Elizabeth Kennard

Again, she was very very very cold. She never had time for me or time to answer any questions. I saw her with my first IUI but the two after that I saw different doctor each time, who didn’t know my case or my treatment plan. I was sad leaving there everytime because I felt like I didn’t know what was happening and each time I had a failed IUI I was even more depressed because I didn’t think anything was wrong with me

Do not go there and do not see her.Very cold and doesn’t care about getting you pregnant

She told me IUI would work, after 3 failed ones, I had another consult Because I couldn’t get her to answer questions in the office. She told me about IUI with IVF meds and then IVF. She never discussed anything else. Gave me a packet and told me to look into it.

My insurance covered some of the office visits, co-pay $30, the ultrasounds were $149 each time after insurance, the IUIs were $381 each, the MSG proceedure was $200 after insurance. I did not do IVF here but the packet stated meds ranged from 3k-6k and the screenings were $1000 and labs were $1000, $7186 IVF other

Told me they would only allow 1 embryo transfer at a time but didn’t tell me why this was the case. I knew friends who went here who hd multiple but they told me I would only be allowed to have 1 at a time transferred

Dr. Kennard is very detailed and thorough. She can get a little too technical in her descriptions, but every time I feel like someone is too technical, all I have to do is ask and she is glad to clear up any confusion. She gives all the pros and cons, and is upfront with costs, predictions, and potential responses to treatment.

Go in with an open mind, and don’t be afraid to ask questions. All of the information you are given upfront may feel like drinking from the fire hose, but she is always happy to slow down and go over things more than once. There also may be more than one way to treat your symptoms or situation, don’t be afraid to hear all the options she gives you.

$500 per IUI session - not including donor sperm About $125-150 per labs drawn Not sure for ultrasound yet, I don’t have that bill.

I was very excited for my first appointment with Dr Kennard as her credentials and experience are amazing. During our first consult she was professional. She did set up a plan for me to start femara and an HSG. Although she highly pushed for me to start IVF instead because of my uterine anomaly. I was told my labs looked good. I was never told any labs were abnormal when in actuality my AMH level was elevated indicating PCOS. Knowing that we could have discussed starting metformin. So I was disappointed knowing that was missed. I do feel Dr Kennard is smart and professional but I don’t feel a lot of personal attention will be done on your case unless you push for it. She is a straight to the point type of Doctor when you speak to her. She does not seem to be the type to hold your hand and coddle you. I saw her for my consult and maybe one IUI but never any follow up from her. Every time I called to ask a question through one of the nurses I was told Dr Kennard was on vacation. I heard that on 3 different occasions. Maybe if I was doing IVF I would have gotten more attention as that requires more but I was in the beginning of my infertility adventure and needing/wanting more answers. I did not feel I received the attention I wanted.

Make sure you ask questions and advocate for yourself. If you want the attention make sure you reach out for it.

5mg Femara was used CD 3-7. Never told why those days. Trigger shot HCG 5000 units was done 36hours before IUI. 1 Ultrasound for IUI was done CD 11. No beta no extra ultrasounds. Another doctor that did my IUI prescribed progesterone suppositories the last IUI I had and she told me Dr Kennard does not usually prescribe progesterone but the IUI performing doctor was going to prescribe it for me. Most of the protocols we used were due to my uterine anomaly. We did not want me to produce a lot of follicles because I would not be able to hold a pregnancy with multiples.

I was told IVF retrieval would be $12,400 and frozen embryo transfer would be approximately $2000. IUIs total cost was approximately $600 or a little less. Plus medications. Trigger shot for 10000units was $100. I could use that for two cycles.

We discussed if I was to do ivf Single embryo transfer was all we would ever do, again due to my uterine anomaly

I loved the doctor . She first started off with iui’s since it would be a way to help us save money . As our iui’s were failing we were increasing jnjectibles . Everytime she would mention our iui would work but it always would fail . Not that it was her fault , my egg reserve was great . We just didn’t know what could cause it . In February we went in for a IVF consult and she did explain things much more in depth that made us feel reassured this would work ! Over all she is a great doctor and communication can lack at times but we appreciate everything she’s done for us . She also speaks in Spanish which helped us out , when my mother would come along .

Be very patient . try to ask as many questions to her or the nurses so you will be well informed before going home . Use the patient portal for new messages , they are really quick to respond or give a call back

I seemed to react better with femara. I started off taking 10mg a day between days 3-7. I was also taking 500mg of metformin in the morning . And prometeium. Along with the pregnyl . I did that for 3 months . The on the last 3 iuis I did injectibles and started on 450 of gonal-F. And using the ovidrel shot . I had no reaction and on the last iui she noticed a small cyst the size of a penny and thought it would be better not to mess with . So in February we went for an IVF consult and she did say we would still be using gonal-F and menopur as well ovidrel .

