Jennifer Kulp Makarov

Dr. Kulp-Makarov is a sensitive and compassionate provider for same-sex couples looking to get pregnant using donor sperm or a sperm donor. She is well-versed with LGBTQ issues and very respectful of those communities and the different situations engendered by each couple that comes into her practice. However, she's also seeing way too many patients and is terrible about follow-up, or really even returning after the first visit or two. I was very disappointed, ultimately, in the care I received from her.

Go to a different clinic.

She monitored my cycle by doing blood tests and ultrasounds on specific days leading up to ovulation; this helped her ensure that she'd be performing the IUI insemination at the right time, when it would have the most chance of being successful. Before scheduling the IUI, she strongly encouraged me to get a test that used dye to determine whether there were any blockages in my Fallopian tubes or uterus. On the day of the procedure, Dr. Makarov's associates (she was not present) injected me with an ovulation trigger shot before performing the IUI insemination.

About $1500

Dr. Makarov is a busy doctor and a woman of few words. She does not have great bedside manner and is not the kind of doctor who focuses on warm fuzzy feelings. However, Dr. Makarov is incredibly intelligent, knowledgeable, and straightforward. It is clear that she knows what she is doing. She also took into account all of my risks associated with hormones and treated me appropriately, which I am incredibly thankful for. She is not the warmest or most outgoing provider, but she knows what she is doing and the treatment that she chose for us worked!

Don't expect her to be very warm, friendly, or talkative. She is very straightforward and will answer questions that you have, but you may not be talking with her for very long. Don't be put off by this, though, because she is incredibly smart and knows her stuff. It worked for us.

For the egg retrieval I took Clomid, Letrozole, and Follistim. I traveled from out of state for treatment, so I had to do all of my ultrasounds and lab work at the local hospital. I had frequent monitoring appointments and dose adjustments based off of the results. I used a small dose of Orilissa to prevent early ovulation, then used the trigger shot when instructed. We traveled to NYC for the egg retrieval. For the frozen embryo transfer cycle, we did a modified natural approach. I think Dr. Makarov initially wanted me to take letrozole to induce ovulation, but I ended up growing a dominant follicle on my own without the letrozole, so we went with modified natural instead. I did not take any medications up until the trigger shot. I did monitoring based on my natural menstrual cycle, used a trigger shot once the dominant follicle was large enough, and then used estradiol, progesterone suppositories, and progesterone-in-oil injections before and after the transfer.

I did my monitoring locally since I traveled for treatment, but when I traveled there I did see TV screens that told you your place in line.

Management of outside monitoring is expensive at $500 per month. This is in addition to the bloodwork and ultrasounds that I had done locally. The egg retrieval was $1850, ICSI and fertilization was $3600, and FET was $3500 I think. PGS testing was expensive, I think around $6500.

I haven’t had much of any contact with Dr Makarov. She is rarely if ever available and when I did see her once in the office while there for an egg retrieval she had no idea who I was. She hasn’t performed any of my retrieval procedures and has only spoken to me personally one time about my treatment plan.

Don’t expect a personal and warm patient/Dr relationship with Dr Makarov. You will be highly disappointed

Antagonist Protocol: down regulation with birth control, clomid/letrozole and injectable stimulation with Gonal-f and ganirelix.

I am an out of state patient so my monitoring appointments are done locally at a clinic where I live

My insurance covers 3 IVF cycles. My only costs were for prescriptions

The doctors staff has advised me that they recommend multiple embryo transfer due to my age

She was kind and respectful. But I didn’t feel like she was invested in me as a person. You need to come with questions because she won’t really explain if you don’t ask her. She was great during the retrieval but I barely saw her before the transfer until moments before which to me was the most important part. When I had a chemical pregnancy she called me to explain that it could have been the embryo or my lining. But I was devastated and she didn’t really give the next course of action. She only brought up the ERA after I suggested it and to do another biopsy. While I did get pregnant I was kind of in shock that it didn’t stick and no one told me what to expect after getting the first HCG test. They simply sent me an email. I had no idea that it had to double ( I found out on my own ) and was in shock when it didn’t. She didn’t really explain the whole process and I wish she prepared me more for what could happen.

