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Shweta Rajani Goswami: If Your IVF Has Failed, I May Still Tell You That Your First Doctor Did the Right Thing

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Nov 9, 2026, 17:31

Shweta Rajani Goswami: If Your IVF Has Failed, I May Still Tell You That Your First Doctor Did the Right Thing

Shweta Rajani Goswami, Founder and Medical Director of Zeeva Fertility, shared on LinkedIn:

“If your IVF has failed, I may still tell you that your first doctor did the right thing.

I think when couples come for a second opinion, there is naturally a feeling that maybe something was missed in the first treatment.

Maybe the injections were not right. Maybe the embryo transfer should have been done differently. Maybe some test should have been ordered.

And sometimes we do find things which could have been managed differently.

But we also have to remember that IVF does not have a 100% success rate.

So it is quite possible that the first doctor made a reasonable treatment plan, the woman responded well, the embryos developed as expected, and still the pregnancy did not happen.

Now that doesn’t automatically mean somebody made a mistake.

As a second-opinion doctor, I feel our job is to sit back and review everything.

What was the medical indication for IVF? Was the stimulation appropriate for her age and AMH? What did the embryology report show? Was there anything about the uterus or transfer that needs another look?

If we find something that needs attention, of course we should explain it.

But if the treatment was appropriate, then we should be able to tell the couple that also.
I don’t think a second opinion should mean finding something wrong with the previous doctor.

It should mean understanding the treatment properly and seeing what would be best for the couple now.

Even if that means agreeing with what was done earlier.”

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