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My OB's Office Sucks

AlmostLoCoAlmostLoCo
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I have been under the care of an RE since October and just yesterday finished the final step in the "checklist" I had to complete before I could undergo IUIs, which included various testing, consents, and medication training. Coincidentally, yesterday was also CD1. 

I called my coordinator to see if I can do an IUI this month.  It turns out that my OB's office never sent my medical records that I requested on October 20th!! and I can't do an IUI until they see the results of my last pap smear and mammogram. I am so peeved. And of course when you call there you can't get anyone on the phone, it goes right to a VM.  If I can't do an IUI this month, I may not be able to do one next month either because AF will probably arrive when the office is closed for the holidays and I have to start monitoring right away.

The only thing that might help is that my OB practice shares office space with the local affiliate of my RE practice, so my coordinator is trying to see if the receptionist at the local affiliate can get the records herself.  I mean, the records reside right in the same office so it would take two seconds for someone to pull the file, photocopy the test results and hand them to the receptionist.

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  • ForTheLoveOf PinkForTheLoveOf Pink member

    I hear you!!! My cycle tends to warm itself up next to weekends and holidays. I'm waiting for 6 weeks post fibroid surgery......then IUI...hopefully.....when is the 6th week you ask.....between Christmas and new years.....yup I'm sure that next cycle willl be out too!!!!(  a little pessimistic I know).

    It is frustrating, but here's a cheers to a BFP IUI in 2011!!!!

    TTC since 2009 very frustrated 42yr and DH 40

    5 cycles of Clomid with satisfactory response=BFN's
    Fibroid removal Nov2010
    IUI Clomid #1 Feb 2011...BFN..damn it!
    IUI Inject's #2 Apr 2011...CANCELLED...low estradiol
    IUI Inject's #3 June 2011...BFN
    IUI Inject's #4 Sept2011...BFFN
    Lap Dec 2011...severe endo..cyst removed..some remains...
    IVF#1 Apr 2012 ....cancelled due to over suppression
    IVF#2 July 2012....6 follies...only 1 retrieved....BFFN
    surgery suggested to move ovary to an better placement but....we moved two time zones away and are financially and emotionally empty

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  • boymamacoboymamaco member
    That is so frustrating! I hope the coordinator will be able to help out!
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  • lhcooperlhcooper member
    Arrghh!  This is all hard enough without incompetence.  I'd be completely pissed off.  At least they are going to try to get the records; I have a good feeling it'll work out, but you shouldn't have had to be stressed about this in the first place. 
    me - 41 (dx: DOR); DH - 53 (no problems); 7/18/09 - married!; 8/4/09 - BFP on first (real)try; 9/14/09 - missed m/c; 9/15/09 - d&c; 11/09 - 3/10 - 4 natural cycles = BFN; 4/10 - dx hyperthyroidism caused by Graves' disease; 6/10 - thyroidectomy; 7/10 - 12/10 - 1 natural and 5 medicated IUI cycles = BFN; 1/11 - new RE; dx low ovarian reserve (AMH .42; 1/26/11 -- BFP (ectopic) from IUI #6; methotrexate 2/10/11; 6/2/11 - IVF #1 = BFN; 9/12/11 - prescreening for DE; 9/15/11 - IUI #7 (unmedicated)= BFN; 11/8 - begin DE cycle (shared risk program); 12/5 - ER (5 eggs/4 mature/3 fertilized/2 left by day 5) 12/10 - ET of one 1BB blast (expanded, "fair" quality), none to freeze; 12/22 - totally shocked by +hpt; beta #1 = 413; #2 = 3952 2/14 - CVS reveals a healthy baby girl! EDD: 8/27/12 DD born 8/31/12, 10 lbs 10 oz and perfect in every way. 
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  • CityPixieCityPixie
    unbelievable!  things are complicated enough as it is!  sorry but I feel your frustration that is for sure
    About me: A pixie in the city, 41, TTC #1 since May 2010, married 18 years. Diagnosed with, surgically removed, endometrioma Aug.2010 Sept 2010 IUI #1=BFN, Oct=cyst/bfn, Nov 2010 IUI #2 = bfn. Had to postpone IUI #3 b/c of a cyst natural=BFN. Skipped IUI #3, decided to go for IVF. Found/removed uterine polyps Jan 2011. IVF cancelled, no follicles. IVF #2: 3 great embies put in on Easter Sunday = BFN. Hoping for another chance at IVF in July. TTC is NOT for wimps. http://www.fertilityfriend.com/ticker/2fab90/ttc.png
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  • AlmostLoCoAlmostLoCo

