Dr. Victor Beshay
Fertility Medicine
Allen, TX
21 years experience male
Locations
DFW Center for Fertility & IVF
Allen, TX
Phone
Practice website
Insurances accepted
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
About
Bio
After graduating from East Carolina University School of Medicine, Dr. Beshay moved to Dallas, TX to pursue training in obstetrics and gynecology. Following residency training in OB/GYN, he completed a 3 year fellowship training in reproductive endocrinology and infertility. Dr. Beshay then joined the faculty of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. His role was mainly clinical work. In addition, Dr. Beshay was involved in teaching fellows, residents and medical students. Dr. Beshay then started the DFW Center for Fertility and IVF. Dr. Beshay enjoys counseling couples seeking fertility assistance on the evaluation process as well as their treatment options. On occasion the fertility patient may require surgical intervention, and for the majority of cases Dr. Beshay recommend the minimally invasive route. Some surgical examples include: endometriosis surgery, fibroids removal, endometrial polyp removal, tubal reversal, and uterine anomaly repair. For couples requiring IVF, the specific treatment protocol used is tailored to the problem being addressed.nOr. Beshay has special interest in fertility preservation as well as egg freezing. In his free time, Dr. Beshay enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter. He also enjoys playing racquetball when more time is available.
SpecialtiesDoctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Fertility Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Licenses
United States: Texas
Languages spoken
Arabic
Doctor Q&A
601 Answers
481 Agrees
The number of answers this doctor has agreed with.
A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Victor Beshayanswered
Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
First trimester: One of the earliest signs of pregnancy is a missed menstrual cycle. By convention, once you miss your cycle you are approximately 4 weeks pregnant. Ot... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
No: Heavy drinking in general is not okay. If you drink alcohol, always drink in moderation and avoid alcohol around time of ovulation until your next per... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Several causes: There are various causes for intermenstrual bleeding. Urine fibroids and polyps are possible causes. Hormonal abnormalities could also cause abnormal ... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Check pregnancy test: If you're cycle is beginning delayed, check urine pregnancy test. Good luck.
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
No: Implantation bleeding may or may not happen in pregnancy.
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Will likely work: Taking the morning after pill within 72 hours will likely work. However nothing is 100%, but the chances are you are not going to conceive.
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A female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Need evaluation: Since you have been trying to conceive for 4 years, you should see a fertility specialist or gynecologist to perform an evaluation. Evaluation entails... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Yes: Tubal ligation is very effective at preventing pregnancy but no contraceptive method is 100% effective. Therefore, if your cycle is delayed you should... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Tubal disease: If there is a true blockage of one tube and the other tube has been removed in the past, then you will not be able to conceive naturally. However, you... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Ovulation: Based on a 30-34 day cycles, you may ovulate on approximately days 15-18. This is your most fertile time. To be more accurate regarding the timing, yo... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Possible: Breast tenderness is a result of Progesterone hormone production after ovulation. Pregnant cycles may have higher Progesterone production leading to m... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Common: Cysts are very common. They typically resolve spontaneously within 1-2 months. Fertility should then be unaffected. If it does not resolve, then furth... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Depends: If only mild sperm abnormalities, your chances of pregnancy with insemination may be as high as 15-20% per attempt. The more severe the abnormality, t... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Ovulation: Regular predictable cycles are indicative of ovulation. An occasional cyst is normal in all women. However persistent cysts do need an evaluation.
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A 36-year-old male asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
A: A pregnancy conceived by in vitro fertilization is not necessarily a high risk pregnancy.
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A 16-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
See your doctor: Before trying any medications, specially over the counter, you need to see your doctor for an evaluation. Your bleeding has been going on for too long... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
No: Thermal ablation refers to a procedure performed on the uterus. This should have no effect on her ovaries.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Preseed: Preseed will not help with improving chance of pregnancy. However, unlike other lubricants, does not affect sperm negatively, therefore will not hampe... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
You can: You can still get pregnant. Cervical mucous is difficult to assess and tests for evaluation of cervical mucous in fertility have not been helpful. Fol... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Depends: Many factors play a role in successful pregnancy after ivf. Your age is the most important factor. Other factors such as egg quality, embryo quality, ... Read More
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A 43-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
LMP: By tradition, it is calculated from the first day of the menstrual period which led to the pregnancy.
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Yes: Yes, most tubal ligation can be reversed. A careful examination of the operative report for the tubal ligation should provide the answer if the revers... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
You did: Intercourse on day of positive lh surge and the next 2 days should cover the fertile window. Best wishes.
