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Trouble Conceiving?

Get the Right Medical Care!

Part I

By Julie Watson

How do you choose which doctor to see once you've decided to do something about it? Perhaps here is where many women make the No. 1 biggest mistake regarding their fertility and not only waste time and money, but also potentially add unnecessary heartache to their situation. Many regular OB/GYNs (whose primary business is to see pregnant women and deliver babies) claim to specialize in "infertility" as well. However, if you choose to see your regular OB/GYN, you must be cautious of how much time you will waste seeing him and what his capabilities truly are. If you choose to use a non-board certified OB/GYN for your basic work-up, you must know that most of these physicians will only run a minimum amount of tests, such as a hysterosalpingogram (HSG), sperm analysis and post-coital test on you as a couple, leaving a lot of room for "undetermined" causes.

In my experience, I have seen an utter abuse of clomiphene citrate (Clomid, Serophene) by regular OB/GYNs. Many OB/GYNs will prescribe this mild fetility drug for more than six months' time while not even monitoring their patients. Dr. Perloe, a noted fertility doctor, once stated that "when clomiphene therapy is successful, 50 percent of pregnancies occur in the first ovulatory cycle; 85 percent occur by the third; and 97 percent by the fourth cycle."

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