    Well, it looks like it's a moot issue, since I just found out that my DH's SA was so bad that they feel that it must have been a mistake and he has to repeat it. So, no IUI for me this month or possibly ever.

    I am devastated because in my gut I always thought there were issues with him but was really hoping the test would prove me wrong, and now it looks like I have to face my worst fear.  I have no idea how I'm going to tell him.  Sorry to be such a downer...

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  • MDBeachbrideMDBeachbride member

    That stinks.  Could you go down in person and help speed the process along?  You know, like stand over them with a shot gun? ;-)  I mean, we aren't getting any younger, right? :-) 

     

    Good luck!

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  • lhcooperlhcooper member
    Oh, no.  I'm so sorry to hear this latest and worse news.  But I think they actually think IUI works better for people with MFI than not, so I wouldn't assume you're out of the running for it yet.
    me - 41 (dx: DOR); DH - 53 (no problems); 7/18/09 - married!; 8/4/09 - BFP on first (real)try; 9/14/09 - missed m/c; 9/15/09 - d&c; 11/09 - 3/10 - 4 natural cycles = BFN; 4/10 - dx hyperthyroidism caused by Graves' disease; 6/10 - thyroidectomy; 7/10 - 12/10 - 1 natural and 5 medicated IUI cycles = BFN; 1/11 - new RE; dx low ovarian reserve (AMH .42; 1/26/11 -- BFP (ectopic) from IUI #6; methotrexate 2/10/11; 6/2/11 - IVF #1 = BFN; 9/12/11 - prescreening for DE; 9/15/11 - IUI #7 (unmedicated)= BFN; 11/8 - begin DE cycle (shared risk program); 12/5 - ER (5 eggs/4 mature/3 fertilized/2 left by day 5) 12/10 - ET of one 1BB blast (expanded, "fair" quality), none to freeze; 12/22 - totally shocked by +hpt; beta #1 = 413; #2 = 3952 2/14 - CVS reveals a healthy baby girl! EDD: 8/27/12 DD born 8/31/12, 10 lbs 10 oz and perfect in every way. 
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  • MDBeachbrideMDBeachbride member

    Now, I would think that the drs office should tell him.  Only because he may have questions for them that you won't now the answers too AND it his sperm. :-) 

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  • Mrs.McIrishMrs.McIrish member
    I'm sorry you got this news. Hopefully it was a testing error and you can do the IUI the following month. You are not a downer. You got bad news and it is hard to deal with it. That's what we are here for:-)  Hugs

    TTC #1 since 8/1/10; Me:41 and BRCA1+, DH:46
    DOR (FSH 24.3)/ terrible egg quality ; homozygous MTHFR c677t
    5 IUI's: 2/11 to 6/11 and 1/12= BFN
    OE IVF#1-4 8/11-6/12= all BFN
    DE IVF#1 11/12 bad embryos= BFN
    DE IVF #2 2/13 BFP/Beta hell: m/c 5w6d
    CFNBC 7 months, not doing well; decided on guarantee program at RBA w/frozen DE
    DE IVF #3 1/14  ET 4BB; BFP;M/C 5w1d, incomplete m/c; MVA extraction in ER 7w1d

    DE FET#1 ET 3/1714; BFP, beta 1 3/27= 197, beta 2 3/31= 1586, beta 3 4/7= 13879!!
    First u/s= Twins with HBs at 6w2d! We are Team Pink x 2!!

    K & K born 11/21/14 at 38wks 4 days

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