Westlake IVF, operating under the Austin Fertility brand at austinfertility.com, is located at 300 Beardsley Ln, Austin, TX 78746, in Westlake Hills — the affluent west Austin enclave west of Mopac (Loop 1) and south of Lake Austin. The Beardsley Ln address positions the practice in the Westlake area accessible from Bee Caves Rd, Westlake Drive, and the 360 (Capital of Texas Highway) corridor, serving patients from Westlake Hills, Rollingwood, West Lake Hills, Bee Cave, Lakeway, Steiner Ranch, and River Oaks/Tarrytown neighborhoods of west Austin. The clinic holds a 4.2-star rating across 27 reviews and is listed among Texas fertility clinics. Texas has no state infertility insurance mandate.
Westlake IVF occupies a distinct market position in the Austin fertility landscape — a boutique-scale practice in an affluent west Austin ZIP code, in contrast to the larger multi-physician practices concentrated in south, central, and north Austin. The Westlake Hills location serves a patient population that frequently includes dual-income professional households where privacy, individualized physician attention, and west-of-Mopac geographic convenience are significant factors in clinic selection.
Physicians and Clinical Team
Westlake IVF / Austin Fertility is led by a reproductive endocrinologist who holds ABOG board certification in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility. The boutique scale of the practice is an intentional design choice: patients have consistent access to the same physician throughout their treatment rather than navigating a rotating group-practice physician model.
The clinical team includes nursing staff experienced in IVF cycle coordination and monitoring, with embryology services integral to the in-house IVF program. As a smaller practice, the physician-patient relationship is a defining characteristic; multiple reviews explicitly cite the continuity of physician involvement as a primary reason for choosing Westlake IVF over larger Austin alternatives. Patients new to fertility treatment can review our guide to IVF treatment for a plain-language introduction to the IVF cycle.
Services and Treatments
Westlake IVF / Austin Fertility offers a focused range of ART services appropriate for its scale:
- In vitro fertilization (IVF) with individually designed controlled ovarian stimulation protocols
- Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) for male factor and fertilization concerns
- Intrauterine insemination (IUI) with or without ovulation induction
- Egg freezing (oocyte cryopreservation) for elective and medical fertility preservation
- Embryo cryopreservation and frozen embryo transfer (FET)
- Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidies (PGT-A)
- Donor sperm services and therapeutic donor insemination
- Donor egg IVF coordinated through established egg bank programs
- Male fertility evaluation including semen analysis
- Ovarian reserve assessment (AMH, FSH, antral follicle count)
- Uterine evaluation via saline infusion sonography
- LGBTQ+ family-building services including donor sperm IUI and donor egg IVF
Laboratory and Success Rates
Westlake IVF operates an IVF laboratory supporting the core embryology workflow: fertilization, ICSI, blastocyst culture, biopsy for PGT when indicated, vitrification, and warming for frozen embryo transfers. As a smaller volume practice, the laboratory team works with a curated cycle load, which some practitioners view as a quality-control advantage.
Patients should review the most current cycle-level data published by the CDC's ART Surveillance program and the SART Clinic Summary Report.
Smaller-volume practices produce published success rate statistics with wider confidence intervals than high-volume programs, meaning individual outcomes may vary more significantly from the published mean. Patients should discuss their specific prognosis directly with the physician during the consultation rather than relying primarily on aggregate published statistics.
Patient Experience
Patient reviews of Westlake IVF consistently emphasize the quality of the physician relationship and the personalized care model. Multiple reviewers describe a level of personal attention and follow-through that they found meaningfully different from their prior experiences at larger multi-physician practices. The boutique setting is frequently mentioned — a smaller waiting room, less institutional feel, and a team that knows patients by name across multiple visits.
The Westlake Hills location on Beardsley Ln is parking-accessible and in a suburban professional setting west of Mopac. Patients from Bee Cave, Lakeway, and the 360 corridor describe the commute as efficient compared to crossing Mopac during peak traffic to reach central or south Austin practices. Patients from east Austin or the airport area note that the west Austin location requires more driving, which is a trade-off some make willingly for the practice's model.
Considering At-Home Insemination?
Not every fertility journey begins in a clinic. At-home intracervical insemination (ICI) is a lower-cost, private option that suits patients with no known fertility diagnosis — including single parents by choice, same-sex couples, and people who want to try a few cycles before committing to clinical treatment.
At-home insemination kits like those from MakeAMom come with step-by-step instructions designed for donor or partner sperm. Kits are a one-time purchase that can be reused until conception succeeds, require no clinic visit, and arrive in plain, discreet packaging. Many patients use them as a first step while working toward a fertility consultation — or alongside ovulation tracking while they wait for an appointment slot.
If you have a known fertility diagnosis, have been trying for 12 months without success (six months if you're over 35), or your physician has already recommended IUI or IVF, a board-certified reproductive endocrinologist is the right next step.
Insurance and Financing
Texas does not have a state infertility insurance mandate. Coverage for fertility treatment depends on your employer's voluntary benefit design. Westlake Hills patients frequently work for Austin-area technology companies or in finance and professional services roles, and many of these employer categories have voluntarily added fertility benefits to their group plans in recent years. However, plan inclusion is not guaranteed; patients should verify their specific benefits before scheduling treatment.
Westlake IVF's financial team assists with benefit verification and cost estimation. For patients without qualifying coverage, the practice's smaller scale allows for transparent pricing conversations. Third-party healthcare financing through lenders such as Prosper Healthcare Lending is available. Medication costs are a significant out-of-pocket item; the practice can advise on specialty pharmacy options and manufacturer assistance programs for gonadotropins.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between Westlake IVF and Austin Fertility — are they the same? Yes. Westlake IVF and Austin Fertility are the same practice operating under two brand identifiers, with the clinical operation accessible through austinfertility.com. The 300 Beardsley Ln address in Westlake Hills is the physical location.
How does a boutique-scale IVF practice compare to larger multi-physician practices? The primary distinction is physician continuity and personalization. At a boutique practice, the same physician typically performs consultations, monitoring interpretations, the egg retrieval, and the embryo transfer. At a larger group practice, different physicians may cover different appointments. Some patients strongly prefer boutique continuity; others prefer the depth of multiple subspecialists. The choice depends on personal priorities as much as clinical factors.
Does Westlake IVF handle complex cases, or is it better suited to straightforward IVF? As a smaller practice, Westlake IVF is well-suited for patients in the unexplained infertility, mild-to-moderate male factor, and age-related infertility categories. Cases requiring highly specialized interventions — such as surgical sperm retrieval, gestational carrier coordination for complex medical surrogacy, or PGT for complex structural chromosomal rearrangements — may benefit from additional subspecialty resources. The physician can assess during the consultation whether your specific case is best served at Westlake IVF or whether a referral to a larger program would be appropriate.
How do I schedule a consultation at Westlake IVF / Austin Fertility? New patients can contact the practice at austinfertility.com or by phone to request a new patient consultation at the Beardsley Ln office. Given the boutique scale, appointment availability may be more limited than at larger practices; patients with time-sensitive situations should communicate urgency when calling.