Eric Surrey

I have really enjoyed Dr.Surrey. He is personable and acts like a real person...not a robot like some doctors. My only wish is that he would pull out all stops all at once. I understand he needs to try different things but sometimes I wish he wasn't quite so conservative in his approach.

Have all your questions ready for your meet-up time. It's so hard to get questions answered directly from him after that.

He changed things a lot as we went through my treatment. The one thing he is changing for my second FET is adding an endometrial scratch.

We had some insurance coverage but it would always take forever for any repayment and I still haven't received reimbursement from CCRM, even though I'm owed it. All in all, it's been a very expensive endeavor.

He is very much pro eSET, especially with CCS tested embryos but ultimately the decision is mine.

He reviewed my previous IVF cycle and tried to make it better for my second try. We are currently doing a third IVF and he has completely changed the protocol which is good. I am hoping for better results. He has always been very friendly and has a great sense of humor.

He is very direct and sure of what he wants to proceed with and that is something that I appreciate. On the other hand, he is also open to suggestions in the protocol and always listened to what I had to say.

The first IVF cycle with him was my second overall. I was on a normal responder protocol with suppression using birth control pills for one month, followed by stims (Gonal f, menopur, dexamethasone and cetrotide) I had a double trigger with that cycle. We retrieved 9 eggs, 4 mature, 2 blasts, one normal per testing. My first cycle we had 12 eggs, 4 mature and non were normal....so the second cycle was an improvement. I am about to undergo my third retrieval in 3-4 weeks.

Initial work up is around 4,000-5,000 dollars 23,000 for first IVF cycle - includes PGS testing 15,000 for second IVF cycle - includes PGS testing

I have not transferred yet.

After having 3 local RE's tell us our only hope was donor eggs we went to CCRM. Eric Surrey was honest and upfront that our chances were slim but he was willing and able to help us at least try. We ended up getting 3 great embryos. Our first transfer failed and he was compassionate yet optimistic for the next one. Our second transfer took and he was so excited for us, unfortunately after we were released from CCRM we had a 2nd trimester miscarriage. In our talks with Dr. Surrey now he has come with great options to try again with either trying to transfer into me again or a gestational carrier. I have CCRM to thank for giving me even the option of using my own eggs. Every step of the way from the nurses, to the front desk ladies to the lab techs and everyone in the operation area, they are all top-notch professionals. I cannot recommend CCRM and Dr. Surrey enough. You are in gentle, caring, empathetic, professional hands with them.

CCRM is expensive and the processing is daunting and scary. Trust them. They are a world class research facility in the top of their field, they won't steer you in the wrong direction. I would (and probably will) do it all again with them in a heartbeat.

I don't remember the specific type of protocol for my retrieval, but we did clomid, final-f, menopure, cetrotide, and triggered with Lupron. Dr Surrey went pretty aggressive as I only have one ovary and at 31 have poor quantity and quality eggs. We ended up with 3 great quality embryos to freeze out of the 7 they retrieved. It may sound like a small number but the percentages are amazing with what we were working with. Transfer we used birth control, lupron, endometrian, progesterone injections, vivelle estrogen patches and an oral estrogen. My lining did really well on this.

CCRM is very expensive. The first day initial work up was around $5,000, then the upfront cost for egg retrieval and first transfer was about $15,000 and then optional (which we did) CCS (genetic testing) for up to 10 embryos was $8,000. Medications were not included in this price which was about $6,000 for the retrieval and $1,500 for each transfer.

Dr Surrey only allowed us to do 1 embryo at a time as I only have half a uterus and the risk of twins was too risky. We did genetic testing and they really don't recommend transferring multiples when you know you have good embryos- we agree with their methods.

I felt he was very knowledgeable, warm, and friendly. I only saw him twice I believe. We did a FET with our 1 remaining untested embryo from our IVF cycle in 2015. We had it shipped from IL to CO for the transfer. When the transfer failed the Doctor called me personally to tell me it failed. It was nice for him to reach out.

I wish I would have asked more questions on the likelihood of it working. With an untested embryo with a 35 year old egg I guess our chances weren’t very high. We were disappointed and didn’t feel prepared for it not to work.

I don’t have access to my paperwork, I must not have saved it and it was sent via the portal.

As mentioned earlier, their lab where they require all testing was not covered under our insurance when most places were. We didn’t find that out until we were too far down the path to turn back. I remember a hefty consultation fee as well, it was significantly higher than most.

