Jacques Stassart

Dr Stassart was amazing and thorough to the point I left the appointment unbelievablely joyful. He spoke very highly of his clinic and work, which gave me a lot confidence in him & his work. He took the time to sit down with us for well over an hour and talk about how IVF works, what to expect & how it’s going to look for me specifically. He’s very kind & empathetic, as well as having great knowledge about women and their bodies. He gave me so much assurance he knew what he’s doing (knows everything down to a science) which decreased my stress and anxiety!

Eat before you go (haha). He took so much time with us to make sure we knew everything we didn’t have time for lunch - well worth it though! Also, bring a notebook and a pen to take some notes!

I first had my consult with him the end of February. We met, did a trial transfer and talked about IVF. We wanted a quick surgery done to clean up some polyps and fibroids he saw during the ultrasound before we started. I had surgery done & was suppose to go in for my baseline ultrasound the following week, but unfortunately my cycle was canceled due to COVID-19, so I haven’t even been able to really start anything yet!

We qualified for the Warranty Program... meaning if we didn’t have a live baby after 9 months in our arms (within 12 months of doing IVF) we’d get our money back!

I am so amazed that Dr Stassart has IVF down to such a science, he only uses one embryo at time. I love knowing he has that much confidence in himself and his work!

While this doctor had a very kind bedside manner, I felt that he was not honest about our likelihood of success. After our first transfer he looked my husband in the eyes and said "70% chance of success, I feel great about this". The next three transfers he also told us this was it, odds were great, it would be the one. We never had success.

He is kind and has a caring bedside manner, but I would thoroughly complete my own research regarding odds of success.

For around $80,000 I had consult and testing, two retrievals (one with PGS testing), two fresh transfers, two frozen transfers, all monitoring, and medications included in price.

After initial failures began pushing for more than one embryo. I held strong to one for the third transfer. The fourth transfer was 2 PGS tested embryos and still no success.

He is very thorough and knowledgeable with a lot of experience. Good bedside manners but can be hard to understand at times, has a bit of an accent. He is very compassionate and caring and gives you much hope but is also to the point. I would highly recommend him and RMIA. Also the nurses are great!

He is a good choice to have as your fertility doctor but can be a bit hard to understand due to his slight accent and is soft spoken but really makes you feel at ease!

First step prior to FET was sonohysterogram and labs. Prenatal vitamin, CoQ10 and birth control were taken. Then Lupron injection was prescribed for 11 days. Baseline labs completed. Estrace started 2x day vaginally for 2 weeks then changed to orally. Lupron dose decreases then last dose given before starting progesterone IM shots along with Doxycycline and Flagyl. Medrol taken week of transfer for 4 days. Day of transfer progesterone taken between 6-10a and last dose of antibiotics were taken thst evening. Progestone injection continues and Endometrin vaginally starts. I am unsure of rationale for their protocol.

$4000 for FET plus all prescreening, monitoring and medication cost. Totalled to approx $8000.

Yes he recommended only one embryo at transfer due to risk of multiple pregnancy. Unfortunately I ended up having miscarriage at 7 weeks and am now schedule to do another transfer with 2 embryos (out last 2) and we both agreed that would give me higher success rate.

He was very thorough with all parts of the process. Very kind and explained everything as it was being done. He also made sure that not only I, but my husband, felt comfortable at all times. He is very gentle when he needs to be but very direct when he needs to be.

If you don’t agree with his advice, please let him know and/or take it. He knows what he is doing and only has your best interest in mind.

Started with birth control and other oral medications to prevent infection. Then after my baseline appointment I was able to stop birth control and started on menopur shots. Two days after starting, my body didn’t react as expected so my dose was upped from 3 to 5 vials. This STINGS by the way. After I got where I needed to be and eggies were looking good, we were able to take the lupron to prevent me from ovulating until I could take my trigger shot. I went down for my egg retrieval on a Thursday which worked out perfectly. I needed the weekend to recover as I got HOSS. We ended up doing an unplanned freeze all which was devastating at the time. I’m glad that he had us go that route though. Having pcos made my body over react to the medication and recovery time was pretty brutal for me. It took about a week and a half for my body to feel normal and my ovaries to get back to normal size. I was put on birth control and Now we are just waiting to hear from the doctor on when we can start our frozen transfer. I’m so thankful that we got 11 little embabies because I don’t think I could go through the retrieval procedure again. SO excited to start our frozen transfer and many prayers that the first one sticks!!!

