Troubles getting medication

[Janeynic]

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone else has had trouble being given medication. We're ttc now over two years and my periods are 50 days apart, I've had a number of appointments, tests and scans following the NHS protocol.

I've been asking for clomid since day 1 but it's always another test, another appointment first. I'm back to the NHS at the end of the month but worried I'm going to get fobbed off again. A lot of people here seem to be on metformin or chlomid so just wondering how easy you've been prescribed this and maybe it's just me have duff consultants.

Thanks

[Lauren231092]

Hi,

I know how you feel I always feel like I'm fobbed off too. I haven't had anything to help with symptoms or pregnancy. We have been trying for a year and 3 months now and I have had scans and so many blood tests but my doc also said there's no point in going on metformin and to wait a year. So we got to the year mark and I was told I need more blood tests to see if I ovulate at all. I had to have them every 3 days until my period arrived and I'm yet to receive my results as my doc is always on leave! I saw another doc who said I can't be referred to fertility until my partner is tested too. So he has had to see his doc and tke a sample to hospital. We get his results next week and then I'm not sure what's next nobody seems to tell us anything. All I have been told is we have to be sort of assessed before we get any help with meds as we do have a child already who I miraculously conceived whilst on the pill at 19. I have being struggling with my emotions lately and feel like the doctors don't take PCOS seriously at all.

Suppose all we can do is keep on at them!

[Janeynic in reply to Lauren231092]

Yep that sounds about right! And once you see the specialist there are the waiting lists....hope you get your results and in seeing someone soon!

[Hols969]

You should have your tubes checked prior to clomid as their is a time limit on it and if your tubes are blocked then it will be wasted.

Prior to going on clomid I had my tubes checked and my cysts zapped as that can help conceive too.

[Janeynic]

Thanks for the reply - I did get my tubes checked (they were fine) but it did reveal an endometrioma, I had a laparoscopy in June that removed the cyst and just found I am pregnant!

I am amazed and in disbelief. I don't think I'm even two weeks post ovulation so not celebrating just yet, but wanted to share

[chingleling4582]

Amazing news! Gives me hope.

I'm just at the beginning of my journey having just been diagnosed. I feel really stressed about it already and we've only been trying for 6 months. I feel a bit in the dark about it all. All my dr has said was to try to lose some weight but I've been trying my whole life and its been impossible. I got married this year which was motivation enough and I only lost 10bls which seems to be the maximum I can lose. I'm vegetarian and I don't eat white flour or refined sugar so I don't think I have a bad diet. I also cycle 3 times a week which is 6 miles and the journey is quite hilly. I don't know what else I can do.

I don't understand why the dr can't prescribe me chlomid or Metformin. I feel really depressed like its all my fault for being fat but no matter how hard I try I can't lose weight. I feel like I don't have any options.

[Mel77]

If you have been trying to conceive for over a year and you are 35 or younger, or if you are older than 35 and have been TTC for over 6 months, I recommend you to resort to a fertility clinic, since once that period of time has passed, then the most probable is that there is some fertility problem.I'm sorry you've found yourself facing this. The human body is magnificent but unpredictable. Even with the most sophisticated imaging technology in the world, it is not easy to see what is happening on the inside. When a woman is struggling to conceive, IVF is often the most effective way to help. IVF allows the doctors to create a controlled environment that significantly enhances the opportunity for fertilization of the egg. In IVF, sperm and egg are combined in a laboratory dish, incubated, and carefully monitored throughout the fertilization process. Over the course of 3 to 5 days, successfully fertilized eggs develop into embryos. Then the embryo quality is examined for transfer, freezing, or further culturing and development. For the woman, however, the IVF process actually starts weeks earlier. IVF is not a single treatment but a series of procedures. An average IVF cycle takes about 6 to 8 weeks from consultation to transfer. But again depending on the specific circumstances of each the path is similar for every patient. What varies is how your body responds at each stage. I've been myself through IVFs both with own and donor egg. Our last DE IVF shot was performed overseas, BTC, Kiev. Got luck soon afterwards. I turly think it's time for you to have a good consultation with a fertility dr. Hope you're doing well.