Alice Rhoton-Vlasak

Strengths: she cares, she is straightforward, she is very thorough and helps you understand what and why you’re doing things. She answers all questions. Weakness: not in clinic 5 days a week so I did have an iui done with another doc who I didn’t like as much

Trust her. She will walk you through step by step explaining everything along the way

Clomid with iui for three rounds. 3rd round of iui with clomid also had a trigger shot for better accuracy. All led to negative pregnancy tests. Next step is fetilization shots with iui but currently treatment stopped due to COVID

My copay for clomid was $3.00 The sperm sample was $300 The clinic visits were $35 copay The iui were $200

We love Dr. Rhoton! She keeps us updated at all times. She checks on me thoroughly throughout the process to make sure the dosage is right and we’re progressing properly. She makes us feel comfortable and encourages that we ask as many questions as possible.

We don’t have any advice to give in regards to being a patient of Dr. Rhoton’s. She makes the whole experience comfortable and informative.

With my IUI’s, she was always sure to explain everything thoroughly and made it clear that if we were producing too many eggs, that for my own health, we would need to cancel. She’s always focused on the safety of her patients first and foremost. After seeing how my body responded, she adjusted my dosage and watched me very closely as to make sure not to overstimulate me.

We had 1 cancelled IUI, 1 complete IUI and we are undergoing 1 cycle of IVF currently. Looking to have spent approximately $20k

I really appreciated Dr Rhoton’s bedside manner, explanations, compassion and thoughtfulness. However, there were some things that happened or the way in which things happened that make me question her knowledge. Perhaps I am a complicated case (and she has been totally helpful and supportive of us going out of state to a larger more well-known IVF center to continue treatment), but our egg retrieval resulted in unexpectedly small number of eggs retrieved (5-6 is what we were expecting based on ultrasounds and we only got 2). Secondly, she never tested my ovarian reserve for almost a year and a half. It was only until I decided to do IVF (after failed medicated IUIs) that she tested my ovarian reserve and we discovered I do have a low reserve for my age (prior to this we had just been given the diagnosis of unexplained infertility). Had I known this information from the beginning, we probably would have jumped straight to IVF rather than wasting precious time doing the other treatments. Dr. Rhoton is very open to your thoughts and questions, so if you go to her just make sure to educate and advocate for yourself. I wish i had pushed for the ovarian reserve test.

Educate yourself and don’t be afraid to advocate for yourself.

Be aware that some of the ultrasound appointments will only be staffed by the nurses. I would have preferred to see the doctor for those.

Given our insurance and being in-network with them, our IVF cycle (which did not include a transfer) was only about $6-7k

She clearly didn't know who I was as a patient. The nurses did most of the work, including reading ultrasounds. Ultimately, someone missed the fact that I ovulated during an injectable iui cycle and even though I was already pregnant and bleeding from an ectopic the doctor on call did an IUI anyway and told me it was not likely to work (the charged me for it). Despite my calling about pain and bleeding it took several more days before they did a pregnancy test and discovered the ectopic pregnancy. When I went for my initial "what happened" appointment she said that the ectopic was likely caused by Endometrosis. When I went back several months later to discuss cycling again she told me I didn't have it. In sum, I felt like she didn't care about my treatment or me, and I wasted thousands of dollars (out of pocket/no insurance) on treatmemt with her and at least a year of time when I would have been better off seeing a different doctor - any different doctor.

jacksonville and Tampa are closer than you think - it is worth the drive.

We did several clomid challenges, 3 IUIs with Climid only, 3 IUIs with clomid+injectibles and some IUIs with just injectibles.

Very pleasant and I feel very confident that with her help I can eventually get pregnant. She explained all options and outcomes in great detail. I completely understand what needs to be done, we are just being held back financially.

Be open with her. She truly wants to help you get pregnant.

Before coming to Alice, I had already had blood work, HSG test, ultrasound, and my husband had semin analysis. All pointed to unexplained infertility. My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for 2.5 years. We decided to come to Alice to take the next steps. She started by doing an ultrasound while on my period to clear me to start clomid. I had blood work to confirm ovulation and IUI the day after I tested positive for ovulation in urine. I did not become pregnant this first round of IUI.

The ultrasound and blood work was covered under my insurance with copay, but I had to pay out of pocket for the IUI and fertility drugs.

I really enjoy going to her and I really feel that she will do whatever she needs to get that couple pregnant. She is very thorough when explaining things. When she did my HSG--she walked me through every step and helped me understand what was going on.

We first did an entire evaluation and she determined we were unexplained fertility. She gave us our options and we decided to wait a couple of months to do anything. Then we started the first step, 50mg of clomid and IUI. We are currently in the tww. If it didn't work we will try 2 more times.

Most are covered under insurance. My last IUI was $362

She’s very knowledgeable and explains every step. She asks questions to make sure we understand and offers us the floor to ask our own questions. She makes sure we have everything before we move forward

Just be patient with the process. They’re rooting for you too

I used letrozole and switched to clomid as I didn’t ovulate with letrozole. We added a trigger with IUI and we confirmed ovulation but never had any success. We’re starting IVF this summer

Cost has been relatively low. $297 semen analysis, insurance has covered mostly all ultrasounds and blood work. My IVF cost is covered 70% by insurance and because of my employer discount and insurance I’m quoted around $4,000 out of pocket without medications for IVF

She chooses 1 single to transfer to avoid risk of multiples