Bay IVF Center

Dr. Polanski and Bay IVF are wonderful and I’d like to wholeheartedly recommend them.
My husband and I are very pleased with our experience both with Dr. Polanski as well as Bay IVF in general. The staff are consistently friendly, professional, helpful and knowledgeable.
My husband and I have had a long journey towards having another child. We started with international adoption and US adoption but the process did not work for us. We were fortunate to find Dr. Polanski and Bay IVF.
One of the things we immediately liked about Dr. Polanski is his honesty and direct communication style. Once we started working with BayIVF, Dr. Polanski explained all our available options and patiently answered our many questions allowing us to make informed decisions. We never felt pushed towards making a decision we were not comfortable with.
The other thing we really liked about Dr. Polanski is the incredible support and encouragement he provided us during the entire process. We felt that he really cares about his patients.
We’d also like to recommend Dr. Polanski’s emphasis on a healthy diet and lifestyle. His website has several recommendations about omega fatty acids and other diet considerations which we found very helpful.
We simply feel very fortunate to have found Bay IVF and I am happy to report we are expecting a baby. I have tremendous respect and gratitude for this practice, Dr Polanski and the staff. I absolutely recommend them.

One things I want to say to everyone who want to try have baby or IVF: bay IVF is the place you should go and do consultant firstly! I got this clinic information from friends, I finally make my determination to see doctor! After doctor consultation, I cried for my desperately hopeless, but I calm down soon and felt warm from my heart, everyone deserve honesty and truths about their fertility! Great Doctor and service in IVF field in Bay Area for 30 years! God blessing us all!

This review is long overdue. Me and my husband have been trying to conceive for about 2 yeras before we saw Dr. Polansky at the beginning of 2014. I had gone through a bursted ectopic pregnancy causing me to loose one of my tubes and subsequently removed my other tube after an HSG showed that it was hydrosalpinx and it could not be opened.
So we went to see Dr. Polansky as that was the only way for us to have a child. My AMH was concerning, I was 34 and my AMH was 0.79, FSH 7.4 and TSH 1.2. He was pretty straight forward with our expectations, and while some folks complain about that, I like the fact that he was a straight shooter and didn’t lie to you for example so that they can take your money. So we went for our first IVF cycle, I got 6 eggs and 3 were empty so we ended up with 3 eggs only. We transferred 2 and we got pregnant with 1 baby. I am sharing this because at 19 weeks, I had to go into labor due to an infection (irrelevant to the IVF) and when my water broke on Saturday night, I called the nurse at Bay IVF and shortly after Dr. Polansky called me directly. He guided me on who I should see, which hospital to go to, who to talk to and offered to call them too if I didn’t make any progress. He gave me his personal cell number to call and keep him posted… Who would do that? I was no longer a patient yet he cared and I found that extremely calming in that panicky situation.
We did a FET also for the last emryo that we had, had a BFP, but when we went for the Ultrasound, there was no sac… so here we are, waiting for our second cycle to begin. I’d highly recommend the clicnic to anyone who is seeking a great place and also that is affordable. Dr. Polansky also doesn’t believe necessarily that more meds are better for you so you won’t find yourself being pummed with lots of meds, he’s striving to focus on quality. Every time we’d go in, it’s like going to see your friends becuase they’d know your name, know what’s happening in your life and you don’t feel alone in this hard journey. I find him very nice, caring and always explaing what he’s doing. His staff is very friendly, always in top in terms of perscriptions, making accomodations on the schedule if you have to travel for work and answering all of your questions.
Good luck to all of you

After trying to conceive for almost five years, my husband and I made an appointment for a consultation at Bay IVF to gather more information about our options.
From the moment we met Dr. Polansky, My husband and I felt comfortable, secure, and well informed. Additionally, the nurses and staff at Bay IVF provided prompt, efficient care with both expertise and patience.
Whether ordering prescriptions, educating me on how to properly administer medications, or explaining options and probable outcomes of specific treatment protocols, Dr. Polansky and his team were simply remarkable. They made an inherently anxiety inducing process as streamlined and straightforward as possible.
I never felt alone, and appreciated the close guidance they provided throughout our entire treatment. Furthermore, I couldn’t be happier with the results. My husband and I are now expecting twins and are absolutely thrilled!
If you are looking for a fertility expert who will offer comprehensive treatment and truly genuine care, I wouldn’t hesitate for a second in recommending Dr. Polansky and his incredible assistants at Bay IVF.

