I am a fertility physician, practicing reproductive medicine for over 18 years. After graduating from Medical College, Calcutta, (somehow could never get around to calling it Kolkata), I was trained in IVF from Herzliya Medical Centre, Israel.
Working with couples struggling with fertility issues taught me so much indeed. I stopped thinking like the Gynecologist that I was trained to be and started thinking like the fertility physician that I chose to be.
Life went on. Many patients went on to become friends. Some returned with smiles, others were not so lucky. I moved on to setup another clinic for another corporate in the same city. Bad decisions happened on many fronts. But one good outcome: our patients followed us. So, we must have been doing something right.
I gradually realized that so many things go into treating a couple. It is not just about medications and procedures, it’s also about giving time to the couple, listening and talking to them, not really telling them, preparing them mentally and physically for the treatment cycle and of course adequately guiding them regarding the amount of financial readiness that they need to get into.
