Kate Hoppock is an internal medicine physician and can be reached at Fertility Found. 

Normalizing infertility conversations in the workplace

Conditions and Diseases
November 28, 2020

I am a medical doctor—a hospitalist working in an environment with many talented professionals.  We share our knowledge and our approach to medicine with one another in ways that profoundly affect our patients and other personnel in the hospital.

At our best, we are a community whose foundation is a willingness and openness to discuss hard facts and make difficult decisions.

So why is it that when I was first diagnosed with …

Read more…

Normalizing infertility conversations in the workplace

Infertility: Where uncertainty is the only thing that is certain

Conditions and Diseases
October 6, 2020

Physicians love to feel in control. We thrive in environments where we feel we can predict the outcome.

Do well in medical school and on boards—you will get into a residency.

Take the statin—it will improve your cholesterol.

Do the screening colonoscopy—it will improve your chances of catching cancer early.

I think most of us can agree we would give these recommendations. But certainty, the foundation of predictability, is not a given.  We know …

Read more…

Infertility: Where uncertainty is the only thing that is certain

Infertility as a physician: the gift of perspective

Conditions and Diseases
October 3, 2020

As physicians, we know all too well how life can change in an instant.  How tomorrow is never promised.  This knowledge can sometimes feel overwhelming, but it is also a gift.

Because we know how precious life is.

I am a physician—but I am also a patient.  An infertility patient, for whom each passing year can feel like a lost opportunity.

Because my eggs don’t have the perspective. They don’t see the privilege. …

Read more…

Infertility as a physician: the gift of perspective