One
of the commonest questions patients ask me is - Doctor , we can't come to
Mumbai for our IVF treatment , so can you suggest which doctor we can go to in
our home town ?
I
wish I could do that , but the problem is I don't know all the doctors all over
the world . I can't be sure how good or bad an individual doctor is , and it’s
very hard to vouch for someone else's professional competence and character.
I
tell patients to use the following method to find the right doctor. This is
basically a two-pronged approach , based on both the doctor's medical skills ; and the
chemistry between the doctor and you.
The two questions are simple .
1. Do you do blastocyst transfers for all your patients ?
2. Do you provide embryo photos routinely to all your patients ?
You
can get this information either by sending an email to the clinic , or by
picking up the phone and talking to the receptionist. There's no need to spend time and money actually going to the clinic to find this out.
This
is a basic question every IVF clinic should be able to answer . If they try to
avoid answering this, that in itself is a Red Flag , which means they really
don't know what they're doing .
If
the answer to both these question is yes, your next step is to take an
appointment and go see the doctor . This is when you find out if the doctor
inspires trust . Is he respectful , and is he willing to take the time to
answer all your questions . Or is he more interested in seeing as many patients
as possible , in order to maximize his revenue ?
The chemistry
between the doctor and you needs to be right . The doctor needs to be willing
to work to earn your trust , and you need to make sure that he is worthy of
giving it to him . This is a two-way street .
You
need to invest time and energy to find the right doctor , because this is the
single decision which can make the biggest difference as to whether or not you
will succeed in your quest for having a baby through IVF .
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