Strengths: Bedside manner, knowledge, experience Weaknesses: Too many patients to really dive deep into someone's medical history, too busy to easily set up a meeting, no one explains the long term side effects of multiple IVF cycles/high doses of medications

Be sure you know every piece of your medical history, medication doses, and lab results. Don't rely on the doctor to know all of this.

The antagonist protocol was used because my lab results were all very good. ICSI and IMSI were used for male factor infertility. None of my embryos made it to Day 5.

Ultrasounds for monitoring $ 1,000 Nurse Patient Coordination Fee (not billable to insurance)$ 1,175 Nurse Patient Coordination Fee (not billable to insurance done w/FET) $500 Retrieval of oocyte by physician $ 1,177 Transfer of embryo by physician $925 Ultrasound for retrieval $200 Ultrasound for transfer (done with FET) $200 Surgical Suite for retrieval (out of network) $3,279 Surgical Suite for transfer (out of network-done with FET) $1,005 Anesthesia: $475 Labs: $ 1,775 Sperm Isolation w/semen analysis $615 IVF-Lab-Oocyte identification $615 IVF-Lab Culture and fertilization $1,516 IVF-Transfer prep (done with FET) $615 Hatching or Blastocyst $925 Thawing of embryo (done with FET) $1,000 Embryo biopsy $1,600 Genetic Consult (not billable to insurance) $350 Fertility Genetics - CCS testing on embryos (not billable to insurance) $1,700 Embryo Freezing $975 ICSI $2,836 IMSI $525

I have not completed a transfer with this doctor.

Doctor Surrey is both compassionate and straightforward. He took his time to fully run every test and while it took a long time, i knew I was getting the best care. He made many recommendations but still left the door open for us to make decisions. We followed all of his advice. He genuinely cares about each couple he treats

Be patient. As an infertile couple we were so anxious for results. Everything took WAY longer than expected. Cycles were long, tests took time, the protocol changed and took longer. But it is all for good reason and we got results!!

We originally were going to do one IVF cycle. At the time of retrieval there were not many fertilized eggs and we decided to expand to a three cycle retrieval protocol per Surrey's recommendation. After the third retrieval we opted for PGS testing due to my poor egg quality. This was also strongly recommended. We had certainty at he time of our transfer that our embryo was genetically normal and would have second guessed ourselves if it didn't take.

The preliminary tests seemed endless and the costs added up. We went for the Rolls Royce of treatment plans and had three consecutive retrievals with a freeze all as well as PGS testing. I think the package was $50K, meds not included.

Because of PGS we felt a single transfer was a good choice. We could always come back for a second transfer if it didn't work.

Dr. Surrey is very warm and patient. Our case went from straightforward (male factor) to more complicated than expected (I had a different reaction to a standard stim protocol than expected), and rather than treating that as a fluke, he changed my next stim protocol and had me more closely monitored as a result.

Less related to the doctor himself, but more the clinic/nurses: don't hesitate to reach out again to the nursing line, rather than just your individual nurse, if you haven't heard back. My first stim cycle, I expected my nurse to be following me more closely, especially since it was my very first cycle, but by my second cycle, I knew that things may fall through the cracks and was more proactive about communication that was urgent.

My first ever IVF cycle was with CCRM. We had a male factor diagnosis, so I was on a standard (OCP antagonist) protocol. I did not respond as expected (stimmed too quickly, progesterone spiked), and we could not proceed with a day 5 fresh transfer as planned. We froze all and elected to do CCS testing because of that. 2/4 5-day embryos were "normal," one was transferred, and unfortunately I had a missed miscarriage discovered at about 13 weeks. We did testing of the fetus and he had a trisomy. We had extensive follow-up with our local genetic counselor and CCRM (Dr. Surrey and the genetics department), and learned that it was likely due to an undetected mosaic embryo. We decided to do another retrieval rather than a transfer of our remaining embryo. This time, Dr. Surrey changed my protocol (PAL protocol, which I understand is for high responders/PCOS patients, though I don't have a PCOS diagnosis). He also asked for daily monitoring starting earlier, and I believe started Ganirelix earlier as well. I responded much better to this cycle: we had 12 5-day embryos (versus 4), and 7 came back CCS normal. I transferred 1 of these and it resulted in a healthy pregnancy and live birth. My daughter is 18 months old now. We will go back for another FET in another year or so.

I think cost of 2 retrievals, 2 rounds of CCS testing, and 2 FETs, plus medication and local monitoring costs (all out of pocket) was close to $50,000.

Dr. Surrey encouraged eSET both transfers, due to my age and history, risks of multiples, and transferring CCS-tested embryos. We agreed.

