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My fertility specialist and her staff are useless and it is stressing me out! I know of course I am not their only patient but they don't seem to understand what they're putting me through and it's driving me mental! Ltttc with PCOS #2 since April 2015 and in June they prescribed me 6 months of Clomid. It's gone like this:
1st cycle - did not ovulate
2nd cycle - ovulated, BFP but not sure how as was negative 2 days before AF and then positive the week after, took Clomid days 2-6 AF - chemical/miscarriage, spent most of sept losing so no cycle.
3rd cycle - did not ovulate
4th cycle, did not ovulate.
On 5th cycle, CD17 now but no signs of ovulation so highly likely no ovulation this month either.
When I didn't ovulate in June, they sent me a letter ELEVEN days after my period finished to tell me to take 2 tablets a day instead of 1 but obviously it was far too late so I rang them to tell them and they told me to discount that month and take 2 in August, but I told them I was pretty confident I ovulated so wanted the blood test check so they sent me the form and I was right, I had ovulated. Got a BFP but after AF and was spotting so knew something was wrong, rang the office with no answer or reply to my messages for 4 days and I finally got through, only to be told that the specialist had a month off and that she was the only one who could advise me so basically I was on my own, not knowing what the hell was going on, bleeding, and even my EPAU refused to see me because I was under the care of a specialist. I then get a letter through saying as I ovulated on the 1 tablet of Clomid to only take 1 the next cycle which I did, that was October as that was my first AF after my loss, test showed I didn't ovulate, got a letter through 6 days AFTER my last Clomid to tell me to take 2, rang them up again and they said to continue with 1 on my next cycle as it had worked in July/August, did that, next cycle did not ovulate, had a letter through 4 days after my last Clomid pill this cycle to tell me to take 2 tablets a day and that after my prescription is up, they cant continue with my care on the NHS due to me already having a child and being with the same partner and if it wasn't succesful by the time the prescription runs out, nI will need to be seen in the private sector, even though at my first appointment she had reassured me that if Clomid didn't work for me, there were other options that she could try and now she's just basically washing her hands of me, no mention of switching to femara or anything even though she knows I only ovulated 1 cycle out of 5 on clomid. I rang up and told them it was too late and she said to take 2 next cycle. I told them I can't as I only have 5 tablets left of my prescription and that I need a new blood form and she said she would see if the specialist would write me up a new prescription and she would send me a new blood form but that was over a week ago and I haven't hesrd anything from them and my bloods are due on Wednesday.
I am sorry this is so long but I am so frustrated by how this is going, I can't help but feel hard done by as their cock ups have cost me at least 2 cycles and not only that but now they are going back on their word as they told me they could explore other treatments and now they are saying they can't. Sorry for the rant but I am just wondering where I stand, and if you think it would be worth explaining all this to them so maybe they continue my care for a bit longer and maybe get them to switch to femara or some other method. I am not expecting IVF of course but something else would be nice, they know I am annovulatory and the one time I did ovulate I got a BFP so I only need help ovulating! So upset and disappointed by the whole situation and I don't think the stress of it all is helping with the TTC
Am I being unreasonable to expect better?
1st cycle - did not ovulate
2nd cycle - ovulated, BFP but not sure how as was negative 2 days before AF and then positive the week after, took Clomid days 2-6 AF - chemical/miscarriage, spent most of sept losing so no cycle.
3rd cycle - did not ovulate
4th cycle, did not ovulate.
On 5th cycle, CD17 now but no signs of ovulation so highly likely no ovulation this month either.
When I didn't ovulate in June, they sent me a letter ELEVEN days after my period finished to tell me to take 2 tablets a day instead of 1 but obviously it was far too late so I rang them to tell them and they told me to discount that month and take 2 in August, but I told them I was pretty confident I ovulated so wanted the blood test check so they sent me the form and I was right, I had ovulated. Got a BFP but after AF and was spotting so knew something was wrong, rang the office with no answer or reply to my messages for 4 days and I finally got through, only to be told that the specialist had a month off and that she was the only one who could advise me so basically I was on my own, not knowing what the hell was going on, bleeding, and even my EPAU refused to see me because I was under the care of a specialist. I then get a letter through saying as I ovulated on the 1 tablet of Clomid to only take 1 the next cycle which I did, that was October as that was my first AF after my loss, test showed I didn't ovulate, got a letter through 6 days AFTER my last Clomid to tell me to take 2, rang them up again and they said to continue with 1 on my next cycle as it had worked in July/August, did that, next cycle did not ovulate, had a letter through 4 days after my last Clomid pill this cycle to tell me to take 2 tablets a day and that after my prescription is up, they cant continue with my care on the NHS due to me already having a child and being with the same partner and if it wasn't succesful by the time the prescription runs out, nI will need to be seen in the private sector, even though at my first appointment she had reassured me that if Clomid didn't work for me, there were other options that she could try and now she's just basically washing her hands of me, no mention of switching to femara or anything even though she knows I only ovulated 1 cycle out of 5 on clomid. I rang up and told them it was too late and she said to take 2 next cycle. I told them I can't as I only have 5 tablets left of my prescription and that I need a new blood form and she said she would see if the specialist would write me up a new prescription and she would send me a new blood form but that was over a week ago and I haven't hesrd anything from them and my bloods are due on Wednesday.
I am sorry this is so long but I am so frustrated by how this is going, I can't help but feel hard done by as their cock ups have cost me at least 2 cycles and not only that but now they are going back on their word as they told me they could explore other treatments and now they are saying they can't. Sorry for the rant but I am just wondering where I stand, and if you think it would be worth explaining all this to them so maybe they continue my care for a bit longer and maybe get them to switch to femara or some other method. I am not expecting IVF of course but something else would be nice, they know I am annovulatory and the one time I did ovulate I got a BFP so I only need help ovulating! So upset and disappointed by the whole situation and I don't think the stress of it all is helping with the TTC
Am I being unreasonable to expect better?