I really need to vent about this. I went to my GP the other day about something unrelated to TTC, but happened to mentioned my temps were really erratic and voiced my concern that I maybe hadn't ovulated this cycle as I'm only four months post-pill and things are atill settling down.
He was totally dismissive and said, and I quote, "Yeh you're not ovulating. If you were, you'd be pregnant by now". What??! He then went on to Google "post pill amennorhea", turned his computer around and told me to read the screen!!
This, with no questioning about my cycles, how often we're having sex, no history taken whatsoever. And actually, if he'd bothered to ask, I could have told him that I've had three periods (46, 42 and 35 day cycles) since stopping the pill, and had positive opks during each one-I'm just uncertain if an eggy is actually being released after the surge shows on the opks...but I didn't have a chance to say any of that because he rushed me out the door, after saying he won't do a progesterone test either because he "knows" it will come back to say im not ovulating, and all he'll be able to say to me is "it's because of the pill, you have to wait".
I got into the car and just burst into tears. Felt so belittled! How can he diagnose me with post pill amennorhea without asking me anything about my cycle? And how can he be so bloody certain about the result of the progesterone test?!
Sorry, I just needed to get that off my chest to people who understand what it's like TTC! I do get that post-pill, cycles can be messy and you do have to just wait and see, but to say I'd be pregnant by now if I was ovulating!? Gahhhh!!!!
He was totally dismissive and said, and I quote, "Yeh you're not ovulating. If you were, you'd be pregnant by now". What??! He then went on to Google "post pill amennorhea", turned his computer around and told me to read the screen!!
This, with no questioning about my cycles, how often we're having sex, no history taken whatsoever. And actually, if he'd bothered to ask, I could have told him that I've had three periods (46, 42 and 35 day cycles) since stopping the pill, and had positive opks during each one-I'm just uncertain if an eggy is actually being released after the surge shows on the opks...but I didn't have a chance to say any of that because he rushed me out the door, after saying he won't do a progesterone test either because he "knows" it will come back to say im not ovulating, and all he'll be able to say to me is "it's because of the pill, you have to wait".
I got into the car and just burst into tears. Felt so belittled! How can he diagnose me with post pill amennorhea without asking me anything about my cycle? And how can he be so bloody certain about the result of the progesterone test?!
Sorry, I just needed to get that off my chest to people who understand what it's like TTC! I do get that post-pill, cycles can be messy and you do have to just wait and see, but to say I'd be pregnant by now if I was ovulating!? Gahhhh!!!!