Deirdre Conway

From the moment I consulted with Dr. Conway, she portrayed warm and open body language. In addition, she gave me time and eye contact as she truly listened to my history. She respected my ability to think critically and did not condescend or "dumb" down information. She thoroughly explained the process I would need to undertake and presented my options to me in a realistic manner. Not giving me a false sense of the probability rates for the options. My circumstances were unique because I also required a hysteroscopy prior to selecting/beginning fertility treatments. I appreciated her consideration and explanation into the surgery. She took very good care of me through the surgery process and reassured me throughout that whole experience. When it came time to follow up on treatment selection, Dr. Conway was appreciative of my choice selection as being impacted by my financial status. I appreciated not being pressured or pushed into financing treatment packages that were not feasible to me at the time.

You can't go wrong! Dr. Conway is a very knowledgeable and capable doctor and will absolutely provide the best care in your fertility journey. You will absolutely walk away with answers to your fertility concerns. You will have the best blend between compassionate, and realistic treatment. She will definitely look out for your best interest while not "sugar coating" your odds, and potential roadblocks. (I'm not exaggerating this advice. This is the exact advice I gave to a current colleague and referred her to this clinic and doctor. She has begun her own consult and fertility treatments these last two weeks).

First, I had a heart shaped uterus and uterine fibroids. Dr. Conway explained that I could proceed to IUI treatments without doing a hysteroscopy, however she reviewed probabilities of miscarriage and preterm labor for women who carry a baby in a heart shaped uterus. She explained, "Many women carry their baby with no complications. In fact not even realizing they have this shape to the uterus until they give birth. However, there is increased chances for miscarriage and early labor. If you spent so much money and effort in becoming pregnant, it would be heartbreaking for it to end or result in complications, when it's something that could easily be corrected now prior to getting pregnant" She then reviewed exactly what would be involved in the surgery. It was clear that it would be minimally invasive. Recovery potentially 1-3 days. And the cost was covered with my insurance. She also explained how many of these procedures she had completed, which reassured me of her experience level (I had asked). She also explained the three levels of bicornate uterus and based upon my history of ultrasounds, we were both able to predict which level I would be (we were correct, confirmed through ultrasound). She explained thoroughly how she would complete the surgical procedure for my bicornate level and what tools she would use. Following this discussion, I definitely agreed with her. I did not want to begin fertility treatments, get pregnant and then spend 9 months worrying about complications, when the surgery would be relatively simple (minimally invasive) and easily corrected. Following the surgery, we had a follow up regarding selection of IUI vs IVF. I appreciated her presentation of an IUI cycle vs IVF cycle. She explained all probability numbers of conception for me (e.g. ~ 15-20% for women my age with IUI and ~60% with IVF). She explained the IVF process and explained ICSI and PGS testing (highly recommended for my age bracket). Ultimately she recommended 3 IUI cycles followed by movement directly to IVF OR just moving directly to IVF, bypassing IUI cycles. She leaned slightly for me, due to my age, to just move to IVF. Particularly if I had insurance coverage, she stated that I should move directly to IVF. However, if finances were a concern, then it wouldn't hurt necessarily to try 3 IUI cycles, and who knows? There is a slight chance there, which if it were to be successful, eliminating the need to pay for IVF. I agreed with her that I would like to move directly to IVF. However, I learned soon after that I did not have insurance coverage for IVF. And I was not able or comfortable in taking out financing loans for IVF, and therefore we settled on the second option. Financially I couldn't do what I would have preferred, however I would proceed with three IUI cycles, at which time, we would consult again and re-evaluate the situation and discuss recommendations. I have currently completed two cycles. Dr. Conway recommended medicated IUI cycles with 5 mg of Femara from CD 3-7. The use of this medication and the dosage is the only area in which I do not recall getting information on the rationale...however I researched on my own and based upon my age, I could see why Dr. Conway had recommended medicated cycles. On CD 12, my follicles were checked through ultrasound scans and when they reached at least 19 mm, I went home and gave myself an HCG trigger shot. The IUI procedure was completed 36 hours later from that trigger shot. In my last IUI procedure (the second IUI cycle), I had two follicles reach maturity, which helped increase my chances, however that cycle resulted in a negative. At that time, coronavirus had hit the US, and the ASRM had recommended that no new treatment cycles begin. So, I am currently at a delay in proceeding with my 3rd IUI. Also, I had some delay between the 1st and 2nd IUI cycle due to complications in being able to use my FSA insurance card. This has all resulted in it now being a year since my initial consult, surgery and completing these 2 cycles. I will now be turning 40 and am currently concerned in wasting any further money on IUI. I have reached out to the clinic and will be consulting with Dr. Conway this Friday. I would like to take some time to save as much as possible to move forward into IVF. I'm hoping she will be able to direct me to financial grants or programs that might help me in my situation.

