Managing an IVF patient's expectations

One of the hardest things for an IVF specialist to do is to manage a patient's expectations. It's hard being infertile and infertile patients come to an IVF specialist with a lot of hopes and dreams and desires. They expect the IVF specialist to help them to have a baby - and understand that IVF represents their best chance of actually becoming parents . Empathetic IVF physicians understand how much rides on the outcome of an IVF cycle, and do their best to keep their patients hopeful. Doctors are naturally optimistic by nature - and when a patient comes to you in pain , you want to your best in order to help them achieve their goal. The problem is that this often leads to overpromising ! When IVF doctors do a consultation for the first time , they are on their best behavior . He is trying to market himself , because he wants the patient to take treatment which him, rather than go to the competing clinic down the road. Doctors also have high self-esteem , and some of them actually do believe that they are the best IVF doctor in town , which is why the best option for the patient would be to come to them ! ( Also, like all human beings, we tend to remember our successes and forget our failures ). When you want to convince the patient that you are the best IVF doctor , you tend to focus on all the positives and gloss over the things which can dishearten the patient. This is why IVF doctors are often overoptimistic during the first consultation . This creates the problem that pa...
Source: The Patient's Doctor - Category: Obstetricians and Gynecologists Tags: Health In vitro fertilisation Reproductive Health ivf patient Infertility Failure Source Type: blogs