Letter from Dr. P

I sent Dr. P an email about a week ago to thank him for everything. And really, there's so much more I could have thanked him for (like meeting me after hours when I was a moron and didn't order enough medication) but I have a tendency to be too wordy, so I tried to keep it (fairly) short and sweet. Below is my email to him, with the clinic's name removed since my sister has made me a little bit cautious about throwing all of my personal info out there on the internet for everyone to read (what, you mean that's not safe?!):

Dr. P,

I always hoped I'd be able to write this email to you, but I never really knew what I'd say when the moment arrived. Now it's here and I still feel at a loss for words, beyond the obvious thank you from the bottom of my heart.

My husband and I came to you frustrated and confused. We were young, we were seemingly healthy- and yet, we had been struggling for over a year to get pregnant. From the beginning, you were matter-of-fact, but also reassuring. We developed a game plan, and you were there to answer my questions every step along the way. Even though sometimes I felt like I emailed you far too often, I could always expect a response- by email or by phone- the same day. You'll never know how much that meant to me, as you were often able to ease my worried mind.

It's still a bit surreal to me that I am 9 weeks pregnant. Though I am thrilled for obvious reasons to have "graduated" from [your clinic], I'll really miss you and the staff there. You helped me through an extremely stressful, emotional time in my life and I am so thankful for you. My decision to choose [your clinic] was largely by chance, but I can't put into words how happy I am about making that first phone call a year ago.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

And then, because he is just so wonderful, Dr. P sent me this email back today. Have I mentioned how much I love him?!

Hi Kerri,

You are very welcome! I'm sorry that it took so long for me to respond. I really appreciated the sincere message and felt that you deserved the same. My life has been a little crazy lately with our 4 week old and with my recent oral board examination for reproductive endocrinology. I took some time off to cram, then I had to go down to Dallas for a couple of days. Things have calmed down now and I'm catching up on things.

It was really a pleasure to work with you and Matt. You two were some of my nicest patients and I'm really thrilled for you, especially since we were about to have a discussion about the IVF process! I'm happy that it didn't come to that for you.

I wish you the best during the rest of your pregnancy. I hope you're feeling well. In case you haven't been, you can look forward to the second trimester "honeymoon" phase where you should start feeling better, before you start feeling very big and clumsy.

Send me baby pictures! And, if you would like, we can add yours to the ones posted in our lobby.

Take care,
Dr. P