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She is great at explaining everything and is so kind and compassionate during the procedures. After both of my transfers she kissed me on the forehead and I think that was the magic that made it work. She is the perfect blend of science and art that you need to make this crazy process work. And she writes amazingly well upside down!

Don't be afraid to ask questions or to advocate for yourself if you feel like you are not getting what you need.

FET with no insurance coverage was a total of $6,000 for all monitoring and procedures. Meds were extra. My retrieval and first transfer were under different insurance and fully covered

She let me choose if I wanted to transfer 1 or 2 both times and explained the benefits and risks of both options

Mary Wood Molo explained our options well. Talked about the process and had us laughing the whole way. My husband and I left feeling like we picked the right dr to help us get pregnant. We always went home with an idea of next steps

You need to know exactly what you want and need before going in there.

Since our insurance covered exploratory as in trying to figure out our cause of infertility but not treatments she has us get a lot of blood tests, genetic tests and then put me on thyroid medication. I was then put on Femara for a few cycles and my husband on clomid. She also put me on prometrium to extend my luteal phase. One year of this with no results. Then she suggested my husband get checked for a varicocele. He did have one and have surgery. We waited 3 mos for results and saw none and then moved onto IUI. This is where we would have to start paying out of pocket.

Mary Wood Molo is a doctor that makes you feel comfortable during your visits. She like to draw visuals to help explain as she discusses the function of your reproductive organs, medications, and procedures. She makes an effort to recall personal stories shared, helping you to feel like she really wants to get to know you. Only issue is you rarely see her. As the only doctor in the facility it is very difficult to get in an appointment with her.

Be prepared for long spans between visits with her after a failed transfer. You have to work around her surgery schedule, and personal schedule, so it can be months before getting in to see her.

I started with birth control, once the meds started for egg production I was on menipur, lupron, and later progesterone in oil. I produced 24 eggs, 19 fertilized, 8 day 5 embryo developed.

Had a copay every visit, and within 6 months or so reached my deductible and out of pocket max ($6000+)

I did a fresh transfer and my ovaries were still swollen from the egg retrieval. She said it would not be safe to implant more than 1 at that time.

The doctor herself was candid. However, i felt that she was not really confident with what’s causing my miscarriages. More workup Could have been done, and other options could have been explored. We left disappointed, especially with the long wait times for the next step. She’s a sole provider for a busy clinic. I don’t think she has a good grasp of her patient case

Go somewhere else. I wasted 6 months

I had a workup for my miscarriage, ultrasounds, blood works. I didn’t really felt like i had a good understanding of what was causing my miscarriages. She stated a fibroid was probably causing it, and there were structural changes with my uterus. That was not 100% confirmed, but she was willing to try a treAtment to reduce the size. I was going to undergo egg extraction. I didn’t follow through as i did not honestly feel safe with my care.

Very expensive. Covered by my i surance at tier 3 only

No experience

Dr.Woodmolo was the ideal doctor for this procedure in the beginning. Our consultation was great she was funny and so excited for my husband and I. She gave us hope that she would be able to help us get pregnant. After a couple visit of blood work and not seeing her after out 1st negative test from our IUI. We we're very unsatisfied with Dr.Woodmolo.

If I could give her very next patient advice it would be to find another doctor.

When we first started the plan was to have blood work done on my husband and I. She need to check my hormone levels to she if my menstruation was regular and if I ovulated each time. Those test were ran and everything was good on both sides for me and my husband. She did a semen analysis on my husband, his count mobility of his sperm was above average. So for awhile I was coming to the hospital just for blood work and ultrasound. Finally my husband and I ask the nurse what was next. The nurse informed told us she would ask the doctor and get back to us. When the nurse got back to us she told us she sent a prescription for clomid and progestrone to the to my pharmacy and to take that I believe after my menstruation. The doctor decided we would do a IUI. We took the clomid for 7 days. we continued to go in for blood work and ultrasounds. Once the size of the eggs were the size they need we scheduled the IUI. There was a injection medication that I purchased from a pharmacy that fedex the medication. Before I went in for the IUI I took the injection the night before. We went in the next morning my husband gave his specimen and an hour later the nurses performed the IUI. We continued with blood work and ultrasounds. I started taking the progestrone 1 tablet every night before bed. 2 weeks after we did a pregnancy test and the results were negative. After the results we didn't hear back from the office so we called to see what the next steps were. Dr. Woodmolo informed her nurse to have us do the IUI again. Everything was done the same nothing changed with another negative pregnancy. After the second time we didn't go back it wasn't until a couple weeks I called and told them we need to take a break but my husband and I wanted to try something different. They offered to have us do an IUI again this time with injections. After discussing it with my husband he declined.

