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Pregnant after IF
nikinikinine
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on the brink of tears
nikinikinine
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I just called a highly recommended OB office - six of my girlfriends go there and two have delivered with their doctors. I'm trying to see about switching and I asked to speak to a nurse to ask questions.
The receptionist was like "I can answer pretty much anything that you need to know". Okay fine, so I start asking questions and she really can't answer them, but she sounded rushed and busy.
I just want to know how often I'll be seen, what will happen at each appointment and what I can expect in terms of care from their practice. I don't think these are hard questions.
Will I get an u/s, will I get a cervical length check, will the babies growth be checked? And how often will this happen.
FFS, you'd think I was asking something HARD to answer. I'm so frustrated.
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Re: on the brink of tears
Unexplained Infertility
After two Clomid cycles, three injectable IUI cycles, two IVFs, two miscarriages, and one lap surgery, IVF #2 has brought us our little boy!
TTC #2
After months of being postponed or cancelled, FET #1.3 (Natural FET) brought us twin girls!
Ugh, I'd be annoyed.
Maybe call back and skip the intro and ask for a nurse? I always call my OB's office and just ask for OB triage and I get connected instantly never even ask my name.
Otherwise ask for the office administrator and explain that you want to be a new pateint but need some simple questions answered by a nurse.
this is how I found my current OB. I met with multiple docs with my list of questions and chose that way.
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This exactly. Sorry, Niki.
Yes.
There's absolutely no way anyone but my Peri could have answered those questions, because the answers vary depending on the patient/condition.
After 2 rounds of IVF & 2 rounds of FET, we were blessed with identical twin girls!
Did you schedule "consults" with them and they did it for free, or were they regular appointments and your insurance picked up the cost? Just wondering b/c I assumed (maybe wrongly) that I couldn't meet with all of them b/c my insurance would balk at the cost.
I scheduled consultation appointments with them, and payed my specialist copay for all of the consultations. We did it (OBs and REs included) probably 5 or 6 times all together.
The key is scheduling the appointments as consultations. Not as regular patient appointments.
The only time the doctor WOULDN'T schedule a consultation was actually the RE that we decided to go with. And that was because he actually did a free consultation over the phone with us for over an hour.
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"If dandelions were hard to grow, they would be most welcome on any lawn."
IVF #1-4=BFN IVF #5=BFP! U/S on 5/3 revealed TWINS!
ugh, how annoying!
Can you call back and just see if you can schedule a consult? Tell them that you are interested in switching but would like to sit down with a nurse or dr. to ask questions.
It seems like they are always rude / rushed on the phone but it might help if they'll let you set up an appt.
Diagnosed PCOS & MFI-Success with IUI
Gen, Kim, Babsie - thanks I'll try the consult route. I didn't even know that was an option. I thought I just needed to talk to a nurse.
juliannat - sorry. Babies are fine and dandy
Kicking away.
Newsbaby - send me any info you have, I'm curious who she goes to b/c the "city" is not that big!
After 2 rounds of IVF & 2 rounds of FET, we were blessed with identical twin girls!