Keith Blauer

He was the first Dr to ever listen to my concerns. He answered all my questions and when he didn’t have an answer he would research one until he could answer it. He always included me in treatment options and pros and cons. He made suggestions in places I wasn’t aware of options and when I brought options to the table he looked into them for me. I really appreciated how he has handled me for the most part. I would like if he was more of a risk taker to push the envelope and not play it so safe all the time. Sometimes he is a little boxed into his ways. BUT, open to hearing and discovering other options.

If you like direct conversation, tell him that. Otherwise he can be more delicate than I prefer to communicate.

2 IUI’s we did 50mg clomid Cd 3-7, monitored with blood and ultrasounds. Triggered with 10,000iu of pregnyl. Did IUI 48 hrs after trigger. Had 2 follicles. Negative pregnancy test. 1 IUI we did all of the above but added gonal-f, I don’t remember the amount. Had 4 follicles. Negative pregnancy test. 1 medicated timed intercourse at home round, used femera, don’t recall the dosage, had massive allergic reaction and a negative pregnancy test. IVF round, I don’t honestly remember the whole protocol. It was adjusted several times over the course of cycle. I used: gonal-f along with cetrotide, pregnyl to trigger. I had 20 eggs, 19 mature, 6 fertilized, 3 made it to blast, 1 pgs normal. Awaiting transfer after clinic reopens after virus outbreak. I ended up with abdominal bleeding after egg retrieval, very rare. Dr Blauer said he’s never seen that in 35years of practice. I had multiple complications post laparoscopic surgery (not performed by Dr Blauer) and ended up hospitalized for 14 days, almost died and has taken over 6 months to recover. I had one more polyp surgery to go after I was off blood thinners from pulmonary embolism. Did that in February, March we did ERA and BCL6 testing. Then the world hit pause so my April transfer was canceled. Therefore...... Because we didn’t want to sit around wasting more time we opted to do another at home medicated cycle with timed intercourse. We used 100mg clomid cd 3-7, and 200mg prometrium vaginally twice a day 2dpo until hcg test confirms or denies pregnancy. 7dpo now. Unknown outcome. Although we know it would be an act of God for us to conceive without IVF. We still had to try. After 20+ years ttc, 11 losses, we just can’t give up hope on having a family.

Well we second mortgaged our home if that tells you anything! From what I could see his prices were competitive. Unfortunately infertility is very expensive. After everything I’ve been through, I would do another ivf round with Dr Blauer if I could afford it. Or at least adopt an embryo. My heart aches for a family.

I really wanted to transfer 2, but he follows the ASRM guidelines very strictly. Since we did pgs testing he would only do one embryo at a time and that’s all we got anyway. I was very disappointed that I couldn’t choose to have 2 transferred because of guidelines. I did my best to argue. I lost.

I think Dr. Baluer is very knowledgeable and wants to see success in each of his patients. He is on the safe side of things, which was good in my case when it came to an egg retrieval. I could have overstimulated really bad, but with my high levels of Estradiol and really high follicle count Dr. Blauer decided it would be best to not do a fresh transfer and trigger with Lupron instead of HCG. I know that was a good choice because even with those precautions taken I was in a lot of pain after my egg retrieval in which they retrieved 27 eggs. There is a downfall to his conservative ways: My husband got an 8% Kruger score so he wanted to do ICSI on all eggs. I thought it was a little extreme because 8% is considered normal for a lot of clinics and on the fence for Dr. Blauer. I also don't like that Dr. Blauer doesn't think that other things will work if it hasn't been proved by a study. For Example: I wanted to do Neupogen with our FET, he would do it for us but says that it doesn't make a difference, there is no evidence that it does, and that it's superstition. I think it's worth trying different things, especially after a failed FET where I'm healthy and I had about the healthiest embryo that you can get. He just wants to try and FET again without doing anything different, and I don't like that approach. I want to try and figure out why it didn't work, and do something a little different because I believe that every body is different. I would like Dr. Blauer to monitor my hormone levels more closely and adjust my meds appropriately.

Make sure you ask him to slow down and explain in Layman's Terms.