Dr. Surrey is upbeat and clear in his communication style. He makes sure everyone is on the same page and ready for the next step. He is professional, transparent, and approachable. He has a reassuring bedside manner. Dr. Surrey is thorough and attentive to you as an individual patient.

I think all infertility patients probably come prepared on their end, and you can expect that he will also be prepared from his end. He will add a voice of reason and hopefully also give you something to laugh about in this crazy journey!

We started with a PAL antagonist protocal which lead to the successful retrieval of our eggs. A few days after the retrieval my levels were tested and it was safe for us to proceed with a fresh embryo transfer, which resulted in the pregnancy of our oldest child. When she was 13 months old we initiated the process for a frozen embryo transfer. The frozen transfer resulted in the pregnancy of our son who is now 13 months old. During both pregnancies we followed the standard medication protocalls up to I think 9 weeks gestation.

You would think I'd have this burned into my brain! Our frozen transfer was about $6,000 for the transfer itself, but if you add medication, travel, and out of state monitoring we spent about $10,000. Our retrieval and transfer was about $20,000.

We absolutely were provided with research and statistics as well as having a conversation with Dr. Surrey about eSET. In the context of our medical background, ESET was his suggested route, and we agreed for both of our transfers.

Dr. Surrey had good bedside manner, however it felt like he just applied the same plan to you without actually reviewing your history. For example was not clear of the medications I had taken during a previous cycle and had to stop half way through describing next steps because it changed the plan. Seemed to do extensive labs that weren't always indicated. Didn't know whether he had prescribed trigger shots or not.

Make sure you are aware of each step and ask lots of questions. Question why you are doing things and review everything without assuming that he is aware of previous or current treatment.

1) IUI with clomid and ovedrel. Dr. Surrey felt the work up didn't explain our infertility enough, so that starting with less invasive would be okay. Produced a chemical pregnancy - ?maybe. He called it a chemical pregnancy and ordered more labs then as we were starting the next cycle remembered I did a trigger shot and that could have explained the very very low b-hcg. 2) Repeat same plan. Negative

Meeting Dr. Surrey was intimidating because my husband and I were just coming to understand what our fertility issues were. However, he was vey clear with what our issues were and that we would never be able to naturally conceive a child (that was his bluntness, but I really appreciated that moment of truth). He indicated that we were perfect candidates for IVF. We got all the "checkboxes" checked, T's crossed and i's dotted and I went in for a lining check before retrieval. As it turns out, I had a cyst. Dr. Surrey's favorite nurse (I was not a fan) said we would have to cancel the retrieval. I demanded to speak to Dr. Surrey - so he came to see me, performed the ultrasound again to confirm a cyst and said he could drain it on the spot. THANK GOODNESS he came to the ultrasound room. Shortly after that, he performed our only retrieval. He was gentle, and kind. He knew I was afraid of needles but assured my husband and I they would take good care of me while in retrieval. SUCCESS! Our first IVF cycle was a fresh transfer, so 5 days later, we were back in his office for a transfer. He recommended transferring only one embryo, but told me I could convince him to transfer 2, which we did. Shortly thereafter, it was confirmed that I was pregnant, and my numbers looked like twins! Unfortunately, my numbers started dropping just a few days later. As it turns out, we lost one embryo but were still pregnant with the other. Dr. Surrey called all the time to tell us the good and bad news. We are forever grateful for Dr. Surrey because we now have a beautiful 2 year old son, Ethan. When Ethan was born, we sent Dr. Surrey a birth announcement. He wrote us a letter back and called us congratulating us. In 2017, we did 2 transfers with Dr. Surrey again. He was hesitant the second transfer because he wanted me to lose some weight first, but didn't argue with me. I wish I had listened to him. It was hard to hear that I should lose weight, but he was telling me what was best for all of us. We had a successful transfer in June 2017 and were pregnant with 1 embryo. Again, he was very congratulatory. Unfortunately, we miscarried at 5 weeks. Dr. Surrey was the on-call doctor when I was having my miscarriage late one night. I was SO VERY thankful that it was him that answered the phone. He stayed calm and tried to calm me down with specific instructions until I could see them in the morning. Dr. Surrey was upset along with us when it was confirmed via ultrasound that we had, in fact, lost our baby. We told him we were not giving up and to see us in a couple of months. In October 2017, we did another round of IVF and transferred 2 embryos. Unfortunately, neither embryo took, and Dr. Surrey was on the phone with me very shortly afterward to talk about the path forward. We talked multiple scenarios and he provided his recommendation until we agreed on a path forward. In my opinion, Dr. Surrey KNOWS what he's doing. He is very good at his job. He will always tell you what the best path forward is, but will offer other scenarios and tell you the risks associated with everything. I feel like he's a good listener, is understanding, compassionate, blunt, and is willing to work with you. He is honest, and that carries so much weight.

