I was 38 when I first heard about reproductive endocrinologists and how they could help me. After nearly a decade of unsuccessful attempts to conceive, I was relieved to learn that I no longer had to resort to regular OB/GYN doctors, whose experiments with birth control pills never did make me fertile. I was also surprised to find out that both OB/GYN doctors and reproductive endocrinologists like to start a patient’s treatment conservatively—with a pill.