I wish she would explain the process to the patients more. Especially for the transfer. What to expect… for example levels to double and a possible pregnancy or it not working. Also I would have appreciated it if she gave me a better course of action next.

We initially wanted to come in to thaw my 6 eggs from 2019. But she suggested another retrieval. I was hesitant but went ahead ( warning if you do a retrieval check with your insurance if they will cover it if you already have eggs. I had to battle the insurance ). In November I was put onto Gonal 125- 250ml for around 10 days along with Clomid I think. I had ultrasounds around every 2-3 days and blood tests too. The retrieval went smooth and I was lucky to get 20 eggs. 14 of which matured and 12 fertilized. We got 5 embryos that made it to blastocyst. Of which only 2 were PGT normal. I was surprised we got so many eggs but only 2 normal embryos but she said it was a good number for 42. I would actually recommend her for the retrieval. in December I did a hysteroscopy and had endometritis. So she gave me doxy and I was really allergic to it. My stomach couldn’t handle it. So she switched me to cipro which I didn’t realize is one of the strongest antibiotics. I would not recommend this because I was on it for Dece and in Jan they cleared me to do the transfer and said my endo was mild. But they continued me on cipro with promethium and estrace up until the day before the transfer. I waited around 3 hours for the transfer and there were several other women in the room. 2 of which had around 3-4 transfers that failed from her. That to me was a red flag. I stayed positive and did the transfer and got pregnant a week later! My HCG level was 18. Which I didn’t know was low and didn’t know it was supposed to double. The PA called on Monday telling me my HCG was 15 and that I might be having a miscarriage. I was devastated alone at work and besides myself. I called my husband and Fighting back tears I picked myself up and went back to work. It was the worst day of my life. I prayed that the baby would be saved but at that moment I knew that the baby was gone :( she told me to come back on Wednesday to confirm. I did the blood test on Wednesday and sure enough my HCG went to 6 or something. Dr Kulp finally called me and said I was having a chemical pregnancy and that I would be having a miscarriage soon. That was the worst week of my life. She didn’t explain why it didn’t work she said it could have been the grade A Embryo which we paid like $1000 for. I thought it could have been my lining or the medication. I don’t know. But after that I lost faith in New Hope and decided to get a second opinion.

There usually was a line in the morning. It always was really busy and would have been nice if we could schedule appts so that we could be seen on time instead of waiting. Sometimes it would be quick other times id wait an hour.

I’m not sure as my insurance covered it. I paid $360 for my IUI and retrieval and probably another $200 for the transfer ( after insurance)

I did ask for twins but she suggested one embryo.

She was very nice when I met her. I didn't feel rushed and she was sure to answer all our questions about egg freezing and the process. But I realize now that I didn't even know all the questions to ask, because there was a lot about the process and my body and potential risks that I just didn't know, so I do wish I had been given a more thorough overview of what was involved and what could happen both during and after an egg retrieval.

Do your research and write all your questions down ahead of time, and maybe be upfront about the type of communication you want and expect in order to feel safe and supported. I remember a nurse telling me she had developed OHSS after her cycle and had been in a lot of pain (this was after I was dealing with my OHSS symptoms), and she said "I remember calling my doctor in the middle of the night crying!", and I thought, "I wouldn't even know how to get a hold of my doctor."

We did a mini-IVF cycle for egg-freezing because of my (relatively) young age, doing a combo of Gonal-F injections and Clomid + Letrozole for about 10 days before my trigger injection and then egg retrieval procedure. It was very successful and we were able to freeze 22 eggs. I developed OHSS afterwards which was very painful and uncomfortable and was prescribed Cabergoline.

I appreciated the "window" for monitoring appointments and I usually didn't have to wait too long, and the nurses were all very nice. The Brooklyn location had no wait at all but you do have to make a specific appointment for it, which is a bit less convenient only because if the night before I realized Brooklyn would be much easier, there would be no way for me to contact them to make an appointment (rarely would someone respond quick enough to an email, and their office/phone would be closed).

