Jewel Amui-Bellon

I switched clinics and came to Dr. Amui because I’m a high risk patient and my previous doctor was scared and nervous and that energy was being transferred to me. I wanted a doctor who could be honest and upfront and set a course of treatment for me that was safe and still respecting my wishes. Dr. Amui provided me with that atmosphere. She’s not all doom and gloom. She looks for the silver lining and provides hope. I truly feel like I’m apart of my care and treatment plan. I’ve not had a successful full pregnancy yet - but I have been pregnant which is a first in over then years. I’m confident we will get there and I will have a healthy pregnancy.

If you are in a rush probably not the best place for u. She schedules appointments but gives each patient the time they need and deserve. That can sometimes push appointment times out a bit. I will say she’s an early bird so I’m always the first patient of the day. She’s also super accommodating to out of state patients. There are tons of us who travel hours just to be treated by Dr. Amui.

Dr. Amui is a pro opponent of 3 day fresh transfers. She only uses HCG as triggers (so no Lupron). She indicated to me there’s been research that shows Lupron ineffective with fresh transfers. She’s also explained that embryos desire an environment closest to its natural state (the womb). So she prefers 3 day transfer so u don’t lose healthy viable embryos for unexplained reasons. This is much more significant for older woman who are already starting with a low number of eggs and embryos to begin with. Dr. Amui monitors you very closely. I’ve never been over stimulated (ohss). My stinking days have ranged from 7-10 days using Gonal-F, Menopur and Cetrotide. My first cycle I produced 7 eggs and 6 fertilized and made it to viable embryos. My second cycle I produced 14 eggs 8 matured and fertilized. Each time I did 3 day fresh transfers where we transferred 4 embryos. All non tested of course. My first transfer amounted in a chemical and my second transfer was a fail. I’m gearing up for my third transfer once the clinics open back up and I can get my insurance to cover... fingers crossed - my last two cycles have been out of pocket. I just also say Dr. Amui’s clinic offers a huge discount to self pay patients. All in it was about 10k a cycle minus the meds.

Dr. Amui fees for out of pocket 3600 and then Delaware Valley where she performs the retrieval and transfer was another 6k out of pocket.

I explained this in my previous post. Dr. Amui feels passionate about fresh transfers. Which means they are untested. She uses the guidelines for age and untested to determine how many to transfer. For me it’s always been multiple transfer due to age. What she doesn’t transfer she freezes at day 3. I’m gearing up for my first FET using my frozen 3 day embryos.

She takes time with her patients; you don't feel like its a " baby factory". She also is a woman of faith. This is important to women that need hope in a very stressful and sometimes hopeless situation. She is very knowledgeable and treats each case uniquely

Her office is far from where i live so expect to travel

She did get own testing even though i had been to previous fertility specialist. This was good because I had some different results from previous testing. She did initial blood test for assessment, then HSG to see if my tubes were open. Previous test showed they were closed. she managed to open then both. While we are deciding on IVF approach she recommended IUI so that we are keeping the process going

Typical insurance costs up until IVF cycle which are not covered.