My insurance cover up to 4 IFV attempts and IUI attempts

She made ever effect to explain the process in a clear manner and talked me through all the questions I had. So many times when you are doing a complicated medical procedure, you can feel like the information is over your head. She was very thoughtful and clearly helped you understand the entire process from start to finish.

You will leave every appointment feels support and seen and heard.

As a 34 year old woman, she explained to me that we could freeze half eggs and half embryos. I didn't think about doing embryos initially, but when she explained that we could do 50/50, I felt confident about making that choice for my future plans. I also shared that I wanted to have the potential for two children and she explained that if we did another round of egg retrieval, my options would be more opened for two children in the future and I felt confident in my decisions as a result.

I was lucky to have my costs covered under my insurance and the billing department never prevented me from being seen if I had a balance on my account.

I did not do an embryo transfer, I froze mine.

Wood Molo is optimistic. Which is good generally...except when it come to setting expectations with baby making. In my first visit, she said she knew what the problem was...hormones...and some pills should fix it. "How many kids do you want"..."we will make you parents". Cut to 12 months later and 3 IUIs and an IVF cycle. In meetings with her, she gives a lot of information...too much. All kinds of details on where hormone levels need to be and options and impacts. It sounds good, but then you walk out trying to remember it all and realize that you really don't have much of an understanding at all. I had a lining issue the entire time I was with her and she was not able to explain the cause or treat it. She seems to be less experimental, but I can't say that for sure. I went to another doctor and had a much better egg count after the IVF meds. Definitely do your own research. You are your own advocate.

Continue to ask her to be blunt and realistic with you. Overly optimistic information is not helpful.

I used Follistim for one of my IUI cycles. For the IVF, we used Follistim, vaginal viagra, and some other meds. I'm sorry I don't remember. the results were 6 eggs retrieved and 2 that made it to day 5.

Every ultrasound session cost me an office visit - $40. Insurance covered $10K of prescriptions, which she used all of it. Insurance also covered $10K of IVF costs, which she used about $5K.

Wood Molo would not transfer 2 embryos...I am 40 and she said it was too risky.

Meeting with Dr. Wood Molo is a reassuring experience - she seems to genuinely care, will spend time to explain diagnoses and procedures and answer questions, and has a great, slightly off-kilter, sense of humor that put my husband and me at ease. During the regular course of treatment working with the nurses and clinic staff, I can feel a little disconnected from the doctor - and as a patient, I found that it is my responsibility to take the initiative to ask for a consult with her. Most importantly, though, I feel like she understands my specific condition, needs and concerns, including financial considerations.

Be proactive and schedule your consultations with the doctor when you feel you need them - ask questions and don't count on staff to walk you through every step of the process.

Dr. Wood Molo took a measured approach to my treatment, taking into consideration that I had limited insurance coverage. We started out with just letrozole and oral progesterone and timed intercourse, then added Ovidrel for several cycles before moving on to injectible FSH, which was not covered by my insurance. At this time, we are preparing to move on to IUI with injectibles. While in treatment, I have not yet had a single pregnancy.

I paid a co-pay for monitoring visits and Dr. visits but have not yet had any specific procedures that would incur additional costs.

Dr. Molo is a kooky genius-- she is who you should see if you are a difficult case that needs individualized care or if everybody else has given up on you. She showed more interest than any other doctor in how I was handling infertility treatment, and in exploring the root cause of my diagnosis. When every other doctor wanted, at best, to keep trying things that weren't working, she took the time to assess each cycle and try to make the most of what ovarian function I had left.

