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The Fertility Waiting Game
5 Tips to Occupy Your Time
By Teri Brown
"Waiting is frustrating but not always a bad thing medically," Dr. Bevilacqua says. "If a patient wants to be more aggressive with treatment, she should discuss this with her doctor. If the doctor isn't willing to listen or blows her ideas off, she should go elsewhere."
Because there's so much waiting time during fertility treatments, couples need strategies to deal with the frustration. Dr. Bevilacqua says trying to keep your life as normal as possible is your first line of defense. Researching your options is another good idea. "Think long term, and if you need to change insurance plans once a year, do research into what plan will give you the best coverage for infertility treatment or look into a new job that may have better coverage," he says. "Some companies have good coverage; some have none. Bad insurance is one of the worst time wasters because infertility patients need to take the time to save the cash for the next round of treatment."
Research the best doctors in your area. Money spent on an extra consult or two may be money well spent.
Another idea is to volunteer your time for a worthy cause, but use caution in choosing an organization and avoid those that deal primarily with children. "Volunteering is always a good thing," Dr. Bevilacqua says. "However, volunteering with children's organizations usually feels like a knife in the heart to infertility patients, because these are kids who need things they can give to a child, and they aren't the parents. The necessary boundaries created in these situations don't help infertility patients. If infertility patients are going to volunteer, working with old people, animals, gardens, for medical causes, anything non-kid would be less painful."
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