I paid a total of 7,200 for my 6 failed iui treatments . That’s including meds , ultrasounds , injectibles . Plus 900 for blood work to check my egg reserve and FSH levels . this is the major reason why we decided to go the IVF route and invest our money wisely

We definitely wanted 2 embryos to be transferred but she suggested just one since there is a risk of multiples and also a health risk for me and the babies : we agreed . And we will see what happens . We have planned to do a fresh transfer on day 5 .

Recently I finished a set number of medicated cycles and my husband and I met with Dr. Kennard to discuss next steps. She was extremely candid when talking about our options down to the risk of multiples, risk of OHSS, and success rates. She never gave us false hope but gave facts. She did not use price to dissuade or persuade us to choose an option. I like that she gave us the information we needed and that we felt supported to make any decision on our own. She stopped to ask if we had questions and even if we were okay during a tough conversation. I appreciate the way she handles herself around very sensitive topics.

I would recommend you educate yourself before meeting with Dr. Kennard or any doctor. Come prepared with questions and more questions. When you meet with a fertility doctor you are often paying out of pocket so you are literally paying for your doctor's time. Use it.

I had high male hormones and take a nightly dexamethosone tablet to suppress my adrenal glands from overproducing these hormones. During medicated cycles I take a 5 day course of letrozole starting and cycle day 3. I then visit the office for a follicular ultrasound on day 12-13. Based on my follicle development I would give myself an HCG trigger shot, usually Pregnyl to encourage the final maturation and release of an egg. During this time I had one chemical pregnancy lost at 5w6d and no other pregnancies. Next I am moving on to IVF and am currently awaiting my protocol review!

Medicated cycles using letrozle and a trigger shot usually cost $89 for medications and $389 for a follicular ultrasound each cycle. Moving onto IVF my expected cost to the clinic for one round is $7,000 which includes multiple ultrasounds, egg retrieval and embryo transfer. I'm also estimating about $5,000 in medication costs.

If you are looking for a direct, non-nonsense approach, Dr. Kennard is for you. Naturally, she is not very warm; she focuses on facts. I appreciated her candidness yet can see that her demeanor may not be for everyone.

Know that she will be honest and very direct with you; there is no sugar-coating.

As I was about to turn 35, Dr. Kennard had me do the standard bloodwork and an HSG. I then had three medicated (Clomid) IUIs. None were successful. I'm now in the middle of an IVF cycle. For five days I had a 150 unit shot of Gonal F and a 75 unit shot of Menopur in the morning and an additional 225 Gonal F shot in the evening. I now have increased my AM Gonal F shot to 225. I go back in tomorrow and hope to have my egg retrieval next week and embryo transfer the following week. While this protocol is specific to me, it also seems to be fairly standard. We don't have male infertility issues.

IUIs were ~$1000 each (I did 3, so ~$3000) IVF medication is ~$7500 Other costs so far (sperm freezing for IVF, blood draws, etc) are around $2500

We've not yet had this conversation; I would have liked to have this conversation already. I imagine we'll discuss it around the time of my egg retrieval.

She is very straight forward and will absolutely tell you the truth about your chance at treatment success, even if it’s not the news you want to hear. Since infertility treatment isn’t cheap, I’m glad that she is so transparent about success rates. She’s also a very good listener. She does frequent reassessment of treatment plans when things aren’t working and makes sure you’re comfortable with the next steps.

She’s great at answering questions so ask all the questions you can think of. Although during our IVF consult she answered 90% of my questions before I could even ask them.

Clomid with trigger shot and IUI, Femara with trigger shot and IUI, GonalF with trigger shot and IUI

IUI (including sperm washing) $381, traditional IVF with fresh transfer $7100 (not including meds).

She prefers single embryo transfer to reduce the risk of complications that can arise for mother and babies of multiple gestation pregnancy her goal is to give you a healthy, full term baby.

She communicates factual and with a dry intellectual humor. During a miscarriage, it was less than a warm bedside manner but during treatments, we appreciated the facts and candor. She would also call to answer questions and was very sensitive to cost concerns.

Be prepared and do your research so you can use you time effectively with the dr.

We selected Femara instead of clomid due to hormonal concerns of moodiness. We used a standard ivf protocol with icsi and pgs. We opted for natural cycles with no birth control.