I had an antagonist protocol for my egg retrieval. To start, I took a birth control pill to manipulate my cycle. 1 week after going off the pill I started my stimulation meds: 300 units of Gonal-F and 50 units of Low Dose HCG daily (two shots in the stomach). At this point I was getting an Ultrasound and blood draw taken every other day. A couple of days into the stimulation meds I reduced my Gonal-F to 225 untis because my ovaries were responding really well. 6 Days later I started the Antagonist Cetrotide injection daily. We were planning to do a fresh transfer but I was high risk for OHSS so we, Dr. Blauer and my husband and I, decided to do a freeze all (so glad we did). Since we weren't doing a fresh transfer and I was at risk for OHSS we did a Lupron trigger instead of HCG. The Lupron does was 4 mg (1 shot in the stomach). 2 days before my retrieval Dr. Blauer put me on .5 mg of Cabergoline to help decrease OHSS symptoms. The retrieval went really well. Thursday, the day after the retrieval, we found out that 14 eggs were fertilized. 7 from ICSI and 7 from regular IVF dish (oh, we decided to do a 50/50 split with ICSI). Of the 27 eggs retrieved 22 were mature, 9/13 ICSI and 13/14 IVF. So 7/9 mature ICSI and 7/13 IVF fertilized. Day 3, Saturday, All but 1 embryo was in really good standing and all had 8-10 cells. Day 5, they froze 6 embryos. 5 Good ones, and 1 Day 6, 2 additional ones were Frozen. 1 good and 1 fair. So a TOTAL OF 8 Frozen Embryos. The remaining 6 will be discarded because they didn’t reach the appropriate grading. I wonder if they are conservative on that end as well. Could they freeze any more even though they have a smaller chance of pregnancy? I bet they would if we didn’t have so many to choose from. Day 5 Chriofreeze: • 4AA Good – ICSI • 3BC Fair – ICSI • 4AA Good – IVF • 4BA Good – IVF • 4BA Good – IVF • 4BA Good – IVF Day 6 Chrio Freeze • 5BA Good –ICSI • 4BC Fair – ICSI I felt great leading up to the retrieval, and really good coming out of it, but a couple of hours later I started feeling tightness in my chest, gained 7 pounds that day, and even passed out a couple of times. The OHSS symptoms did't fully go away until 6 days later. Dr. Blauer comes to his Idaho Falls office every so often so that's where we did the retrieval. Now to the FET: I decided to not take birth control to manipulate my cycle, which would have made it possible to do the transfer in Idaho Falls instead of having to go to Utah, and just did it when my cycle naturally came, which was 1 week after the Egg Retrieval. I didn't like how birth control mad me gain about 1lb/day I took it. The day after I started my cycle Dr. Blauer did an US and Blood Draw to be sure i could start an FET cycle. Everything looked good. I started that day taking 3mg Estradiol twice daily and a low does Aspirin daily. 4 days later I had another blood draw to check Estradiol. 10 days after that I had my final lining check and one last blood draw. Everything looked good, hormone levels were good, and my lining was 8mm. I started progesterone the following day. It was the suppository Crinone 8% once daily until the FET 5 days later. On transfer day I upped the suppository to twice daily while still taking Baby Aspirin, Estradiol, and my Prenatal. I think my body absorbed way too much Progesterone because my back started to hurt a lot and I don't normally have back pain at all. 12 days later I did an HCG blood pregnancy test and it came back negative. Progesterone was at 127, really high. Went off all the meds that day. It was the first time I didn't have to take meds for the past 3 months. We were lucky to be able to go through with the transfer because of all the closures that came a week later due to COVID-19. We will try again when everything gets back to normal.

I don't remember Specific Costs. I think doing a Retrieval and Fresh Transfer was going to be around $10,000 If self pay. If you have insurance that covers it, it will be billed much different.

Because they go off the national chart this clinic does not allow me to do a multiple embryo transfer until we've had at least 2 failed transfers. This is because I'm healthy, young, and have good quality embryos. After the first attempt failing I wanted to do 2 embryos next time but I can't

In the beginning Dr. Blauer seemed to care and wanted to help, he also seemed very confident with our chances to start off. During stims and monitoring he never really gave a lot of insight to how we were doing and what he expected. I felt like he just felt BLAH about how we were doing. Out of sight and out of mind as a patient. I was also really upset about the lack of communication. We wanted 2 embryos the second go round and I talked with everyone at the clinic several times to make sure this was in place. On the day of transfer he showed us 1 embryo and I said no I wanted two. He said he refused to do two and never told me until THE DAY OF TRANSFER. I was emotionally distraught to say the least. After our second failure I wanted answers. He never reached out and didn't seem to care at all about changing the protocol or helping me. I had to speak with his nurse about my frustrations and he responded to those concerns with "notes in my chart" for if I called again.

Ask as many questions as you can! Ask why he is doing what he is doing, ask what follow up you can expect and try and schedule a plan before every big procedure.

