Women physicians with infertility

<p>"Many of us suffer in silence for myriad reasons. Being a physician with infertility presents a perfect storm of stress, anxiety, guilt, and shame – all of which we know don’t contribute to managing any medical problem.</p> <p>Consider what it’s like to undergo a typical cycle of in vitro fertilization. You administer nightly hormone injections to grow your follicles in preparation for an egg retrieval procedure. The process usually takes 1-2 weeks, but you don’t know exactly how fast your follicles will grow. For the first week, maybe you just need to arrange to get away from the hospital or clinic for a couple of blood draws. But during the second half of your stimulation cycle, you must physically go into your clinic for daily transvaginal ultrasounds to monitor the progress."</p> <p><a href= "https://healthcare.utah.edu/fad/mddetail.php?physicianID=u0277849&name=dawn-l-baker" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dawn Baker</a> is an anesthesiologist who blogs at <a href= "http://practicebalance.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener nofollow noreferrer">Practice Balance</a>.</p> <p>She shares her story and discusses her KevinMD article, "<a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/12/the-voices-of-women-physicians-with-infertility.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The voices of women physicians with infertility</a>." (<a href= "https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/12/the-voices-of-women-physicians-with-infertility.html">https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2021/12/the-voices-of-women-physicians-with-infertility.html</a>)</p>