I was very disappointed in the discussion with the billing/finance individual at the clinic. After my initial consult with Dr. Conway, they called me and said, "We sent you offered packages to you on our portal. Which one do you choose?" And I had had difficulty getting access to the portal, and finding where they had attached these plans. And when, I asked them to walk me through finding these options on my portal, the individual sounded very impatient with me. She helped me find them and when I asked her to do a general explanation of what I was seeing across the different packages, she only pointed out to me the final numbers. So, at the time I had the option of insurance coverage of ~$100, for IUI cycle if I used my insurance resulting in remaining IUI cost of $795. If I chose to pay all out of pocket, IUI cycle cost would be $875. At the time, I was changing employers and was going to be losing my insurance and so I was not sure if it was worth to pay cobra to keep insurance coverage to then take advantage of the lower IUI amount. In this situation, the billing representative was helpful. She helped me think through the comparison- I.e. ~$425 monthly cobra payment for only less than $100 of IUI savings. In this case, it was clear, I needed to just pay the $875 out of pocket. When it came time to discuss IVF plans, I feel she rushed me through this. I only remember her describing the ultimate amounts needed to proceed, which across the 3 IVF packages she showed me, they were all around $10,000. I recall she indicated the difference between the packages were generally the amount of rounds of IVF, I believe one had up to 3 rounds. And she told me that once $10,000 is paid, most will then continue on and run up to $20,000 because blood work, some procedures and medications are not included. When I asked about financing options or help with financing, she just said she would send me a document. I guess I had just hoped for more help in directing me to companies that offered grants or programs rather than just a document with a list of companies that offer financing loans. I was not in a position with my credit at the time in which any of those companies would approve me. It would have been nice if she could have told me that on the phone, or given me a brief synopsis of each company (and what credit criteria is for approval), because I could have avoided several hard pulls on my credit (which additionally negatively impacted my credit). If I had known how stringent approval criteria was, I would have just known not to attempt loan applications. Instead, I could have just directly moved forward with IUI. And, I would have appreciated any direction or resources they could have given me to direct me to financial opportunities for free assistance such as through grants. Also, there were at least two instances where they did not communicate what I owed and waited until the day of my procedure to call me and tell me they needed payment or they wouldn't see me that day. I live over the state line and it takes some travel time for me to get to the clinic. On instance, I was already over halfway there in my car when they called and told me they would need payment in full prior or they couldn't see me. It wasn't a problem, as I had the funds on that day ready to pay, however I remember thinking "It's a good thing I was planning on paying, because if I had not been ready to pay, I would have just wasted a ton of gas and mileage driving down for nothing".

I do not have any comments on this as I am only currently in the early stages of my treatment plan and it involves IUI. These do not apply to my situation as yet. (they may if I decide to move forward into IVF).

She’s kind, straight forward, thorough...she truly cares. She covers everything with you. She made me feel very comfortable and cared for. She’s been very involved, calling me to check in after I have other appointments, etc. on her personal time and talking to me for 20+ minutes at times. She’s involved in my plan and I love that. I wouldn’t move anywhere else because of her in particular. I feel so confident in her and trust her opinion and plan of action. I believe she can get us pregnant. She didn’t guarantee it of course but she’s been amazing and I feel like that will be the outcome, or at least that she is the best doctor to give us the very best shot at it.

Trust her. She cares and won’t lead you astray. Ask questions because she doesn’t mind answering them!

We haven’t gotten so far yet!

So far I’ve spent very little because of insurance. They’re good at making sure you’re in network and they do let me know what something will be out of pocket before we do it just in case. I got an accurate quote for IVF, bloodwork, etc. You have to pay either through insurance or not for bloodwork, meetings...my original ultrasound was free and they let me know ahead of time. They’ll charge for sperm freezings but will give you one free. Finances have been clear overall.

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Dr. Conway seemed very kind and invested in our success during the consultation. She kept great eye contact and made my husband and I feel very hopeful. Once treatment began however, I feel it was a very different story. I never saw or heard from her again after that initial consultation. I felt I had simply been passed off. My experience as her specific patient was one of confusion and pain, as I honestly would not say that she had any part in my infertility journey.

A piece of advice that I would give to a prospective patient of Dr. Conway would be to make sure you go to another doctor for your diagnostic services. I went to her and during the consultation she asked if I had regular periods, I said yes and that was all that she did on me besides routine blood work. After an increased amount of pain with each period while seeing Dr. Conway I went to another doctor. Almost instantly the new doctor was able to tell me that I had growths in my uterus, PCOS and most likely endometriosis. It was really upsetting to me that none of this was noticed or mentioned during the numerous ultrasounds I was given in Dr. Conway's office.

I did IUI's with Dr. Conway's office. I would report to their office via phone when my cycle day one was. They would then schedule me to come in for my baseline ultrasound. After that appointment I would receive a prescription for chlomid and be scheduled for my next appointment. During the next appointment I would have another ultrasound to check the growth of the follicles. Then, based off of size I would know when to inject the trigger shot. Then come in the next day for the insemination. After insemination I would be lay on the table and they would raise the end of the table up, to where my head was lower than my feet. It always made me think of Phoebe off of friends at that part. After the procedure I would go home and start taking vaginal suppositories to help sustain a pregnancy. Then two weeks later I would go into the clinic again for a blood test. They would later call me with the results.

