Meredith Provost

My experience with Dr. Provost wasn't awesome. I didn't find her especially compassionate or caring. I wanted more direction from her as to what course of treatment she recommended. She did explain my options but I wanted more input from her on what she thought would work. That said, I will forever be grateful to Dr. Provost for removing a small uterine septum.

If you like someone more direct/straightforward, work with Dr. Provost.

I had unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss (MMC+Blighted Ovum). We started with general testing, and everything came back fine. I had a hysteroscopy, and she fixed a small septum. Then, we started with IUI + letrozole. The first two IUIs did not work. The third cycle was canceled because my follicles stopped growing. When I asked about next course of treatment, I didn't get a clear answer from Dr. Provost on what she thought was the issue or what treatment would work.

Monitoring Ultrasound - $250 IUI - $2,250 Letrozole - $10 w/insurance Embryo Freeze- $13,000 IVF w/fresh transfer - $15,800

Meredith is such a sweet doctor. She makes us feel like we are family and that she is always helping us make the best decisions for our family. She explains every appointment and procedure in detail and makes sure that all of our questions are answered in detail before we make decisions.

She is a great choice if you want to don’t want to feel like just a number. Meredith makes you feel like you are absolutely never alone in the infertility struggle.

We started out with 4 vials of menopur for about 8 days and then backed down to 2 on days 9-12 because my estradiol was high.. I responded like a person with PCOS would, but Dr. Provost made sure to monitor my levels very closely so I wasn’t uncomfortable. I did get a slight case of OHSS, but she gave me cabergoline to help lower my levels after retrieval.

With living 2.5 hours from the fertility office, most of my monitoring appointments were done at my OBGYN office. I always had stat bloodwork and ultrasounds and Provost’s nurse always called me within 3 hours of my test. Whenever I wasn’t able to get into my local office, Indiana fertility was able to get me in right away to get them done there.

My egg retrieval and fresh transfer were just under $14k.. I was unable to do a fresh transfer and we had to freeze my embryos so there was another $2k I paid to transfer later on.

I am a very small person and would be high risk to transfer two embryos. My husband wanted to do two no matter what until Meredith told him it wouldn’t be a great idea for my safety and the babies.

She made us very comfortable with our situation and our options. She listened to us and explained our options clearly and without judgement. She didn't pressure us into treatments that we weren't interested in. She has been easy to get a hold of and provides feedback (lab results, biopsy results, etc) in a timely manner.

Nothing about this is easy. Do a little research on your own prior to your visit so you have an idea of what your options are and what to discuss with her.

We have had repeated miscarriages. She did labs on both my husband and I. She also did a procedure where she looked at my uterus and ovaries to make sure everything looked good and there were no obvious reasons why we keep miscarrying. Our plan is to try again naturally and then add treatments as she is suspecting our issues have to do with an autoimmune response from my body once I get pregnant. Our last pregnancy was a "chemical" pregnancy so we were unable to implement any of these strategies but will try again.

Most were just copays for office visits and labs. The surgery was a bit more but wasn't excessive as my deductible had been met.

By far Dr. Provost's strength is her thoroughness. She takes everything into consideration when developing a treatment plan. As I stated previously, at our first meeting she asked questions no other doctor had asked me throughout our 3-year infertility journey. She truly wants to get to the root of the infertility problem, if possible, to develop the best treatment plan. It sounds obvious, but not all doctors take this approach and for us, it is exactly what we needed. Her communication with us and with the nurses is consistent and clear. We never felt like we were in the dark about our treatment plan. Before starting our IVF cycle, I had a lot of blood work done to test my hormones. She called personally with the results and spent roughly 30 minutes on the phone with me explaining everything and answering all of my questions.

Provide as much detail about your journey and your cycles as possible. The more information you give her, the more she has to go off of when developing a treatment plan. She is not pushy in any way, so she will want to hear from you about what you would like to do in terms of treatment. Then, she will give you all the information you need to move forward.