Dr. Surrey will be blunt, and it might hurt to hear the truth (initially), but he knows what he's doing.

Before each cycle, I took a low-dose birth control pill. After that, the meds were basically the same. Endometrin, Vivelle, Lupron, Progesterone in oil, Medrol, Doxycycline. We had success twice (IVF) with this protocol, but not the third IVF cycle. My cycle started with Lupron 10u/day until I started my Endometrin and Medrol and Doxycycline. I was on 1 patch of Vivelle every other day for 8 days and then it increased one patch every other day until told to stop. I started the Progesterone in Oil 0.5 mg every other day in the morning 5 days before the transfer. Again, I was told to continue all medications until specifically instructed to change or stop.

All monitoring appointments are in the morning, i.e. blood draws and ultrasounds. It was a well-oiled machine. Each person checks in at the desk and then sits and waits for their name to be called. Typically, you never wait longer than 10-20 minutes.

$2856.62 to CCRM, $3401 Fertility Labs of Colorado (FLC), medication typically ran from $1800-$3500 depending on the cycle. I don't remember specifics on what I paid for each blood draw or ultrasound.

Dr. Surrey always recommended to me that I only transfer 1 embryo. He said there is less risk involved later in a pregnancy if I were to be pregnant with a singleton vs. multiples.

Dr. Surrey was always warm and compassionate through the process. Prior to even going to CCRM, he read over my case and answered all my questions in the phone consult, and then, after our one day work up, he presented me and my husband a clear path forward. He explained any changes in thought processes he had (e.g., change of protocol, change of our chances), and he didn't force family building plan on us because he was concerned that our odds were pretty low. He reassured me at the regroup prior to egg retrieval that he would be watching my case even though we were nearing the end of stimulation over a weekend. It's a good thing he was because I almost ovulated and had to do an immediate trigger shot with egg retrieval the next morning. Luckily, all the eggs were still there! He called the deliver the good news that we had two normal embryos out of the six. At the time of transfer, he was very professional, and he must have done something right because we have our son!

CCRM is a big practice, so don't be afraid to be your own advocate and ask lots of questions. Dr. Surrey will answer them all, and if you are looking for someone with a good balance of compassion and honesty, he is wonderful.

I primed with estrogen, and I used Lupron, Gonal F, Ganirelix, and a single trigger shot. I was originally scheduled to do a double trigger, but because I almost ovulated, I did the single. At my previous clinic, I had primed with birth control and did an antagonist protocol, but they did not retrieve many eggs though they were tracking 14 follicles that were growing evenly.

Our insurance paid for most of it, but our out of pocket was $11,000 for the cycle and transfer, plus the cost of medication and travel (since we're from out of state).

My doctor let me choose to transfer one or two, and my husband and I chose one. There were many factors, including potential complications for me and multiples, financial considerations (e.g., high likelihood of bedrest with twins), and inability to stay at home to care for two babies (we both have to work).

Dr. Surrey is a fantastic doctor! He has a goofy sense of humor which makes him very personable. I was an out of state patient that had gone through two doctors and many ivf cycles. I was very dejected by the time I went to him...I told him I am open to donor eggs at this point. Dr. surrey convinced me to try with own eggs first. I am so glad I listened to him. Also, when the protocol did not work the first time( I ovulated early). He was so apologetic about it and waived off the fees for that cycle. Next time, he closely monitored me

Trust him! :-)

all I remember was CCRM Protocol 5 and 6

CCRM strongly pushes for eSET. I had in fact requested a twin embryo which was denied

Seemed to read through and use my previous results from another clinic and apply it clinically. However, I had very few setbacks, and so it is not possible for me to comment on how things would have gone if they did not go as planned. He recommended doing banked embryos as I had DOR, and this was expensive but turned out to be the best thing for me in the end. Technically, all of the procedures he performed (hysteroscopy, retrieval, FET), went very smoothly and painlessly (given meds for retrieval and mild meds for FET, but not hysteroscopy). I felt confident in his opinion and trusted the course that we took.

None specific.