Dr. Conway gave us an approximate number upfront for what an IUI would cost and unfortunately I cannot remember the number. The frustrating part to me was that there were a lot of tests and extra things that were not included in that lower number that had initially swayed our decision to continue with treatment.

She was patient for all the questions, loving towards us and our situation, and attentive to why our concerns were. Her aptitude for LGBT families was very clear and her ability to break it down for our two (2) male family looking to use a gestational carrier was next level and she explained what our involvement would be, what our next steps would look like, and even if on the basis we had the money how early we could potentially be parents!

Go in with a breath of relief. Sitting there in the lobby we were nervous, but immediately we were welcomed and when we sat with her she was attentive, slow, patient, and loving/excited for us taking on this next journey!

We didn’t see a bill for our consultation with her or with the financial team. For us to just become pregnant though, we were quoted to be looking at approx. $34K with the costs of embryo creation and impregnation for the gestational carrier.

Dr Conway was incredibly helpful in helping me understand my body, and the different treatment options available. She was able and willing to step in when needed for complicated procedures. I appreciated the time she took to explore possible factors and offer advice and support.

Don't shy away from your unique details, let her know the full picture so she can help you best.

Its hard to remember all of the details. I remember taking birth co tell, progesterone, Femara, progesterone suppositories. I completed HSG twice, as well as water ultrasound in order to rule out any additional concerns.

Again, it is hard to remember all of the costs. I think in total we have spent about 10,000 directly with this clinic, with additional costs for required medications. I have tried to avoid IVF due to financial concerns, but have reached a place where I understand I need to move forward and can't rely on IUI.

NA, I have not yet utilized eSET. Plan to this summer.

Dr Conway is kind and compassionate. She was willing to answer questions I had and always willing to schedule another appointment to talk over more questions if needed. I did not see her every appointment, but she acted as if she knew me well and was patient and did not make the situation feel to serious.

Ask a lot of questions

Dr Conway had me start with 3 IUIs, which none ended in a pregnancy. We met again after the 3rd failed IUI to talk about the next steps. Because my diagnosis is unexplained infertility, she could not really know for sure if trying another IUI even had a chance to work. She recommended IVF at that point, as research shows the chances of IUIs working after the 3rd try go down. With my IVF cycle she recommended freezing the embryos and then waiting and doing a frozen transfer a month later, after my body had time to he. This was really good for me because I got really sick and miserable after the egg retrieval and my body needed that time. She also had me do progesterone shots starting about 5 days before my transfer and for 10 weeks to help prep my uterus and keep it the best environment to keep the baby in there. I was happy with how she helped me.

My 3 IUIs including meds abs everything we’re about $4000 total. My IVF cycle including meds and everything else cost about $16,500

Dr. Conway prefers to transfer only one embryo at a time, but is open to discussion options.

I truly couldn't have asked for a better doctor. Our first visit had to be done as a video call since it was in the midst of covid, and even with that I still felt like she truly cared about our fertility journey. She took the time to explain everything thoroughly to us, she was kind and compassionate while still being honest about the likelihood of the success of IVF for us, and when it came time for our transfer, she made me feel safe and comfortable.

I wouldn't hesitate for a minute if you are considering working with her. Don't be afraid to ask questions. She won't make you feel like you are annoying her, she genuinely cares.

For our retrieval cycle, the month before retrieval, she had me start birth control on cycle day 3 and take that for 22 days. We scheduled a saline US between cycle day 6-10. She had both my husband and I take a Z-pack with the last pill to be taken one week before my baseline US. 28 days after cycle day 1, I started taking baby aspirin daily, had my baseline US, and bloodwork done. The following morning, I started stims with Gonal-F150 IU and Menopur 1 powder and continued both of these throughout the rest of my retrieval cycle with bloodwork on day 3 of the meds, and ultrasounds and bloodwork on days 6, 8, 9, and 10. We added in Cetrotide daily on day 6, did one extra dose of Gonal-F on day 10 as well as my trigger shot, with egg retrieval on day 12. For our FET, we did a modified natural cycle per my request. On cycle day 2, I had my baseline ultrasound, bloodwork, and began taking baby aspirin daily. Cycle day 3-7 I took Femara 5mg. I took OPKs on CD8-11 to make sure I didn't ovulate too early. CD 12, 13, and 14, I had follicle ultrasounds and bloodwork and did a trigger shot on CD 14. 3 days after my trigger shot, I began a Z-pack and I started taking Prometrium 200mg vaginally 3x a day which I continued through 10 weeks of pregnancy. My embryo transfer was 7 days after my trigger shot. She also had me take prenatal vitamins throughout all of these cycles and throughout my pregnancy.

Retrieval cycle to clinic: $10,029 Medications for retrieval: $2650 Anesthesia for retrieval: $500 Genetic Testing: $1100 Transfer cycle to clinic: $2680 Medications for transfer: $60

She preferred to transfer only one embryo for us and after her explaining the pros and cons of each option, we fully agreed with her.