Dr. Blauer is very conservative with medication to avoid OHSS, especially in someone my age. I was on fairly low doses of menopur and gonal f for egg retrieval and began suppositories of progesterone in preparation or my fresh transfer. For my frozen I was on estradiol, baby aspirin, and PIO injections. I responded very well to everything I had plenty of follicles and produced 17 eggs. For my frozen it was postponed a month because I responded too well to the estradiol.

We had partial insurance coverage, the total bill was about 35,000 with meds for retrieval and fresh cycle. Frozen was about another 5,000

Dr. Blauer would only transfer 1 embryo for me for my first fresh and first frozen, but said after that he would maybe consider 2.

My experience as a patient is when I first met Dr Blauer he was very welcoming along with the explanation of each appointment and what would happen next. I also appreciated all the time and care that went into making sure I had the best care possible.

My best advice for a prospective patient is to be open minded about your situation and also be willing to ask as many questions as possible to understand your treatment.

When I started to see Dr Blauer we discovered that I had uterine fibroids but at first he wasn’t worried and we were going to move on with the Clomid challenge. I wasn’t able to finish that cycle with clomid because of the side affects it made me super dizzy, I was unable to work the whole next day. We were able to come to a understanding that we needed to remove the fibroids in order to have a successful pregnancy. I am currently recovering from surgery and feeling optimistic that this next year will be the best yet.

When I had an appointment to come into the clinic there was usually $40 co-payment only other costly procedure was a HSG it was around $200 after insurance has paid.

As we got closer to IVF, after 3 failed attempts of IUI, we started seeing Dr. Blauer more frequently. His bedside manner was great. He always let us ask questions during the examination. Took the time to answer all of our questions and informed us of the possible scenarios and outcomes. Gave his recommendation and ultimately left the decision up to us. Wish we could have seen him more often during the beginning of our treatments.

Take full advantage of the time you have infront of Dr. Blauer. Ask loads of questions and follow up when need be. Go in with a plan; he will listen to it and consult with you on how to perfect the plan.

For the first cycle we where with Dr. Blauer we did timed intercourse using Letrozole. It resulted in a negative HCG. We moved on to do 3 IUI's and all resulted in a negative HCG. From the very beginning, Dr. Blauer told us not to have much hope for IUI but still went on and did 3 because it was required of the insurance to cover IVF. While we where going through the motions of doing IUI, it seemed like because he didn't expect IUI to work, the care and follow ups were very non-existent. The amount of care was completed different from when we did IVF. We used Gonal-F on 2 of the IUI's to obtain mature follicles. It took Dr. Blauer a while to determine what the correct dosage was for my follicles to respond to Gonal-F. Fast forward to IVF, Dr. Blauer was alot more present during our visits and scans. He preformed our first transfer and it resulted in a negative HCG. Dr. Mass preformed our second transfer and it resulted in our current pregnancy.

Total amount we paid with insurance was about 5-6k. Had we not used insurance we where given a quote of 15-17k

We did not test our embryos and wanted to transfer 2. Dr. Blauer would not let us even though we had informed him from the beginning that was our intention. We where only allow to transfer 1.

Dr. Blauer is extremely thorough. He gives all of the numbers and percentages of how likely things are to work. I like that he is also thorough in his testing. He’s considerate of cost and not pushy in any way. He is also kind, compassionate, and gets to know you as a patient. We only met with him for consultations but he is very willing to set up extra consultations and discuss more options or elaborate on the plan.

Something that helped us was to read “It Starts with the egg” and understand more about how fertility medications, supplements, and procedures work. We were very knowledgeable going into our appointment. I’m sure he would explain everything great if you have questions. It just helped us to understand what we were getting into. It helped us to know what questions to ask and streamline the process

We had to have my husband have a vericocele surgery to improve sperm motility and count. My egg quality was checked and found to be poor. We had a 10% chance of IUI working and 30% chance of IVF working. We did a clomid challenge test first just to check numbers. I didn’t like the way clomid made me feel so Dr. Blauer had me take Femara when we did our IUI. He also recommended a few supplements and the shots for IUI. On our own accord we took the supplements recommended in the book It Starts with the Egg. We discussed them with Dr. Blauer and he gave us the research on them.

Initial testing Femara or clomid Bloodwork IUI Shots

Dr. Blauer seemed very compassionate and hopeful. He was thorough with my medical records and history since he was my second doctor but first specialist. He didn’t rush through my appointment which was appreciated.