Ivf with icsi was just under $12k not including meds. We paid extra for pgs testing.

This practice focuses on infant health and promotes one embryo transfer at a time. They provided objective evidence for this practice which made sense to us.

Dr. Kennard was okay. She was recommended to me by my genetic counselor as having the best bedside manner. When I had my first appointment, she seemed extremely confident that IVF was the best choice for us. However, I feel as though she didn't adjust my treatment to accommodate the poor odds we were facing. For couples who are testing for a genetic disease, it makes sense to stimulate a little more aggressively, since they likely need at least 8 embryos biopsied and tested to have a good shot at having a healthy baby. Other women doing genetic testing that I have met have told me their doctors attempted an aggressive stim protocol to optimize their chances of success. I will add that Dr. Kennard is extremely short and a little odd. She will answer questions that you have, but will have a hand on the doorknob as she responds, as though she's got somewhere else to be.

Don't be put off by her brusque manner. Make sure you write your questions down and ask them.

Agonist protocol with leuprolide, gonal-F, hCG trigger. FET protocol with leuprolide, delestrogen, progesterone-in-oil, prometrium, medrol.

Extremely busy during monitoring appointments. Occasionally there would be nowhere to sit, or my husband and I would have to sit separately.

She was Very relatable and compassionate while being to the point. She answers all of your questions and always seemed knowledgeable. She always made sure to provide us resources and kept us informed of the expenses.

Know you are in safe hands and she will let you rest easier in her care.

She made us feel comfortable in our choices and let us know she would do whatever we wanted. She told us her recommendations, which was to try a couple more IUIs before jumping straight to IVF. She wanted her lab to have the chance to evaluate my husband’s sperm and see what they could do with it and have him on a medicine to try and improve it. He medicine seemed to work at first, however the subsequent results varied. No pregnancies ever came from the IUI and we moved on to IVF options.

The costs were very upfront and they would try their best to code things so they would be covered.

Overall, I made the decision to leave the Ohio Red Med practice because I wanted a different protocol and Dr. Kennard's recommendation was to increase the meds on the same protocol I had been on previously. It has less to do with her manner and more to do with my treatment. During my follow up appointment after my failed IVF cycle, she was typing on her computer most of the time and the conversation was relatively quick, so that didn't feel great. But overall the decision was one regarding the treatment I felt made the most sense.

I'd give this advice to any infertility patient...Demand the drs time. Most doctors I have met with have made me feel rushed. Be prepared with your questions, and don't leave until you have your answers. Dr Kennard's style can be brisk, so don't let that shut down your questions.

We were on the long Lupron protocol. Suppression with birth control pills, then Lupron, then Gonal F... Triggered with HcG. Ended up responding poorly. I produced 5 eggs (after seeing far more follicles during the ultrasounds) and only 1 was mature. That mature egg didn't fertilize.

I don't recall what was covered by insurance and what was OOP

She is very professional and some may not see her as a warm fuzzy. As patients who were comfortable in a medical environment and advocating for ourselves, we appreciated her candor. I can imagine others who are looking for someone who focuses more on the personal, she may seem a little scientific. She is. But my husband and I cover the spectrum of needing compassion and needing hard data and numbers. She does both. She accommodated some of our requests to try differently as long as she felt it did not compromise what she felt was good medicine. We actually moved on to another doctor, but had supervision by her and she was very gracious about it. She was open about saying her goal was for us to have a baby and whatever we felt was best she was okay with it.

Know that she cares deeply AND is a medical professional with a goal to get patients a baby. Patients may be focused on keeping themselves sane and she gets it, but her way to help is to focus on what is the next step in trying to increase chances of success. She will let patients keep trying even with small odds - which some appreciate and some will not. People who appreciate dry humor and steady will like her best.

Since I got pregnant twice, there was not too much tweaking to the protocol once we got to IVF. We moved quickly from meds to IUI to IVF based on research that said in the long run, the costs of many IUIs didn't indicate continuing without success. At one point, We decided to do another IVF before transferring frozen, which was the first time someone had done that, but we were looking at long term outcomes with siblings and impending loss of insurance. She tried a protocol (different drugs) that another clinic had used on us that produced extremely large numbers of eggs, but it did not work when she tried it. She noted that her lab didn't like it, but she was willing to try since I had responded. She ultimately was frustrated along with us that I could get pregnant but not sustain a pregnancy. Moving to genetic testing was our reason to seek another lab/doctor.

