Infertility: help for couples starts with you.
A patient tells you she's "starting to worry" that getting pregnant won't be as easy as she'd hoped. Before you provide a referral, look for clues in the couple's histories.
Sioux Falls Family Medicine Residency Program, Center for Family Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA. heather.bell@usd.edu
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