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HeatherMichele
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vent about RE. [long]
HeatherMichele
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I'm on my second round of 50mm of Clomid. I ovulate on my own but the RE said that "two eggs are better than one." so he Rx'd it. On my first round he triggered me and I ovulated, supposedly within the next 24-36 hours from the way I was cramping and that was comfirmed with a progesterone blood test. My level was 7.4, which the NP said was "great".
Once I got home and looked up prog. levels I was not so sure the my results were "great" at all. But whatever. I chalked it up to me not knowing that you're supposed to take the pills at the same time everyday and figured I'd messed up the cycle from taking it at different hours of the night. Went in for a HCG and it came back negative.
On to round two.
This cycle I did the same days [3-7] and took each pill at 10 a.m.. I also started taking EPO and drinking green tea and pom juice. The doctor didn't see me until cd7 for a u/s he found a cyst on my right ovary and said that my lining was looking great already. I had an HSG the next day where he couldn't see my left tube but said it was "just spasming and not letting the dye through". And then on cd12 I went in for an u/s to check my follies and get the trigger shot. The cyst was still there, obviously. But he started measuring it like it was a follie and I had to remind him that it was a cyst. *facepalm* Then he asked what cd I was on and said that the u/s looked "cloudy" and that he thought I was already ovulating on my own and didn't trigger me. Sent me off with orders to have sex tonight and tomorrow and then come in for a post coital test.
So we had sex, had the test done. Where he said my CM looked to be "too thick" but to have sex one more time just in case and then come back for the progesterone blood work.
Well, I started charting again this cycle and my temps were all over the place. From my chart there was no way that I had Ovulated on cd12. But I kept charting and we had sex a few more times just to be safe. But once I finally got cross hairs for the 25th I was pissed. I had thought maybe my thermometer was busted or something. But no, I'm showing a pretty nice temp rise after christmas morning so I'm pretty sure that I did O that day or the next (since my temps could have been high on the 26th from the few drinks I had xmas night).
I had my prog b/w done yesterday and I told the NP about my chart and what the doctor had told me and that I was really confused and wondering if the prog results would tell her when I actually ovulated. Her response... "You don't need to worry about those things... That's why you have us." Gag! I was furious. But I just bit my tongue. She Rx'd me Prometrium and said that if my results were low that I needed to get it filled and start taking them that night. She also made an u/s appointment for me on next Wednesday. She called with the results that evening and said that I did O and that everything looked "wonderful". So I asked if I needed to fill the Rx and she said no but told me to keep my u/s appointment. I thanked her and was about to hang up when she asked me to wait and then asked if I took clomid this cycle. I said yes and she said that I did need to take the pills then. Again I was upset and my daughter started crying in the other room so I just hung up.
I filled the Rx and took one last night. I called back earlier this morning to ask for the specific numbers of my results. I should hear back later this afternoon.
I go in for an u/s on Wednesday. Not sure why it's an u/s and not an HCG blood test. But I'll ask that when she calls with the numbers.
All-in-all I'm pretty sure this was a wasted cycle. We didn't have sex on the holidays bc we were burnt out from all the "fertile time" sex we just had and were busy playing santa and enjoying our company. So unless there were some super sperm that made their way through my fvcked up cm and clung to life long enough for my eggs to make an apperance... I'm out.
I'm just going to have to be an advocate for myself I guess. I thought an RE's office would be less careless but I was wrong. We're stuck at this clinic bc it's the only one Tricare covers. I'm just going to have to stop trusting that they know better than me and speak up if I think something is wrong or being left out.
Thanks for reading. I know some people frown on these posts but I just needed to get it out. Fingers crossed for super sperm making it through the gauntlet!
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Re: vent about RE. [long]
OMG what is up with the bump spazzing out?!?!
For the 3rd try now....I agree with Sulf. You deserve to understand their procedures and protocols for what they're doing to your body. I'm sorry you have no other options for an RE either...Hopefully things will get better! GL