I started with about a month of birth control prior to the stimulation phase (I believe this is pretty standard). The stimulation phase included 6 vials of Menopur for 8 days (we used the highest dose because I am a "slow responder" and with our previous IVF cycle, with another doctor, we had a low number of eggs -8- retrieved and they were not great quality. Menopur is supposed to help develop higher quality eggs). I triggered with 80 units of Lupron and 5,000 units of HCG. I took an HCG booster the morning of egg retrieval. Dr. Provost retrieved 14 eggs, 7 of which were mature with 100% fertilization rate (this is amazing because we had a much lower fertilization rate last time). We are waiting to find out how many of the 7 that fertilized made it to day 5 (we will know tomorrow).

IVF cycle fee $15,300. Medications were about $4,300. Genetic testing is additional if you choose to do that.

For Dr. Provost this is not a hard line in the sand. She takes this on a case by case basis. I think the preference is always one, but she takes embryo quality, quantity, and patient history into consideration when discussing the option of transferring more than 1 embryo.

Dr. Provost’s inexperience really showed during my IVF cycle. In our consultation, she suggested that I do ovarian priming (due to my low ovarian reserve). Then, in attempt to fit my IVF cycle around the holidays she did not order ovarian priming. She said “it shouldn’t make that much of a difference” Dr. Provost prescribed max doses of meds even though I had low ovarian reserve. She later admitted that this could have been the reasons for my poor IVF results. In addition, she continued with IVF even though I only had 2 mature eggs. To top things off she “couldn’t get” one of the eggs during the retrieval.

I would not recommend going to Dr.Provost. She does not look at the whole patient and is quick to push IVF.

For IVF, I was on max dose of Menopur. This was supposed to help with eggs and quality. This did not work for me and produced only 2 mature eggs. For IUI’s, I took Clomid/Fermara with injectables. This produced 3-4 mature eggs each time.

IVF was very expensive at this clinic. Every fee that is possible they will charge you. IUI prices were more reasonable. Purchasing the packages is definitely the way to go.

As a patient, I’d say was experience was wonderful. I left the office having a complete understanding about infertility. I was provided the good, the bad, and any risk. I didn’t leave the office with questions. I like the fact that everything was given straight forward, and blunt but done in a nice way. This was very helpful to us.

Any question you may have, write them down and ask. Even if it’s something you really don’t want the answer to. Ask

After our initial call to the office, an appointment was set to speak with the doctor. When we met with the doctor we briefly went over our fertility history. We had to sign a consent form to have our previous fertility care released to them. Our first step was to go over the different treatment plan options with the office coordinator. We started with blood work to detect hormone levels, estrogen, and ovary function. My husband had to have a semen analysis done. He had a very high numbers of sperm cells, with great motility. Next we had an ultrasound to look at the lining of my uterus. My uterus lining was a little thick, but this is something that can be corrected. In between this I did have to schedule for a SIS prior to my start cycle. When my blood work came back the doctor was able to see that my vitamin D levels were low, and started me on a Vitamin D supplement. I took these drops for 30 days. After 30 days I returned to the office, for more blood work. The results came back, and the vitamin D supplements did raise my levels. I was advised to keep taking them for another month or so. After all the test came back exceptional we were ready to start planning our IVF cycle. The medications I would’ve been taken are Menopur, Novarel,Ganirelix, and progesterone injections.

It was approximately $17,000

We did discuss doing two or three.

There are lots of great thing about Dr. Provost, she is a very positive doctor. She makes us feel confident about our situation every time we visit. She is strait forward and dose not beat around the bush. The only thing I can really complain is about communication. Very rarely dose her staff actually answer the phone. We always have to leave messages and wait on call backs. As a working class couple that can be extremely inconvenient. If we don’t get to the phone on time we have to call back leave message and start the wait again.

Dr provost offered free egg reserve screening. Or at least she did to us as a way to get new clients into her clinic. When dealing with fertility treatment anything you can get is extremely helpful. They try to use the insurance you already have to cover some if any of your procedures. Which when dealing with this that can help your financial state.

I do not remember exact numbers but I have spent about $7000.00 which include 3 IUI and meds. Also an upcoming surgery that was not completely covered byinsurance

Infertility can be overwhelming to deal with. I do wish she would maybe have a list of FAQs toncover with patients who aren’t sure what to ask. She’s very kind and truly seemed baffled with our failed IUIs as It’s unexplained infertility and no known cause for our issues. She listened when i wanted to do a more medicated cycle and gave it a couple tries before saying we needed to discuss next steps.