Be prepared for the unconventional. We did some tests that were antiquated and bizarre, but in exchange we got open-mindedness and creativity.

I came to Dr. Molo having "flunked out" of three IVF stim cycles having never made an embryo. Other doctors were suggesting donor eggs (which is not a bad suggestion, and is what evidence would indicate would be the most promising route to a baby-- I just wasn't ready), but she presented a range of potential options. Instead of focusing on my CD3 hormone levels, she focused on what my body was doing in any given cycle. It was a lot of monitoring, with no clear treatment path. After an anovulatory cycle, she put me on birth control for two weeks, then, when it looked like I was going to ovulate, we did an unmedicated, untriggered IUI. For someone with my diagnosis and treatment history to get pregnant on an unmedicated IUI is wild, insane luck-- but it is luck that was able to happen because Dr. Molo was patient and paying attention.

My costs were minimal due to insurance coverage and having hit my out of pocket max.

Mary wood molo is very professional and and excellent at her job and her goal is to help us to achieve our goals to get pregnant and to stay pregnant she is compassionate and very great communication skills very patient and timely I'm so grateful that God has placed her in our lives to help us conceive and expand our family she is encouraging and great at what she does having her as a doctor help me to embrace this journey with more faith and grace . I like that when you need to ask questions or concerns it very easy to get in contact with her !she is truly a God sent ! Dealing with fertility issues can be very challenging and difficult at times ! But there is always a light at the end of the tunnel and when we get our desired results it shall be so rewarding!! She is excellent and precise decided and approachable there nothing that you can't ask her ! I remember when I had my egg retrieval she called the next day to see how I was doing !!! Now that a doctor who loves what she does and very cares for her patients!! So many woman have gotten their desired results

Doctor Mary is professional and amazing at what she does

All went well and was very professional

Timely. Listened well. I felt some compassion from her during our consultations. I did not like that multiple residents would be in the room. However I did not feel like treatment decisions, strategy, finances were explained well enough in our consultations for us to make informed/educated choices and know what that meant ahead. I am now confused as to why we did IUI cycles without any clomid/letrazole as this seemed to be a waste of our money and time.

Have detailed questions ready to go and ask her to explain in more detail about what she is recommending.

First 3 months I was put on Cabergoline to adjust Prolactin and DHEA levels and tried at home. We then did 2 natural IUIs, 2 with letrazole, and 1 with injectibles all with BCN. I really do not understand the rationale for this conservative approach with my diagnosis of endometriosis. I wish we had had a financial adviser to help us strategize better but this clinic was very present-minded and would only talk about the future after a cycle was done but it took at least 3-4 weeks to get an appointment with Molo.

We had a high deductible plan insurance and had to pay upfront at every appointment approximately $250-$350 for u/s appointment and the 5 minute office visit with a nurse. They would then process this through insurance. We NEVER received any billing statements from them. They had been over-charging us as they did not know the contracted insurance rate they were allowed to charge us and charged the same to everyone and we suddenly received a large check in the mail with no explanation and no statement. I had to request this. The woman I spoke with about this issue did not understand why as a patient this type of billing was unprofessional and unethical and just shrugged her shoulders at me. Rush 's hospital billing department is VERY AGGRESSIVE and RUDE so be prepare to deal with that if you need blood work from their labs.

When I went to Dr. Wood Molo I was feeling convinced that my body was very broken. She made us take a few steps backward (from IVF and donor eggs, which we'd already done with another dr--unsuccessfully) to see what my body was capable of doing on its own. She reassured me that my body was doing exactly what it was supposed to and boosted my self-esteem, which I needed. I did not conceive with her, but she did show me that all was okay with me. I was just very unlucky. I felt confident that she was working hard to get to the bottom of the issue, but my husband and I were out of money and emotional resources to go any further. I believe that if I'd started this process with Dr. Wood Molo, I would have conceived and had a baby.

Do not expect to see her very often unless you make an appointment to see her. And be prepared to pay a copay with every single visit, even if it's just a monitoring appointment. Your bill after the fact will be lower, but the constant copays hurt a bit.

