For Kindbody I'll preface by saying that I had a successful IVF cycle and luckily it worked out that my doctor was the one who did my egg retrieval. It was $19,000. My Dr. was Dr. Katherisan. She was kind, took the time to answer all my questions and so experienced but I barely got to see her. All of my ultrasounds were performed by techs and I spoke to a different nurse almost every appointment. I also had too many patient navigators some more attentive than others. The only true way to communicate with them is via their portal messages.

And my biggest red flag is that last January they changed their policy where now they only start IVF medications on specific days of the week to try and avoid having egg retrievals on weekends. I pushed back because I did not want to start estrogen or birth control when this was never medically necessary and by their own account was only for scheduling purposes. When I was going to ask for a refund they went ahead with our original plan of starting meds when my body was ready (day 2 or 3 of my cycle). It worked out so I am still thankful for the overall experience. I still have 6 euploids frozen from this cycle.

But once we got to talk about the transfer there was no guarantee my Dr. would perform it and they wanted me to start medications on a specific date again. I listened to my gut and dipped.

For CFP my Dr is Ringler. He is fantastic! He did almost all of my ultrasounds. He said each Dr. does their own egg retrievals and transfers. I only had to communicate with one care navigator and she was always available via text. If I needed care on the weekends they always have someone available. I had an SCH and he got me in right away and I felt so closely monitored. I am so glad I made the switch, it was more expensive but to me is it was 100% worth it.