I have struggled with whether to write this review because my history with Brown Fertility goes back 10 years, and part of that history gave my family one of our greatest blessings--our daughter.
I began my fertility journey with Brown Fertility in 2016. Fourteen eggs were retrieved, seven fertilized, and after multiple transfers, we were blessed with our beautiful daughter, Hai'layah, in 2017. For that, I will ALWAYS be grateful.
But the Brown Fertility I experienced in 2026 did not feel like the practice I remembered from 2016--one that I believed valued compassionate care.
Over the years, we experienced unsuccessful transfers in 2016 and 2024. In 2026, we returned for our final remaining embryo. I completed the required prescreening and followed the treatment protocol. We went into this transfer with tremendous faith, hope, and excitement.
Unfortunately, the pregnancy ended in miscarriage.
What has been almost as painful as the loss itself is HOW we learned that our pregnancy was no longer progressing. I found out by viewing my own Quest bloodwork results. I did not receive a phone call from Brown Fertility informing me, counseling me, preparing me for what might happen physically, or simply acknowledging that our family was losing a very wanted pregnancy. Three days later, I physically miscarried.
To date, we still have not received the compassionate follow-up call I believe a patient experiencing pregnancy loss deserves.
My husband is heartbroken. Our daughter, who was so excited about becoming a big sister, is heartbroken. And I am heartbroken.
I am sharing this because I want other fertility patients to ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES.
Ask questions. Ask what testing is available. Ask whether genetic testing of embryos is appropriate in your circumstances. Ask whether additional uterine, hormonal, structural, clotting, genetic, or other evaluation is medically indicated after repeated unsuccessful transfers or pregnancy loss. Ask what has already been ruled out and what has not. Ask what the evidence shows. If you do not feel your questions are being adequately answered, seek a second opinion.
One statement that has remained with me was essentially, "The good ones stick and the bad ones don't." After everything our family invested emotionally, physically, spiritually, and financially, that explanation was not sufficient for me.
I understand that no fertility physician can guarantee implantation, a healthy pregnancy, or a live birth. I also understand that even with modern reproductive medicine, some losses cannot be explained or prevented. But I believe patients deserve thoughtful investigation, individualized recommendations, honest explanations about the limits of available testing, and--above all--compassionate communication when a pregnancy is lost.
Fertility patients are not simply appointments, lab values, payments, or statistics. These embryos represent deeply loved and desperately wanted children to the families hoping to bring them home.
My advice to anyone beginning IVF is simple: DO NOT BE AFRAID TO ASK WHY. Do not be afraid to ask what else can reasonably be evaluated. Do not assume that because you completed the standard testing, every appropriate avenue has been exhausted. And never be afraid to get another medical opinion.
Brown Fertility will forever be part of our family's story because our precious Hai'layah came from this journey, and I will always be grateful for that blessing. But gratitude for what happened in 2017 does not prevent me from being truthful about what we experienced in 2026.
After ten years, multiple transfers, tremendous financial and emotional investment, and ultimately the loss of our final embryo, our family deserved more than discovering the outcome through a patient portal.
We deserved a phone call.
We deserved an explanation.
We deserved compassion.
And every fertility patient deserves the same. May God bless you all read more