Trying for a Baby Part 9

codemonkey

It's like they learn the 28 day cycle at medical school then nobody ever goes "hang on a minute, my cycle is 32 days/26 days".

She also told me to relax and stop stressing. Yeah thanks for that.

claire16c

Oh my god code. How did you manage to stay so calm! I honestly would not have been able to leave the room until I'd gone on about cycles until he DID understand lol! I would have been incensed! What a prat!! What's wrong with these ppl!

As your DH is at a different drs I would get him to do his test there & stay away from your gp apart from getting any tests done. Don't let this guy mean you waste anymore time. Is he even going to do the tests for ovulation/progesterone etc?

claire16c

codemonkey wrote: »

It's like they learn the 28 day cycle at medical school then nobody ever goes "hang on a minute, my cycle is 32 days/26 days".

She also told me to relax and stop stressing. Yeah thanks for that.

It was a woman?!!! I'm lost for words.

TeamLowe

codemonkey wrote: »

It's like they learn the 28 day cycle at medical school then nobody ever goes "hang on a minute, my cycle is 32 days/26 days".

She also told me to relax and stop stressing. Yeah thanks for that.

...it was a female doctor? has she never ever spoke to another female before? oh good god there's just no hope is there

claire16c

All I can imagine is that she thinks even if you have a 40 day cycle you're still ovulating on day 14. Imagine how many women probably take her word for it & just bd at the wrong time thinking they're infertile. It's really appalling especially as it takes a 5 min google search to look up the truth.

Next time bring a smart phone/iPad whatever or just print out some facts online and say 'I'm just leaving this basic information for your perusal' lol!

angeltreats

Genuinely shocking that a medical professional could be so bloody clueless.

claire16c

If probably be so angry I'd be trying to find some type of professional organisation to report them to just to get it out my system!

Clearly we all should have trained as GPs if you just sit there & don't even need to give out real facts to people!

If I have a couple more weird cycles I'm going to the drs myself & this makes me dread it. I will be sure to go armed with charts & information etc. or just hope that you can get referred to a fertility specialist who knows what they're talking about.

angeltreats

On a sort of similar note, I have a BUPA well woman check booked for the start of April (paid for by work). The doctor I'll be seeing is male. A few years ago one of my workmates went, then aged 36, and told the doctor that she would be starting IVF shortly. He told her there was no point in even bothering as when you're over 35 there's no hope anyway, she should just save her money. (Oh and when he said this he was doing her breast exam so she was sitting in front of him naked from the waist up.)

Not surprisingly she came out and bawled. I don't think my doctor is the same, but if a doctor said something like that to me I think I'd quite literally slap him.

fannyanna

So having a positive on an OPK has clearly turned me into a crazy person. It feels like month one of trying – remember when you first start it’s so exciting, you see signs in absolutely everything and you’re convinced you’re going to get pregnant.

The facts are that I got my positive OPK on Saturday night and it was positive again yesterday. This morning I had a little bit of spotting.

Theory one is that I have ovulated. This is reflected in the fact that I have had positive OPKs and have had some spotting. Some googling in relation to the spotting makes me believe that this is a result of the egg bursting free.

Theory two is that I haven’t ovulated. My PCOS is playing with the OPKs and making them show a false positive. The spotting is also the result of dodgy PCOS or a little bit too much BD.

I suppose I’ll have a better idea later when I do another OPK. If it’s still showing positive then it’s likely to be my PCOS messing with everything. If it’s not positive (or the line is fading) then I can still hope that theory one is accurate.

Of course there is theory three that the OPK is in effect acting as a HPT and I’m pregnant. But reality tells me that would be an immaculate conception as I don’t think there was enough BD action going on before.

Yours truly

Crazy OPK lady

angeltreats

Fannyanna, bless you, I'm a bit like that having had my first ever long & mental cycle, must be even worse for you!

Are you temping? At least then you'd know for sure.