They actually allowed me to do monitoring at an approved clinic a lot closer to where I lived. RMIA is 3.5 hours from my house and with the 8 monitoring sessions I needed, it was wonderful that they allowed me to use a clinic just 30 minutes from my house

The clinic offers multiple plans including financing for certain plans. It’s unfortunate that IVF is so expensive and Minnesota is a state that doesn’t offer infertility insurance coverage at all. That leaves no options or help for people that are/weren’t expecting to have such an unexpected expense that. especially one that can’t be controlled such as blocked tubes.

As I said before, Dr. Stassart went out of his way to check on my well being even when I wasn’t planning to see him. My retrieval wasn’t with him but he came and found me after to make sure I was okay even though he was so busy. He calls on vacations and reassures you every step of the way. He is so well versed in IVF and his success rates are outstanding. He is the founder of RMIA but doesn’t act like a JUST the founder—he is really passionate about his patients. Not just about the money and success rates. What other doctor would take the time to call on his vacation and talk with a patient for an hour!

To understand that even though he may be part of the older generation of doctors, he is still up to date on all the research and customize the protocol to you and your partner.

I was on a menopur only protocol and started ganerilix halfway through my stimulation. I was on a high dose of menopur to start but my estrogen sky rocketed because I was a great responder so I went down to half the amount of menopur. I stimmes for 9 days and had a retrieval where we retrieved 42 eggs. 29 mature eggs and 27 fertilized. 15 blastocysts frozen. We switched to a freeze all before the retrieval so that my estrogen could come down and to avoid OHSS.

I am under the warranty program with Dr. Stassart. It is a cost of 15,000 dollars for the three cycle package. The monitoring wasn’t covered because I did that locally and the medicine wasn’t covered except for menopur which I bought for 4,000 dollars at RMIA.

Dr. Stassart really insisted I do a single embryo transfer because of my age. He wants to keep me safe before trying to push the envelope with two embryos. You don’t know how well someone can carry one baby let alone two. He picks safety first, even though that’s not always what we want!

He is great at communicating, kind, and patient with myself and my husband. We have mutated pex genes and create terminal babies. He listened to our wishes and didn’t just dismiss things that I felt were important.

You will feel right at home. He made me feel like his own daughter at our first appointment. He made me feel like we were the focus of his entire day. It was great and not rushed.

We are still in the beginning phases. We have sent out samples for genetic testing to Natera. I just started birth control, aspirin, and 2000 unit QD if vit D.

Active now Amount due at program start : $19,160 ($15,860 IVF + $2,500 monitoring retainer for your retrieval + $800 monitoring retainer for your frozen transfer) Ferring Care program- If you do not have an insurance benefits for the stimulation medications (Menopur, Follistim or Gonal-F), you may purchase Menopur from RMIA at a reduced rate ($77/vial). The average cost is from $4,000-$6,500 depending on how much is needed. Please let me know if you have further questions regarding programs or prepayment requirements. Plus we will do the pgs and pgd .

My doctor advises one embryo to be transferred but since I have carried 3 pregnancies to full term & delivered my first child who was 9.5 lbs he feels that my uterus could support 2 embryos if that’s our wish. He said after pgs and pgd there will be an 80% chance of a live birth if we place one embryo & 90% chance of a live birth of one embryo if we place 2 after reviewing my history and all the testing our embryos will have done.