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
It can: A "bad" cycle after Clomid (clomiphene) treatment can happen as there may be more follicle development which leads to a thicker uterine lining to be s... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Unlikely: The only coverage I have seen for tubal reversal had been through the veterans affairs (va) system. All other insurance carriers have not covered this... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Unlikely: Pregnancy would be too early if the week prior you had your menstrual cycle as ovulation may not have taken place yet. However if concerned, check pre... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Irregular cycles: When ovulation is not taking place appropriately, the menstrual cycle will reflect that. In women who are anovulatory, their cycles will be irregular ... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Possible: Pregnancy may be possible after pid. Pregnancy chances will depend on extent of tubal damage from pid. See your gynecologist or a fertility specialist... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Check pregnancy test: Check a pregnancy test again if cycle remains delayed. If urine testing is negative, see your doctor for blood pregnancy testing.
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Unrelated: Menstrual cycle nature and tubal reversal are unrelated. It is not unusual though to occasionally have changes in your menses at different time perio... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Yes: Yes, you can try again. See your doctor to make sure you still qualify for this treatment.
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Can't tell: 8 days post IUI is not enough time to have pregnancy symptoms. It is also difficult to determine pregnancy status based on vaginal discharge. Pregnanc... Read More
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. Victor Beshayanswered
Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Varies: Iui success rates can vary depending on the diagnosis. In general success rates are typically 10-15%. Good luck.
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Depends: If this is persistent, he needs to see a fertility specialist for semen evaluation. This may be a sign for several conditions. Fertility and pregnanc... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Sperm: Sperm typically lives up to 72 hours in the female genital tract. Some reports show up to 5 days. Sperm that lives in the genital tract can still fert... Read More
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A 32-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Yes: Since no contraceptive method is 100% effective, there is always a small chance that pregnancy can happen. With missed menses it is important to check... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Mid cycle : You ovulate approximately mid cycle. Specifically you ovulate 14 days prior to expected period. Therefore in a typical 28 day cycle, you would ovulate... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Yes: Yes. Fertility can be obtained after a tubal ligation either through surgical repair (if amenable to reversal) or through ivf (tubal bypass). Tubal re... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
before: You can see a growing follicle before ovulation. After ovulation the remnant of the follicle may also be seen on ultrasound (the corpus luteum).
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A 36-year-old member asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Pelvis: If eggs are not picked up by the tube, they are released in the pelvis where they survive for a few hours then the body resorbs them. This is harmless... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Several minutes: It doesn't take very long for the sperm to reach the tubes.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Two weeks: Check pregnancy test 2 weeks later.
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A 30-year-old male asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Cross reaction: An OPK is meant to detect the hormone lh which surges at the time of ovulation. A urine pregnancy test is meant to detect hcg, the hormone of pregnanc... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Yes, however: Yes you can since that is when you would expect your menstrual cycle. However, luteal phase of 11 days is short. See your doctor for evaluation and re... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Yes: With PCOS pregnancy can happen if you ovulate. Since ovulation is haphazard in PCOS pregnancy chances are reduced and getting pregnant becomes challen... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Possible, yes: Surgery on the epididymis may lead to infertility. Surgeons are aware of that and try to take precautions. However, depends on the extent of the cysts... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Clomid (clomiphene): Clomid (clomiphene) if the best initial medical therapy for women with pcos trying to conceive. See your doctor for evaluation and to check if you are... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
no: You will unlikely have any symptoms at that time.
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Sprintec: Yes, oral contraceptive pills such as sprintec can help with cycle regulation as well as acne.
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A 25-year-old male asked:
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Fertility Medicine 21 years experience
Possible: There is always a chance to get pregnant when intercourse is unprotected. Prior to ejaculation, a small amount of fluid containing sperm can be releas... Read More
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Mar 6, 2013
Excellent physician, very knowledgeable, we met for the first time at ACOG to write a book for physicians in the college (so I have personal knowledge of his qualifications) and very impressed by his ...Read More
May 10, 2013
Dr Beshay provides an excellent service to the public via Health Tap. he has a superior knowledge of Fertility Medicine. The information he provides is accurate, understandable, pertinent & helpful. ...Read More
Aug 16, 2013
Dr Beshay is an excellent fertility specialist and surgeon. I would highly recommend him to patients and colleagues
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Thanks to all the docs but for me it's been two years of suffering with the cyst and couldn't get real help and did surgeries for nothing.
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Thanks for your quick reply! Does it make any difference that I go tomorrow for my blood test to find out if pregnant or not. Do you think I am with the positive result?
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Thanks for your quick reply! I am taking DHEA and coq10 to help improve egg quality. I'm fortunate to have eggs at my age. Will consider donor eggs in six months
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, NC
Graduated 2001MD
Residency
PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM
Awards
Alpha Omega Alpha
Top Doctor, Second Place, Dallas, TX - Winter
2013
Thought Leader, First Place, Dallas, TX - Winter
2013
Affiliations
Baylor medical center McKinney
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