Christine Murray

Dr. Murray is very thoughtful. I really appreciated the care she provided while we were at NERM. She was very thpughtful and caring when we were going through an initial loss, and was supportive/ reassuring when we decided to have my partner cardy my embryo. I remember an email she sent to me that encouraged us not to give up after a miscarriage. It was really comforting to have personal contact with a physician. It felt like we mattered to her. When I had a csncrlled cycle she called personally to tell me. Those little personal touches really mattered.

Our second transfer was really stressful. I wish the environment had been more peaceful.

First ivf: birth control , menopur 150, gonal f 150, ganatilix antagonist, trigger pregnyl and lupron. 9 days of stims: 14 eggs produced 14 eggs, 5 dsy 5 embros, 1 mc of 2 embryos. Second trandfer from this cycle resulted in a live birth Second retrival was cancelled due to premature ovulation Third retrival : 225 gonal f, 225 menopur. Ganarilix antagonist and pregnyl trigger. 11 eggs and 11 5d/6d embryos. We pgs tested and 6 came back pgs normal

First retrival was 7500 +500 anesthesia +500 meds Second retrival was cancelled and we applied that to our thrid cycle which was the same price. Meds were around 250. We had one additional transfer which cost 2500 plusmeds 300

I think the monitoring was insufficent for my second cycle which was cancelled

She is nice, easy to talk to, but also seems very competent, knowledgeable, and does a good job explaining procedures without making them sound scary. I always knew what was going to happen at every visit, and if I had questions, it was easy to get in touch with nursing staff. My expectations were that we would only get about eight eggs from freezing, but I ended up getting 16, which was a lot better than I expected. I also had no pain at all the next day, just very sleepy. I read horror stories online about egg freezing, but my experience was nothing like what I read. It was actually pretty easy and if it wasn't so expensive, I would probably go ahead and do another cycle.

Be prepared to have to see a few different people for ultrasounds and Dr. Kasson is a little rough when he does the internal U/S. He is totally professional but the technique is just rougher than women, probably because he doesn't have those body parts himself.

Don't remember.

$2,000 for the medications, $600 for anesthesia, everything else added up to ~$5,000 , so the total was around ~7,000 to freeze my eggs

N/A, didn't do this

Dr. Murray was very accommodating at the beginning of treatment. The clinic is 2 hours away and my initial consultation was over the phone, on a Sunday. There was miscommunication between Dr. Murray and clinic staff that resulted in a delay of my first IVF cycle and in it’s place we were asked to do another IUI in the meantime. It was not in our plan, but we went ahead with it regardless as the IVF meds could not be expedited in time to save the cycle. Over the course of the actual IVF cycle I did not see Dr. Murray again as Dr. Cason performed an HSG and Dr. Brown did my retrieval. I felt a little disjointed with so many “cooks in the kitchen” but at the same time confident in the team overall.

Be prepared to advocate for what you need. Entering into fertility treatment can be overwhelming and it helps to know as much about your options going in so as not to get overwhelmed.

BCP (10 days), Gonal f 150iu, Menopur 150iu. Ganirelix then Lupron/Pregnyl trigger. Uncomplicated retrieval, 11 eggs. 1 broken shell, all 10 fertilized (5 with ICSI, 5 unassisted). 2 embryos made it to day 5 and were transferred (both pre-blast). None made it to freeze. Pregnancy resulted, lost at 6 weeks.

IVF - SHG $350, Anesthesia Fee $530, Monitoring Fee $1000, Procedure Fee $7000. Monitoring coverage began at baseline and ended at embryo transfer. Procedure fee included injection training. Also included was 1 year of embryo storage.

I was counseled on industry recommendations through current research. Pros and cons were clearly expressed but the ultimate decision was left to us. I appreciated the guidance and conversation we had regarding single vs multiple embryo transfer.

I feel like I always asked the hard questions and Dr. Murray always provided a well thought-out answer. She celebrated with us when we saw the heartbeat and she was right by my side when it was no longer there. I feel like I'm a pretty demanding patient, and she's always been nothing but patient with me.

Take advantage of your one-on-one time with Dr. Murray. NRM is a small clinic, but they're very efficient so tasks that can be handled by a nurse will be handled by a nurse. You may not see Dr. Murray every time you're there, so really soak it up, ask all your questions, and get out all of your concerns when you're meeting with her.

For my IUI cycles, I was on Clomid. Both cycles had multiple follicles, but neither one resulted in a positive pregnancy test. For my IVF cycle, Dr. Murray used an Estrogen Priming protocol because I'm older and have a lower egg reserve. I feel like the cycle went very well, but my egg quality is just too poor as determined by my miscarriage and the fact that I didn't have any embryos to freeze. My only real concern with my IVF cycle was that I think the doctors could have stimmed me for an additional day to get more mature eggs out of me. This will not deter me from using NRM again, though. I'll be back.

Each meeting with my doctor costs $150. Each IUI cycle cost $400 (monitoring was done at an off-site location, I'm not sure how much this would cost at NRM). The IVF cycle was $8,000. This does not include medications, but all monitoring was covered. This included one frozen embryo transfer, however, we were unable to do this.

Dr. Murray cautioned me of the complications with twins when I transferred two embryos, but ultimately left the decision up to me.

Dr. Murray is very patient, kind and knowledgeable. She clearly states the science and the implications for treatment in a way that is very supportive. She was always professional, and I never felt rushed during any of my visits. I would say the same of the other two doctors at the clinic.

Just relax and know that you are in really good hands.

I was given a lot of choice in how I wanted to proceed. As a forty year old woman, I tried three unmedicated IUIs, one medicated and then asked to go straight to IVF. They would have supported more IUI tries if I had wanted to go that route too, but they agreed that moving to IVF at that point was probably the best call based on the numbers. They really understood the financial considerations and constraints I had and balanced their advice with those in mind. For example, they didn't recommend testing the embryos for a few reasons: one- they knew it would be expensive for me, two- at my age they knew I was likely to have few viable embryos, three- the current research shows that the testing can produce false positives for anomalies.

Relatively affordable in comparison to other options.

They respected my strong desire not to have twins, and transferred only one embryo at a time at my request.

She’s pleasant. She treated us like more than just a number and we really felt like she was family. There were two times after cycles failed that she was supposed to call us and didn’t. So that diminished our trust in her. She didn’t do any other testing though we asked, and she didn’t seem to have any ideas

I’m not sure

I’m not 100% sure. A good chunk of ours was covered by insurance