I'm writing this to hopefully help others who are considering this clinic. I read the Yelp reviews and thought, "okay, it's a factory. I am okay with that. I just need competent." They weren't.
I gave Boston IVF four embryos to undergo genetic screening - PGS. I met with a doctor there and asked about the risk to the embryos. He told me they have a better than 95% survival rate when undergoing PGS. This was backed up by their website, which claims a 98% success rate. I went ahead. All four embryos died. Let's be clear: assuming a 98% success rate, the chance of all four dying, without negligence, is 16 in 10,000,000.
Not only did they not bother to return my calls after killing my embryos (specifically, I put calls out to their clinical director, who called me back once two weeks later with no knowledge of my case at all, said she'd look into it, and never called again), but they charged me $750 to thaw the embryos. That's like hiring someone to paint your house who burns your house down, but still charges you for putting up the painter's tape.
So, here I am starting from scratch, with the time, thousands of dollars, and heartbreak involved in starting over. If I had it to do again, I'd avoid this place like the plague.
I'm writing this to hopefully help others who are considering this clinic. I read the Yelp reviews and thought, "okay, it's a factory. I am okay with that. I just need competent." They weren't. I gave Boston IVF four embryos to undergo genetic screening - PGS. I met with a doctor there and asked about the risk to the embryos. He told me they have a better than 95% survival rate when undergoing PGS. This was backed up by their website, which claims a 98% success rate. I went ahead. All four embryos died. Let's be clear: assuming a 98% success rate, the chance of all four dying, without negligence, is 16 in 10,000,000. Not only did they not bother to return my calls after killing my embryos (specifically, I put calls out to their clinical director, who called me back once two weeks later with no knowledge of my case at all, said she'd look into it, and never called again), but they charged me $750 to thaw the embryos. That's like hiring someone to paint your house who burns your house down, but still charges you for putting up the painter's tape. So, here I am starting from scratch, with the time, thousands of dollars, and heartbreak involved in starting over. If I had it to do again, I'd avoid this place like the plague.