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[quote=Anonymous]I think all of the nurses at CFA are pretty terrific people, and they are unsung heroines of infertility, definitely. I can't imagine how hard it must be to constantly deliver bad news. Because let's face it: that's what they do about 70 percent of the time in infertility world.

They were all kind at egg retrieval, as were the doctors. But I also feel like most interactions with them are fairly perfunctory. Ultrasounds, some basic conversations on the phone -- and almost always with bad news, so I've never wanted to linger and chat. I've just wanted to get off the phone to process what just happened.

If I had any advice for the nurse who wants to work in a RE practice, I would say this: Ask your patients how they're feeling. I'm not asked it very often, but the times I have been asked it, it was such a relief to feel as though I could honestly say how I was feeling. And while the nurse didn't have any solutions for me, having someone care was exactly what I needed at that moment.

It's a really important question, and not just if you're a nurse.

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