Oh my. Where do I begin? Dr Stassart is an expert in his field and a perfectionist in personality. He is not overly chatty. But do not let that fool you. He cares so deeply about your comfort, your goals, and your family. We first saw him in 2017 after trying 6-7 rounds of medication and IUIs; all without even a little success. I had a birth defect of a missing ovary. During our consultation he reviewed my progress with the OB and told me I’d need surgery prior to IVF. I would need to remove the tube on the side of the missing ovary. He then stated I would not make many eggs, but I would make good quality eggs. And hopefully, later, I could conceive naturally. My OB (and surgeon) called to notify me that she would be removing both of my tubes as “that is her practice” to do so. I fought this and so did Dr Stassart. He called her personally and discussed our plan and our long term goals. During the surgery she only removed the one tube as the other was perfectly healthy. FIND A DOCTOR WHO WILL GO TO BAT FOR YOU. Once we started the IVF process everything he had predicted was correct. I made two eggs, they both fertilized, we put them both in at once, and I was pregnant with my first baby on the first try. Fast forward to 2019 and we return to Dr Stassart to try again. During our consultation he discussed how, while successful last time, he wanted me to produce more eggs this time. He would tweak my medication and do the egg retrieval himself (usually this is done by someone else). I made 7 eggs this time. We transferred 1 and had a possible chemical pregnancy. Transferred 1 more and had a negative test. It was at this phone conference that I remember him saying he was sorry and didn’t know why this wasn’t working yet. There was almost a hint of sadness. He just wants to help you so badly. And it was ok because we had faith that we would again become pregnant. We requested to transfer both remaining embryos and became pregnant that try with a singleton. I had some hiccups along the way with my second child’s process, but to NO fault of Dr Stassart. We drive over three hours one way to get to RM&IA to see him and it is worth every sacrifice. But sometimes we can use monitoring facilities that are closer for basic bloodwork. One of these facilities greatly messed up and probably affected how many eggs I produced. Also, I live rurally and do not have access to medication immediately nor on Saturday delivery. On your end, be as organized as you can in predicting these things and Dr Stassart will help you as best he can. Paying $80 to have an extra med on hand is worth it once you’re so far into IVF. I suppose you could say I’m biased because I was successful in having two children through RM&IA, but I felt a calmness and reassurance from the first visit with Dr Stassart; one I never felt in any of my trials or appointments before. I cannot recommend him highly enough. He is an expert, but he also cares so deeply for you as a human being.

Trust the process. It is scary and overwhelming and expensive and time consuming. But he is an expert in his field and he knows exactly what he is doing. Call the facility with ANY little fear or question and your mind will be at ease.

I probably already answered most of this. I don’t remember dosages of medications at this point but every one has an exact purpose. You won’t always feel wonderful and the timing isn’t always easy (I have a husband who travels for work and I can’t always reach the spots for injections myself). It goes against my personality to not be in control of the process. But just trust him; trust the process. He knows what he is doing (and for what it is worth I have full faith that he would never partner with anyone unless they shared his values and work ethic). I know when my monitoring facility messed up he was discouraged by their error. He wanted so badly to improve my egg quantity from the first time. And he had to make some executive decisions based on the info he had and how my body behaved the first time. Again, no fault of his own and he did an amazing job with the information he had.

I was under the warranty program and very lucky to be included. I believe Dr Stassart personally allowed me in (both times). He encouraged me to start the process for my second sooner than later so that I could remain in this warranty as I would need to start before I was 35. He could have easily not known my age or not cared enough to make the timeline best for MY benefit - not his. He’s just so great at his profession.

This process I believe changed between having my first child and my second. It made sense to transfer both embryos with my first as I had only made two eggs. But with my second I had made four. So we requested to transfer the final two embryos together. I didn’t end up with twins either time. I think he had a good approach both times but don’t be afraid to advocate for what you want too.

Please see my last narrative about why and how Dr Stassart treatment me like a human being, rather than just a number. The only things I wished: Inwished I got to see more of Dr Stassart. He did all three of my transfers but I had nurses for all my visits and I had different doctors for my retrieval’s.

Listen to what he has to say, but don’t be afraid to advocate for yourself.

I stimmed with only menopur. I used close to 300 vials of menopur. For the final treatment, I was on the Sher protocol.

The warranty program was about 22k. I had to pay for medicine. I also had to pay for the trial transfer and saline sonogram, Including disgnostic testing.

Dr. Stassart preferred only transferring one embryo but I fought for two.

Jacques wants his patients to get pregnant but he doesn't make choices for you. He will inform and answer questions but not make your decisions. He will take the time to explain and answer questions but what is lacking, on occasion, is giving a full picture of everything going on, meaning if I'm not informed enough to ask I might not know something I probably should in terms of treatments, risks, or expectations. I don't have a lot of money and he was also good about telling me what tests he'd recommend vs is probably 'extra' and based on my beliefs probably wouldn't change what I do or could cause me to do the wrong thing...eg testing embryos could result in terminating a healthy embryo.

Be informed and all questions. Do research, read blogs, and ask about it all.

Doses of Folistim were very heavy--doses increased because of my reaction to it. I can't remember the protocol used but I believe it was his own. First cycle 3 eggs result 3 3 day embryos that looked high quality. No pregnancy. Sending cycle 6 eggs, 5 embryos. 2 transferred, miscarriage around 9/10 weeks. Frozen transfer, first attempt cancelled, uterus wasn't thickening, medication used this cycle. 2 attempt natural, transferred remaining 3. Miscarriage at a few weeks.

