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Drs and Charting

My doctor told me today that charting is overkill....that it was good i did it at first to see if i was Ovulating, but now its silly and i'm putting too much pressure on us....

anyone else's dr's just not so thrilled about charting? she made me feel 2 inches tall....


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Re: Drs and Charting

  • Mine has never even suggested it to me. I think he thinks about the same....to much stress ect...

    I'm trying it though. (first month)

  • Nova726Nova726 member
    I don't think my Dr is a fan, but he realizes that it's something I need to do for myself since we've been trying so long. I'm really glad I do it though because he still tries to tell me that a woman Os halfway through her cycle.
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  • Mine told me that most likely I was pretty fertile, but that charting was still a good tool.  She took the time to sit down and look at my charts.
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  • stayceestaycee member

    tell that doc to suck it.   Without charting, I would have never known the cycle that my O day jumped from the usual of CD22 all the way to CD39.    Hell, that to me would have been testing time and I would have been freaking out for 2 weeks until my AF finally showed.

    Also, if you don't chart - you can't really know when to test/when you're late, etc...

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  • imageAMYfromKY:
    Mine told me that most likely I was pretty fertile, but that charting was still a good tool.  She took the time to sit down and look at my charts.

    ditto!

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  • I go on Friday for the first time since TTCing and I'm hoping she doesn't make me feel 2" tall and is supportive. Either way, I'm not planning to stop charting
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    Because I charted, my doctor was able to see that my past cycle was both long and anovulatory.  She is having me come in at 7dpo for testing instead of the typical CD21 check in.  So I feel like charting is helping with my treatment. 

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    imageAMYfromKY:
    Mine told me that most likely I was pretty fertile, but that charting was still a good tool.  She took the time to sit down and look at my charts.

    ditto!

    She did not want to see my charts...ooh well.  I think that we're doing a great thing for ourselves ladies!! 


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  • stayceestaycee member

    oh and FWIW, both my PCP and my RE we're extremely supportive of charting and actually told me to continue.

    (my PCP is a woman who was 38 at the time.   My RE - also a woman in her mid-40s).

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  • My RE said to continue charting ONLY if it doesn't add once ounce of strees to my life.  She said if I even stress a tiny bit, it is not good. 

    What was interesting though was that she just glanced at my charts for just like 2 seconds, said "they're excellent" and went about her business.  She didn't analyze when we did the deed, or anything other factors. 

    She kinda killed my interest in charting a little.

     


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  • Both my doc and my OB are very supportive of charting.  My OB even asked to make a copy of the charts I brought so she can keep them in my file.
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  • What she kept saying is " just have fun and it will happen"  ...okedokie....

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  • Thankfully my doctor is very supportive of charting.  She let's me email her my charts and gives me feedback.  Even if she wasn't supportive I would still chart, the information it gives me is so valuable.

     

     

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    Thankfully my doctor is very supportive of charting.  She let's me email her my charts and gives me feedback.  Even if she wasn't supportive I would still chart, the information it gives me is so valuable.

     

     

    yep! 


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  • My Dr. was pretty impressed when I showed her a copy of my chart.  She hadn't seen one before (at least from FF) because she didn't know what "BD" meant, and she didn't tell me it was an overkill.  She seemed sort of impressed that I knew so much about when my last period started and when I ovulated.  I think she see's a lot of women come in who have no clue on either.
  • imageilovetolaugh:
    What she kept saying is " just have fun and it will happen"  ...okedokie....

    Pretty sure that is the most annoying advice anyone gives...ever.

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  • imageilovetolaugh:
    What she kept saying is " just have fun and it will happen"  ...okedokie....

    No offense, but your Dr. is a douche.

  • Mine never said anything specifically - but she wanted to make sure that I was using some sort of device or method to make sure we are timing things well. She brushed over things once she heard I use OPK's she was happy.

    But I'm so glad that I do it for myself. I feel more confident that we are doing all that we can.

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    imageilovetolaugh:
    What she kept saying is " just have fun and it will happen"  ...okedokie....

    No offense, but your Dr. is a douche.

     

    LOL -- I love when people use that word 

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  • My doctor told me that it was too much too and that I should just relax and have fun.  Confused  She said she has no reason to believe that we won't get KU.  Gee thanks. 

    IMHO, I don't get the stress correlation.  I mean, isn't it MORE stressful to not know if/when you're ovulating?  How about timing sex? If you're O date moves around a bit (like mine) that would be beyond frustrating and stressful.  I feel like there is some sort of conspiracy that the medical establishment doesn't want us to know how our bodies work.  It's really bizarre.  Of course, these are some of the same folks who also place childbirth in the ailment category, when it's perfectly natural and women have been doing it at home, in the field, outside of hospitals for centuries!

    Whew!  I didn't mean for this to become a rant, but I guess it did.

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