This review goes to Julie the receptionist, and the doctor. I didn’t receive any services from Bay IVF. I am however, rating Bay IVF based my several phone calls and website experiences.
First, I called in and asked Julie many questions (after reading the website). Julie was very patient with my concerns. Off the bat, she asked questions, didn’t assume, and told me she’d call back once the doctor gives her advice! I can’t say how thankful I was for this… to give me a chance to receive quick consultation/​feedback deserves 5 stars alone. Back story: I was shopping for fertility clinics and felt we didn’t have any guidance. Guidance as to what the next steps of testing BEFORE doing pre requisites at Bay IVF. They counseled me and I am always thankful. I suggest this business to anyone.
Second, I finally got pregnant naturally. More importantly, the other positive aspect about this place is how respectful they are to their potential patients. For example, listed on the website is the total cost. There’s no hidden fees. This greatly reduces stress for any one. Bay IVFs costs are more affordable than others in the area and beyond. Through researching, other online websites don’t include hidden fees Bay IVF doesn’t do this! IVF is already expensive. Minus well tell the patients how much the service costs flat out.
Thank you for your insight, warmth, and respect!

Thanks to Dr. Polansky, I have a beautiful five month old boy sleeping soundly right now! It is such a blessing. I am so glad I got to work with BAY IVF.

My wife & I have always known we wanted to have a family together and fully involve both of us in the process so reciprocal IVF was the obvious choice for us. Using her eggs, a sperm donor & me as the carrier.
Being younger we were scared we wouldn’t be taken seriously. Fortunately we didn’t have this issue at all. After a long time of researching we visited a few clinics, one being Bay IVF originally we were concerned about the smaller scale of this clinic but this ended up being one of the many things we LOVED about Bay IVF.
We’ve never been treated or felt like just another patient with them as many pursuing IVF have to experience.
Not only are their prices great, they are upfront and explain all pricing in detail which is super important.
From the first day we contacted them everybody we spoke with/​were seen by was extremely friendly and personable as well as knowledgable.
I can’t count the number of times I called Julie, their receptionist and asked questions. Sometimes even multiple times a day. She always answered my questions or found somebody who could answer them and never once had any type of attitude! :) She’s extremely sweet.
Minerva and Iris were the nurses who assisted with our cycles. I can’t say enough good things about them! They were always on top of absolutely everything. They found a way to make a process that tends to be very stressful and complicated run as smoothly as possible! Before you could think of a question, they already answered it for you. They have the perfect way of balancing being our nurses & nearly being «friends» of ours.
Although the embryologist is mostly a behind the scenes part of their team, she ALWAYS has a smile on her face and says hi every time you see her which just adds to the friendly vibe of the clinic.
Dr. Polansky is a very knowledgeable, kind doctor! He tells the truth, is always available and is sure to keep you informed on each and every part of the process. We feel as if the entire BAY IVF team is personally invested in their patients and genuinely care about the outcome of cycles.
They went above and beyond in so many ways to help us achieve a pregnancy.
Three cycles later and we are currently 20 weeks pregnant with our baby that we literally couldn’t of had without Bay IVF.
I don’t think we will ever be able to fully express our gratitude towards this clinic.
They will FOREVER be a huge part of our lives, we feel as if they are our miracle team in baby making. :)
I will never have to look for another clinic again, I know without a doubt all of our children with be conceived here.
Thank you a million times to Bay IVF team. We have so much love for each and everybody there. These treatments are not easy, but we could not have picked a better group of people to have taking care of us!
I have recommend Bay IVF to everybody I know looking for a fertility clinic and will continue to do so! Even if you have to travel, it will be well worth it to work with this group of professionals.

People, please trust me, Bay IVF is a wonderful place to fulfill your family happiness. Right in the beginning, I had really good impression with their website about the procedure and the diet, nutrition requirement. Those information are so helpful and complete as I had years of studying and finding the right nutrition (to conceive also). I follow those diet requirement very strictly, thus not only was I successful with the first cycle of IVF, but my skin and my body look much healthier and brighter.
All the time I was at the center, I was took care gently, warmly but professionally. I love Iris, Tracy, Julie, and especially Dr Polansky and Lab members. I was sick several time during my cycle, but I was always able to reach the medical members of the centers for advice even in the late evening. Iris went all the way to call me back in the night to make sure I was doing ok for the important day. Dr Polansky doesn’t talk much except for treatment information, but I can fell his warmness and truly care for his patient during all of my procedure. He is a wonderful doctor.
The IVF center has really good pricing compared to other centers around, thanks to Dr Polansky ‘s contribution. My advice is to take all tests done at the IVF centers. I wanted to take some tests at my general doctor with the hope the insurance would pay for it; however, my doctor messed up with the wrong tests (and I heard lots of people had the same situation like mine), and the waiting for the result was painful long. I ended up retake the tests at the IVF center and paid for the fees that were not much higher than those I paid for my general doctor with insurance cover.
Thanks to all members of bayIVF center, I now can’t be happier with my baby.