$9000 for fresh but then add all the monitoring on to of that.

It was my choice. My situation it makes sense for multiple.

Dr. Stassart was very thorough in everything he did. He made us feel confident he knew what he was doing and that IVF would work for us! We would absolutely recommend him to anyone with infertility. He's personal able, kind and wonderful at what he does. We had infertility clinics there were closer to us be we chose he based on personality and success rate!

Put your faith in him because he can make miracles happen!

I took 4 vials of Menopur per shot for the first 4 days and then 3 vials per day thereafter. I took 1/2 tablet dexamethasone at bedtime. I took Flagyl and doxycycline as well. I was prescribed Leuprolide acetate generic to Lupron. Ganirelix Acetate x3. Novarel was my HCG shot. I started Endometrin the day after my embryo transfer. I did that 3 times a day. (54 tablets in total I took). Instead of the "shot in the butt".

I was so nice that I was able to go to a clinic closer to home for monitoring. Woodbury is 3 hours from home and the clinic I was able to get monitored at was only an hour away. It just made the whole process a bit easier.

The procedures, lab test, everything done at RMIA not including any medication was $21,945. This is something our insurance didn't cover.

My Dr. really only wanted to do a single embryo transfer. But I pushed for 2. I really wanted to increase my chances. And I am so glad I did. They put 2 in and only one worked. Which one... who knows. But it worked!!!

He seemed very experienced and gave me a lot of information about my treatment including studies to read on my own. He was warm and encouraging but very professional. He met with me twice to discuss my treatment plan and performed the embryo transfers. Another doctor performed the egg retrievals.

Have a list of all your questions ready at your first visit. You likely will not see him again until embryo transfer.

The first treatment I did resulted in only a few poor quality eggs. Dr. Stassart then changed my treatment plan drastically for the next round and the result was 8 high quality eggs followed by 5 high quality embryos. We used 1 and froze the other 4. The treatment that worked was longer and involved a lot more shots than the first round. Dr. Stassart explained that he usually did not start with this protocol because it was so complicated, but that it was very effective.

The warranty program was approximately $24,500 not including medications or PGS. Medications were an additional $3500 per cycle. Warranty included 3 cycles and retrievals but we only needed 2.

I was incredibly impressed with Dr. Stassart. He had us talk to a genetic counselor to help us understand the miscarriages we experienced with our first two rounds of IVF, and that these genetic abnormalities can occur with IVF, just as they do with regular pregnancies. For our third round, he did talk to us about trying a slightly different protocol to possibly help decrease the risk of a maternal trisomy, and we decided to try that protocol, which ended up leading to our successful pregnancy and birth of our son. We recently attended a reunion that RMIA puts on for their patients and we got to see Dr. Stassart again and introduce him to our son. He said that after our success with the protocol, he has used it with other patients in similar situations. It was great to see all of the little miracles getting to meet the doctor that made it all possible. We felt like we knew the plan all along the way, when we would expect to meet with Dr. Stassart and when we would be treated by his colleagues. I honestly can't think of one time where I felt I wasn't getting the best treatment and the best, most considerate care.

Dr. Stassart does have an accent, but he speaks slowly and will reiterate any points by writing things down and drawing diagrams/pictures. Do not hesitate to ask him to repeat himself as needed, he is more than happy to!

It is hard to remember all the exact details, but we did use Menopur and Ganirelix (sp?) with each cycle, along with a variety of other oral meds to take at certain times before and after the retrieval and transfer. Menopur was used to stimulate the follicles with the hope of getting as many mature follicles at retrieval. However, that counteracts the natural development of the uterus lining which is needed to support the embryo after transfer, so many of the other medications given were to help the uterine lining develop and just have the most ideal conditions for the embryo to attach and develop. They kept a close eye on everything and tweaked things as needed. For example, with my third round, my follicles were developing as well, so we did a couple extra days of menopur in hopes of not having to cancel the cycle. We were so happy that those couple extra days worked and led to a successful pregnancy and birth.

We did the warranty program, $24,500 for three rounds of IVF. It is a gamble, if the first round is successful, you pay more than you would for just one round. But if the first round isn't successful, it is definitely worth it. The medication costs were all separate, but they did have a program for purchasing Menopur that was very helpful during my third round.