Dr Conway spent time with us to come up with a plan. She reviewed my history and had some ideas of things we could try after experiencing 7 miscarriages. At this point we’ve had a better outcome than we expected and we’re so appreciative of all she’s done to help us grow our family.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions.

I don’t remember my protocol for the egg retrieval. But for my two transfers (both of which were successful - first one resulted in a live birth and second I’m 36 weeks pregnant with and things are going well) we tried using plaquenil which was something I hadn’t done during any of my miscarriages before. It’s hard to know if that’s what worked but with my autoimmune conditions it seemed to help! We also made sure my thyroid levels were exactly where we wanted them before transferring and I think that made a difference.

I don’t remember. We were lucky to have insurance cover a lot of it.

Dr Conway left it up to us but we decided to transfer one at a time. With so many miscarriages I worried my body wouldn’t be able to support a twin pregnancy. She was supportive of that decision.

Doctor Conway is kind and knowledgeable. I love how on top of the current research she is. I do wish she would take a more active role in treatment as far as seeing her more often and being able to ask questions throughout the cycle rather than just the beginning. She has helped me a lot with our treatments and even figuring out some of our financial issues. I really believe she cares about her patients as individuals.

Have your questions and a notebook ready to go when you meet with her. You will get a lot of information in a short amount of time and won’t have a ton of time to ask questions.

The first procedure I had with Dr. Conway was an ERA to diagnose repeated implantation failure I had at my previous clinic. It showed that I was prereceptive so we were able to adjust my cycle accordingly. Next I did a water ultrasound (standard procedure at this clinic before transfer) which showed polyps in my uterus. This led to a hysteroscopy to clear them out. A different doctor performed the hysteroscopy as Dr Conway was unavailable. Next I did an FET with Dr Conway. She transferred two embryos. The transfer was successful and I was able to get pregnant but then miscarried at 7 weeks. She then performed a retrieval where she retrieved 22 eggs, 19 fertilized, 8 were frozen on day 5 and 2 more on day 6. We had them sent for PGT-A testing due to the repeated implantation failure and miscarriage. 7 are classified as normal and 1 as unreadable. We are now preparing for another FET.

For frozen embryo transfers we pay 2,900 up front but there are then other bills sent to us months afterward. The typical cost of a retrieval for us would have been around 11,000 but we were kindly given a discount after our miscarriage and ended up paying around 6,000 again there were more bills after the fact, though.

My doctor encourages eSET strongly but allows patients to make the best decisions for themselves and their situations with her guidance. She allowed us to transfer 2 embryos after 2 failed transfers.

my Husband and I have been receiving treatment for the last 2 years. Our consultation went well and I felt she was able to give us some answers that explained some of the issues we’d been having. Come to find I have PCOS and endometriosis; I’ve also had several other procedures guided by her. When things haven’t gone as planned I appreciate her honesty and willingness to answer our questions and concerns. She has a great bedside manner.

Take time to fill out all the paperwork prior to your initial consult. Don’t be afraid to ask questions.

1 timed intercourse cycle with femara and a trigger shot. This ended in a chemical pregnancy. 3 rounds of IUI with femara, dex, injectable and trigger shots. First 2 rounds only 1-2 follicles developed. Our last cycle we added menopur with 5+ follicles. All of these cycles ended with negative beta tests. We are now discussing starting IVF.

Each IUI cycles was approximately $900 plus medications. My insurance had covered most of my direct consultations. Insurance also helped cover portions of my blood work. IVF will cost us over 10k for a single cycle.

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My experience as a patient so far has been as good as it could be dealing with something like this. I trust Dr. Conway and feel that she knows what she’s doing and when things haven’t worked she always has another route to try and change. I feel like she really cares about me and what I’m going through and that I’m not just another patient to her.

She’s smart and knows what she’s doing! Give her all the information you can about you and her spouse and work together to come up with a plan that you both feel comfortable with

My first 2 cycles I was put on femera 5mg because I had never been on a fertility meds before. Those unfortunately didn’t work and so then my next cycle I did femera with a trigger shot and timed intercourse with scans to check my follicles. Sadly that didn’t work either. At that point me and my husband had to stop with our fertility treatments because we were saving to move into our first house and so for another 2 months I was put back into femera 7.5mg to see if upping the dose would help and that didn’t work either. Last month I went into see her and we got everything set up for us to try iui but with COVID-19 that is being put on hold unfortunately

So far I’ve spent about 1,200 with appointments blood draws and medications and treatments

I saw dr Conway for my consult and then had a phone call follow up with her. After that I’ve not seen her again I’ve only seen her PA and nurses. The initial meeting was good and her treatments aggressive since I’ve been through this before. She was willing to take my experiences and what I wanted when she made the treatment plan.

Be prepared to move quickly of that is what you want. Take your time to think about what you would like to do and let her know she will work with you but you have to be open.

