IVF people, do you see your doctor?

[butterfly_warrior]

I usually only see my FS to start a cycle, if I want to see him between cycles I can book an appointment, but it's not normal. The nurses do my scans and blood tests for cycles, if my EPU falls on the right day my FS will do it. He tends to try to do EPUs for his longer term patients regardless of which day they fall on, but he's having a few transport difficulties at the moment so that may not happen. He always does transfers for me, the only time I may have to see a different doctor is for EPU. I find that in the middle of a cycle the nurses are often better - more willing to offer a shoulder to cry on, more sympathetic... and they are good at hassling the FS on my behalf if things aren't going quite to plan.

BW

[farmgirl77]

Prior to starting IVF, we saw our FS a couple of times, but since starting IVS I see our FS for scans, OPU and FET, and deal with the nurses for everything else - blood tests, injecting instructions, and also ring them for cycle instructions. I can ring my FS at pretty much any time on her mobile if I have questions or problems that I dont go to the nurses about. I could also make an appointment to see her if I needed to.

FG

[nanananny]

Ahh pretty normal then okay, cool.

All the nurses where I go are really nice.

What is FS? Fertility Specialist?

[nanananny]

Okay pretty normal then I see, cool.

The nurses where I go are really nice.

What is FS? Fertility Specialist?

[Acacia]

Hey again CB

Yes, FS is Fertility Specialist. There's lots of abbreviations that get used here on BB, so if it's helpful for you (I'm sure it will be!!), here is a list of all the common abbreviations used.

HTH (hope this helps )!

Miss C

[nanananny]

Thanks