Dr. Stassart showed us their recommended transfer, based on age, egg quality, etc., and discussed the science behind the recommendations. At my age, the recommendation was to transfer 2, with the hope of a singleton. First round, transferred two, one took, but we had a miscarriage due to genetic abnormality. Second round, transferred two, both took, but we had a miscarriage due to genetic abnormalities (different from each other and different from the first). Third round, transferred two and one took and resulted in a healthy baby. I completely trusted Dr. Stassart's recommendations with each round, and I felt like he took into account all of the data available from the previous rounds in making his recommendations.

We simply cannot adequately explain how thankful we are that we found Dr. Stassart. He is warm, kind, and gentle...I only wish all doctors had his bedside manner! In the emotional whirlwind that comes with the infertility journey, it's reassuring to have a calm, knowledgeable, KIND doctor on your side that's looking out for your best interests.

Bring a pen and paper to your first meeting...Dr. Stassart knows his stuff and you'll want to glean every tidbit of information you can from him!

I can't recall off-hand, but I feel like IVF rounds with our own eggs was about $15K. I "think" the last round, with donor eggs, was something like $28K.

He got us a baby. That is by far the most important thing. He gave us pretty good odds of conception, especially with the transfer of 2 embryos (which he tried to discourage us from doing since we have UI and this was our first IVF cycle, but we did anyway). I just didn't like that after our transfer, those 65ish% odds went down to 50/55%.

Be ready to become a parent.

I'm sorry, I don't recall all of the drugs used or how much. I did a high dosage Menopur and Follistim cycle, triggered with Novarel. I took 2 oral medications, as well. I only did progesterone suppositories for the first 6 weeks. No PIO. Took 2 ganirelix acetate.

They had time frames to be seen for different monitoring, like after pregnancy and before the IVF procedure. Like I said, I was seen in Edina for these. Most of my appointments were done before work (like 6:30 or 7am), which was amazing and meant I didn't have to miss any work. For others, I sometimes did them over the lunch hour. It was great! Plus, I'd walk in and the receptionist knew me and I'd be seen right away.

Most of it was covered by my insurance, thankfully. I know that ICSI was $800, and we did that. The cost of IVF was about $9,000, I believe. And worth every cent.

Doctor definitely wanted us to do the eSET because of the risks associated with a multiples pregnancy. We still did multiple embryo transfer, but had a singleton pregnancy.

Dr. Stassart has a number of strengths, he's very personable, which was important to me as this process is very emotionally and physically taxing. His loooong experience within the field along with his ability to explain everything very thoroughly gave me hope. (A positive outlook goes a long way considering the stress infertility causes). I never once doubted his direction and he always took a lot of time to make sure my husband and I truly understood everything.

His clinic is not for everyone. Dr. Stassart's clinic offers a guarantee finance program, which means based on your age you pay a certain amount for up to three egg retrials and all of the transfers that go along with created embryos. If they do not result in a live pregnancy +30 days, you get a high percentage of your money back. This means not all patients will be excepted to this clinic for services.

I had a smaller egg retrieval my first cycle. Only 9 mature eggs that only resulted in 2 day five embryos. Two embryos were transferred with only one of the embryos being of top quality. This resulted in a negative pregnancy. My second egg retrieval only had very minor medication changes, but resulted in 26 mature eggs and 11 top quality embryos. The fresh transfer of two embryos resulted in a blighted ovum miscarriage (the D&C results indicated due to a chromosomal abnormality). 9 embryos were then frozen. The 3rd transfer included 2 frozen embryos and resulted in a twin pregnancy.

I did the guarantee program as a 36 year old, so that meant it was about $20,000

This doctor always recommended the transfer of two embryos.

Dr. Stassart is a great doctor, I 100% trust him and his knowledge. I did get pregnant from IVF with my daughter in 2015. We have done 2 cycles in 2018 that have failed & we have 1 more round under the warranty program. I am confident that he will do everything he can to help me get pregnant. The warranty programs available are amazing. I couldn’t ask for a better doctor.

You won’t regret choosing him as a doctor and trust his plans.

The hope warranty program was $28,000 in 2018 for me.

He didn’t have a strong preference. He did warn me about the risk of multiples. My husband and I have always transferred 2 embryos. I was pretty positive I wanted to transfer 2 regardless and my husband and I were on the same page.

We had a great experience with Dr. Stassart. He made the process and simple as possible and we had a great outcome on our very first cycle with him. He explained everything thoroughly and answered all of our questions.