I’m using dr Conway for secondary infertility. I am still using her but so far I have only been able to complete one cycle of femara 5mg with trigger shot for timed intercourse. They found polyps in my uterus and I am awaiting removal of the polyps for further treatment.

200 for saline ultrasound, 450 for timed intercourse. 1200 for hysterograph

I love Dr Conway. She is personable and kind.when I went back after a couple years she did her homework on my file and made it seem like she remembered everything about me and my treatment. It was so nice.

You will only see her once or twice unless you are doing IVF so just prepare to work with others more solely.

My first visit we did a blood panel and found my prolactin hormone pretty high which can cause infertility or miscarriage. So they put me on bromocroptine. That worked and we did one cycle with Clomid, a trigger shot and timed intercourse followed by progesterone suppositories. Didn’t work the first time so we did it again and it didn’t work. So we took a break, had a miscarriage and then went back again and this time it worked and we had our beautiful son. Since having my son we went back to do the same treatment as before but it ended in chemical pregnancy. Which I had been having recurring chemical pregnancies before we decided to go back.

The blood panels and a few office visits were an extra few hundred dollars. Plus the semen analysis costs $15-$40. And the timed intercourse treatment totals to about $800.

Dr. Conway was compassionate and took a good interest in our case. I feel like she spent a good amount of time with us during the first appointment. She explained the different courses we could take and let us decide how to proceed.

Be prepared with all of your past medical history and questions for the first appointment.

We had 7 different appointments including the consultation during my first IUI. Two appointments completed for further diagnosis and to ensure my anatomy okay. One appointment to freeze sperm for the IUI (due to my husband unavailability at the date of the IUI) with the other appointments involving follicles monitoring with the seventh completing the IUI. I was prescribed femara (to help with ovulation and follicle development ), progesterone suppositories (support Implantation and pregnancy), estrogen pills (to thicken my lining) and a ovulation trigger shot (to induce ovulation). The medications were successful but unfortunately the IUI was unsuccessful.

IUi Procedure was $875. Medications were approximately $235. HSG at another facility was $900 after insurance.

Doctor Conway was very helpful, sensitive, thorough, and really wanted to understand us and our issues. We came to her as a second opinion since our first experience at a different clinic was not great. She fully wanted to rule out any other potential causes and wanted to help me get tests done right away and also get tests done for my husband to make sure we knew everything that was going on. She answered every question that may have seemed stupid but really made us feel heard and explained everything thoroughly and sensitively without sugar coating. She made me feel comfortable and was compassionate even though the answers were not what we wanted. I would definitely recommend her over and over.

Be as open as you can, she will not make you feel stupid and she will talk about any and every concern you have no matter how much time it takes.

I did not go through any drugs or medications, but with our initial consult, it wasn’t really protocol but wanted to help us right away and was able to perform a vaginal ultrasound to make sure my ovaries and uterus looked well. As well as blood draw. As able to have my husband in for an examination right away.

I do not exactly remember

Is thorough, gentle, and she allows your grief to be a thing. She is funny, personable, even called me personally (after hours) when there was specific news she knew could be devastating. From the moment I met her to our transfer day she was present, she was kind and most of all honest.

Make sure you’re a fit. There are plenty of of RE’s out there. Allow yourself to be vulnerable. They want you to succeed and part of successful treatments in my option is our comfort level as a patient. But if you don’t feel a great vibe it’s okay to ask to meet a different doc under that practice.

For my egg retrieval she upped doses on certain meds because of my age and that we were wanting to just do one retrieval. At my saline u/s she saw some thickened lining and advised hysteroscopy at time of retrieval. That was daunting to think about but so grateful she knocked two birds out with one stone. She wanted to help us achieve that goal if possible. My husband had to have a TESE so we already had his sperm on Ice while I was stimming. We were able to stim a few days longer because they wanted a few follicles to catch up. We ended up with 19 eggs, 14 mature, ICSI, 9 fertilized, 4 biopsied and frozen. 3 genetically normal.

Roughly $20k give or take.

Due to my age and ICSI and PGS testing we never wanted to transfer more than 1 respectively

Dr. Conway was great. I went to her after reading and watching reviews about her and she lived up to my expectations. Dr. Conway was tentative, listened to all my concerns, reviewed my previous treatment history and asked questions where it mattered. She was very sympathetic, acknowledged my pain and suffering and started explaining in details possible causes and treatment options. My husband and my sister who attended the first visit with me where included in the discussion and their questions answered fully with a gentle supporting smile on her face this whole time. After that possible options with the pro and cons of each was explained and we considered all of them and made our informed choice to go for IVF since I had multiple IUIs done previously. One thing I will never forget for Dr. Conway is that when I told her about my financial challenges she immediately looked for other options such as clinical trials and I was luckily enrolled in a study after that. This have relieved my worries about securing financial funds needed for the IVF.

