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Fertility Specialist Kari Sproul, MD, shares advice on what to expect during your first visit to test for infertility
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So at a patient’s first visit with a fertility specialist, they may be there by themselves, they may be there with their partner, depending on their situation. And essentially what is done is a thorough history is taken with that patient, a physical exam is performed and also an ultrasound.
Once we do that testing, then we actually spend a lot of time counseling the patients and just going through the test that we order and why we order them and also the treatment options that we would recommend.
And part of that process is because in fertility, it’s very easy to have a loss of control and so I feel like by educating the patients and really spending a lot of time educating them, it will give them a sense of that control back, so they understand what we’re going to be testing and the treatments that we’re offering.
Fertility Specialist Kari Sproul, MD, shares advice on what to expect during your first visit to test for infertility
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Kari Sproul, MD
Fertility Specialist
Kari Sproul is a Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility (REI) doctor in Los Angeles. She sees patients who have irregular menstrual cycles, as well as patients who are trying to conceive. She is married and has a 20-month-old son. In her spare time, she enjoys all outdoor activities. She also loves to run and recently completed her first triathlon.
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