I have no evidence for this but I wonder whether, in the more sexist/male-dominated society of the 70s and early 80s, it was more common for doctors to deliver

I have no evidence for this but I wonder whether, in the more sexist/male-dominated society of the 70s and early 80s, it was more common for doctors to deliver reports to men that did not question their own "virility" when assessing fertility problems.