Dr. Conway is busy, be ready to wait for appointments for months and you better make sure you are there on time when the time comes. I have scheduled my appointment months before and actually missed it because of traffic congestion. They were nice enough to to schedule another appointment in a week time so I did go there on time. You should also be ready to wait for sometime even if you arrive on time. I wouldn’t complain since the visit is worth the wait. One more thing, don’t expect to see Dr. Conway at every visit. But she sure knows her patients and what’s going on with them. I also didn’t mind it much since the first few consultations and assessments were the basis to agree on a plan of care which I am following right now.

I underwent IVF using a new medication vs. placebo. I was on the medicine which I took 15units daily for 7 days. I ended up having 4 ollicles were major and that’s when I was given the trigger shot. 6 eggs were retrieved 4 were mature and fertilized with icsi and 3 were blasts by day 5/6. I had 1 transfered so far and it wasn’t successful and will still go for the second 1 soon. Before the IVF I had water US done where it showed a polyp that was removed.

The only limitation was not the physician approach as much as it was the study protocol. I was only allowed 1 embryo transfer at a time since the quality was good AB, AB and CB. Also genetic testing was not allowed.

I have absolutely loved working with Dr. Conway, and will continue to do so! We live in a different state than her, but will continue to travel the eight hours to work with her. I feel as though she has taken the time to get to know my husband and I, which in our experience does not happen often. Dr. Conway is very personable, professional and knowledgeable. We just got done doing our first round of IVF with her, and I felt very comfortable every step of the way. Unfortunately, we did not get pregnant after this round. After our negative pregnancy test, a call was scheduled for us to talk to Dr. Conway. I went into this call feeling very down, and not certain about what to do in the future. During this call, Dr. Conway first asked if we would be up for another round of IVF--which at this point, we were not sure. During this call, she went through other options that we could try before the egg retrieval to produce more eggs, and help with the development of the embryos. She told us that she thought we would be a great candidate for these options, and that if she didn't think that, she would not recommend it. After talking with her, and discussing our options, there is no doubt that will do another round of IVF. I feel very hopeful after our discussion.

Do not be afraid to ask questions! We have done a lot of research on infertility, and she took the time to let us ask all our questions, and answered all of them. She made us feel very comfortable.

For our IVF, we did an egg retrieval and then had all of our embryos genetically tested, and the embryos were frozen while we waited for the testing results. Below is the timeline for the egg retrieval--this includes the medicines with dosage, and the number of ultrasound and bloodwork appointments and on which day(s) of the pre-egg retrieval prep. I should note, that I do live in a different state than Dr. Conway, so the sonohysterograph, the ultrasounds and the bloodwork were all completed at my local hospital, and the results were sent that same day to Dr. Conway. One month prior to beginning the medicines for egg retrieval: Started taking a birth control pill, CoQ10 at 600 mg per day, and continued to take pre-natal vitamins. One month prior: I had a saline infusion sonohysterograph. On days 24-28 of the month prior to beginning medications: My husband and I both took a z-pack. Day 32: Stopped taking the birth control pill. 3 days after I stopped taking the birth control: First baseline ultrasound and bloodwork, which I will know refer to as Day 1 egg-retrieval prep. Day 2: I continued to take the pre-natal vitamin and CoQ10 at 600 mg per day, and added in a baby aspirin. I began taking Gonal F ( 150mg) and 2 powders of Menopur all in the AM, which ended up being three shots in my stomach. Day 3: Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin, CoQ10 at 600 mg per day, Gonal F (150mg) and 2 powders of Menopur, all in the AM. Day 4: Bloodwork. Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin, CoQ10 at 600 mg per day, Gonal F ( 150mg) and 2 powders of Menopur, all in the AM. Days 5-6: Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin, CoQ10 at 600 mg per day, Gonal F (150mg) and 2 powders of Menopur, all in the AM. Day 7: Ultrasound and bloodwork. Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin, CoQ10 at 600 mg per day, Gonal F ( 150mg) and 2 powders of Menopur, all in the AM. Day 8: Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin, CoQ10 at 600 mg per day, Gonal F (150mg) and 2 powders of Menopur, all in the AM. Day 9: Ultrasound and bloodwork. Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin, CoQ10 at 600 mg per day, Gonal F ( 300mg) and 2 powders of Menopur, all in the AM. *We increased the Gonal F to 300 mg based on the results from my ultrasound. Day 10: Ultrasound and bloodwork. Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin, CoQ10 at 600 mg per day, Gonal F ( 300mg) and 2 powders of Menopur, and added in Cetrotide, which now was four shots in my stomach, all in the AM. Day 11: Ultrasound and bloodwork. Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin, CoQ10 at 600 mg per day, Gonal F ( 300mg) and 2 powders of Menopur, and added in Cetrotide, which now was four shots in my stomach, all in the AM. Day 12: Ultrasound and bloodwork. Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin, CoQ10 at 600 mg per day, Gonal F ( 300mg) and 2 powders of Menopur, Cetrotide, all in the AM. Took trigger shot in the PM. Day 13: Husband took Cipro--which is necessary before the male gives a sperm sample. Day 14: EGG RETRIEVAL! Dr. Conway was able to retrieve 18 eggs, 14 were fertilized, and then we had eight that made it to embryos (day 5/6) and were sent off for genetic testing. About three week later, we found out that out of the eight embryos we had tested, we only had one normal embryo. About two week after our retrieval, I began taking birth control again and stopped taking it on Day 24, which is when we began the frozen embryo transfer prep. I also continued to take a pre-natal vitamin and added in baby aspirin on day 24. Day 1: Baseline ultrasound and bloodwork. Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin and added Estrace 4mg (PM). Days 2-9: Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin and Estrace 4mg (AM and PM) Day 10: Ultrasound and bloodwork. Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin and Estrace 4mg (AM and PM.) Days 11-14: Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin and Estrace 4mg (AM and PM). Day 15: Bloodwork. Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin and Estrace 4mg (AM and PM). Added in 2 mg of Estrace (vaginal suppository) in the PM. Day 16: Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin and Estrace 4mg (AM and PM), 2 mg of Estrace (vaginal suppository--PM). Day 17: Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin and Estrace 4mg (AM and PM), 2 mg of Estrace (vaginal suppository--PM). Added in the AM 1 ml of progesterone oil (injection--AM). Days 18-21: Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin, 1 ml of progesterone oil (AM), Estrace 4mg (AM and PM), 2 mg of Estrace (vaginal suppository--PM). Day 22: EMBRYO TRANSFER! Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin, 1 ml of progesterone oil (AM), Estrace 4mg (AM and PM), 2 mg of Estrace (vaginal suppository--PM). Added in a progesterone vaginal suppository (PM). Days 23-24: PRINCESS DAYS! Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin, 1 ml of progesterone oil (AM), Estrace 4mg (AM and PM), 2 mg of Estrace (vaginal suppository--PM). Added in a progesterone vaginal suppository (PM). Days 25-31: Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin, 1 ml of progesterone oil (AM), Estrace 4mg (AM and PM), 2 mg of Estrace (vaginal suppository--PM). Added in a progesterone vaginal suppository (PM). Day 32 PREGNANCY TEST! Pre-natal vitamin, baby aspirin, 1 ml of progesterone oil (AM), Estrace 4mg (AM and PM), 2 mg of Estrace (vaginal suppository--PM). Added in a progesterone vaginal suppository (PM). Unfortunately, our pregnancy test came back negative, so I stopped all medications on day 33.