Ask a lot of questions. He doesn’t seem to provide overly detailed information unless you ask for it. There is so much to take in and keep straight and questions are crucial.

I was started on Femara and Metformin and had the ovulation assessment report done. They also ordered several blood tests to evaluate thyroid function, A1C, and progesterone levels. So far, no pregnancy has resulted.

Unfortunately the costs associated with Dr. Blauers office was an average of three-times as much as my previous clinic. For example, a uterine ultrasound at my previous clinic was $75, whereas it was $300+ at Dr. Blauers. A number of injections were at least double if purchased through Dr. Blauers office in comparison to my previous clinic.

Dr. Blauer is amazing and I trust him fully. I have met with multiple doctors at RCC and like Dr. Blauer the most. All the other doctors are great but I feel best about Dr. Blauer and his scientific outlook. I appreciate his honesty and how much time he takes with me and my husband.

I honestly don't have anything advice

I started seeing Dr. Blauer later in my IVF cycles. My first retrieval I ended up with 9 embryos. After my 9th embryo resulted in another Chemical Pregnancy Dr. Blauer recommended that I do Hysteroscopy Polypectomy. We did this before my second retrieval. He found chronic endometritis and a polyp that he removed. I went on antibiotics for 2 weeks and just had my second retrieval. I just had my 2nd fresh transfer and it resulted in another chemical pregnancy. We have a phone visit set for this monday to go over what our next step is when RCC can reopen safely due to the Covid outbreak.

Thats hard because I purchased a package, 2 fresh cycles. It was about 18,000-20,000. But we did that 2 years ago under Dr. G

Nothing that I know of

Dr Blauer is a very patient and understanding doctor. I can tell that he is truly passionate about what he does and he stays up on the research to be able to give me the best medical advice he can. Obviously infertility is a scary and unknown path and Dr Blauer does his best to give me all the information possible so I can make informed decisions regarding next steps and procedures.

Advocate for yourself! Always. No matter what. Even if Dr Blauer doesn’t necessarily think a test or procedure is necessary, go with your gut and do it anyway.

I did a medicated IUI with injections which was unsuccessful. I then did an egg retrieval with max dose of meds because I am a slow responder to the meds. Both of my two embryo transfers from that cycle were unsuccessful so I need another retrieval. This time we did an ERA and will be adding additional meds when we are given the okay to proceed.

The total cost itself I am not 100% sure. But I know I have paid in excess of $25,000 between treatments, testing, IUI, egg retrieval, medication, Etc

My doctor will only transfer one unless you are over 35 or have had multiple failed transfers. No exceptions.

After a successful cycle resulting in a missed miscarriage, when I had a follow up scan with Dr. Blauer, he just went through all the questions and paperwork like I wasnt sitting on the table balling. Knowing I'd be seeing an empty womb when just weeks before we went to hear our baby's heartbeat. This was my first actual appointment with him/meeting him. My husband was furious. Since then, he has also cancelled 2 cycles and put me on birth control for a month... which we're obviously more eager to conceive now than before. We were diagnosed with unexplained infertility, so the fact weve had a successful cycle with IUI, it's hard to say let's move to IVF. But he's already dropped that hint to us as well while cancelling a cycle. It's been a hard year with Dr. Blauer to say the very least Certainly not the bedside manner the doctor we originally started working with at the clinic had. Not impressed. And currently talking with other clinics about future treatments!

Drive to the Sandy office to see the other doctors there

For all my injection cycles, I have done Femara 7.5 days 3-7 and Gonal-f 115 units 7, 9, 11 then trigger. I always have 3 mature follicles over 18mm, then a few right behind. And had a successful cycle with this dosage. In January, I had my first follicle scan with Dr. Blauer and not our nursing team. He counted my 3 follicles over 18mm, then also my 2 or 3 under 15mm... which put me in a position of him cancelling my cycle that month. I am still livid about it because the nurses have never counted those smaller ones nor had I had a cancelled cycle till seeing him. My next cycle they lowered my Femara to 5mg and Gonal-f to 75 units which I had 2 follicles, but have been unsuccessful with the lower dosage.

IUI used to cost $850 (billed to insurance cost) but went up to $892 at the beginning of 2020. I believe out of pocket cost for IUI was around $510 before the cost increase this year. Every follicle scan is billed to my insurance at a completely different cost so not even sure where to start on that. Usually just pay my copay then at my next appointment pay the balance on my account that truly cant really even be explained in detail to me

Our experience with Dr. Blauer was great. It was our first time ever seeing a fertility specialist and he made us feel comforted from the very beginning. He took the time to explain all of the different routes we could take with fertility treatments. And also made a great effort to remember our names and knew exactly why we were there for every appointment we had. Even when we didn’t have great news, Dr Blauer informed us in a very clear, yet caring way. I would highly recommend him!