I have the cost sheet still. They made it simple (but this was 6 years ago). They knew they were lower cost and they seemed to prefer it that way. They gave us the whole cost sheet and it was updated once a year. Simple. IVF-ICSI - $8483, FET 1861 IVF-DE $15,278 (we didnt' use that, but I'm pulling it from the sheet I have). They gave a breakdown of those costs as well as an additional sheet with the lab costs (storage, PGD, hatching, sperm processing).

Since I was in my late 30s early 40s and the embryo's didn't have good grades, she tranferred several. Her logic was correct in that we only ever had single pregnancies. I know she felt strongly about eSET for younger and donor cycles, which we appreciated.

She was very knowledgeable but sensitive to the emotions involved in trying to conceive. I honestly believe without her compassion and evidence based encouragement I would have given up and would not have become a mother in my forties.

Ask questions to understand your treatment. This is a practice that won't insult your intelligence. Know that this is usually a hard journey. Keep in mind that miscarriage is often part of trying to conceive journeys so there could be some heartbreak along the way. You aren't alone.

While I was much older, my doctor felt we shouldn't assume we knew too much about my fertility status so we started with a protocol that is often skipped for women my age. We used lowest dose Clomid (50 mg), a trigger shot and ovulation monitoring as well as IUI. I was told the chances of pregnancy were typically 10 to 20 percent in a woman in her twenties but less than 5 at my age. But I got pregnant at each treatment cycle. My doctor's instincts were right. A more aggressive medical protocol might have resulted in cancelled cycles or multiples.

I don't recall them all. There were a number of diagnostic tests and pregnancy monitoring. Treatment wise there were medicines for me (thyroid and Clomid and progesterone). The costs for semen collection, analysis and storage were not covered in any way. We were informed about those costs I detail.

She’s very thorough, her bedside manner isn’t the best and she has a dry sense of humor. She did make us understand everything, my husband has a medical background and he felt she talked to us like we were a little bit dumb.

She takes a while to get an appointment with, the clinic is incredibly expensive and they do not help with payment whatsoever. We chose to have as much testing done with our gynecologist as we could because it was covered under insurance.

She wanted to do a semen analysis for my husband, several blood tests, laparoscopy and HCG. From there she wanted to do timed inter-course with clomid and a trigger.

Very excessive, a semen analysis was well over $1,000 whereas it was covered 100% through our gynecologist. The procedures they wanted to do there were thousands of dollars and we were able to get a lot of them covered through my gynecologist and the results sent to Dr. Kennard.

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Dr. Kennard was easy to talk to and receive feedback from. She was very “no-nonsense” which I appreciated. She didn’t over do hopefulness nor was she dismissive about my situation. I feel like I left every appointment with realistic expectations and goals.

Dr. Kennard is going to give it to you straight, work toward your best course of action and keep you informed of the process, progress and options.

Less than $12000

Dr Kennard is direct and no nonsense, which I appreciate as I don't want false platitudes. However, along with the directness comes minimal warmth, which would be nice to have as I go through this difficult process.

Come prepared with questions and be an informed consumer. However, this advice is not isolated to her, but should be followed for all doctors.

1 IVF, 1 FET, 1 IVF suspended after egg retrieval as my progesterone was too high so I'm in the middle of my 2nd FET cycle. I used follistem rather then Gonal for insurance purposes. I had to use Gonal for my last cycle. I liked follistem better as the Gonal took longer and was way more expensive.

I was lucky to have insurance that covered infertility. Out of pocket cost for IVF was about $7k, which included medication.

Dr Kennard has been very thorough and taken time to review my past medical history before meeting us for the first time. She was willing to order bloodwork and an MRI that another doctor would not, in an attempt to determine the cause of my infertility.

Have questions ready to ask for your visits. Dr Kennard was able to quickly answer our questions and we left our appointment feeling we had a better understanding of my infertility issues.

Our treatment plan for our IVF cycle was $11,300, not including medication.

She has an amazing team around her that helps you every step of the way. Don’t get discouraged when there are hiccups that prolong the process. I feel like there could be more information shared about the donor egg process and correct costs associated with it.

Be sure to ask the question you have and don’t be hesitant to ask as much to make yourself comfortable

I have not completed a transfer yet. In the process of confirming genetics for eggs. A lot of testing leading up to this point. More genetic testing for my partner than I initially thought were required, blood work, more blood work, multiple semen analysis.

20k+

Dr Kennard is very caring and knowledgeable when it comes to fertility treatments. I felt like she always had my best interest at heart ❤️ She is not bubbly and giggly so if that is what your looking for then she may not be for you! However, if your looking for top notch care she is the doctor for you!