Dr Wood Molo uses a very logical approach, starts with mild stimulation and adjusts with every cycle. I told her I hadn't done well on clomid in the past and she used femara with me instead. And made sure with every adjustment (adding injectables later on) that I was okay with the change. She is very thorough and seems to take a lot of care in organizing her patient's unique protocol based on results of the previous one. She does not try the same thing over and over again (which my previous dr did).

I had a $50 copay with every single visit UNLESS I was only getting a pregnancy blood test. The rest of the billing was as expected.

Mary Wood Molo is very kind, she is an excellent communicator and explains everything in a way that is easy to understand. I work in healthcare, but sometimes get overwhelmed talking about options.

Take control of your own path, they see a lot of patients and you need to make sure you are asking all of the right questions and understand your path to care very step of the way.

Stemmed for 14-15 days, 450 IU Follistim, 250 menopur, clomid, progesterone in oil, three day transfer.

My insurance did not cover monitoring/ tests for my donor eggs. Otherwise insurance covered most once the deductible was met.

Mary has a wonderful way of explaining things to her patients. She takes the time to go over your questions and spends time going over the protocols. She is both blunt and thoughtful. She is however hard to get time with. Her schedule fills up quickly so most of your communication is done with the nurses etc. With that said, she has been available to me in times of crisis and responds very quickly to text messages. I feel like she has been a very curious doctor who only cares about trying her hardest and doing whatever it is she needs to do to get your preg. I am not an easy case and I felt like she has treated me as such and not just put me on the typical protocols.

I don't have much advice in regards to Mary, rather I have a lot to say about the clinic itself, reaching the nurses, wait times etc. I think the one difficult thing with Mary is actually getting to see and talk to her, without feeling like a burden. It is your responsibility as the patient to make it clear that you want to talk to her - with that said, if you speak up she will most def make the time for you - day or night.

She makes eye contact and smiles and jokes about the horrid process that is infertility. Her practice is small and she cares for her patients even if it was not the fanciest office around.

Be ready to talk to her and ask questions. She answers them!

After suffering a miscarriage, we changed to Dr. molo's practice from FCI. Within weeks, she scheduled outpatient surgery to remove growth on the uterine walls. She also encouraged me to visit her personal acupuncturist who treated me three times a week and prescribed herbal supplements. Dr. Molo was in complete support of alternative therapy. We went through 3-4 cycles of injectibles, but only on the last round did we feel that the eggs were of good size. I became pregnant on that IUI round and continued to visit for weekly ultrasounds through my first trimester. Healthy baby girl is almost 8 years old now!

Luckily, insurance covered almost everything.

Overall he did drawings so things were easy to understand and he made it very clear that he does not care about money and he wanted to try cheaper options first before jumping to ivf . He seemed very compassionate but I know he’s also very busy

Same as with all the others. Have your questions ready to ask and be prepared to hear anything

My husbands counts went up drastically so he suggested IUI and said we were good candidates but was torn when I took yet another negative test. However the monitoring was very organized there just wished binor did the IUI and not a nurse

Binor was reasonable with costs. He wanted the best outcome at the lowest price

She’s a great person and doctor though I wish I had better financial guidance to use my benefit coverage better. Once it was used up, I was set up well to go someplace else by her staff and I haven’t heard a peep since. Feeling I’m on my own again.

You won’t see her much but when you do she will make you feel like you’re in good hands.

Rush is a more expensive location in Chicago for infertility treatment. Self pay costs are high.

The doctor dumbed things down, in a good way, for me. Science isn't my thing, so she'd explain things in such a way that I could understand. She'd include drawings, too, to help me understand.

Dr wood-Molo had more faith in me than I did myself: that's the kind of doctor I would think people would want.

Dr wood-Molo followed the lead of my previous fertility doctor in going straight to ivf. After that was unsuccessful, she had me pursue seeing a specialist in reproductive immunology. With that information and results, dr.wood-Molo decided that we should backtrack and try iui (which my previous reproductive dr completely bypassed). With the right combination of medication, vitamins and fertility drugs, I am currently pregnant and have two young daughters- all thanks to Dr. Wood-Molo.

