Dr. Sonja Kristiansen

WEBVTT 00:00:05.042 --> 00:00:09.750 I became a fertility specialist because I fell in love with 00:00:10.042 --> 00:00:14.292 the technology, the clinical aspect, 00:00:14.375 --> 00:00:17.459 the surgical aspect of infertility, 00:00:17.542 --> 00:00:22.250 when I was in medical school, and OB/GYN residency. 00:00:22.333 --> 00:00:25.958 In med school, I met my wonderful husband of 31 years. 00:00:26.042 --> 00:00:29.333 He chose general OB/GYN, 00:00:29.708 --> 00:00:33.375 which was a good balance for when we were to have children growing up, 00:00:33.458 --> 00:00:37.583 because we can't have two people on OB call at the same time 00:00:37.667 --> 00:00:40.875 and have kids, small children at the house, 00:00:40.958 --> 00:00:44.667 so it gave a good balance to our family life. 00:00:44.750 --> 00:00:49.500 There's lots of things that I really enjoy about being a fertility specialist, 00:00:49.583 --> 00:00:54.000 in addition to helping women fulfill their goals, 00:00:54.625 --> 00:00:56.667 hold that baby in their arms. 00:00:59.083 --> 00:01:01.750 We've been able to make such good advances, 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:07.317 we're able to diagnose embryos with genetic abnormalities. 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:09.125 Chromosomal abnormalities. 00:01:09.208 --> 00:01:13.292 This field has had lots of great advances, which is really exciting. 00:01:13.375 --> 00:01:15.000 My favorite part about being with the patients 00:01:15.083 --> 00:01:19.333 is actually just getting to talk to them, and getting to know them, 00:01:19.417 --> 00:01:24.667 getting to hear their joys, their goals, 00:01:24.750 --> 00:01:28.167 and then getting to formulate a game plan of 00:01:28.250 --> 00:01:32.640 here's what we can do to try to help you get to that goal. 00:01:32.723 --> 00:01:37.625 The things that I guess bring the most joy 00:01:37.708 --> 00:01:41.208 is those patients that said they were turned away from other clinics 00:01:41.292 --> 00:01:45.875 because they were told, no chance, low statistic, 00:01:46.208 --> 00:01:52.542 and then those patients bring their kids to see us almost on a yearly basis. 00:01:52.625 --> 00:01:56.792 Those things make me really happy that I could help these patients 00:01:56.917 --> 00:02:00.917 achieve something that everybody else turned them down.