Seattle Reproductive Medicine

Kind, compassionate, well spoken, educated. I am completely comfortable asking questions and don’t ever feel rushed or like an inconvenience. We recently got the news that’s IVF is likely the only thing that will work for us and he was very caring and understanding about how hard that was to hear. I can hear in his voice the determination he has for helping us reach our dream of becoming parents.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions.

I went to him to find out why I was in so much pain and why my cycles were so irregular. He referred us to a surgeon for an endometrial laparoscopic surgery. When we found out I didn’t have endometriosis but I did have a ton of scar tissue/damaged tubes, he said we could do a monitored femara cycle to see how I respond which we are in the middle of now, our next step will be IVF if the femara does not work.

She is very personable. She herself has experienced fertility issues so she is relatable and genuinely concerned. I always felt like she cared. She was patient and thorough. I always felt well cared for.

Be open minded to multiple options and stay strong in your want to become parents.

Most of the costs were covered by my insurance. If I were to continue with further care I would need quite a bit of cash that we currently don’t have.

Dr Mazur is terrific and if we try another transfer I will fly cross country to see him and the SRM staff. I recommend him to anyone needing fertility treatment. It was a fluke I ended up with him but I’m so happy I did!

He’s great and you are in great hands!

Dr Mazur was accommodating and update on how he prescribed medication. I asked if I could avoid needles and he had zero issues with it.

We paid around $30,000 for treatment.

No, we only talked about transferring one.

She is very positive. Had a good attitude and listened to my concerns. She did my IUI and was very gentle with an excellent bedside manner. The clinic staff were always nice and answered my questions. The ultrasound tech was also very nice and explained everything to me.

Go in with an open heart

We did an IUI with my husband fresh sperm. We used letrazole and FSH. It is called a blended cycle. I am 40 years old so we needed to be a bit more aggressive with my treatments. My IUI was a success on our first round!

Friendly and straightforward in our consultation with him, he outlined every step of the process for us, and provided me excellent care before and after the confirmed pregnancy. He just needs to slow down a little, at his in person appointments.

I would say trust his judgement, but remember that he and the other staff at SRM let you ultimately decide your care plan.

For us it was fairly straight forward. My husband through genetic testing had previously discovered that he was 100% sterile. He has a genetic condition where he has two full XX chromosomes with a partial Y stuck to one of them. We went into our meeting with Mazur knowing his diagnosis and that we would need donor sperm. I was the only unknown factor because I have never been pregnant before. And I have slightly elevated testosterone (no PCOS) He figured that we would just need a couple of attempts at IUI for it to work. For our IUI I opted into just tracking my ovulations with OPKs, had the first attempt not been successful I would of tried injections. I was testing for almost a year before our IUI happened, so I had a good idea of when I would be ovulating.

Doctor consultation, counseling session, blood draws, genetic testing, IUI procedure, and then pregnancy confirmation and care I probably spent around $2,000 out of pocket with SRM. That's not including any of the costs around getting donor sperm.

Dr. Barker took time to carefully craft a treatment plan for me that fit the needs of my health and beliefs. She was very sensitive to our desires not to PGS test, and did not push it. I did not want to create "too many" embryos, as I would want to transfer all at some point, and Dr. Barker took this concern seriously and professionally set about creating a plan. I could not recommend her enough!

Trust your doctor, she knows what she is doing.

Insurance covered most of my treatment. I paid my OOP max, then about $2,000 for ICSI that wasn't covered, and $900 to freeze my remaining embryos.

I only have one kidney, which could mean a high-risk pregnancy. Dr. Barker did not want to transfer more than one embryo for this reason, and transferring multiples was not something we discussed further.

A great combination of thorough in explaining the medicine and caring. I didn't meet super-often with her, but my case was fairly straightforward and didn't require a lot of special attention or protocol adjustments.

Fairly standard, I think. We agreed to try several IUIs before moving onto IVF. Although my fourth and final IUI resulted in a chemical, we decided that it was still best to move forward with IVF. I did request that I not have to take birth control prior to any of my cycles (retrieval or FET), and Dr. Barker has respected that. I think I had a fairly standard stimulation protocol, though I can't remember the details. I produced ~29 eggs, of which ~19 fertilized and 12 or so made it to PGS testing, and 4 of which were found to be PGS-normal. So far we have had 3 successful transfers and have 1 remaining frozen embryo.

I don't remember exactly, but prices were higher than the lowest cost clinic in the area but not the highest cost clinic in the area.

Dr Barker was clear that she does not recommend multiple embryo transfers for most patients.

Dr. Mazur is an excellent doctor. He explains things very clearly and has compassion for his patients. I appreciated he had reviewed my background and acknowledged where I was in the journey/process. He made me believe that we could get pregnant - even after several failed treatment cycles with another doctor.

Do not hesitate to ask questions!

