateful we made that decision. At my first ultrasound with Dr. Homer he immediately confirmed I was a classic case of PCOS. From there he made the decision to not go forward with Clomid but to switch to Femera. I got pregnant the first cycle. It was a tough experience as we learned that I miscarried at our first appointment, but Dr Homer was right there for us, helping me through the medication to have the miscarriage at home, no DNC required thankfully. He even called me the next day, On a Saturday, to check in on me, it meant the world to me. He was a partner throughout the entire process and never shyed away from the tough stuff. After that, I had many weeks with blood appointments to check my Hcg, which took it's sweet time in going down. I think I tested 3-4 weeks in a row before we gave it a rest for a couple weeks and tested again. It took about 2 months to get it completely gone so we could start trying again. Dr Homer put me on my second cycle with Femera and sure enough we got pregnant on the first try again, I simply couldn't believe it. the first few months were pretty grueling, always expecting something to go wrong. I was terrified for my first ultrasound. Dr Homer was perfectly matching my optimism but also completely respecting and mirroring my cautious excitement. Once he got in there and saw the heartbeat he took a minute to confirm before he gave me the good news. My husband and I were ecstatic and so was he. We had the best appointment and were so endlessly grateful for his partnership and guidance. After that we had a 2 week trip to Ireland and I couldnt wait to come home to get another hopefully good screen. We could have switched to an OB at that time, but we werent ready to leave Dr Homer. We came back from the trip and got to see the baby grown quite a bit, arms and legs and most importantly a strong heartbeat. Dr Homer gave us hugs of congratulations and his staff gave us so many well wishes on our way out the door. Dr Homer even helped me find a new OB which was a big deal for us and we've now met her and absolutely love her! I of course would prefer to stay with Dr Homer if it were a possibility, but because it's not we're thrilled to have her. I can't say enough good things about Dr Homer, without him I dont think this experience ever could have worked as quickly and certainly wouldn't have been so pleasant.

Don't wait to get engaged with Reproductive Science Center, you need to get care from a Dr and a clinic who know what they're talking about with Fertility.

Due to my diagnosis with PCOS Dr Homer prescribed Femera, not Clomid that my previous Dr had me on. It worked our first two cycles on it and I'm so grateful that he customized our treatment for my condition.

We had a pretty substantial cost for the ultrasounds each month. Also the only thing I was really caught off guard by was when I needed to come in for weekly blood draws for my Hcg levels, I was anxious to hear results so it was recommended that I do the draws at RSC so i could get same day results. Unfortunately after a few draws I found out that my coverage didnt extend to those blood draws and i needed to go to a LabCorp, so I got charged way more than expected for those visits and that was really disappointing.

Dr Wachs is a god-send angel for me. I wouldn't have known my conditions if it would not have been via Dr Wachs explanation. She has been with me in all the stages. Checking-up on me emotionally & medically. It's rare to find a good doctor.

Be patient. Not everything is under medical/Doctor's control. It can take a while before you get what you are looking for. You are in good hands. Dr. Wachs will take good care of you.

After our first consultation visit with Dr. Wachs. We had a strategic plan to proceed further. - Reviewed my situation - Did some labs (MRI SCAN, Ultrasounds) - Discusses all the labs with us - We had to do Hysterectomy to remove uterus fibroids. Then she purposed all the possible treatments for us IUI, IVF So far our journey is been hopeful & we are looking forward for the day to be blessed with a baby. It will be only possible because of Dr. Wachs & her team.

Well the fertility treatment is expensive. But the clinic finance-counselor Monica provided us all the details about the cost for our treatment. Also, wish that our medical insurance could cover majority of the labs & treatment fees but unfortunately that's not the case.

Absolutely Dr Wachs clearly defined the singleton transfer & multiple transfer differences to us. She strongly put her views about it.

As a patient of Deborah Wachs, I feel we came to a better understanding of each other after the devastation of not having any embryos to transfer after gone through the first cycle. The only part I was a little frustrated with was that the multi cycle plan was not given to me as an option in the initial consultation, however I also understand that with my age and my blood work, I was considered a slam dunk to walk out with a baby through IVF. I think Dr. Wachs is a great Dr. and she is doing the best she can with the information she has.

Make sure you ask every question you can think of even if it sounds silly.

I was on menepur and folistim for the first 4 days or so and then ganerelix for the next 4 days. These are all injectables (excuse me for the spelling of them, they may not be correct) The menepur and folistim was a shot of each every night and then a shot of the ganerelix making it a total of 3 shots a night for approx 8-10 days. It was uncomfortable starting after day 4. The egg retrieval was very painful for me a few days after. Some people are fine but I experienced major discomfort and had to take it easy for a couple weeks afterward. I did have good results with the medication and responded well. My overall egg quality could be better so for the next cycle, the Dr. wants to put me on a growth hormone.

$14,000 for the IVF cycle, $2500 for PGS testing, $3710 for transfer, $4000 for medication

My Dr. strongly recommended only doing a single embryo transfer because I am still young and will be able to have multiple children. She also did give me the risks for multiple embryo transfer and advised against it for the first cycle.

Dr. Wach's was everything I wanted in my fertility doctor. She was patient, kind, caring, compassionate and knowledgeable. She never gave up on me and always had more ideas of new techniques to try and tweak. As a patient I would always come in emotional and frantic and she would always manage to calm me down and keep my goals realistic, while comforting me in the fact that we still had several options. I would do my own research and bring her pages of notes and questions and she was knowledgeable on each of the studies I had found and explained why or why not each one would or would not work for my case. She was always put together well and her love for her job showed always, even through the holidays where you would expect her to be taking time off to spend with family, she was in the office, taking care of me. I have and will continue to recommend her to anyone who is going through infertility and I will definitely use her again for baby number two!

Be positive and don't give up!

My first cycle we used gonal and menopur and triggered 72 hours before my transfer. My second cycle we added Lupron in hopes of growing more eggs to be fully mature. I had an endometrial receptivity test which showed us we were doing our transfer after my personal window so we adjusted my transfers after that. She ended up putting me on progesterone and the blood thinner injections in order to increase my chances of implantation. Finally on our fourth try we combined everything and had success!

We used the attain package which I believe was about 25k, we used a company called capex md to finance it. Our medications and other procedures totaled around 18k so in total we spent around 43k

In the beginning while we were still learning how my body would react she encouraged a single embryo transfer and showed us that the reason they encourage that is it is lower risk than carrying multiples. Once we realized I wasn't a fertile mertile, she was more open to us transferring two embryo's at a time, which we tried for one cycle and were not successful.

My experience with Dr. Wachs has been good so far. Like I said before, she's a straight shooter and will be there if you need her. I have had only 1 IVF cycle and though she didn't perform the retrieval I understand these clinics "share" patients. I am still hopeful IVF with RSC will work for me.

Be patient and don't expect to be coddled, she will give it to you straight. She's not cold or has a poor bedside manner but she is a person and I can tell she does want to help!

I used BCP, Gonal, Menopur and Cetrotide for first IVF cycle. No eggs passed PGS. This time I used BCP again but Dr. Wachs changed the allocation of Gonal and Menopur, and added Omnitrope. Hopefully this will be the one that works!

I have help with insurance so it wasn't too bad. They paid about 50% of treatment and part of the medications.

No comments bc I'm doing PGS.