Know you’re in good hands and follow Dr Blauer’s advice and most of all, be patient.

Prices varies per treatment but we paid on average $120 for IUI and around $7000 for IVF including medications and monitoring appointments. $100-$450 for Saline Sonogram, Endometritis biopsy, karyotype testing, bloodwork.

Because I have recurrent pregnancy loss, my doctor and I both felt that transferring one embryo would be the best and safest choice for my embryo and myself.

He was great to work with. My husband did have some issues with him. When we did our FET we were hoping to transfer two embryos, Dr. Blauer told us we wouldn’t be able to because the clinic might be dropped as a preferred provider for different insurances. We paid for everything out of pocket, our insurance didn’t pay for anything. We didn’t love that but dealt with it.

Be completely open and honest about how you’re feeling with your treatment plan

For our two IUIs we did Femara, HCG trigger shot, and progesterone along with baseline ultrasounds and follicle scans. I don’t remember the specifics for our FET

They ran things very well. There were only a couple times they called me back before they were ready for me, but the wait was never too long.

So with our egg retrieval, ICSI, the FET, and storage we paid right around $11,000.

I mentioned this earlier but Dr Blauer only allowed us to transfer one embryo due to the clinic having issues with insurance companies having them listed as a preferred provider although we were completely self pay, our insurance didn’t even cover our intial diagnosis bloodwork.

He seemed very personable and there to help us in a very uncomfortable situation. Nobody wants to have to go to a fertility doctor. So he made it more comfortable to speak about our situation. He sometimes can forget to "dumb things down" so I can understand things though. I would make sure to have plenty of questions to ask so I understood everything.

Go to each appointment with questions that you have so you can get them answered. Everyone is so knowledgeable and they can help you understand the whole fertility process a little better.

He had me do 4 cycles of clomid and femara on days 3-7 of each cycle with times intercourse from ovulation predictor kits. After 4 cycles without success he suggested moving on to IUI. My husband and I are just saving money to continue with IUI, but in the meantime Dr. Blauer put me on metformin to regulate menstruation/ovulation. I am still taking femara days 3-7 of my cycles.

My insurance had a $50 copay for a specialist office. Of course all of the preliminary tests were out of pockets so we have probably spent close to $5000 on those tests.

We have had nothing but amazing experiences with Dr. Blauer. I can't remember a time I have left not knowing what was going on in our cycle, protocol or what to expect next. He anwsers all of our questions in depth, he is very understanding and has the best bedside manner. He has called us to simply check on us after failed FETs. He truly wants his patients to take a baby home!

That they truly would not be disappointed with his care. We couldn't of picked a more dedicated doctor than him!

We had been treated with my regular obgyn and failed 6 IUIS. We knew it was time to see a RE. He gave us the opposite to do one IUI, with days 3-7 at 75mg of Femera, that was a negative pregnancy test. We waited 2 years until we were able to go to IVF. The STIM medications I used for 9 days (Gonal F, Cetrocide, Menopur, baby aspirin, over the counter vitamins) we had an egg retrieval where I was at risk for hyperstimulation and opted to do a freeze all and do a transfer the following month. We are male factor so we did ICSI. Our first transfer failed so we are not trying to get another protocol set for FET 2.

Monitoring appointments were scheduled, comfortingly, not rush and organized. I've never felt like a number or cattle call in their clinic.

My husband and I received a free cycle through the Footsteps for Fertility Run organization. We revieved a free IVF Cycle and monitoring for no cost. We paid $3800 for medications roughly, $518 for embroyo storage, other minor associated costs. Our first Frozen embryo transfer failed and we preparing for FET 2..

Dr Blauer always encourages 1 embroyo with our specific treatment. He encourages 1 for multiple reasons. Mother and bab(ies) in mind.

He’s very passive and wants you to make decisions even when you’re unsure what the best decision is. He’s quiet and doesn’t go into a lot of detail. I feel like he has his protocol and he just follows it and doesn’t branch out to other options.

Tell him to explain everything as he does it and what everything means in a lot of detail.