Take it one day at a time!

I can tell Dr. Kennard is very experienced in her field and she is always on time for our appointments. I don’t feel like she asked me a lot of questions about my health history and I am not sure she took some of my concerns seriously before just diagnosing me with unexplained infertility. While Dr. Kennard is kind, she is very straight forward in her demeanor, which I think some people could take offense to.

Ask questions and don’t feel rushed.

$800 for each round IUI, plus med costs which totaled around $100 per refill.

Overall, I have been really pleased as her patient. The only thing I would say is I wish she performed every procedure and not who the doctor was on call that day. She makes sure that the patient is well informed and is taken care of. Very knowledgeable and compassionate.

No, that just because she is your doctor doesn’t mean she will be there when performing any of your procedures in particularly

I am particularly had to use a thyroid hormone medication before I transfer to make sure that my thyroid levels were low, and I felt like she covered that very well

Each transfer is 4-6,000 dollars and all the initial stuff was close to 25,000 dollars No including all the medications and blood draws and scans. All of my stuff has been out of pocket costs too because I don’t have insurance coverage.

Because I already had a set of natural born twins Dr. Kennard would only let us transfer one embryo at a time instead of multiple embryos. With my third transfer, I kind of wish I can do to embryos to up my chances of pregnancy.

Dr. Kennard has 20 years experience in this field. She keeps up with the latest evidence in reproductive medicine and offers the best. I specifically asked for her to do my egg retrieval because I knew she had much experience. She is kind, direct, and considered and discussed alternative plans when something wasn’t working. I truly think this was probably the single thing that lead to our success.

She may not always have a fuzzy bedside manner: but I learned that everything she said to me she said with a directness in order to ensure I understood all my options. During a time of high emotions and uncertainty that had lasted years, I welcomed her direct recommendations and calm presence.

Dr. Kennard was very direct after our first few IUI cycles failed that IUI was not going to be successful. I did one more IUI after that and realized She was correct. I needed time to process this and went back after some months. I was ready to start IVF. My first cycle for egg retrieval went well , but because I experienced ovarian hyperstimulation she recommended that we freeze the Embryos and await frozen cycles. I was grateful for this because I felt pretty symptomatic from that cycle. I then went through 2 frozen embryo cycles with the same protocol: suppressing ovulation and transferring. After both were unsuccessful, we scheduled a consultation with Dr. Kennard where she expressed surprise at our lack of success and laid out all the options. She did some more testing on me that came back normal, and also suggested trialing a newer Protocol that involved letting me Ovulate and transferring. She also described how to proceed Of this cycle was Still Not successful. Thankfully the third cycle worked.

Fast, efficient, I was never waiting long for my ultrasounds. Coordinated with lab work Well.

Dr. Kennard was clear that in my particular case she was unwilling to do multiple embryo transfer due to chance of success for Both..but explained that she does do so in certain circumstances. I was content with this approach for myself.

She is a very direct woman. She is very kind, compassionate and informative. As someone that is a part of the LGBTQ+ community I always felt as though I was treated with the same respect that any other person would receive. Another thing that really meant something for me was that she was going to work with me if i needed extensive treatment but if I felt overwhelmed or just needed a break that was always an option as well. My experience with Dr. Kennard was 10/10.

She is very direct. Don't take that as a sign of rudeness. She is a very kind person and she has your best interest in mind always.

The treatment that she provided for me was prescribing Letrozole and Metformin. Then I was prescribed a trigger shot and after she did the IUI. Later I took an at home pregnancy test and it was positive. I then had blood work and an ultrasound. I am only 8 weeks but am feeling hopeful as I didn't think I was even going to be able to get pregnant! So grateful!

Didn't do any of this.

Dr Kennard is kind, compassionate, and easy to talk with. I never feel rushed during appointments. She listens, shares information, and I feel like she really wants to help. I’ve only had a few appointments but I always leave with questions answered and knowing what’s next.

Write down questions as you think of them. She takes time and wants to answer them.

All testing so far has been to rule out different causes of infertility. Bloodwork, semen analysis, hsg

So far, I have only had diagnostic services which have been covered by insurance (except copays and percentages before deductible is met). Any other services we need will not be covered and will be paid for out of pocket.

Dr. Kennard was straight forward and wasted no time. I appreciated how she respected my time and answered my questions immediately and completely. I never had to wait to see her. She kept to her schedule but never seemed rushed with me. She made sure I felt comfortable with everything.

Be happy you have her because she’s wonderful at what she does.

My insurance has covered the majority of the cost.