Me and my wife had been trying to conceive for the last 3 years naturally and had been unsuccessful, so we decided to go see an IVF specialist. From my initial research of clinics and gathering information as far as prices. I found in general how shockingly expensive IVF is. I researched a lot of clinics that offered IVF and had compared prices of clinics from the bayarea to as far as the east coast. I found a couple clinics in the east coast that were cheap with the initial procedures, but failed to mention the hidden cost of medication and dr visits, plus by the time you factor in the cost of travel expenses it suited me best looking locally. I found Bay IVF and found that there prices and success rate were great and prices were very competitive so we decided to give them a try. We talked to Julie. She was absolutely great and exceptional and she gave us a lot of information we needed and went out of her way and made us feel really welcomed and cheering us on along the whole IVF process. She made us feel that she sincerely wanted us to be successful in having a baby. The whole staff was great and we can not say enough good things about them. Dr. Polansky is a definitely a straight shooter as suggested in previous reviews. I was a little turned off by the probability and statics he gave us about our success rate without even seeing first hand the quality of the eggs we had but rather basing it on a condition my wife had. He stated we had only a 4% chance of conceiving successfully which for me was like no chance. We decided to go through with it anyways and now my wife is now 4 months preggo! First IVF procedure and successful! Thanks of course to Dr. Polansky and his wonderful Staff for this would not be possible without them! Say what you want but his success rates don’t lie.

Bay IVF is amazing, and here is the letter I wrote them.
Dear Bay IVF,
Today we saw the heartbeat of our baby on ultrasound for the first time, and words cannot describe how joyful and excited we are.
It has been a long journey, and it would not have been possible without your professional advice and continuous encouragement along way. We are so grateful for all that you have done for us.
Bay IVF is not the first clinic we visited, what makes you truly different is your professionalism, your compassion towards patients, and your holistic approach that combines the IVF treatment with nutrition therapy and alternative therapies like acupuncture.
We appreciate Dr. Polansky’s honesty. In the very first interview, he clearly explained all the facts and data, gave us a realistic estimate of our chance for conceiving without giving any false hope or discouragement. We appreciate your messages with heartfelt sympathy after our first two failed attempts. And above all, we appreciate your warm and welcoming staff, they treated us like friends rather than a number. And Julie made us feel like home the first time we visited your clinic.
Thank you Bay IVF, you made our dream come true!

They only do injection based IUI. Julie called me back promptly after I left a message and was very nice on the phone. She says she’ll need to consult Dr. Polansky before setting me up for sn appointment, and she would call me the next day. She didn’t call me back the next day, but she did call and offer some advice without accepting me as a patient.

I don’t normally use Unilocal,but I felt compelled to share my experience
with Bay IVF.
I was very nervous right from the get-​go. The decision to start IVF
was followed by years of disappointment (as I’m sure it is with
everyone) and although we were hopeful and excited, we were also
scared and unsure. From my consultation with Dr. Polansky, through my
initial class with Iris, I knew I was in good hands. Every time I came
in for an appointment, I felt like a welcomed friend.
I am the type of person that had a lot of questions and so I called A
LOT! If I needed a nurse or a doctor, one was always available to me, to either answer my question, or to just offer me the reassurance I needed.
When it came time to do the egg retrieval, I didn’t have many. I was
really bummed and worried. I knew that I might not get pregnant the
first time around, and I was prepared for that, but seeing how few
eggs I actually had, was really disappointing. Dr. Polansky looked at
me and told me that it was the quality of the eggs, not the quantity,
and that I had very good quality eggs, and we were ok. I had trusted
him all along, so I knew I could trust him then.
By the next day, those few eggs turned into four very good embryos.
They were all so excited for me. When we went back for the embryo
transfer, we decided to go with two. It was a very emotional day for
us. We got pictures of the little embryos. :) A few weeks later, we
found out that BOTH embryos implanted and today, we have a little boy
and a little girl.
Everyone at Bay IVF was amazing. Dr. Polansky was realistic, he
instilled confidence in us with his knowledge and experience, and he
was warm and caring. All of the staff was awesome. I can’t say enough
about them.
The encouragement, the hugs, the hand holding and the high fives that
you receive at Bay IVF are second to nothing but the two beautiful children I finally get to call my own.

