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Let Stoughton Hospital Show You How We Earned Top 20 in the Nation For Patient Satisfaction Dr. Timothy Raichle and Dr. Christine Trautman, obstetricians with Melius, Schurr & Cardwell have brought their services to Stoughton Hospital. For more information, please visit mscwomenshealth.com or call 608-227-7007. Timothy Raichle, MD Christine Trautman, MD Dr. Kristin Miller, DO, continues to provide valued OB-GYN services at Stoughton Hospital. To learn more, go to deancare.com or call 608-371-8425. "You want to be happy for your friends," Anne says. "But birthday parties got hard to go to. And the baby showers got harder to go to." In January 2012, their doctor referred them to the Wisconsin Fertility Institute. They hoped that with such specialized care, they would be able to find and fix any fertility problem. "It's just shocking and wonderful…and unbelievable after three-and-a-half years Kristin Miller, DO to finally hear those words." Matt Jacobs 900 Ridge Street | Stoughton, WI 53589 608-873-6611 s t o u g h t o n h o s p i ta l . c o m Life Changing Weight Loss ~ lose the weight, gain your life ~ Lose 3-7 pounds per week Eat real food No exercise required Physician-supervised weight management with support from your personal health coach BEFORE AFTER 608-630-8839 Call for more information and to schedule your complimentary consultation Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/LifeChangingWeightLoss Life Changing Weight Loss : 6320 Monona Dr Ste 301 : Monona WI 53716 lifechangingweightloss@gmail.com : lifechangingwl.wix.com/life-changing 14 BRAVA Magazine August 2013 They also hoped they'd found others who truly understood the emotions that surrounded their infertility struggles. They had: Their physicians, husband-wife team Dr. David Olive and Dr. Elizabeth Pritts, had struggled with infertility themselves. Dr. Pritts says she and her husband have undergone every procedure they offer their patients, so "we know what it's like to walk in our patients' shoes." "Conception and birth are moments of pure joy, for me and my patients," she says. And Dr. Olive says their personal struggle gives them profound understanding of their clients. "Going through it, and knowing the emotional pitfalls, hardships and gratifications of infertility treatment, has made an astounding difference in my understanding of treating patients," he says. The Jacobs emphatically agree, crediting the doctors for keeping their hope alive at a time when they wondered if they'd ever have a baby shower of their own. They decided to try intrauterine insemination, or IUI. That's when doctors take a sperm sample and place it into the uterus. "It's supposed to dramatically reduce travel time," Matt says with a smile. The couple did five or six rounds of IUI, to no avail. By then it was the fall of 2012 and Anne was 35. Finally they tried in-vitro fertilization, a process in which the egg is fertilized by the sperm outside the body, and the embryo