Unsure, sorry.

I love Dr Wood Molo, she is brilliant and kind and funny- lifts my spirits every time I see her. The nursing staff are all kind and helpful- but seem to have so many patients that at times there were mix ups. It is difficult dealing so much with nurses and communicating through them to get to the doctor.

Be your own best advocate- write down everything, don't be afraid to point out discrepancies.

She was very easy I believe that she gave me information directly and didn't suger coat or lead me on. Dr. Molo offered to help with picking donor sperm and any assistance. I think Mary is friendly, funny and does her best to make the patient comfortable and at ease and not pushy with and treatments.

Know what form of treatment you want and follow through

Mary Wood Molo is wonderful. She does not allow setbacks to get in the way and she did not stop treating me when I felt there was no hope. I am currently pregnant and she never gave up and was always sympathetic and caring.

Best practice if you want to be treated as a human being and have a doctor who will course correct for you based on your wishes, not their practice reporting numbers.

Insurance covered monitoring and transfer, did not cover drugs or egg donor

I wish I could give a review for Dr Wood Molo, but I saw her once, and never again. There is no way to contact her at all, and you have to rely on nurses who will write down your questions, supposedly ask the doctor your questions, and then call you back. I never had my questions answered. It would have been great to have Dr Wood Molo reach out even ONCE to questions.

Honestly, choose anyone else. I recommend Northwestern, which was a much better experience. Prepare to be a checkbook and nothing else to this office.

I wish I had one! Weeks and weeks of testing and nurses forgetting to call with results. Never once heard about any treatment options or next steps. Just kept coming in for more and more tests and more bills...

Be prepared for ridiculous billing practices. A simple ultrasound visit requires copays for a specialty provider visit, despite never seeing a provider. This felt like borderline fraud; having ultrasounds and lab work done anywhere else does not require a provider copay. The final straw was a prenatal genetic screen, which the office told me would cost one fee, however I was later charged double (which was several HUNDRED dollars more). When I asked CRC why this test was so expensive, I was told “oh, I guess they changed their rates, sorry, that's not really our problem”. I actually asked Dr Wood Molo’s office for a CPT billing code in advance to check the price for this test, and was told “oh, we don’t do that, it takes too long”.

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For the first time in my 15 years of having a genetic diagnosis, someone explained my situation to me with a big picture overview. She did not get caught up in details, and did not allow me to run away with fear. She made it clear that we will become parents, and was incredibly helpful at helping us navigate through this journey.

Take notes and document everything, there is a lot to keep track of.

There were so many different costs, they clearly listed them all out for us.

Not only has Dr. Molo tremendously helped my husband and I with our fertility journey, but she has also shown us much kindness, patience, and support. Before I had my first appointment with her, I was feeling hopeless and sad as my other doctors told me I was ultimately unable to get pregnant unless I got an egg donor since they diagnosed me with Premature Ovarian Failure and menopause at 35 years old. When I came to Dr. Molo, she did something different, she did not rule out any possibilities or doom me into an inevitable path of infertility like my other doctors. She also throughly explained my diagnosis to me along with potential next steps that could help. She also showed me empathy as I explained my history of miscarriage to her. Because my FSH was so high, she put me on an estrogen rest for a month which allowed me to get a period again and eventually get pregnant naturally. As a result, I did not have to get an egg donor, do IUI or in vitro, and I am currently 12 weeks pregnant. It is evident that Dr. Molo exudes the knowledge and personality it takes to be an exceptional doctor who truly cares for her patients. The only feedback I would give is wanting the opportunity to reach out to Dr. Molo directly when I had a question instead of the nurses or during a consult like through online messages on my chart.

I would tell them to stay positive and know that they are now going to an expert.

Dr. Molo put me on an estrogen rest to regulate my hormones as my FSH was over 100 and I had stopped ovulating/having my period. As a result, I was able to get my period, ovulate, and naturally get pregnant.

Most of the time, I had a $40 copay every time I visited the clinic which was at least once a week.

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