I believe we used the antagonist protocol. Used Gonal F and Menopur (300 and 150 daily) after using estrogen for some period of time. Trigger was with both Lupron and HCG. FET was with estrogen and PIO. Same protocol used all 3 times with similar results (did 3 retrievals within 5 months or so to bank embryos to have enough for PGS testing).

Egg retrieval (included 3) plus one FET: $45,000 Medications: about $18,000 (for 3 cycles) Travel/accommodations: about $10,000 One day work up (prior to starting retrievals): ?3000

He was open to either single or 2 embryo transfer but strongly recommended sFET and was in agreement when we chose to go that route.

They are experts. Dr. Surrey was very knowledgable. But not a jerk. The analysis was very thorough and he found scar tissue in my uterus, that was overlooked by other doctors. We did treatment prior coming to him to address longstanding bacterial issues, and were considering monitoring immune levels during pregnancy. While this isn't his specialty, he was able to work with us, and the specialist team that we coordinated with. He allowed me to add to our protocol things that he felt could help, but wouldn't hurt, ultimately allowing me to help craft a cycle that I could have hope in.

Come with all your questions written down. If you have a hunch about a problem or alternative things to try, discuss it. In many cases my hunches were totally not relevant to me, but he explained why. In others, he understood why I needed to try something different than before and we worked at it until both he and I were comfortable with the plan.

The protocol for the retrieval was very similar to what I'd had at a previous clinics. But they monitiored me much more closely, growing the embryos slower. tweaking meds more frequently. We had scar tissue removed after creating CCS normal embryos. We had a follow up apt to confirm the uterus looked good. We did an antihistamine protocol before the transfer (prednisone/Claritin/Pepcid) which in my own assessment is an immune-modulating type of treatment, minor as it is. We did additional antibiotics leading up to the transfer as a booster to my previous treatments for latent bacterial infection.

We did one cycle. I think the base price was around 22K. Genetic testing was around 6K One day work up was around 4K. We did a surgery for tissue removal. All in all when meds were paid, out cycle probably cost about 35-40K. While this is twice the cost at our previous clinic, we got more blasts from the one cycle, than from two at that other clinic. Plus it stuck.

We insisted on eSet. He was happy about that.

Dr. Surrey is a very compassionate doctor and that is his biggest strength. He makes you feel better in his presence. He has a calming demeanor, and never stresses you out as a patient. His biggest weakness, and this goes for all of CCRM, is that he is too stuck on their prescribed protocols and getting things to look "perfect". We wasted SOOOO much time on mock cycles, and so much money. This is what eventually drove us to leave CCRM. The rules are silly in a lot of ways and they don't even have good explanations for most of them. The insurance situation is also inexcusable. I think it is unconscionable for a fertility clinic to make their patients more stressed out than they already are, and this is what their silly insurance rules do...

Don't go to CCRM unless you have a problem that requires a top-notch lab. I never should have spent the time and money to go to CCRM for a thin lining problem...

Dr. Surrey is the best! He was brilliant, warm, caring, explained everything and supportive. Would 100% refer to him. AND he said I would not had a 12% chance of getting pregnant... I got pregnant and delivered twins on my first IVF cycle. Boom!!

Know that you are absolutely in the very best hands he possibly could be. Know it.

My cycle was done in 2004, so, it's not current or relevant compared with today's protocols and I can't remember it anyway! LOL!

I do not have any insurance coverage for this procedure but, they offer submitted the bill anyway. The prices were comparable to other clinics prices at the time.

Dr. Surrey was wonderfully supportive, Frank and helpful. He offered it to me and suggested it might be a good idea for me because I was 43 years old having twins by myself but, at the time, The procedure carried more risk than it does today and I was not willing to take the risk that I would lose the pregnancy entirely if I reduced down to one embryo from two since, statistically, The odds are very low that the pregnancy would and in a positive outcome anyway.

We only met with Doctor Surrey one time and that was the initial consult. We weren't upset since we have heard this is how it goes when only doing IUI. Once you are an IVF pateint we have heard the doctor sees you more.

Be willing to listen and understand he is there to do one thing and that is get you pregnant. He knows what he is doing and is an expert, but if you are not doing IVF right away you are not a huge concern.

Since my husband and I both have something wrong with us, he said we should try 3 rounds of IUI and then move to IVF if those did not succeed. We were good candidates for IUI and IVF.

We have to pay for every visit and everything they did to us testing wise.

I am currently beginning IVF treatment and have had many many questions throughout the process. Dr Surrey has always made me feel comfortable and explained the process and all tests that I have had done thus far, sometimes more than once. I have had most of my communication with him over the phone as I don't live in Denver, and have only been to the clinic once. He always takes time as if it was an office visit.