I would recommend choosing Dr. Stassart if a prospective patient is choosing between multiple providers.

I do not remember specific protocols.

I live out of state and did monitoring with my local OB. RIMA was great at contacting my home clinic if results were not forwarded to them in a timely manner. I was slightly apprehensive about doing monitoring at a different clinic but it actually was a pretty seamless and simple process.

I think the cost of 1 round of IVF in 2016 was about 24,000 total, including meds. We did the risk sharing plan, which gave me great peace of mind throughout the process. Knowing I would get my money back if IVF was not successful was a huge weight off my shoulders.

His care, compassion, hope and expertise was a huge gift to us. He really knows what he is doing and does it with care. After a long journey, he gave us continued hope, and he was right, we we blessed with 3 beautiful children!

Infertility is so hard, praying for everyone in their journey. Where there is a will, there is a way!

We did the HOPE program, I had a very speicific medication and injections routine (can't remember names and dosages).

We did the HOPE program that included three full cycles or your money back.

We did both. He was clear about the success rates based on our situation and gave his recommendation but ultimately gave us the say in what happened.

I would (and have) recommend Dr Stassart to anyone and everyone going through fertility issues. He kept my hope alive after each cycle that didn't work. I felt like giving up, but he changed things each cycle to help me believe that this cycle would work. I am extremely grateful to him for not giving up on me and working so hard to help me become a mom.

He may take a little longer to get an appointment with initially, but that's only because he SO good at what he does! Trust him! He knows what he's doing!!

By my 5 (and 6th) cycles, Dr Stassart literally threw the book at me. He could t understand why it wasn't working. He said he didn't think I would need certain meds, but he gave them to me anyways, just to cover all the bases. On my 5th cycle I received my first positive. Unfortunately that ended in miscarriage. My 6th cycle I was pregnant with twins and lost one. I am thankful that he did everything he did for me!

He is warm, caring, truly wants to help. Explains everything throughly and in a way we understand. Available to answer any questions. Overall wonderful doctor. We felt comfortable and at ease. Is honest, positive and open.

He truly cares and wants to help.

10 days of menopur and ganirelix. Lupron and pregnyl trigger shots. Practice transfer and sonohystogram before treatment. Retrieval, embryo transfer. All due to endometriosis and blocked tubes.

$19,500

Fully trusted his plan and knew we were in good hands when doing single embryo transfer.

Dr Stassart was always very welcoming and made us feel comfortable asking any questions we had. Each visit he would make sure we understood the procedures before we left and always had an open door/phone for us if anything else came up. He is very knowledgeable and has great bedside manner.

If you were to see Dr. Stassart, the only advice I would have is to make a referral. He was great and I recommended him to multiple friends and family.

It was around $24,000 and at least $5,000-6,000 for medication.

Dr. Stassart is extremely knowledgeable and kind mannered. He explained the process in a manner than I could understand. He respected my opinions on the process. He spoke directly to me, and treated me both as a patient and as a person. He was encouraging throughout the process. I never moved to advanced treatment without fully understanding my medical and financial options. When we finally received a positive outcome, he calmed my fears about pregnancy.

Be comfortable and ask questions.

Warm, understanding, felt like he cared and wanted to really help us. Knew we were in good hands. Helped us understand the process and felt comfortable knowing he would help us. Explained everything in detail and was very open and willing to answer our questions.

Little difficult to understand with his Belgium accent.

He did a sonohystogram and trial transfer. All went well. He explained everything he was doing step by step. Helped us understand the process of what we would be doing.

$19,500 plus medications.

He’s very easy to talk to and explains all risks or concerns multiple times. He adjusts treatment plans in the moment depending on how your body is reacting. I never felt like a number or at a baby factory. It always felt really personal like you were his only patient.

He’s amazing and smart.

At the kart moment we triggered with lupron instead of hcg which I believe is the reason I didn’t get ohss

4,000

He mentioned multiple times the risk of more than one embryo

Dr. Stassart did a great job explaining the procedures I would be undergoing and what to expect. It was not all smooth sailing but he and his staff did an excellent job navigating us through. We are very grateful that we stuck with it and are delighted with our little boy.

It has been several years so I do not recall all of the protocols. I would say that the antibiotics were not necessary in my case and I think that unless there is a specific reason cited (i.e. bacterial infection) I would not take them. The cycle in which I took antibiotics resulted in miscarriage, the cycle in which I opted out resulted in a full term healthy baby!