I am no stranger to IVF. I have done 4 Iui’s and 4 very tough IVF cycles through reproductive science center… all before the age of 35. I have had no health problems and am perfectly healthily. After having an ectopic after the 4^th IVF, I was told the only way to have a baby was through donor eggs or adoption. Repro sci also told me that I had less than 1% chance of conceiving on my own. At repro sci I was a number — rarely talked to my doctor… and it was always a different nurse delivering confusing information. Now at 40 years, my hormone levels are better than at 33 and 35… And we just did our first IVf with dr Polanski. If you want a caring doctor who calls you personally and has no hessitation with giving you all his numbers in case you have a question… and a staff who’s dedication, compassion and hope for your success is felt every time you walk into their office, then this is the office for you. I would agree that dr Polanski is direct, and his healthcare regimine is extremely difficult for most people to follow, but He has done his research and knows what it takes for optimum results… he will do is best as long as you are doing your best…
We just got not so great news from this office, but they delivered it with more hope and sincerity than I could have possibly imagined. I cannot give them a high enough rating…
And as for repro science center… I will never walk through those doors again… they are good, but you will feel like a number and they have no problem taking your money… and they are more expensive than most.

First and foremost, I’d like to say that Dr. Polansky is the BEST fertility doctor in the Bay Area. My husband and I have been battling with infertility for the past 9 years. We had 5 IUI cycles and 1 IVF cycle with Dr. Tazuki (from PAMF), 1 IVF cycle with Dr. Zouves, 2 IVF cycles with Dr. Schmidt (Nova Fertility), and 6 IUI cycles with Dr. Rydfors, none of which resulted in a pregnancy.
We were referred to Dr. Polansky by Dr. Rydfors in July. After so many failed cycles, we were extremely discouraged and starting to feel hopeless. We met with Dr. Polansky with the intention of doing an IVF cycle with egg donor, which was recommended to us by multiple fertility doctors we’ve met. During our first meeting with Dr. Polansky, he clearly explained our chances for conceiving without the help of egg donor through IVF. After discussing our past cycles with Dr. Polansky, we felt that we still had hope of conceiving with Dr. Polansky. Dr. Polansky’s protocol was different than other fertility doctors that we’ve seen. His protocol for us focused more on the egg quality, rather than the quantity of the eggs. We did one cycle of IVF with Dr. Polansky, and I’m now 8 weeks pregnant!
Dr. Polansky is honest, caring, and professional. In addition, his staff is superb! We recommend Bay IVF to anyone having fertility issues.
Also, Dr. Polansky offers FREE physician care! His office only bills for the laboratory portion of tests and treatments. Anyone who goes through IVF knows how expensive it can be, and the stress it causes.

I’m trying to type as my 3 month old coos and bats at my hands. At 43 years old, I have a baby!
I had quite a journey with Dr. Polansky. I found him to be highly professional, kind, and — most notably — a straight-​shooter. I had been in a fertility program through PAMF for two years before I went to Dr. Polansky at Nova. He did some tests and when the results weren’t so good, he was brutally honest. I appreciated that. I had spent a small fortune before coming to him, and he didn’t want to see me waste any more money. He said my eggs weren’t viable, and even if I conceived the fetus would likely have defects (Downs, etc.). He suggested I look for an egg donor. In my mind, I just gave up. I finally heard what I needed to hear: your eggs aren’t working.
I stopped worrying about having a baby. I stopped tracking my cycle and gave myself a break while I researched egg donation services and looked for $$. If I had stayed at PAMF I’d still be pouring money into IUI or IVF cycles. But Dr. Polansky’s honesty allowed me to stop and relax.
And, wouldn’t you know it. I got pregnant. Without trying. Without drugs. It just happened. I was terrified that my baby would have a trisomy disorder, given how «bad» my eggs were. But everything is fine… I have a perfect, happy, adorable baby boy.
Although I didn’t have to go through treatments with Dr. P, I cannot say enough for how important his honesty was, and the time he took to sit with me and EXPLAIN everything. At PAMF they didn’t even remember me from month to month. They just kept putting into cycles without really understanding what was happening with my specific situation. It created so much stress.
Dr. P’s office staff were fabulous. Very friendly and empathetic. They’re organized and responsive also.
(BTW, I had read reviews of Dr. Polansky before that said he is quick to rush his patients into egg donation. One theory floating around is that he wants to keep his success rate up, and the most effective way for him to do that is to get his patients using donor eggs as soon as possible. I don’t really buy that, but it was something that kept coming up in reviews. He did suggest egg donation to me (and turns out that I had at least one good egg left!) — but was that a calculated move to up his numbers, or a suggestion with my best interests at heart? I prefer to think the latter.)
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UPDATE: healthy baby #2 due in a few weeks, also without fertility treatment. Hmm… maybe my eggs weren’t so bad afterall…

I just completed my first cycle of IVF and am waiting for the results which will be in a couple of weeks, but wanted to write a review for Dr. Polansky. I don’t think I could have made a better choice when deciding which clinic to choose in the bay area. He is very direct and honest, answers any and all questions, and you are never treated like a number. He even pro actively recommended I see my family doctor to check out something that I mentioned I had that didn’t have to do with IVF.
His staff is also amazing to work with, questions and emails were always promptly responded. No matter what the outcome, I would highly recommend Bay IVF.