Ask as many questions of him. He is knowledgeable and will provide you with all options and talk through them with you.

I felt comfortable with him - easy to trust and feel confident with his recommendations. My husband didn’t enjoy his use of humor but I found it to be calming. Took the level of stress down a notch for me.

Ask questions!

Since all of our tests checked out, he recommended 3 IUI rounds. Being diagnosed with unexplained infertility didn’t lend itself to jumping into IVF. We are on our third attempt now.

Roughly 7,000 for diagnostics and 3 IUIs

Dr. surrey is very kind. He was optimistic when we first met with him and we have no had success so it’s hard to be happy. I am disappointed because we made decisions on his optimism and that has cost us a lot of money.

Ask lots of questions.

Dr. Surrey was patient and I did get good results form retrieval. After my first round I only had 2 blasts form 11 fertilized and thy were abnormal. He added calcium ionophore he n cut time and we got 5 blasts. We have done 3 transfers and little things have been tweaked but now he says there is nothing we can do different.

About 24k for one cycle. However this does not cover everything. Little additional charges seemed to pop up every time we went to ccrm.

I like that he encourages transferrignone.

Dr. Surrey is highly knowledgeable. He is to the point and seems understanding, which is important when you're discussing sensitive issues. However, almost all of my contact has been with my nurse. I've only talked to Dr. Surrey to discuss significant decisions in treatment or direction.

Understand that you will be treated by the CCRM practice, not just Dr. Surrey. Dr. Surrey is like a supervisor in the process.

We wanted to proceed conservatively so Dr. Surrey suggested that we start with medicated IUI since our infertility is unexplained. IUI has at best a 20% chance of working each round so multiple rounds are suggested. We did 1 round with clomid, HCG trigger and IUI. Switched to Femara for 2 rounds because I got visual side-effects from the Clomid. No success so we're doing work-up for IVF.

Very warm and caring doctor. No empty pregnancy promises, just facts! He explained everything in through detail. He called us personally to let is know improtant results. He was always there when we needed to speak to him even if he was out of the office. He even took our call while on family vacation. He is an excellent doctor!

Listen and ask questions, he is very smart!

We did IVF with donor sperm. The hospital actually has a funded program that we qualified for, however we ended up not using it for several reasons. One reason was Dr. Surrey didn't want us to feel as though we had any what ifs through out the process. We used injectable fertility meds to stimulate the ovaries and then did the egg retrival. A month later we went back and did the frozen transfer of 2 embryos. Frozen was siggested instead of fresh beause of his amd the clinics success rates! Also due to testing that would take longer. We are now 6 months pregnant with twins by choice. Dr. Surrey only wanted us to do one embryo because of the risk with multiples but we opted to do two.

This clinic is on the expensive but is worth every penny!

There is very little communication with the Doctor. We left almost every appointment feeling confused and frustrated. We wanted to adjust our treatment plan and were unable to speak with the Doctor about it. Our concerns were never addressed.

You have to be an advocate for yourself. Push for the things you want and also make sure you are given accurate medications and you know what the medications do. Communication is a struggle with this practice.

$4000

I got a beautiful baby out of the experience and that’s what I came for. It wasn’t a hold your hand and cry with you experience, but it worked. The other three doctors failed. He was knowledgeable but I had hiccups along the way. I was severely overstimulated and got very sick. They pushed me through it. I would go there 100 percent again but knowing it was about the result and not the experience

Think about the outcome. Stay on top of your doctors. They are overworked and unorganized. But it’s all worth it

I can’t remember all of that. It was overwhelming amount of info.

We were fortunate to have insurance at the time.

We discussed two vs one and decided two was my best bet. I carried two for several weeks but one one in the first trimester.

I was diagnosed with unexplained infertility. My retrieval seemed to go well until we had no normal embryos for transfer. After my cycle, my period/cycle pain got a lot worse and I decided to have an exploratory surgery for endometriosis and it turns out I did have it. I felt like this was overlooked in my time at CCRM and I wasted thousands of dollars because it was never going to work on the protocol he put me on w/ my endo. Plus the estrogen priming is was absolutely caused my flair up after my retrieval. Another doctor I had a consult with even said she doesn’t understand how this was missed & that Dr. Surrey is well known to deal with endo patients but I guess it wasn’t true in my case.

To have questions ready to go before you meet him because you don’t see him often

Estrogen/progesterone priming Antagonist protocol Double trigger

$24,000