When I see patients who have failed an IVF cycle, I ask them basic questions such as, "How many eggs did you grow?" and " What was your embryo quality". The standard response is, "Our doctor didn't tell us anything." Interestingly, many patients believe that doctors are allergic to patients who ask questions. In fact, a lot of IVF doctors tell them at their first consultation, "Please don't Google, because you will just get confused and anxious. A lot of the advice on google are not very good, so don't waste your time and energy for googling. Also, please don't ask us questions.
You need to learn to trust us. If you don't trust us , then you should go and find another doctor." I think this is bad advice. Infertile patients have lots of questions because they're confused and have lots of doubts. They have heard a lot of old wife's tales, and are not sure how to separate facts from myths.…