We did an HSG which showed blocked tubes. AMH was low also. We started with fumara and that went horribly wrong. I got severe bloody diarrhea and ended up in the hospital with a blocked bowel. But it did help me to find out I had endometriosis and then I had a surgery to remove it. Clomid was next for 3 cycles with IUI. Then we did IVF with gonal f and another one I can’t remember. I did a trigger HCG and after egg retrieval did vaginal progesterone 2 x a day. On frozen cycles we did estodiol. Then after a while if nothing working he added supplement like vit d. Iron. DHEA. Serovital. CoQ10. The last rounds I did I used menopure and another one I can’t remember. He just kept increasing the dose each round of IVF. I was eventually at 700mg.

20,000 for 4 fresh cycles. And any frozen in between. Did not include medications or anesthesia. Anesthesia was $375 each time. Meds were $4-6k each time. Labs were covered by insurance. Ultrasounds and visits were included with the 20k. Any other diagnostic procedures were not covered.

He was very truthful and up front. When big decisions were made he was very on point on what exactly will be and needs to be done. Excellent doctor. I would recommend to anyone. Every time I came into an appointment he was so welcoming and asked how I was doing. He got right down to business and got to work figuring out a good path of treatment.

Make sure you follow all of his instructions very careful and keep in mind everything he has to say. He is very knowledgeable. Good luck with your journey!

I know we used all sorts of injections for the retrievals. I really can’t remember the names or doses I was on asvits almost been a year since the last one. I remember him putting me on metformin, levothyroxine, estrodiol, also suppository and an injection of hormones before the last two frozen embryo cycles. I don’t remember the names though

Everything was super expensive but they did work with me for sure

He did have a strong preference in how many to transfer. He preferred only one because of the risks and complications with multiples in pregnancy.

I have been seeing dr. Blauer for a couple of years now, he has always been friendly and knowledgeable. He ran many tests on both me and my husband to determine what our infertility issues may be, which I thought was very helpful instead of just guessing what issues could be. We came up with a game plan of how many iuis we would try before moving onto Ivf as an option. We have male factor infertility and have chosen to use donor sperm to try to get pregnant through iui. We are currently on our last iui cycle before moving onto Ivf Some strengths for dr Blauer would be the ability to talk to you kindly but also get the facts across to you, I like that he didn’t mess around with guessing issues but instead ran many tests for us to find out what was wrong. One thing people may not know or like is that you don’t always see him every time you go in for treatment depending on what you are going in for, generally you see his nurses if you are having an iui procedure rather than the main doctor, but if he is around you can always speak to him if you have a question. He does travel quite a bit so that could be a negative to someone, but it seems as though his traveling is to infertility conventions held in Europe yearly which could only aid in bettering him as a doctor, even when we was out of town he would schedule a phone meeting with me if I needed to speak to him which was nice that I could still speak to him while he was away Overall I would say my experience with dr Blauer and his team has been great and I would recommend him to a friend that was experiencing infertility. We are currently on our last iui before moving onto Ivf and he has been very supportive on what to expect and our options for the procedure if we do need to move onto it. He has stayed very positive throughout our treatments.

Go in with an open mind to what your treatments may include. Make sure you have a firm understanding of what you are wanting to spend, whether it would be beneficial to do some iuis first or to move directly onto Ivf. Listen to his advice as he knows what he is talking about

We started off with the lowest dose of clomid to accompany our first couple of iuis, then after not getting pregnant moved onto using femara to see if we got a different result, we have now moved onto femara, gonal-f (450ml) and ultrasounds to check follicle size. We also discussed that for iui using my husbands sperm was not an option and so we needed to use a donor sperm for the procedures. Dr Blauer was very knowledgeable on the different sperm banks across the country and helped guide us to a credible one. All of our procedures so far I would say have gone with protocol as starting out with lower treatment options and moving to more aggressive ones at treatment continued, also the fact that we are only going to try a certain number of iuis before moving onto Ivf

We have had varying costs so far with iuis as we have done different medications and ultrasounds with each one they varied from about $400-1000 a cycle depending

I have no comment as of yet since we have not moved onto Ivf yet.

Dr. Blauer was very good to us. He told us stories about his family and really made us feel comfortable. We felt as though he genuinely wanted to know us. He did not just talk to me (the wife) while going through the procedures. He made sure both my husband and I knew what to expect each and every time we walked into the office.

If you are nervous. Don’t be. Dr. Blauer will make sure to do everything he can to help you. He is such a genuinely kind man and a great doctor.

We did a few cycles of IUI with clomid (150 mg). None of which were successful. So we decided to persue IVF. I took Menopur and Gonal-f. Then pregnyl for my trigger shot. And then after transfer I took endometrin 3 times a day. We are currently pregnant with our IVF baby!