In total, out of pocket (my insurance covered maybe 1 medication), it was about $7,000 for one egg freezing cycle, not including storage beyond the 6 months.

When I saw Dr Markov she was kind and a regular person. She looked over worked or very busy but once she saw me she smiled and we.just talked while she did procedure. Made me feel relaxed and comfortable.

Write down questions to ask doctor Markov. You might only see her once. Get to know Olga she works very well with Dr Markov and can answer your questions by asking Dr Markov and calling you back

I don't remember .

8000

Only 1 of my 6 embryos survived to day 5 so choice was natural selection

The first time we met with Dr. Makarov in a consultation, she seemed gentle which I really appreciated. She walked us through her suggestions for treatment and highlighted some of the treatments and procedures that her practice was known for and some things they were "pioneering". We were really drawn to the non-invasive and gentle way they claimed to approach infertility treatments. Initially she claimed, that I would only take oral medications and then 1-3 injections total for an egg retrieval cycle. She explained a new fertilization process that they use that is less invasive to the egg when injecting it with the sperm. And she explained that they only use local anesthesia for egg retrievals which is more gentle on the women's body as you don't have to be completely knocked out. I was really drawn to all of these claims as my partner and I have MFI and I am fairly young so I didn't feel that I needed the most invasive and intense treatment right away. Sadly, every single one of the claims Dr. Makarov made ended up being false and I didn't find out until right before the course of treatment or procedure. For example, right before I began my egg retrieval cycle, I was told I would actually be doing multiple injections/day. I was confused as I had been told there would only be oral medication plus 1-3 injections toward the end of the cycle. At that point, I wasn't too upset and I followed all the instructions of course. Then, a couple days before the egg retrieval procedure, I asked about the less invasive form of fertilization that Dr. Makarov had claimed we could utilize and she said "oh that is just experimental; we can't do that". I was really caught off guard as this was one of the primary reasons we had even selected this clinic, but since we were just a couple days out from the procedure, we moved forward. Then I went to sign the paperwork for the anesthesia for the procedure and I asked if I could do local anesthesia as Dr. Makarov had described to me. The nurse responded by saying "I don't think you'll be able to tolerate the pain; you should just get fully knocked out". I was again completely taken off guard and now I was too scared to do local anesthesia only after this nurse told me the pain would be unbearable so I of course opted for full anesthesia. The first egg retrieval cycle completely failed. We retrieved 11 eggs but 0 made it to blastocyst. We had thought that we would perhaps switch up my treatment plan for the next cycle since the first one completely failed. And when I spoke to Dr. Makarov on the phone, she said that we would do things differently. But when the time came around, they put me on the exact same treatment plan and medication list as the first time. I tried to keep asking why we weren't switching things up like Dr. Makarov said we were going to, but I was just told "this is what Dr. Makarov is prescribing you." It made me feel like she completely forgot about my previous cycle and my situation as a whole. The day of the second egg retrieval was extremely upsetting and stressful and was the "final straw" for us in deciding to switch clinics and doctors. The entire cycle leading up to the second egg retrieval, I had been trying to stress that we would like to use a different vial of frozen sperm from my husband to inseminate the eggs. My husband froze sperm before his cancer treatment and that was what we were using for IVF. The first egg retrieval cycle (which failed), the lab used one vial of sperm and none of the eggs made it to blastocyst. I wanted them to use a different vial of sperm for the second retrieval as we had no shortage of vials and we felt that there was no point to keep trying with a vial that obviously hadn't worked from the first cycle. The embryologists really wanted to just keep using the first vial again. I believe their thinking was they wanted to preserve the vials of sperm for us for future use but we have 20+ vials frozen so we were comfortable using a second vial for this cycle. But the embryologists essentially put their foot down and refused to use a second vial. I had to try to get Dr. Makarov to intervene and speak to the embryologists on our behalf so that they would follow the instructions and use a second vial. The morning of the retrieval, I was thrown back and forth between nurses and staff trying to explain what we needed and trying to get Dr. Makarov to instruct the embryologists downstairs in the lab. Dr. Makarov completely avoided us and wouldn't speak with us. Finally, one of the PAs made a phone call and then rushed me back downstairs as my procedure was scheduled to begin in 5 minutes. It was just a really stressful way to go into a procedure and we felt that we couldn't trust the staff at the clinic or the lab after that. As I mentioned, that was the final straw that led us to switch doctors and clinics. Dr. Makarov didn't perform either of my egg retrievals.

