Stephanie Rothenberg

We only met with Dr. Rothenberg a couple times, as she went on maternity leave after we started treatment. However, she was very kind and respectful during out conversations. She took the time to listen to our concerns and treated us like human beings and not like patients.

Try to get a meeting with her when she is back from her maternity leave! I wish we saw more of her.

Because I was not ovulating on my own, Dr. Rothenberg had me take 10mg of Letrozole each day for 5 days. This was after blood work and an ultrasound. This was followed by an ultrasound to see my follicle count and size, and to determine when I would do an HCG shot. For the first two cycles, the shot was followed by timed intercourse at home. For the third, it was followed by an IUI.

I have not been billed yet, and I've been seeing this clinic for 4 months. This is due to my insurance being unreliable. I am expecting a bill soon, and we do not know for how much.

We did not do that.

Dr. Rothenberg's strength is her communications. She clearly explains the process, procedure, meds, and risks. I felt like I knew what to expect and understood what I needed to do as next steps. If I had to choose an area she could improve on it would be her warmness at bedside. I feel like she cares and is cheering me on though.

To have a list of questios going into appointments and to take notes. It is a lot of information to take in. However, I feel Dr Rothenberg does a good job of not giving too much information. But it is hard to remember everything. So notes and questions would be helpful.

I don't remeber specifics besides oral medications during IUI until the trigger. And 2 infections daily for egg retrieval as well as frequent ultrasounds to determine the timing of the procedure.

About $40,000 for four IUI cycles, donor sperm, and an egg retrieval cycle including medications

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Dr Rothenberg was absolutely wonderful. She listened to every concern and gave thorough and thoughtful answers. She was very understanding when we wanted to do one cycle of timed intercourse before jumping straight to iui. She didn’t give any push back and I really appreciated that because it was ultimately our decision and she handled it with grace. We had a plan for if it didn’t work. She was very thorough about testing and making sure not only everything was good on my end, but making sure everything was aligned with my husband as well as we also have male factor infertility. She was just amazing. She told me after our first initial visit she was confident that I would be pregnant within 6 months. Which I was skeptical because we had a bad experience with a previous clinic and I wasn’t as hopeful. We ended up pregnant with our second cycle seeing Dr. Rothenberg. She lived up to that statement and we enjoyed our care with her. She was kind, and patient. And had an amazing bedside manner.

You will not regret seeing her.

I have PCOS. I did not ovulate on my own. I was given 10mg of progesterone to bring on a period. Then I was given 7.5mg of letrozole to take on cycle days 3-7 to help mature a follicle. At 12 days into the cycle we had follicle checks to ensure we had maturing follicles. And mature being at least 18mm or larger. Once we had a mature follicle we did 5,000 units of pregnyl HCG trigger shot to ensure the follicle would erupt from the ovary. Then we did iui the day after our trigger. We waited until 14 days past the iui to take a pregnancy test and it was positive.

I believe after insurance, our out of pocket costs were no more than $800.

She isn’t a bulls$&77er about what’s happening or treatment which I really appreciate. Infertility can lead you down some dark places and through many rabbit holes of things people swear worked for them and their miracle babies. Dr. Rothenberg patiently listens and then gives you science. She helps keep you rational.

Research, ask questions, be your own advocate, but listen to your doctor. She gives great information and feedback but you have to ask the questions. Dr. Rothenberg entertained every question I could possibly think of and for every scenario.

Initially everything was on the table for us because our labs came back fine. We elected to do IUI with Letrozole and the HcG trigger shot. We could have started with IVF but decided why use dynamite when a sparkler might work? We were successful, but miscarried.

IUIs are, in total, about $900, and meds are $140.

Dr. Stephanie Rothenberg made us feel comfortable and supported. She is very knowledgable and has a great balance in a warm but also direct approach. Her strength was explaining our options and not pressuring us. We felt discouraged when it came to cost, risks and % of treatment working but this is not her fault. A follow up might have been nice to see how they can support us in decision making.

To trust her, she is good. But also maybe to check with other clinics that may be more affordable.

We did an HSG to see if my fallopian tubes are functioning okay. She recommended 3 IUIs and then IVF.

Wow, what to say about Dr. Rothenberg.... too many good things! She is so compassionate, kind, caring and she want to help you in your TTC journey. She cares about her patients and you can tell that right away when you meet her. She answers questions thoroughly so you know what to expect and she can tell if you’re unsure about something she says.

She may be new to the Clinic, but she comes with loads of knowledge and compassion!

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Costs would be anywhere from $25,000-30,000

Overall I appreciated how Dr Rothenberg dealt with every part of the process. Some of her strengths: knowledge and ability to relate information as in-depth or simplified as wanted (from the original meet and explanation, to follow-ups and subsequent visits); engaging and considerate (able to keep things light-hearted when needed despite such a tough endeavor); thorough and flexible. No weaknesses really spring to mind, honestly.

Definitely see her. Also, just be open and honest with her. She's there to help however she can, and she'll be as transparent and realistic with you as possible.

Sorry but I couldn't go over it all to be honest. I have PCOS and between myself and husband some other complications as well as medication I'm unable to stop taking, and Dr Rothenberg. considered it all and developed a strategy to best suit our situation. The most recent stage was fertilization which included lupin injections, estradiol patches (replaced every two days, progressively more over a couple weeks before implantation appointment, then returned to 2 patches every 2 days), and Progesterone injections (first a type in sesame oil, and then changed to a version in ethyl oleate when I had a bad reaction to the first).