I definitely feel like an IVF expert, at least as a patient. I know about medications and what to expect at monitoring appointments. I've research protocols and success rates. I a lot about embryos and transfers.
I wish I didn't have to know so much about IVF!
blogger / pear / 1563 posts
Oh man. I have never even done IVF, but I feel like a total expert compared to the general population! I'm SHOCKED at how little people know about fertility treatment. I wish that were me!
hostess / wonderful apple seed / 16729 posts
@Mrs. Pinata: Same here. Compared some other IF users here on HB, there are definitely experts that I would refer to. It probably by bad memory, can't remember everything.
grapefruit / 4703 posts
Yep, I do feel like sort of an expert, even though it's been 9 months since I've done any treatments. It surprises me also how little the general population knows about IVF (like what IVF stands for, or that you don't automatically get pregnant when you do IVF, for starters).
persimmon / 1404 posts
The weird thing is, that we never did any actual treatments but I still feel like I know wayyy too much about this stuff! Part of my job is benefits advising and whenever someone comes to me with a question about fertility coverage (you would be surprised by how many!), I always feel like I give way more information than I need to. I feel like I know more than the employee who is actually going through it.
I miss the days where thinking missing one bc pill makes you pregnant 
pomegranate / 3809 posts
Yes, this and just general info about how the body works and getting pregnant. It truly shocks me how little people know about TTC, and how lucky they are to not have to know it. But I came here from wedding bee, and there are just SO many threads started there about TTC/being pregnant that just boggles my mind... like, can I get pregnant if I had sex 5 dpo, or we're going to start TTC on Nov 1st, but I should ovulate Nov 15, when should we BD? And then of course they're the ones that come back 2 weeks later with a BFP.
coconut / 8472 posts
I didn't do IVF, but I know a lot about a lot of the drugs and the different options pre-IVF. And I'm also amazed by how little people know about how to get pregnant sometimes. My own mom, who I consider very intelligent, had some weird comments to me about fertility. Even after knowing I was taking fertility drugs and seeing a specialist, she said my due date wasn't right because I had long cycles. Um yes Mom, we know exactly when I ovulated. Pretty sure the due date's right.
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