I truly can't recommend that anyone see Dr. Makarov. Luckily there are lots of other great fertility doctors in the New York City area and I hope that any prospective patients will take these reviews into consideration when making their decision. Don't be swayed by their claims of new and non-invasive treatments as they do not follow through.

For both my egg retrievals with Dr. Makarov, I was on Clomid (oral), Letrazol (oral), and Gonal-F (injection). I triggered with Ovidrel once and Lupron once. I also took Orilissa to prevent premature ovulation.

The office unfortunately did not stagger monitoring appointments, so a large group of women would show up quite early in an attempt to get in early. Many of us would arrive around 6am and wait outside until the building was unlocked, then wait in the lobby to take the elevator upstairs, then wait in the waiting area. The longest I waited for monitoring was 2 hours.

I believe that Dr. Makarov recommends single embryo transfer which is what I wanted and so I was happy with approach.

I think many of the issues stem from the fact that she has too many patients to be able to even remember them, but she gives no indication that she's at all invested in your success. I feel like she could not give one hoot if I get pregnant, or not. The cycle that my eggs both failed to fertilize, she didn't even contact me for 2 weeks. Every time I had an appointment for a call, she called late, or changed the time, or called when I couldn't talk. If I suggested a treatment, she'd say "oh, I guess you can try that" - I am not the expert, I need your expertise to advise me.

Pick another doctor.

Mini IVF with clomid, letrozole, follistim, ganirelix, HCG trigger. Always 150 units follistim. Sometimes birth control, sometimes orilissa to prime. Did some luteal phase retrievals. Retrieved between 1 and 5 eggs each retrieval. Zero normal embryos. INitially they recommends NICS (non invasive chromosome testing) for embryo abnormalities, but then they decided that is not accurate and changed to recommending send-out biopsies. I tried to retest 2 embryos which were NICS tested, and one disintegrated with thawing and was thrown out.

Efficient and fast.

Covered by insurance, except PGT-A testing ($850/embryo), sperm freezing ($400), sedation for retrievals ($650).

They offered to transfer multiple due to my age and abnormal embryos.

I trust Makarov's intellect and experience, but felt in the dark quite often about why things were being done the way they were. I liked knowing what was happening and would have to bother the nurses to explain everything.

Keep notes of questions you want answered at the visits. After monitoring she has to run elsewhere, and doesn't have time to discuss side effects, make predictions etc. On one hand, it's nice not to have a "performer" giving false assurances, on the other, it would be nice to hear some positive thoughts on the process.

We did mini ivf both times. The second time around we used more GonalF per dose, so that we could get more follicles and more chances for successful embryos. The first 2 that made it to blastocysts were complex abnormal and not recommended for transfer.

The 3rd floor monitoring experience was nice. There was a screen for the 4th floor appointments with people's names coming up that were not in the room. Not sure why that was there. There was coffee, tea, water and snack. It was quiet and intimate and not as perfumed as the 4th floor. The upstairs monitoring is sometimes standing room only and a well oiled machine. But still can mean a wait for over an hour some days.

For the first egg retrieval we were covered by insurance. The second time, our plan had changed and it was out of network. 2750 for egg retrieval and fertilization (ICSI). 550 for anesthetic. 750 for NICS PGS testing (which includes free ICSI) and 1200 for freezing...some additional costs as well.

We didn't get to that phase.

Dr. Makarov is very nice and she helped me understand how the whole IVF journey would go as it was my first time. She encouraged us to switch our insurance company so that we could have more IVF cycles for the new year which we didn't realize was an option. A lot of times I felt a little lost as to what the big picture plan would be which I guess can be the nature of IVF.

