Well I'm hoping to go to my GP tomorrow and get a request to see a gyno. I had already been "diagnosed" by another doctor without going into details about my menstrual history and told to wait for 12 months. My GP had advised me to come back in a couple of months to him if I hadn't had AF yet so I'm hoping if I ask nicely and discuss what the other doctor said that he will give me a referall.
I just hate waiting to get AF, obviously us trying at the moment isn't worth it because as far as I'm concerned my body isn't working. I don't mind ttc if someone can tell me I AM ovulating for sure and then see what happens. Like, 4 months isn't long enough without AF after Implanon??? No spotting nothing!! I'm not asking to have IVF, I just want to give my body a helping hand.
Surely it won't be a hassle to get a referall, I don't think I should have to fight for it.
I will let you know tomorrow if I am successful or not
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Angie, thank you for the encouraging words and for sharing your positive story... it gives people like myself that glimmer of hope that I need at the moment. Congratulations on your pregnancy, I wish you a happy and healthy remainder!
Pooley, besh wishes for the GP, I hope they are more helpful then the wait and see approach they have taken in the past. Maybe you should lean on the fact that waiting 12 months when AF hasn't returned isn't going to help anyone because obviously you want fall pg during those 12 months because if AF isn't around you won't be O... sometimes doctors need to have the logic pointed out to them - I have worked with many senior doctors during my career and it sometimes amazes me that they don't think of these minor (but VERY important) bits of information! Yes the wait for AF is getting very stressful and you've got time on me!! I have been getting some pains that I remember from when AF was regular (it was 6 years ago!) but still nothing. I remember I used to get lots of headaches before AF was due and I have been getting headaches again (but I already suffer from bad headaches) but headaches are also a side effect of the Metformin also... so looks like I can't get a good AF indicator from anywhere. I have been on Metformin for a week tomorrow and have had some stomach upset (sorry if TMI) but it settles and as the info pamphlet says it gets worse with some foods so I have changed that foods I eat a little to fit in better with the Metformin. I hope you don't have to fight for the referral either... I have fingers crossed for a level headed GP!
Pooley, I am dying to hear how you went at the GP... I just have to share this news because you like our fellow BB posters will probably be the only ones to appreciate this... AF seems to have arrived today (sorry if TMI) it is only very light but the pains are in full force. So it seems the pains I have had recently were amounting to something. I have been on the Metformin now for almost a week.
I have NEVER been so excited to see AF!! DP is working away at the moment and didn't seem to care too much when I rang him so I just had to get on here to share this great news... I am in SO much pain but I love it because at least I know things are working! I just hope I don't scare her away with how happy I am that she is here!
Ok, now that that is out of my system - I hope all went ok with the GP... talk soon
You must have typed your message while I was typing, I'm soo jealous I just burst out into tears. Congrats to you, I'm sorry I didn't mean to put a downer on your news. I'm just green with envy
Pooley, sweetie, I am so sorry... I didn't mean to upset you... after I had posted the message I thought how would I have felt reading that. Then after reading your message, I welled up...
OMG I am a dil, I should have been more considerate especially as you have been waiting 2 months (I think) longer than me... no downer on my news... I am just sorry to have been such a dil.
The GP sounds much more positive. I hate going to other doctors when your normal one is not available. Best of luck with the tests tomorrow... I will keep my fingers crossed for an answer.
Well, success at last hopefully. Please note this doctor is my family's GP and he has known me since before I was born. The only reason I had went to other docs before is because he was on hols when this all happened a couple of months ago.
He is requesting that I have the bloods again for FSH, LH and also checking thyroids and a blood pregnancy test (Pffff, I wish!!) THEN from their if he thinks that the levels are the same as when I first had them done nearly 2 months ago, he will give me e referral to a specialist.
At least he was willing to admit that he is not an expert and said that I should be visiting with someone else who is better qualified to explain everything. AND he didn't think that I was being impatient with the arrival of AF.
So I will have my blood test tomorrow morning at 7am! and then hopefully see whether they show up anything new.
I have heard that Metformin can get PCOS sufferers ovulating regularly after 4 - 6 months of treatment. Maybe you won't have to wait that long. Must make the waiting a little worse now that you definately know AF should be coming soon. I suppose once you're ovulating, you don't want it to come!!!
I had a bugger of a day at work and am just glad that I'm getting closer to seeing someone that knows about my problems. Best of luck tk1999, hope AF visits you soon.
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