Prior to seeing Dr. Mazur, I had two failed medicated and injectable timed intercourse cycles and three failed medicated and injectable IUI cycles. The precious doctor kept doing all the same things in each cycle and we felt like we needed to change the approach if we wanted different results. During Covid, I did my own work with nutrition and suppliments to restore normal cycles. We went to Dr. Mazur for a second opinion and he instilled confidence that I would be able to get pregnant naturally. However, we should no longer waste money on injections and IUIs and begin to save for IVF. We were given the option to try Clomid because it was cheap. We decided to do that. The first cycle I responded; however had unclear OPKs. The next cycle I advocated to try a trigger injection with the clomid and we had success.

Dr. Barker has been through IVF herself and was candid in sharing her experience with us which was amazing. She is down to earth, incredibly warm and caring. She is easy to like and comes across as very genuine. I would and have recommended her to several of my friends and family. I truly cannot day enough nice things about her and the care we have received from her. Hands down the best medical professional I have ever experienced.

Don’t be afraid to ask her anything! She truly gets it and will give you a straight, honest answer with no judgement.

We had unexplained fertility so our treatment was pretty standard and didn’t change much. Originally we did IUI and after 4 unsuccessful cycles we added clomid. After two cycles of that with increased doses she was good about explaining the likelihood of continuing and recommended moving to IVF. We conceived on our first cycle with a fresh transfer. This resulted in a healthy baby boy. When we came back to try to expand our family we continued through a frozen cycle and two additional egg retrievals. One resulted in a chemical pregnancy and one other in a miscarriage at 9 weeks. No changes were made in any of those cycles. The miscarriage was after our 3rd egg retrieval and fresh transfer and decided to take a break. We recently came back and are in the middle of a cycle now. The only change this time is we added omnitrope injections and results are so far the best cycle with two good rated embryos and two fair rated embryos. This cycle we also transferred two embryos at a time instead of just one.

We have insurance that was pretty good. Medication was our largest expense and was roughly 4500$ per IVF cycle.

We feel our doctor did a good job of explaining her reasoning for only transferring single embryos in the past. Our current cycle is the first time we have transferred more than one at a time and there wer specifically different circumstances to support that decision.

Dr. Barker communicates very well. She is also very detailed in her explanations as to what is happening at the time. My experience as a patient with her is just phenomenal! I absolutely adore her. She is quick to get back to you with any questions you may have.

I would tell them just to relax and that they are in amazing hands with Dr. Barker.

Dr. Barker diagnosed me with pcos in 2018, so she prescribed me metformin to regulate my cycles, and letrozole to help me ovulate. I did end up pregnant with twins! Unfortunately, my twins quit growing and I miscarried. I am not giving up hope, as we are trying again with the same method.

The costs are very affordable!

We have not gotten to the point of embryo transfers. We are still trying out with letrozole and metformin and timed intercourse.

Dr. Barker wasn’t present at every small visit (ie ultrasound or blood draw) but she was always available if I ever needed her. She was always reviewing my chart and making adjustments as she saw necessary. If I could have her as my OB throughout my pregnancy I would 100% choose her and her staff. They’re very relatable, empathetic and definitely work to build those personal relationships with patients. I have absolutely nothing negative to say.

Dr. Barker always asked or gave me options regarding which strategy we would go with. She knew that I really wanted to avoid multiples and we weren’t as much in a ‘hurry’ like we were when trying to get pregnant with the first baby. She also knew that because our insurance had changed since the last treatment a couple years prior, we didn’t have as much coverage so we were ok with going a little less aggressive/ slower.

Everything was submitted to insurance and we were responsible for the balance.

Dr. Barker is a compassionate and personal provider who is extremely knowledgeable in her field and it shows during patient interactions. I feel like she has been very caring, informative and supportive during my infertility journey.

I would inform them that they would be in the care of a to the point and very wonderful provider.

We did a HSG to make sure my tubes weren’t blocked and then we did a round of Clomid with an HCG injection and a timed intercourse which resulted in a chemical miscarriage. 2 more rounds of Clomid without any US or injection and no pregnancy.

Over $1000

I like her approach to a single embryo transfer as it might have better outcome for a successful pregnancy!

She is great. Very personable, explains things well. I felt we discussed my history and came up with a game plan for me. Instead of being told what to do next. She has never made me feel rushed during appointments and always made sure all my questions were answered before leaving.

She’s great. Great listener

I have done two IUI. The first I only used oral medication Letrozole . The second I did I did oral medication Letrozole and one injection (trigger) Having a hard time predicting my ovulation due to endometriosis I am getting set to do another IUI at the end of this month (April 2019). I am taking oral meds Letrozole and this time I am doing 4 FSH injections with a trigger shot before the IUI. If this IUI fails we will be doing IVF

Some of my treatment was covered by insurance. However this last IUI is all out of pocket. Between the consultation the Ultrasound, medication and iUI it will be close to $1000. Which is reasonable and they offer payment plans

I just read her rationale on the SRM Facebook page this morning and it was very informative

I felt I was very informed and everything was easy to understand. Given the fact there were so many details that go into IVF, I felt confident in all the knowledge that was given to me. I wouldn’t say Dr. Dudley is a personable man but he seemed like a straight shooter and we liked that about him and that is why we went back when we were trying for another child.

