University Hospitals Fertility Center

Dr Rossi is very pleasant and easy to talk to. She treats you with respect and lays out all the information needed for you to make an educated decision about your own treatment. Approximately 3 months ago I had an ectopic pregnancy. I went to my local emergency room and needed emergency surgery. I had called the clinic before going into surgery to let them know but Dr Rossi wasn’t in that day. I let the nurse know and she said to keep them posted. About an hour later Dr Rossi called me herself to find out how I was doing and give me some advice to make sure the surgeon did whatever she could to spare my damaged tube. Dr Rossi also called me 2 days later to check on me and make sure surgery went ok and to get an update and talk about where we go from there. She truly cares about her patients and their well-being and does what she can to make this difficult process a little easier.

If you have had any prior testing or treatments, try to get all records from that to take with you on your consult visit. It is super helpful to have hard copies of everything right there with you and she then can dictate all your history right into your chart.

My first 3 months of treatment I took letrozle 5mg daily on cycle days 3-7 with timed intercourse. I had already tried Clomid with another doctor and although I was thought to ovulate with Clomid, she wanted to try something different. All 3 months I ovulated and all 3 months failed. After the letrozole, we switched back to Clomid and did 3 monitored IUI cycles. Again, Each cycle I ovulated and each cycle failed. We then met for a sort of “regroup” as I was getting tired of the same results. Our options were continue on oral medicated IUI cycles, try injectable IUI cycles or move on to IVF. Obviously, IVF gave us the best success rate but we pay out of pocket for treatment and can not afford IVF. We opted for injectable cycles with IUI. Dr Rossi said she would allow us to do 3 cycles but if they didn’t work that we would need to move onto IVF and that the sooner the better. I have done 2 cycles so far with Gonal-F injections beginning at 100iu on cycle day 3 and am monitored every other day. My doses have been tweaked a little here and there depending on my estradiol levels throughout the cycle. My first injectable cycle I had 1-2 mature follicles and triggered with Ovidrel for IUI 36 hours later. Beginning 3 days after IUI I start using Progesterone suppositories twice daily. Failed cycle. I am now currently in my two week wait after my second injectable cycle with the same protocol. This time I had 2-3 mature follicles. Crossing my fingers for a positive result!

My insurance covers the testing and medications so my cost was cut significantly by that. I pay approx $200 per month for the monitoring and medications. My IUIs cost $420 per cycle and an IVF cycle costs approx $10,000 (we haven’t gone through with that yet due to the cost)

Like I said previously, Dr Rossi has been thorough with developing a plan to help get me pregnant. She understands that certain procedures are too costly for my husband & I & has looked at all routes in mapping out potential plans. We know the risk & cost with everything & wish we could afford it all. With my PCOS I know we need to be more aggressive & if I'm not pregnant by the summer we need to figure out a way to be able to afford the injections & iui. We've have several failed iui's & my husband is worried in shelling out more cash to something with a very low chance of working. We're tired of being disappointed but Dr Rossi has been willing to meet with us on several occasions to see what she can do. She has been helpful & we're still hoping for a miracle!

I would say that dr Rossi gives her patients the time to listen that most doctors don't normally do.

She prescribed me Clomid for several months (even though I was on letrozole for 7 months prior). We did a procedure to make sure my tubes were open & followed up with the trigger shot & iui. That again failed so my husband & I took two months off to relax & recover, & then was back at it on clomid. Now I'm on letrozole with the trigger shot & timed intercourse to see if that works. If it doesn't work over the next few months, then we need injectables .

Majority of the time Dr. Rossi was able to have procedures coated or in a way to ensure that my insurance would cover it and there wouldn't be any hassling when I would be billed. She would review our insurance information to make sure certain things would be covered and advised us when they wouldn't. I believe once or twice we did have an issue but luckily we were able to have it resolved.

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Brooke Rossi is an excellent doctor. She wants to help and assist to give me everything I've ever wanted- a child. She has listened to my story (losing a child in the past during open heart surgery) and my fears of the future. She makes me feel comfortable and I feel safe in her care. I know she is and will continue to do everything to make our dreams come true. Unfortunatley, we are dealing with male factor infertility, which is not something she can assist with. She referred us to an infertility urologist and works with that doctor to keep up to date with the status of the sperm count. Even though we are seeing the urologist a lot more than Dr. Rossi right now, I know she is still there for us and she's ready for us to come back and further our treatments.

Be patient. Dr. Rossi is a very busy doctor with many patients. I understand why because she is a great doctor but it's hard to wait for long periods of time to get in to see her. The infertility is stressful and having to wait so long isn't the best.

Dr. Rossi ran bloodwork on me, did a vaginal ultrasound, and ordered a HSG test. I completed all. She also referred by fiancé to a infertility urologist.

The consultation was free. Everything else is too expensive and I'm having a very difficult time paying the medical bills.

