Arsiak Vartenian: The Question I Wish Fertility Clinics Asked Women More…
Arsiak Vartenian, Founder and Host of Smart Is The New Sexy, shared on LinkedIn:
”I wish fertility clinics asked women this question more:
‘How are you actually coping with all of this?’
During infertility, we become fluent in numbers.
- How many follicles? How many eggs?
- How many fertilized? How many embryos?
- What grade? What percentage? What are the odds?
Those questions matter. Of course they do.
But I so wish these questions were asked more:
- Do you have support outside this clinic?
- Do you understand your options, or are you too overwhelmed to process them?
- How much more treatment do you feel emotionally capable of doing?
- What does another failed cycle mean for you emotionally?
- Are you making this decision because it feels right for you, or because you’re terrified of stopping?
I went through 6 IVF cycles.
And one thing infertility taught me is that medical treatment never stays purely medical.
Every result enters your marriage.
- Your friendships. Your finances.
- Your relationship with your body.
- Your confidence. Your plans for the future.
A fertility clinic’s job is obviously to treat infertility.
But the person sitting across from the doctor is not just a reproductive system.
She is usually scared. Exhausted.
Trying to absorb enormous amounts of information while making some of the biggest decisions of her life.
I hope fertility care keeps moving toward treating the whole person.
Not only her numbers.
P.S. Did you feel emotionally supported by your fertility clinic?”
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