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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just a note on the female thing - you're going to be seeing a lot of doctors as you get going on this process, and many of them will be male.  If you want a woman as your main RE, that's great - but (based on my experience, at least) know that you will likely have monitoring appointments (and potentially tests done) with several/all of the doctors at a practice and some/many of them may be male. And, depending on your OB practice, when/if you do get pregnant, you'll rotate through many doctors there as well. Not trying to discourage you, but I had always gone to a female OBGYN because I thought I'd be more comfortable with a woman - but after a year or so of doing the RE/infertility thing, I've gotten used to (and totally comfortable) with the guys as well because there was really no choice, it's just how it works.

Also, you're going to be going there a lot for appointments and monitoring, so pick a place that is physically convenient for you to get to. If you have certain conditions or circumstances that call for a particular type or specialization of RE, that's another thing, but if you're unexplained or just getting started, find a place where it would not be overly inconvenient for you to get to for 3-5 consecutive  mornings and a couple of other appointments per treatment month.
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I think this was very gently put, nicely done. I would say the frequent appointments continue through pregnancy too and that sometimes the best/most convenient doctors will be men. In my high risk pregnancy, I've been alternating between OB and MFM, and for the first 20 weeks, I've been seeing them once a week...if I refused to see male doctors it would be way more complicated.[/quote]

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