‘I trusted them’: Patients left in limbo after fertility clinic closes [Video]

Dozens of Tennessee women trying to get pregnant no longer have a fertility clinic to go to.

The Center for Reproductive Health in Nashville abruptly shut down at the end of last week. On Thursday, the staff received a letter reading in part: “Unforeseen circumstances have led to a financial deficit. Regrettably, you will not receive your paychecks tomorrow.”

Sydney Price had an appointment on Friday, where she was told by a receptionist the clinic was “bankrupt.” 

“I trusted them with my family. I trusted them with my mental health because that’s huge when you’re going through this,” she told Scripps News Nashville.

Price and her husband Austin McDowell said they can’t wait to become parents again. They have two daughters, and as a result of in vitro fertilization treatments, they have three female embryos too.

For the past two years, the couple has driven 45 miles to the Center for Reproductive Health for fertility treatments.

“With shots and hormones …