As overwhelming as it all is try to come with questions. I didn’t really know what to ask. And after everything came back normal it was confusing bc what do you ask the ? I wish i would’ve had some guidelines to walk this journey with even though everyone is different. I have a general understanding of the processes but don’t know what else i should be asking about.

We went straight to IUI (Letrozole and Ovidrel) as aid had failed timed cycles with clomid with a previous obgyn. I was placed on synthroid to try to lower my thyroid levels a bit more even though they were in normal range (history of thyroid issues). After 3 failed IUI’s with just Letrozole and Ovidrel we added 75iu of Gonal-f for 4 days for cycles 4 & 5 unfortunately with no success. I responded well to the meds. But after 5 failed cycles it was time to discuss next steps. I did have to go on Birth control to help with a couple cysts.

Initial semen analysis for husband $200-250 Lab work for husband each cycle $200 Beta Draw self pay option for results same day $100-$120 Lab work after processing brought insurance $10-$80 Meds $0-$300 ea for IUI cycle (the specialty pharmacy can ship overnight or within a couple days, they offer a self pay discount if you do not have prescription coverage) I have fully reviewed our statement to breakdown everything else (ultrasounds, procedures, etc)

Due to my age and not having a clear diagnosis she recommends only transferring 1 embryo the first time when we get to that step. We are not to this stage yet so her stance could change pending number of embryos we get and their quality.

As disclosed in the previous comment, I had a very bad experience with this doctor. I will never be able to shake the belief that the Letrozole I was given led to the miscarriage. I will never know for sure. She seemed nice during office visits, but seemed to be hell bent on directing me toward IVF, and retrospectively, probably wasn't concerned with the success of my IUI cycles for this reason. One round of IVF (not including monitoring and meds) at this clinic cost 12,000.00. She was fairly new to the practice at the time I saw her, so I can speculate that maybe she needed some IVF procedures under her belt.

Request results of all lab work and tests. Ask questions. Do your own research on any drugs prescribed.

I was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve due to my AMH and FSH test results. The doctor recommended IVF without trying any medicated cycles or IUI. I decided I wanted to try a few rounds of IUI first, because the idea of IVF was daunting, and it would be a financial strain on my husband and I. For the IUI cycles, I had monitoring (trans vaginal ultrasound), was prescribed Letrozole, and a trigger shot of HGH. First cycle resulted in a negative pregnancy test. Then I took a cycle off. I never made it all the way through my second cycle. I was monitored at what I thought was the beginning of my cycle, given Letrozole, and when I came back in for a transvaginal ultrasound to measure uterine lining and follicle growth, the nurses literally could not find my uterus. So, they drew blood instead, and determined that I had already ovulated (at this point, they still didn't bother to run a pregnancy test). So, the second cycle was cancelled. A couple weeks later, I started bleeding heavily and passing clots. I finally took a pregnancy test and it was positive. I had been pregnant when given Letrozole during the second round, which may have caused my miscarriage.

I spent around $3,000.00 for one and a half rounds of IUI (the second round was botched and therefore cancelled).

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She was kind and patient with my husband and I throughout the whole process. She managed my expectations but never lost hope. She held my hand when I was scared and gave me hugs when I needed them. I live far away and often brought people with me to the appointments and she never once had any issue with it. She is nice and brilliant and caring and I would recommend her to anyone who was seeking.

Be clear about your body. When things went wrong I had to suggest solutions and they were always considered.

We did IVF with ICSI because of male infertility. Not sure how to spell any of the medications.... Retrieval: Lopron, menupor, Ganarelix, HCG trigger shot. 13 eggs retrieved 10 fertilized, 7 made it to day 5, 4 normal PGS tested embryos. Transfer: Estrace, PIO, HCG trigger and progesterone suppositories. I am currently 5 Weeks and 4 days pregnant with my first ultrasound on Monday.

I have insurance that covers my treatments and medication up to 90% so far I have paid $2000

We are young and PGS tested our embryos so we decided that one would be a good amount for us.

My experience with Dr. Provost has been better than I could have imagined. Her attentive care, attention to detail, honesty and compassion are top notch. I would return to her in a heartbeat if we were planning to seek future treatment.

