How do you convince the doctor... (just a couple of Qs)

[Kazbah]

Take your charting calendar! Print it out, and have your temps there etc.
Show all the calendars including successful ones ... and ones that theoretically should have been successful!

(and if that does't work, cry)

[Elocin]

Take your charting calendar! Print it out, and have your temps there etc.
Show all the calendars including successful ones ... and ones that theoretically should have been successful!

(and if that does't work, cry)

:yeahthat: Especially the last line

Although I don't actually know if a GP can perscribe Clomid?? I think it may only come from an FS???

I hear a lot of people complaining once they are UTD that no Dr listens to them re: LMP vs O date... I read somewhere that one lady just ended up lying about her LMP date so it was exactly 14 days before her actual O date, because her Dr wouldn't listen to her!!

[TeniBear]

Although I don't actually know if a GP can perscribe Clomid?? I think it may only come from an FS???

He's an OB not a GP - does that make a difference? He strongly suggested it would be his call if/when I go on it, so I assumed he was the one who'd prescribe it... Or maybe I'm wrong

I hear a lot of people complaining once they are UTD that no Dr listens to them re: LMP vs O date... I read somewhere that one lady just ended up lying about her LMP date so it was exactly 14 days before her actual O date, because her Dr wouldn't listen to her!!

I had something similar when I was pg with Ianto - I had no idea of my LMP and we were going off the dating scan instead. When the middie was starting my paperwork, she asked when AF had last come - I said something along the lines of "I don't know, maybe about three months ago?" so she went to write down that I was about three months pg If she'd asked me what my due date was, she wouldn't have had to start a whole new form - I was even holding the ultrasound films in my hand and had told her about five times that I'd had a dating scan... Silly lady!

[Elocin]

Or maybe I'm wrong

You're 100% right Teni... sorry, I didn't realise you were talking about your OB... he'll be the one who perscribes the Clomid to you...

When is your appt?

[TeniBear]

Not for a while Elocin, I think it's actually next month but that's just to get blood test results for a test I'm yet to do and have no idea what it's for I just want to be prepared, because he's such a thick-skulled idiot

[Just Me]

Find a doctor that will listen if he won't ... be considering he is an OB he might be a lot more valuable as far as the clomid than a regular GP. A regular GP that listens and cares can be a great thing though ...

If all else fails, clobber him over the head with something Oops, I mean cry

[TeniBear]

Find a doctor that will listen if he won't ... be considering he is an OB he might be a lot more valuable as far as the clomid than a regular GP. A regular GP that listens and cares can be a great thing though ...

If all else fails, clobber him over the head with something Oops, I mean cry

There is one of those desk calendar things in the room that could knock him out...
Actually, if this next appointment doesn't go well, I'm changing hospitals. If I'm preg this cycle, I'm doing the same to avoid him. One more chance, Dr Moron! One. More. Chance. *evil eyes*

[~Kaz~]

Sorry he's being a moron. Just be matter of fact and tell him (if you're pg) that the due date you'll be using is the later one. Make him make a note of it in your file, even if he doesn't agree. A few days can make all the difference at the other end in terms of induction pressure. If you're not pg (and I you are) ask for clomid. Keep asking.

Not sure how you tell a doc that you're smarter than he is and have it go down well. Good luck trying though

I guess what I'm saying is, just be confident. You are the expert on your body, despite his training and quals. And one more chance sounds like a good deal to me. If he's going to give you grief over clomid and/or your due date then that could be the tip of the iceberg for how other issues will be handled further into a pregnancy.

Good luck hun.

[deletedit]

I read somewhere that one lady just ended up lying about her LMP date so it was exactly 14 days before her actual O date

I do this, it makes everyone's dates line up perfectly.

[Heaven]

IKWYM!!!!!!!!!! Last time they were a PITA so this time I'm lying about my LMP.

When I went to the Dr he wouldn't do my hospital referral until after a BT because I only 'might' be pregnant. Never mind I did 10 hpt's over a couple of wks, don't have AF and have morning sickness!! So then he gets the results back with HCG of 62000 and goes 'Ok, so it looks like you are pregnant'. Gee thanks, I wasn't sure!! Only a BT can tell, I know nothing!