Our IVF cycle was about $10000 with $4000 in medications and $350 for OHSS insurance.

We were only given the option to transfer one embryo.

Dr. Blauer has a gentle demeanor, he is very humble, yet very educated and successful. He remembers us and never treats us like a number. We love Dr. Blauer and will always be greatful to the hard work and perseverance he’s had with our situation.

I would advise them to trust him completely. There’s no one else I’d want handling my care.

Our initial fresh IVF cycle was $14,000. This was for monitoring appointments, egg retrieval, blood draws, ICSI, egg transfer, frozen remaining embryos, and pregnancy test. After our miscarriage our next frozen cycle was $3,800 and that was with a 10% discount for miscarriage.

Dr. Blauer was very open about the risks of multiple embryo transfer, he gave us our odds of success with a single embryo, and explained his reasoning for wanting us to do single. He also explained that he would not stop us from doing multiple. In the end we trusted his judgement, and we did have successful implantation with single embryo.

He is extremely knowledgeable and explains everything in a way that anyone can understand it. He is very gentle and kind. He has made me feel super important and a priority in his office. His compassion and love for what he does, doesn’t go unnoticed. His bedside manners are very professional and very gentle. Our dreams have become his dream for us. I know he wants to help us achieve this miracle just as much as we want it!

Don’t hesitate to ask questions... even the most silliest!

I’m in the process of starting my first IVF cycle. We started 5 or 6 weeks ago. We first started with clomid and currently on hgh supplements. I will be starting injections with the start of my next menstrul cycle... expected in about 10 days. Getting anxious!

I’m very fortunate that my insurance has some coverage for this.

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Dr. Blaur is an excellent doctor. He genuinely loves what he does and has a true compassion for couples who desire to have children and have trouble doing so. He is a very knowledgeable doctor with a lot of experience. He also keeps up with the latest reproductive technology and takes advantage of any science that could help his patients conceive.

I would say to get an appointment sooner than later. We did not wait one year to see a fertility doctor when we felt strongly we would have troubles conceiving and we are so glad. If there are signs of infertility, call in and get the diagnostics going.

With our first visit, we were immediately referred to a top urologist in the state to get an idea of what type of MFI we were dealing with. Once those tests were completed, Dr. Blaur gave us a very clear picture of what our options were, which were limited, and he also provided some comfort and information about support groups of that was something we were interested in. Since we were struggling with MFI, we started with a couple natural cycles with DS and then progressed from there adding medications. Our 9th IUI worked, the first cycle using injections. After that, we opted to do IVF due to limited quantities of sperm and Dr. Blaur was completely supportive. We have never had an IVF cycle not work under his care. Our first IVF cycle resulted in twins, our second in a singleton, our 3rd in a singleton, and I am currently expecting a sixth child from a FET. Dr. Blaur has been involved in every step of building our family.

You pay for a cycle ahead of time and then do the entire cycle without having to pay. Infertility treatments are expensive no matter where you go. The prices at RCC are fair and competitive.

He was okay with whichever we chose, one or two embryos.

He's been a great doctor and has been nice but hasn't sugar coated answers when I needed to know what my chances were. Hes been understanding and helpful when we've had problems getting my husband in with me for appointments.

Bring a notebook and ask what all of your options are and what he thinks the best route is.

started using clomid for several months gradually upping the dose. We then switched to letrozole. When that didn't help we started iui with letrozole and trigger shots.

The costs have always been right around what I was quoted and they've made sure to show me a breakdown upfront before we do anything.

We got serious about treatment when the RCC was expanding their clinic in Idaho, so he didn't do a lot of my ultrasounds and check ups, but he was there for the important ones. He even called me at night to deliver results or his opinion on the next step for us and helped us get through a miscarriage and a year of treatments. Dr. Blauer is always concerned about my mental and emotional state of mind and would make sure I was absolutely ready before suggesting another treatment.

He tells is how it is as gentle as he can, but he doesn't give false hope. He told us we had a 10-15% chance of getting pregnant with IVF and I am currently expecting. He will go into as much or as little detail about your situation as possible and will do whatever he can to help.

Due to my condition, I had to take almost triple the amount of meds a normal IVF patient had to take. My eggs would not react as well. We noticed this trend halfway through my cycle and decided to up the dosage and got much better results. He suggested I take multiple vitamins to preserve egg quality (DHEA, Melatonin, SeroVital, Vitamin D3, CoQ10 and a prenatal for months) We switched from progesterone suppositories to injections because they were cheaper and more convenient for me working full-time.

