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Family Planning and Alternate Paths to Parenthood: What Options are Out There? Dr. Patel

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The speaker discusses infertility and alternate paths to parenthood for female physicians, especially interventionalists. Female doctors face higher infertility and pregnancy-loss rates, while demanding training years overlap with peak fertility decline. Limited family leave, radiation concerns, and poor institutional support worsen the issue. Options include egg or embryo freezing, surrogacy, donors, and adoption, but egg freezing is expensive, time-consuming, physically demanding, and often poorly covered during training. The speaker urges early planning, asking employers about benefits, advocating for better leave policies, and normalizing conversations about fertility and family planning in medicine.

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Keywords

female physicians infertility

interventional radiology pregnancy

fertility preservation

family planning in medicine

parenthood alternatives