Don't be afraid to ask questions. Dr. Provost patiently and carefully answered all of my questions.

My retrieval protocol and my first frozen transfer were handled by my previous physician. I switched to Dr. Provost after suffering a miscarriage. Dr. Provost handled my D&C, then took over my care for my second frozen transfer. Medications used for that FET were Estradiol patches, PIO, Lovenox (a blood thinner to prevent clotting that could lead to miscarriage), and progesterone prometrium.

Dr. Provost has been absolutely wonderful to work with. She makes IVF tolerable. She is very open to all my ideas and readily answers questions. I wish she had more answers about my situation, but I don’t think that is completely her fault. The research on premature DOR is somewhat conflicted on the treatment options. She always is honest about my options.

Ask lots of questions and request copies of your lab results and embryology reports so that you can review them later.

Estrodiol priming. Agonist protocol with menopur and final F as FSH. Cetrotide and HCG were used. I also used omnitrope and many supplements to try to help with my DOR.

Our costs were not typical because of my husband having cancer.

Dr. Provost took the time to let me tell me full story and symptoms I was experiencing, and why I didn’t feel right returning to my previous Dr. She was able to diagnose my conditions within minutes, whereas my previous Dr. brushed them under the rug and pushed fertility meds. I feel like a weight has been lifted off of me since my conditions are now being treated and not just ignored.

She’s a lot more down to earth than a lot of other Drs. I’ve experienced in the past. Sometimes the office can be tricky to get ahold of but it’s worth it.

So far she discovered a uterine septum that she performed a hysteroscopy on to surgically remove and laparoscopic surgery where endometriosis was found and removed. I’m going to begin my next round of treatment next cycle, letrozole, injection to induce ovulation and IUI.

I have not yet been billed for my medical treatment

Thus far Dr. Provost has been exactly what I was looking for in a fertility doctor (as I have done treatments with two prior) she is an excellent communicator, puts me at ease, is intelligent, honest and realistic.

Set up a consultation and see for yourself. Dr. Provost is extremely smart and will tailor your plan to YOU, it is definitely not a one size fits all type of fertility plan.

IVF here was slightly more expensive than the estimates we received from other doctors, however we felt like we were in much better hands.

Dr. Provost easily and quickly develops rapport with her patients. She is very thorough in explaining what to expect, lab results, and next steps. I felt very at ease through my fertility process and would not consider choosing any other clinic when the time comes to expand my family!

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We decided to use a low dose of Femara with Ovidrel trigger to increase my follicle production and my chances of conception on the first IUI. My labs were all normal, however my desire was to undergo the procedure just once. She made me fully aware of the possibility of multiples.

Shipping/storage of sperm, lab workup, psychological evaluation, HSG, serial ultrasounds for follicle growth, IUI procedure

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I really like Dr.Povest. She always make us feel comfortable and at ease. She is a very positive person and makes us have just a bit more hope. That we can one day achieve our wishes of having a baby. When a treatment doesn't work , she try different methods.

I would say take down all your questions and concerns and put them on paper. So you can ask Dr Provost, or one for her nurse. It's extremely hard to get someone firme their office to answer a phone.

In the pat year we have done 3 cycles of IUI each one costed us $1300.00 with out meds

She explains everything thoroughly. Very clear about the treatment plan that is needed. Even though we’re still trying to get a clear diagnosis, she has a very good idea about what is going on. I wanted an hsg done but that hasn’t happened yet. No other doctor has run it. And I’m not sure why no one has yet. But I do love this fertility specialist. She’s gotten us further than any other doctor.

Be open and have an open mind. And be patient. Answers will come.

Right now we’ve only done diagnostic testing. Our plan is to use Femara with monitoring to achieve pregnancy.

Over 200 dollars each visit. I pay out of pocket.

Again, she’s a perfectly nice capable doctor, but you don’t see her again unless you choose to spend the money they want and do IVF, the office staff and their incompetence should have you running away from them.... FAST

A variety of different pills and injections for IUI nothing worked. Now I’m not negatively reviewing because they didn’t work, she was very upfront with the statistics of IUI.

$295 ultrasound Be careful though, they will change the pricing on you