Understand that NHFC is a very very busy clinic that specializes in 'natural IVF'. You may be someone who won't need too much meds/stimulation to be successful but if you're like me (DOR), you may need more and I wish I would have figured this out earlier and started somewhere else.

Monitoring was any time from 7am-2pm during the week and 7-12pm on the weekends. There were a lot of different ultrasound technicians that would perform ultrasounds when the doctor was too busy or wasn't in (on the weekends). The clinic seemed to hire a bunch of new technicians when I was going there and it just felt like so many different people were caring for you that I would worry info would be lost among all of these moving parts.

What I says before. She was nice, but not very invested in our success. When we came for the follow up after retrieving the eggs and them being abnormal she hadn’t even looked at the results until we were in her office.

Keep on top of everything. Make sure they are giving you the proper information and that you get it on time.

She never explained why did anything. First cycle started with pills, and didn’t have shots til the end. Resulted in 3 eggs. Next she started with pills and shots. Resulted in 13 eggs. Next round she did pills and 1/2 the amount of shots. Results 8 eggs. Never discussed why the change. Finally after the third round I asked her why she thought we were getting numerous eggs but no normal ones. Her response was she basically didn’t know. It felt like she just hadn’t thought about it.

This was actually great. You had a large window and rarely a long wait time. The Dr did most of the sonograms, if she was there. She only came in 3 days a week. In 3 retrieval she never did ours

It’s was about $6000 plus medication. This was only retrieval. We never got to transfer.

They prefer single

Dr Makarov was kind and compassionate and always helped put our minds at ease, even when we got negative results, we moved onto the next step and she assured us that we would get pregnant. We fully trusted her judgement and treatment.

Make sure to ask all of your questions and ask her to be honest with you--she will be and will answer any question you have.

I would go between 8-9am on the day that they would tell me to come in. I would check in, and then wait for blood work and monitoring. Some days would take longer than others, but it really just depended on the day and the amount of people that were there. It was a very easy and straightforward process.

It's expensive. No way around it, but if you're insurance doesn't cover IUIs and IVF, it's expensive. The costs at NHFC seem to be comparable to that of other clinics in NYC.

Dr Makarov's preference was for us to transfer a single embryo, as she felt there was more risk with multiples.

Dr. Kulp Makarov is highly knowledgeable, compassionate and very calm. That was exactly what we needed during a very stressful time!! She was able to adjust our fertility medications after our first round was unsuccessful. She kept us well informed and was upbeat and encouraging. And above all kind and empathetic.

She was the perfect doctor for us. A mix of compassion, knowledge and kindness. She’s very busy, but was always there when we needed her!

Full work up including semen testing for me. Hormonal tests and HSG for my wife.

Our private health insurance covered all treatment costs. We were very fortunate in that regard.

Not applicable for us.

Dr Makarov is gentle and knowledgeable. She handled my retrieval cycle perfectly as well as my transfer cycle. Her intuition is great. I wasn’t so concerned about not seeing her every visit as I knew she was evaluating my labs each time.

Make sure you communicate your needs/questions via email with Dr Makarov’s nursing staff. They’re very responsive.

Seemed in a rush to get us to IVF and wanted us to fail everything until that point. Ignored my issues with a short luteal phase; always too busy to answer questions. Would leave us waiting in a room only to later find out she forgot all about us and our appointment was over

Don’t leave the room until you have all your questions answered. Request some medicated cycles first, especially if your insurance doesn’t cover IUI

It was ridiculous! We did an IUI without an medication and then one with. We paid out of pocket. She wanted us to fail so we would move on to IVF. They never diagnosed us with anything.

IUIs were $800

She was nice, but I always felt I was bothering her by asking questions because she looked so exhausted and doesn't seem very invested in my success. I was given minimum information and always felt insecure with my very first fertility treatment. After I moved to another clinic I realized she was not a good doctor for me to work with.

She will give you minimum information so be ready to become your own advocate and do your research to ask questions

IUI with clomid

IUI was for 2000 and my insurance didn't cover any of it. There was unexpected bills to given on the day of procedure as a surprise. I really don't recommend this clinic.