After the IUI's we decided to do a package IVF deal with 2 or 3 cycles if we paid cash up front. We paid about $15k for the dual cycle package and another $4k in medication costs. They even gave us the option to "upgrade" to a 3rd IVF cycle for the package cost. We had to get special permission to get the package deal but it was worth it. They were also offering discounted IVF cycles to couples who qualified (we didn't qualify, but lots others did). Because we had insurance coverage, they were able to get us some money back for the multiple IVF cycle - $12,000, making it a little cheaper to try and have a baby. They were always willing to talk to me about any of my financial questions and their online docusign program is awesome. It saves you a trip from having to go to the clinic in person and sign the papers.

Originally we transferred 2 embryos on the first fresh IVF cycle in hopes of getting twins but neither took. The first frozen cycle we transferred 2 as well and one took and resulted in a miscarriage. The last frozen cycle we only did one. Dr. Blauer strongly recommended implanting no more than 2 embryos and I'm glad we did only one the last time.

Dr. Blauer is a very nice man and a knowledgable, experienced doctor. I could definitely tell that he knew what he was talking about. However, he does have a bit of an awkward bedside manner sometimes, as though he is more comfortable with the science than the people. I also felt like there were times he could have prepared better for our appointments because we'd go in for a follow up and spend most of our time reviewing our charts and talking about past treatments rather than focusing on a plan for the next step. There was one time where another doctor made a suggestion that Dr. Blauer did not agree with and I chose to follow which seemed to bother him a bit but not enough that things got uncomfortable or caused a problem (in fact it resulted in our live birth!).

My advice would be to make sure you research your options and conditions then come prepared with very specific questions so that you leave understanding exactly where you're at and where you're going. Also, that way if there is any kind of option he may not specifically suggest you can bring it to his attention and work together to decide if its right for you. Also, don't be afraid to make a decision based on what your comfortable with even if it isn't necessarily his top recommendation.

My treatments were pretty standard as far as I am aware. I was put on follistim (because of which insurance I had), low dose HCG(done by the clinic), cetrotide(as a supressor), pregnyl(trigger shot), and endometrin suppositories (progesterone for after transfer) all at typical doses as well. I took the first two every night and then added the third halfway through to help avoid hyperstimulation. The pregnyl was a trigger shot taken once my follicles were ready in order to trigger the release of the eggs. My husband and I would go in before the retrieval to give a seamen sample to so the eggs would be fertilized immediately after with ICSI because of low sperm mobility. Then the embryos were graded on Day three which is when we choose to transfer the first time and continued to do because we left the rest of the embryos until day 5 and for some reason none of them ever made it to that. The only thing that I remember changing from cycle to cycle was some different supplements that were added for various reasons. Its been so long I'm not sure I could keep straight the reasons for each but I took CoQ10 (300 mg twice daily), serovital (4 at bedtime), 2000 units of vitamin d, Metafolin (1mg daily for an MTHFR deficiency found through genetic testing). My baby was a result of my very last FET which was done at the Idaho clinic. Another Dr. did one of my monitoring appointments and suggested letting my uterine lining thicken a little more than Dr. Blauer typically did. We decided to take his advice despite it seeming "unnecessary" and got our daughter! Whether it was because of that or not we'll never know but thats the only thing I remember changing besides small changes in dose based on my blood draw levels. I'm not sure what else would be included as protocols but I hope that was enough details!

I do not remember specifics because I was incredibly blessed to have great insurance so the costs change based on that

Dr Blauer is an excellent RE. We felt he was kind to us, compassionate, and caring. He is not the best communicator, meaning that I was left with questions unanswered sometimes, or I didn't understand the way he explained things. While others have had great success with him, we simply had bad luck with all our transfers with him.

Don't be afraid to speak up, ask for clarification, and don't be afraid to suggest alternate courses of treatment for yourself.

Dr. BLauer is driven by research and statistics. This isn't bad, in fact, it can be very helpful. However, in our situation, none of the 'new' research worked for us. In fact, we got pregnant with another RE by using much less medication and stimulation. DR. Blauer is compassionate and caring and a very good doctor, he just didn't find success with our treatments.

WE were charged for everything. It was very difficult to get the billing department to work with our insurance for things like routine blood draws and ultrasounds.

Dr Blauer never fully explained the benefits of only transferring one embryo at a time. I was made to feel that our chances would increase if we transferred 2-3 embryos each time. It wasn't until we switched doctors that we found out our greatest success would be by transferring one embryo only.