WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for June, 2001: Re: +1 Year TTC, how what?

Re: +1 Year TTC, how what?

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 25 Jun 2001 19:02:56 -0500 (CDT)

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At Mon, 25 Jun 2001, wondering wrote: >
>So it's been a little over a year since we've been TTC...the doc says
>since I seem to check out fine on the usual stuff and have very normal
>28 dayish cycles that before any more invasive testing is done my
>husband has to be "checked out". Trouble is, I don't know where to send
>him - he's never, ever sick, and he doesn't have a family physician. Do
>I just send him to a general practioner? Or do we need a specialist of
>some sort? DH has never had any injuries, diseases (no mumps, no STDs),
>never fathered any children (never tried), and is the epitome of good
>health. I had to go to a general practioner for my last check up as my
>normal Ob/Gyn is no longer in town (and all the others I wasn't
>comfortable with) and the GP I went too wasn't too helpful and didn't
>offer any recommendations or referrals. Since I was far from impressed
>with the GP that I went to (even though I'd been to him before and happy
>with him) I don't really want to send DH to him.
>
>Also - what will DH's first appointment likely (or should) involve?

I would recommend getting an appointment with a new OB/GYN. They will guide you through the fertility work-up, including arranging the semen analysis for your hubby. Regardless of his history, I agree, there is some testing that you both require at this point... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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