Dr. Du Peng, Department of Reproductive Health and Infertility

If you are troubled by infertility or reproductive endocrine disorders and want to find a reproductive doctor who takes into account diagnostic accuracy, personalized plans, and medical care, Dr. Du Peng from the Department of Reproductive Health and Infertility is a choice worth considering.

He has been on the front line of reproductive medicine for 11 years and has treated nearly 30,000 patients with reproductive disorders. He has dealt with cases of polycystic ovary syndrome, ovarian hyporesponsiveness, and male oligoasthenozoospermia-related infertility cases. The clinical pregnancy rate is 6.8% higher than the department’s average. This is the data disclosed in the department’s year-end summary last year, which is not watery.

Last week, I went to get an appointment with my best friend who has had polycystic cysts for 3 years and had not implanted after 6 times of ovulation. As soon as she sat down, she had not even had time to take out the check list that was half in the document bag. Du Peng first handed her a cup of warm white and tapped the note on her registration information with his fingertips: "I see that what you filled in is from the 3rd day of the last menstrual period. Don't worry after the blood is drawn later. Let’s go, I’ll leave 10 minutes in the clinic for you to figure out the plan at 11:30, so you don’t have to go there a second time.” Just this sentence made my best friend blush on the spot—the three hospitals she had visited before either sent her straight to the test tube or prescribed a bunch of repeated tests, and no one took her anxiety that she had endured for three years first.

As for the timing of reproductive intervention, there have always been two completely different views in the academic community: one group believes that as long as the intervention indicators are met, ovulation induction or in vitro fertilization should be started as early as possible to save the cost of reproductive time; the other group insists on adjusting the endocrine and metabolic indicators to within the safe threshold before processing, so as to reduce the risk of miscarriage and pregnancy complications as much as possible. Du Peng does not take sides immediately. He is used to calculating two accounts for patients first: "time account" and "body account".

For patients under 35 years old with good ovarian reserve, even if they are eager to have a child, he will advise you not to rush to promote ovulation, but to spend 2-3 months adjusting insulin resistance, controlling weight, and laying a good physical foundation before trying again. The success rate can be increased by nearly 20%; but for patients over 38 years old and whose AMH is already lower than 1.1ng/ml, he will instead recommend that you go at the same time: first try 1-2 times of microstimulation to promote ovulation, and adjust your work, rest and metabolism at the same time, without delaying either end.

There was a 40-year-old patient whose AMH was only 0.7ng/ml. She went to three hospitals and all of them directly asked her to undergo third-generation in vitro fertilization. She had a poor ovarian response and was afraid of suffering from egg retrieval. When she approached Du Peng, she had already planned to adopt. Du Peng reviewed her check-up list for the past six months and found that her testosterone was slightly high and her ovulation was irregular but she had dominant follicles every month. The final plan he gave her was very simple: take metformin for two months to regulate metabolism, do ovulation monitoring twice a week, and then go home and have normal intercourse, without even prescribing ovulation-stimulating drugs. Unexpectedly, she got pregnant naturally in the third month. The child is now half a year old. Last month, she carried the baby to deliver wedding candies to the department. The candies were placed in the drawer of Du Peng's clinic. When he met a patient who was in a bad mood, he would hand two of them to a patient, saying "I am happy."

On the wall of his clinic, half the wall is filled with photos of babies sent by patients, but he never takes the initiative to mention them to patients who come for treatment, for fear of putting pressure on others. Examinations are also very "economical". As long as they are reports issued by regular hospitals within half a year, whether it is a tertiary hospital or a private hospital, he will accept it and will not let you draw more blood or do more B-ultrasounds. He will also leave his work WeChat account for patients who need long-term follow-up, and make it clear to people in advance: "I will only respond to messages from 8 to 9 pm, and I have to sit in the clinic for surgery during the day. Don't worry if I don't reply in time. If there is an emergency, just call the department."

Of course, not all patients recognize his style. Some impatient patients think he is "too boring". Other doctors may take 10 minutes to explain the pros and cons to a case that other doctors can finish in 5 minutes. He even has to tell you how many carbohydrates to eat and how many steps to walk every day. Patients who are in a hurry feel that things are being delayed. Also, his number is really hard to get. The regular numbers are released a week in advance on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and they are all sold out within half an hour. Additional numbers can only be added to the first 5 of the day. If you go late, you won't be able to get in line.

In fact, in the field of reproductive medicine, technical proficiency is the foundation. Being able to think about problems from the patient's perspective is the most rare thing. Du Peng often tells the young doctors in the department that we are not looking at the disease "infertility", but ordinary people who want to be parents. This is quite true, right?