Not sure.

It's hard to assess the doctor because so many things have gone wrong but it's unclear if they were her fault or caused by bad communication and poor planning by the practice. There have been times where we've felt jerked around, unprepared, and misled. Throughout it all she has been kind and caring but our confidence has eroded.

It was totally unpredictable whether you'd wait for 10 minutes or 30.

Dr. Makarov was very knowledgeable and professional during my entire process. I trusted her and I got the results I wanted on the first try! I’m very satisfied. I would recommend her to anyone who is interested in doing the iv

The grant was very helpful. I would not have been able to proceed without it.

I was referred to Dr. Makarov by a friend after 2 failed egg retrievals at another clinic due to producing zero blastocysts. My old doctor told us our infertility was due to poor egg quality (I'm 33 for reference) and we should start thinking about donor eggs. In our first consult with Dr. Makarov, she assured me there was nothing wrong with my eggs and that I was simply overstimulated with way too many injectable medications. She thought I was a perfect candidate for mini-IVF, a lower stimulation protocol with more oral medications. We would get fewer eggs, but they would be higher quality and ultimately result in more blastocysts . In that one conversation, Dr. Makarov revived our hope and we felt 100% confident in putting her in charge of our care. Our mini-IVF cycle was as successful as she predicted, we produced 3 blastocysts (with my own eggs!) and all 3 ended up being PGS normal. We transferred our first embryo in September and just gave birth to my son in May. I truly can't recommend Dr. Makarov enough, she's incredibly smart and knowledgeable. Where my old doctor made me feel like a lost cause, Dr. Makarov made me feel optimistic and excited about the process again (which is really hard after 2+ years of infertility, 1 miscarriage, 3 IUIs, and 2x failed egg retrievals).

Put your trust in Dr. Makarov and her team. Their approach may seem a little different (i.e. mini-IVF is a little unusual if you've done IVF elsewhere) but trust that they know what they're doing and are customizing your care for a reason, above all they want you to be successful. The only thing that took some getting used to at New Hope is that you won't see Dr. Makarov at every visit, sometimes you'll meet with her PA who is fantastic as well as the nurses. Even if Dr. Makarov isn't meeting with you, she's always reviewing your bloodwork and ultrasound to recommend next steps.

Dr Makarov and New Hope in general believe in a more natural approach to IVF. That means leveraging your body's natural hormones and supplementing with less stimulation, more oral medication (clomid, letrozole) and less injectables (we only used gonal-f and cetrotide) at 1/3 of the doses we had used with traditional IVF at our old clinic. And when we were ready to transfer, Dr Makarov implemented a natural transfer protocol, syncing the timing with my existing cycle. Ultimately, this approach with less medication and lower dose hormones made all the difference.

An efficient, well-oiled machine. Bloodwork was done right outside of the ultrasound rooms so they did a great job of getting everyone in and out.

New Hope was very transparent about the costs. They provide a piece of paper that outlines costs if you were to self-play for each individual procedure they offer. Since New Hope does everything in-house, I felt like their costs were less expensive compared to my first clinic where all procedures had to happen at a nearby hospital.

Since my embryos were genetically tested, highly rated and I'm under 35, Dr Makarov felt strongly about only transferring one embryo. However I know other patients that transferred 2x if they were older and their embryos were untested. It seems that the decision is made on a case by case basis.

I thought Dr. Makarov was really knowledgeable about everything related to my care. Visits were sometimes in and out, but that's just what happens at a fertility clinic when you're there all the time! Anytime I asked something, she was happy to take time to explain or go over the possibilities. I always trusted her decision making.

Don't expect that she's going to offer all of the information at the outset -- come with questions if you want specific answers!

We did three rounds of IUI just because my insurance required it before moving to IVF. Once we decided to move to IVF, we did an egg retrieval but then waited a month for my ovaries to heal because I had so many eggs. The next month, we did the implantation and now we are nearing the end of our first trimester.

