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Camille Hammond: I Went Through Infertility Treatment While Training to Be a Doctor
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Nov 9, 2026, 15:54

Camille Hammond: I Went Through Infertility Treatment While Training to Be a Doctor

Camille Hammond, CEO of Tinina Q. Cade Foundation, shared on LinkedIn:

“I went through infertility treatment while training to be a doctor.

Cycles during medical school. Cycles during residency. Cycles during fellowship. I was learning to care for patients while navigating my own appointments, my own medications and my own grief, and I had no room to fall apart.

I got through it because my husband, Jason, also a physician who was training grieving and navigating infertility with me- stood beside me. He was my caregiver before I ever had a word for what that meant.

I also know that not everyone has that. Some people go through treatment on their own. They may be single, far from family, or without a partner who can be there. Some have people around them who simply don’t understand.

Whoever you are, the need is the same. A caregiver can be a spouse or partner, a parent, a sibling, a friend, a neighbor or a community.

Behind every fertility patient should be someone who:

  • Gives emotional support and eases the stress, isolation and grief
  • Keeps treatment on track through complex medication schedules
  • Provides the ride home that clinics require after procedures
  • Handles the practical things, like errands, insurance calls and household tasks
  • Helps you keep going when stopping early feels easier
  • Speaks up with you at appointments and in decisions

If you are going through this without that person, please hear this: you do not have to do it alone. Reach out to us, to a friend, to a support group, to anyone who can sit in that chair beside you.

And if you are the caregiver, thank you. People rarely ask how you are doing, so how are you holding up? Tell us in the comments.

That is why I do this work at the Cade Foundation. No one should go through fertility treatment alone.

Learn more at cadefoundation.org.”

Camille Hammond: I Went Through Infertility Treatment While Training to Be a Doctor

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