We hope that you find this website informative about our IVF program and infertility treatment options. You can view information about many of our infertility therapies offered including: IVF, egg donation and surrogacy and many of the embryology services offered including ICSI, assisted hatching, PGT, blastocyst culture and cryopreservation of sperm, eggs and embryos.
After making your first appointment with Elite IVF Solutions, you will receive a welcome packet via email. This packet contains:
* We request these items be mailed, emailed or faxed and received 1 week prior to your scheduled appointment.
We ask that you arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled appointment time and complete and bring with you the following items:
Much of your first appointment is consultation after reviewing past medical records. It is important for us to have this information before your first visit. We ask that you and your partner complete and fax to us your medical record release form at least 1 week before your appointment/consultation so that we may obtain your medical history.
You may also bring your medical records/information to your first appointment if you cannot obtain them beforehand.
As you meet with Dr. Lindheim, you and your partner will have the opportunity to:
Fertility concerns are best resolved in consultation with both you and your partner. It might be recommended that you and your partner have some additional medical testing to help identify the cause of your difficulty getting pregnant.
Particular care will be taken so that only the appropriate tests relevant to you and your partner are conducted, saving both time and expense. If this is the case, we can schedule these during your first visit.
After you have completed your initial consultation with Dr. Lindheim, you will then meet on that day with our dedicated financial counselor to discuss insurance benefit and possible payment options/solutions tailored to your treatment plan. We take pride in working with every patient and couple on finding the best financial solution to complement their treatment plan.
Your first appointment at Elite IVF Solutions will involve the following:
We will ask detailed questions about:
If you have a partner, their medical and reproductive history will also be reviewed.
A basic physical exam may be done:
We may recommend additional testing, typically timed according to your menstrual cycle:
Based on your history and any immediate findings, our providers will begin to form ideas about what could be happening (like PCOS, diminished ovarian reserve, endometriosis, male factor infertility, unexplained infertility, etc.)
You'll get a personalized plan that could include:
An EIS Fertility Nurse Coordinator will meet with you to review your plan, explain next steps, schedule appointments and procedures, and answer any questions you may have.
Since fertility treatments can be expensive and not always fully covered by insurance, you might meet with our financial counselor to go over:
Keep a file with copies of any previous medical records or test results. Bring this information with you to your first appointment. Be sure you have access to results of any testing performed at EIS or ordered by our providers so you can add this information to your records.
Write down your questions and concerns. Fertility appointments are information-heavy, and it's easy to forget something you wanted to ask or discuss.
Bring something to take notes. We may discuss and explain complex options, and it's helpful to write it down.
(of any Fertility Specialist if not addressed in your consultation):
Based on my history, what testing do you recommend first?
How do you decide between treatments like timed intercourse, IUI, and IVF?
What is your clinic's success rate for my age group?
What are the potential costs and what does insurance typically cover?
Are there lifestyle changes we can make to improve our chances?
If we need IVF, do you offer genetic testing (PGT) on embryos?
How long should we try one method before moving on to another?
