Treating infertility- Pattern or Phase

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HI All,

 

Reading Bob's latest article on Professor Zhang Yu-zhen's Experiences in the

Treatment of

Premature Ovarian Failure, to me, highlighted an example of where some division

exists

with treatment style, The division being whether it is better to treat the

pattern or the

phase with our infertility patients. It seems to me that patients in the west

are going to be

a lot less patient with their natural pursuit of pregnancy, than those in China,

So when

deciding on a treatment strategy, time is of the essence, and we will want to

apply the

most effective treatment that we can.

 

From studying Jane Lyttleton's excellent work on treating infertility, I have

gained a lot of

respect for treatment that is timed according to specific events within a

woman's cycle.

The article that Bob presented seemed to be based more on treating the

underlining

pattern, without much variation during the phases of the cycle. Does it

matter???

 

I would be interested to hear what others think about this issue. Do you treat

just the

underlining pattern or do you change your treatment during the different phases?

 

Thanks,

Trevor