He is very good at explaining things but I would say don’t be afraid to ask questions or if you don’t understand

First round- I was under the category of unexplained infertility. But my blood tests, hormones, tests and my husbands sperm count was all normal so my plan was pretty straight forward. On day 4 of my cycle I started bc pills. On day 9 I had OH uterine sounding. Day 24 did injection training and began luteal Lupron. Husband takes Zithromax. Day 28 take last bc. Day 32 suppression check. Day 34 start follistim and menopur. Bloodwork and ultrasounds in between. Day 45 hcg shot. Day 47 egg retrieval. Day 53 embryo transfer. This round resulted a pregnancy and live birth. 2 1/2 years later since everything was so straight forward and all my blood work looked great we did an embryo transfer with no meds and used an opk to test when I ovulated. Then used progesterone. That resulted in no pregnancy. The following cycle we did another round but this time did meds Lupron, Vivelle, and progesterone and that resulted in a pregnancy but ended in a miscarriage.

I think the first round was about $12,000 and of course more costs for meds. Then when we did the 2nd and 3rd rounds were about $3000 each with the 3rd costing more money for meds

Because I have had a previous pregnancy and no history of miscarriages and all our tests were normal for the most part Dr. Dudley recommended we only transfer one embryo because he believed we would have a high chance of twins.

Dr. Barker was very communicative with what to expect. She was honest with what our setbacks could be and very professional. I was cautiously optimistic the treatments would work and we would get the outcome we desired, which we are fortunate to say we succeeded.

Expect kindness, compassion and honesty from Dr. Barker.

We started with menopur and Gonal f. I yielded 7 eggs the first egg retrieval, and had a total of 2 embryos frozen and biopsied for PGD. The next round the menopur dosage stayed the same and the gonal f dosage increased. I yielded 9 eggs during retrieval and had a total of 2 embryos frozen and biopsied for PGD. Of the 4 embryos, 2 were unaffected euploid embryos

Total cost was around 50,000 for 2 eggs retrieval’s and 2 FET’s

Dr.Barker was adamant that she only wanted to perform single FET’s unless I gave a compelling reason why I wanted more due to a high risk pregnancy

Dr Barker was very warm and informative from our very first interaction. It was clear she took the time to understand our situation and formulate a plan that made sense for us. She made it clear she was available for questions along the way.

Ask any questions you might have

Ovulation induction with Letrozole for an ovulation, some cycles with Ovidrel. Monitoring with follicular ultrasounds. We also planned an IUI but were not able to complete due to our schedule.

Unsure, still waiting for final bill.

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Doctor Mazur I felt had my best interest at heart. He heard what I said and took my seriously. He started treatment right away and was very gentle with me. I wish I saw him more when it came to ultrasounds that’s the only down fall I have.

Go in with an open mind. He might go a different route then you first anticipated, but he's going to start treatment as soon as possible. He doesn't waste time.

Pcos was my main reason of infertility. He started me on a pill to get me to ovulate with letrozole. Then the trigger shot if follicles were big enough following iui

300 dollars to see him. 150 per ultrasound iui was 650 plus all medications which ranges from 50 dollars up.

Dr. Barker is kind, knowledgeable, and practical. She gave us very good advice and allowed my husband and I to decide how aggressive we were with treatments. She also allowed us room to take breaks from treatment when it became emotionally exhausting.

You don’t get to see her at every appointment. Much communication occurs through a nurse via a web portal.

With the attain program, we spent approximately 30,000 for IVF but that included up to three retrievals (I only needed one) and unlimited transfers until the first pregnancy.

Nichole made us feel very comfortable from the first meeting. Most of all she was encouraging and gave us hope. She answered all our questions and more. Having done treatment herself I felt like she knew more what we were going through.

Be honest about all your fears and history.

We did 5 rounds of IUI. The first 3 rounds we did with clomid and trigger. I had good results and didnt have any side effects. Unfortunately none of the took. We decided to up our game before trying IVF. We have done 2 additional rounds with injections, trigger and prometrium. I again had good results but no pregnancy. I ended up getting cysts so we had to take a break but will try the protocol one more time before moving on to IVF.

My doctor only does eSET which I partly understand but feel more would be better odds.

Dr. Mazur has been great , very educated and compassionate man. He is always running on time, has explained everything thoroughly and has not left me with any surprises. When calling the office I was lucky enough to get in the next week with him .

Write down of of your questions.

We are in the beginning stages of fresh transfer IVF. Using the luteal Lupron protocol.

He prefers to do 1 embryo transfer but has given me the option of 1 or 2.

He is a good cheerleader. He is very optimistic and helped us have hope. He is a good listener. We feel comfortable working with him. Even when we had failure, he didn't give up but recommended a treatment course. He respected our choices along the way.

Ask him to explain the risk of different treatment options better.

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He respected our decision to do multiple embryo transfer