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Dr. Sonja Kristiansen, a Texas native and board-certified fertility specialist, has spent decades helping patients achieve their dreams of parenthood. Her passion lies in combining cutting-edge reproductive science with heartfelt, individualized care. At Houston Fertility Center, we take pride in creating hope for patients who haven’t found success elsewhere.
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I became a fertility specialist
because I fell in love with
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the technology, the clinical aspect,
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the surgical aspect of infertility,
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when I was in medical school,
and OB/GYN residency.
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In med school,
I met my wonderful husband of 31 years.
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He chose general OB/GYN,
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which was a good balance for
when we were to have children growing up,
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because we can't have
two people on OB call at the same time
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and have kids,
small children at the house,
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so it gave a good balance
to our family life.
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There's lots of things that I really enjoy
about being a fertility specialist,
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in addition to helping women
fulfill their goals,
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hold that baby in their arms.
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We've been able
to make such good advances,
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we're able to diagnose embryos
with genetic abnormalities.
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Chromosomal abnormalities.
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This field has had lots of great advances,
which is really exciting.
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My favorite part about being
with the patients
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is actually just getting to talk to them,
and getting to know them,
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getting to hear
their joys, their goals,
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and then getting
to formulate a game plan of
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here's what we can do
to try to help you get to that goal.
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The things that I guess
bring the most joy
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is those patients that said
they were turned away from other clinics
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because they were told,
no chance, low statistic,
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and then those patients bring their
kids to see us almost on a yearly basis.
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Those things make me really happy
that I could help these patients
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achieve something
that everybody else turned them down.