I went right around 7am when they opened. I scheduled to be there for about 45 minutes each time. Only once did I go over that time, and that was at the height of Omicron so I think they had staffing issues that were out of their control. Usually I was there about 30 minutes.

My care was mostly covered by insurance but I had co-pays.

They preferred single embryo transfer for health reasons, but it seemed like if I had really pushed for multiple, they would have been open to it.

Dr. Makarov was a compassionate, understanding and informative. She allowed the time and space to talk and express my concern about my past experiences. Her instructions were clear and so were the expectations of this pregnancy journey. I was recommended by a friend who has positive results and I will recommend her to others too.

Don’t be afraid to ask questions and if you can’t think of them at the moment, then you should write it down and email her and her staff. They are good in communicating and keep you abreast.

Dr. Makarov used the rejuvenation procedure to improve the quality of my eggs, retrieval, at one point I had to take birth control pills to control when I will ovulate. I had different injections during the phase of growing the eggs and retrieving them. This resulted in 5 eggs retrieved and 3 embryos in good conditions and with positive genetic testing. I’m currently on progesterone oil until my week 11 of my pregnancy in which case all medications stops and I will proceed with the instructions of my OBGYN.

Luckily the majority of the services were covered by my health insurance. The parts that weren’t we paid out of pocket.

She is not a chatty person. But when I ask my questions, she answered everything. So you want to think what to ask before you go to appointments. When I ended up chemical pregnancy on first FET with Different doctor in same clinic, I switched doctor to Dr. Makarov. She did a procedure and detected my inflammation in uterus. So she told me to get antibiotics and skip a cycle. My inflammation didn’t go away completely in next cycle. She suggested me to wait one more cycle. I was most frustrated 2 months for me. But she found the cause and told me to wait. So she is not a doctor who trying to make money from patients. She was really trying make me pregnant on first try with her. She is not like super warm type of doctor. More like realistic and tell you what you need but also consults what patient’s want. If we decided to have another one, I’ll definitely come back to her!

List your questions before your appointment. She doesn’t have a lot of time to each patients.

I already had PGT-tested frozen eggs from first egg retrieval with different doctor in same clinic. When I did first FET, I didn’t use ovidrel for ovulation. With her, I used ovidrel, progesterone and estradiol. And my thyroid level was low. So she told me to use Levothyroxine. Then I got pregnant! With first doctor, he didn’t mention about my thyroid level.

FET was about $4000 with transfer and something else.

I asked her if I should transfer two, she told me because my embryos was PGT-tested normal. She suggested not to do.

Dr.Makarov is very compassionate and has great bedside manners. She discussed any risk and what I can expect. Dr.Makarov always kept me well informed. Her team on the 3rd floor were great throughout my treatment .

Dr.Makarov wears many hats and she may not always be available to see you during a visit, but makes sure to follow up with you herself or someone on her team will reach out.

I previously underwent IVF treatment and has frozen embryos in storage. She managed my care for a frozen embryo transfer. We used letrozole for about a week, monitored my dominant follicle, and then I ended up ovulating on my own. Then, we planned my embryo transfer.

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Dr.Makarov prefers for patients to proceed with a single embryo transfer especially at a young age due to high risk of multiples with a DET and a high risk pregnancy in general.

I thought she was direct and clear about what our options were and what our likelihood of success might be. She didn't volunteer information readily, but she answered our questions when we had them. She stayed consistently hopeful and encouraging, even though my numbers might not indicate a lot of cause for hope. She seemed pragmatic and efficient.

Come prepared with questions. She won't volunteer a lot of information if unprompted.

We were doing "mini IVF" which ended up taking multiple cycles just to retrieve a small number of eggs. I thought I would prefer a less invasive approach, then full blown IVF, but in the end, because it required multiple retrievals, it ended up feeling pretty invasive anyhow.

her strength: Shes precise, knowledgeable , very skilled , very friendly, humble, and so passionate about her job. She obviously knows her work and knows what she is doing. She is so quick to give details and handle the patient. She is never hesitant!

To keep up the good job she is doing!

she used mini IVF treatment with minimum medications

it was normal costs

single embryo transfer