I do not live in the same state that this clinic is located in, so I was able to have all of my orders for my ultrasounds and bloodwork faxed to my local hospital. I was able to have all of my appointments done there in the AM, and have results sent to Dr. Conway the same day.

For our IVF with Dr. Conway, we payed the clinic itself around $15,000. This did not include the genetic testing for the eight embryos, the medications and the ultrasounds and bloodwork. Total, we paid around $21,000 for everything. After doing research on different clinics and hospitals, even with the travel to Utah from Montana for IVF, this was by far the most cost efficient clinic that we found.

We only had one embryo to transfer, so this was not an option for us.

When I actually get to see Dr. Conway she is very informative and I seem to leave with hope and comfort. I will say I don't get to see her very often. I don't see or hear from her after my appointments. I only communicate with her nurses. I definitely feel like she could be more involved, especially with so much money on the line.

Ask is it is possible to see her on your visits instead of dealing with the nurses.

When I first visited the clinic they started me on clomid with timed intercourse. With 2 or 3 fails of that, they started me on Femara and I did an IUI with that. I was so lucky to get pregnant with that first IUI. Since then I have been back in hopes of having another child. So far I have had blood work, dye tube testing, Femara and two failed IUI's.

Around $1,000 for every IUI.

She is kind and knowledgeable about infertility. She does not seem to know a lot about recurrent pregnancy loss though. That is the reason I initially went to the clinic and she did not offer any of those protocols for my IVF transfer. I ended up miscarrying. I rarely see her which is frustrating for the amount of money paid to the clinic and if I do want to talk to her, it's $230 each time. I feel like talking to your provider should be included in the cost of infertility treatment.

Don't expect to see her outside of your initial consult or procedures.

I think the clinic has a pretty standard procedure protocol. They do progesterone and oil, estrogen and progesterone suppositories for frozen embryo transfers. For IUI they just to Progesterone suppositories.

I paid everything out of pocket.. timed intercourse cycles were 800, IUI was 1200, IVF was 30000 with PGS testing.

She strongly suggested a single Embryo transfer.

I have only seen her in person one time and talked to her on the phone twice in the past 6 months. Every interaction I’ve had with her has been a positive one; however, I wish I could talk to her more. After our second failed IUI (4th failed treatment) I really wanted to talk to her but was told they normally only schedule a call with the doctor after the 3rd failed IUI. I wish there was a little more communication directly with her.

Make sure you get all your questions out during the first consultation.