I remember one instance I had concerns and she called me about 8 at night after what I’m sure was a long day for her. She spent 30 minutes talking through everything with me and we decided on a course of action. I slept that night because she took the time to call me. I didn’t get charged for a visit, she didn’t make me come in, she cared about me as a human who wanted a child more than anything and was anxious and worried every step of the way. And I generally felt like o was inconveniencing her. Her compassion is unmatched. When I had to stop treatments because life through me a huge curveball and 6 months later I called the clinic asking if I could get her opinion on my chances moving forward, I received a call back which brought me to tears. When I told her why I stopped coming a didn’t proceed with IVF I could hear the sadness on my behalf and empathy in her voice. Which I have experienced with very few doctors. And then she again took the time to talk to me about what my best options would be in the next year if I wanted to try and have a baby in the future. All of this knowing I was no longer a patient of hers and wouldn’t be, as I had plans to move away. She still cared about me as a human desperate for a child and was willing to take the time to consult with me over the phone and at the some time ease some of my anxieties while also being straightforward about my options and chances. It’s a delicate balance that Dr.Rossi achieves with ease.

Go see her!

I don’t remember all the specifics but I did 3 months of just clomid with monitoring and timed intercourse to get me to ovulate. And then clomid with IUI and then injectibles. I sometimes needed to add additional treatments to aid with estrogen levels and to help build a lining. She encouraged me to continue with my natural treatments as well which included monitoring my diet to ensure I was getting the right foods as I lose weight and fall to an unhealthy BMI when under stress and acupuncture to help with stress, and also fertility. Most cycles but I was able to follow through with IUIs. I had 2 cancelled cycles. We were beginning the steps to move to IVF when I had to stop treatment due to unfortunate life circumstances.

I believe I just had to pay a specialist copay to work with her and $400 for each IUI. Because I have ovulation issues they worked to code all of my monitoring ultrasounds as diagnostic which was incredibly helpful. The dye test cost maybe 1500 out of pocket, but I imagine that depends on insurance and the hormones and medications were a couple thousand each cycle but again depends on if you have insurance that will cover any.

Dr. Rossi failed to follow through on my test results, we did not find out until we conceived a son with a rare genetic chromosomal disorder. (Two years after Dr. Rossi ordered the test) Dr. Rossi shared the results were never given to her from the lab at the hospital she worked for.

Follow through on your own test results and ask to see them. I was told they were normal but never saw the results because they did not get sent to her and were definitely not normal.

After 3 miscarriages Dr. Rossi started me on progesterone and since I got pregnant I was told that was my reasoning for recurrent miscarriages. (Really it is because I have a balanced translocation)

She is very knowledgeable and honest about my treatment. She has a good bedside manner the majority of the time. Even though she is knowledgeable, there are times that I felt she didn't give me all the information. I'm not sure how much she understands endometriosis.

Do your own research on fertility treatments and come up with specific questions to ask.

The only things covered by my insurance were ultrasounds and blood work. Everything else was paid for out of pocket. An IUI with medication like Clomid cost around $500. An IUI with injectables (such as Follistim) cost around $1100. An IVF cycle cost about $9800. All of the medications for the IVF cycle cost around $4000. Therefore, one IVF cycle at UH costs around $14,000-15,000 if you are paying out of pocket.

My doctor took the time to listen to me and go over all of my medical documents together. She helped me understand my new diagnosis and the next steps in the treatment plan. I was diagnosed with PCOS during a thorough ultrasound with her. She helped me understand what it was and what we were going to do about it.

Be honest with you doctor. She will help you! And she listened!

My doctor prescribed medication, metformin to help with insulin resistance. And also vitamin D supplements. I am also taking letrozole 2.5 (x2) cycle day 3-5. With timed intercourse. Hoping this cocktail works for me now! Fingers crossed. I don’t want to have to go through iui or injectables again. But I will, if it comes down to it.

The cost seems to be appropriate with what was being done.

We have not spoken about that yet

Dr Rossi is very compassionate and allows time in the visit to go over every option and details. She is very honest. She understand my situation and is reassuring that a child is in my future. She takes patient preference into the plan of care.

Trust the process

3 rounds with clomid and 1 with letrizole. Negative results thus far. She did not feel use of ovidrel was necessary because I had accurate home opk kits, although she was open to using if I preferred

Iui using donor Sperm-300 Insurance covered monitoring

N/a yet. Will know soon

She was really nice and compassionate with good bedside manner. She would spend a lot of time with me answering my list of questions and concerns. She allowed us to decide the next corse of action in terms of our available options. After several miscarriages with unknown reasons she began throwing everything into the pot, which is when I lost confidence in her abilities to get me the results I desired. The treatments were controversial and risky with only a small success rate.

Ask a lot of questions and be your own advocate!

Femara: superovulation with one good egg. Experimental injection: increased chance of pregnancy (myself and my partner opted not to do this)

Femara, ultrasounds, bloodwork,

No embryo transfers under her care

I have no negative things to say about Dr. Rossi. She was very knowledgeable and was able to help me get pregnant without having to go through IVF. Great bedside manner. Called me directly to discuss options.

Keep the faith.

Dr. Rossi started me off on Clomid, opks, and iui, after multiple failed, tried with trigger shot, then tried letrozole, after that failed, we continued to follistim injectables, trigger shot and iui, first round worked. I wanted to avoid ivf if possible, therefore these were the steps we took.

420 per iui. Follistim injectables 200 to 400 a cycle. Ultrsounds 500 each. Trigger shot 100.