Perth Fertility clinics - any advise?

[sushee]

star gazer,

I also went to Concept and the clinic was lovely and so was my FS. There are many consulting specialists who work out of Concept so if you're having issues with your FS, you can change dr without changing clinics. Who's your current FS?

[star gazer]

Hi Sushee,
My FS is Dr Thompson. I dont like to say anything negative about ppl, and realise that we all have personalities that we click with or dont, but i was rather put off by the walk out. Other drs/ppl in allied health have said he can be difficult so i guess i bore the brunt of it this time! I think i will do my next cycle and see how he is with me at pick up/transfer. If i still feel uncomfortable, will look on. I didnt know if Drs would take on a patient from a peer at their clinic - ie to avoid "office politics" emerging. What do you think?

[sushee]

I think it's fair to expect that, sometimes, a relationship between Dr and patient just doesn't work, and I suspect they would rather you changed Drs than clinics, IYKWIM. I know of at least two women who changed Drs within Concept.

Often when we're going in for the first time, we choose the Dr who is closest to home or can get us in the earliest - not the best way to pick a Dr! If you're lucky you get someone you gel with and all is good, but sometimes you get someone who just doesn't work out. You are paying for the service, by all means don't be afraid to shop around for someone you can connect with. And personally if your current FS ever bothers to ask you why you switched, I'd be honest with him just so he knows for next time.

BTW as an on-going patient, we've never waited more than 2 weeks to see my FS, so if you're having to wait 6 weeks between appts, I'd switch too if I were you.

[star gazer]

Thanks Sushee, you put it so well that it seems quite a reasonable step to take. I will speak to a coordinator at the clinic and see if she can make any recommendations on how to go about it. I had just thought that the clinics are so busy that it made sense that the FS' rooms would be equally overbooked and like everything - you just have to wait! 2 weeks sounds great by comparison