1st Treatment: Timed and monitored cycle. Took femara for 5 days cycle day 3-7. Trigger shot and timed intercourse. Negative pregnancy test. 2nd Treatment: Timed and monitored cycle. Took femara for 5 days cycle day 3-7. Trigger shot and timed intercourse. Negative pregnancy test. 3rd Treatment: IUI and monitored cycle. Took femara for 5 days cycle day 3-7. Gonal injection, Trigger shot and IUI. Negative pregnancy test. 4th Treatment: IUI and monitored cycle. Took femara for 5 days cycle day 3-7. Gonal injection, Trigger shot and IUI. Negative pregnancy test. 5th Treatment: IUI and monitored cycle. Took femara for 5 days cycle day 3-7. Gonal injection Trigger shot and IUI. Waiting on pregnancy test Next step is IVF if the 3rd IUI failed.

Time treatments: $575 not including the cost of medication and bloodwork. IUI Treatments: $875 not including the cost of medication and bloodwork.

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The one time that I met with her, she seemed nice and knowledgeable but I never saw or spoke to her again after my first consult. She spoke about my PCOS and I left the consult thinking this would be a great thing but after that I felt like all they cared about was making the money and making me jump through the hoops, instead of checking along the way to make sure things were going according to the plan.

Make sure you ask questions and lots of them.

My first 3 cycles were timed intercourses with either clomid or Femara and the HCG trigger shot as well. Weekly ultrasounds to check the follicles and make sure they were at the right size to trigger them. After the trigger shot and the timed intercourse, progesterone suppositories for 2 weeks until the pregnancy blood test. Next cycle we tried was an IUI with clomid, Gonal f and the HCG trigger shot. Clomid daily along with weekly ultrasound checks of the follicle to again measure the size. Timed gonal f shots (2 of them) during the time of clomid and ultrasounds to help the follicles grow. Once they were big enough, the trigger shot is given. Then 36 hrs later I went in for the procedure and for my husband to give his sample. They spin his sample down to clean out the garbage and then we do the IUI procedure. Again 2 weeks of progesterone suppositories while I wait for the blood pregnancy test.

Timed intercourse cycles are about $575 for each cycle and that does not include the medicine. IUI cycle was about $875 again not including the medicines

Dr. Conway is extremely knowledgeable and personable. I believe she is very competent and I trust her judgment. I haven't finished my journey as I'm doing both egg donor and surrogate and still in process but I feel like I'm in good hands.

With amh RE you need to educate yourself so you can ask the right questions. Decide what you are going to spend. Figure out what chances you are willing to take. For example if the stats say you have a 2% chance with your own eggs, do you want to spend the money on your own or would you rather have a higher chance with donor. The doc can give you the stats and you can make your own decisions but you have to ask questions.

Egg donor was used with typical procedures. Retrieved 25 eggs and got 4 PGS tested embryos.

Egg donor retrieval was about 9k. Transfer to surro is about $4500.

I like that Dr. Conway allows multiple embryo transfer. At some clinics the doctor will only do single embryo and that bothers me. It shouldn't be the doctor's decision but the patient's decision so I like that Utah Fertility doesn't make the decision for me.

She listens well, she looks over your past medical history before your consultation, she gives a sense of understanding and hope that makes you feel like you can achieve a healthy pregnancy. She answers your concerns in a timely manner when you send messages or call in.

Make sure she has your medical record history before seeing her. Other than that, she has been wonderful.

I had tried eight rounds of varied dosage of Letrozole before I was referred to Dr Conway, with only ovulating half of the time. She saw that with my history and diagnosis of PCOS that we would want to monitor my follicles, still start with Letrozole and add in some Gonal F injections to grow my follicles and then use Novarel for help with ovulation. My follicles were still a little slow at getting to the correct size, and added dexamethasone. Two rounds of timed intercourse and started round two of IUI and this protocol has produced two nice eggs every cycle.

My insurance does not cover fertility treatments. So original consultation was around $250. Monitored medicated timed intercourse cycles are about $585 and monitoring medicated IUIs $875. This is not including my medications.

Dr. Conway really took the time to listen to my husband and I. She also was extremely thorough while telling us about possible issues as well as the possible procedures we could undergo. I did come in with a cycle calendar that was misinterpreted. However it is unclear whether Dr. Conway misinterpreted it or if the person who scheduled the appointment scheduled it for a “normal” cycle (my cycle is 23 days; “normal” is 28 days). So my ovulation test was scheduled at a time when I wouldn’t have a chance at positive results (it was scheduled 1 day before my expected period). When this was brought up with a nurse practitioner, she was confused as to why my blood was drawn that day too. However, all other tests and procedures have gone smoother for sure. They took my calendar and I more seriously after that and scheduled an ovulation test at a more appropriate time.

Make sure you know your cycle before going in. I tracked mine on an app and it helped Dr. Conway figure out when tests would be appropriate. Also, advocate for your cycle. In the moment, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. But if they want to have you take an ovulation test at a certain time that your calendar says isn’t close to correct (apps aren’t always right, though!), make sure you ask why and bring up that your app said otherwise. They’re really great at answering questions and taking things into consideration!

Dr. Conway prescribed a thyroid medicine, as my tests came back stating I have a thyroid issue. Thyroid can cause infertility and she wanted to see if we could get my numbers back in a healthy range. This has been the only treatment plan thus far.