Introducing myself (again)

[Rae0315]

Hi Ladies,

 I had intro'd a few weeks ago on the other board and followed the "yellow brick road" here.  Since I hadn't been very active there I thought it would be best to reintroduce myself. So shortened version is that we have been TTC for so close to a year and have started some initial testing. I spot through my entire luteal phase and suspect that is the main/hopefully only issue. My husband had a SA recently and the numbers were all good. So just waiting for an appointment to see an OBGYN on March 16. In the meantime, going back to annoy my MD one more time and see if he will order some of the initial testing (cd3 bw, cd 21 bw, ultrasound) so the OBGYN has all that when I go there.
@ketchup - I had no real intention of actually intro-ing here until I read one of your final posts at the other place. I am fully expecting to be welcomed "with open arms" And I would mention that it was ridiculously obvious, even to a newbie like myself, that the bicornate tea girl was a blatant rip off of your story. Unbelievable that they would do that.

-Rae

[rainbowbridge14]

Welcome over here, glad you found us. Make sure your OB gives you a referral to an RE instead of handing you clomid without monitoring ( I am not sure if we gave you this advice before, but since it is always good advice I figured I would repeat it anyway just in case )

[durham1008]

Glad you found us. Welcome!

[BunnyBerry]

Welcome! Glad you had good SA results. Don't stop with bloodwork and ultrasound - get an HSG while you're at it.

[remylove1011]

Welcome! Glad you were able to find us over here in Oz! I'd try to get your OB to do a referral to an RE before doing any treatment. Many do some testing with the OB, as it's sometimes cheaper, and then take the results to RE for interpretation. I can tell you that my OB got the results of our first SA and said something completely different that our RE (i.e. she did not mention being concerned at all about the low motility or morphology).

[bluefairy5]

Welcome Glad you followed the Yellow Brick Road over here.

[dancerspose]

Welcome (again) glad you found your way over here. Good luck with the testing!

[astop87]

Welcome! I'm pretty sure my IF issues are mostly luteal phase related too. I definitely recommend an RE. They'll be able to prescribe what you need and monitor you to make sure it's the right meds/treatment for you. My GYN initially said yes to helping us but changed her mind when she realized we had a couple issues. We're all much better off with an RE.

[rachaeleigh]

Welcome!

[lindy04aggie]

Welcome! Glad you made it over here!

[Ann612]

yes, welcome arms!! glad you came over and found us.

[Deleted]

Welcome over here, glad you found us.

[annaclaire256]

Welcome. Glad you found us!

[iheartdolewhip]

Welcome over. Glad you found us and hope your stay is short. Also, I hope you are in good hands with your OB/GYN, if you cannot see an RE. Luckily, you have tons of advice to be able to call them out on any BS they try to sell you. I wish I had that when I was dealing with my stupid OB/GYN's.

[disneykate]

Welcome!! Good luck with the rest of your testing!

[tkb24]

Welcome! Glad you got out of lame gross unmentionable other place. GL!

[tumbleweed]

Welcome!!!

[laurensc927]

Welcome, glad you found us!

[lillee]

Hello and welcome!

[Rae0315]

Thanks for the warm welcome I have done a bit more research on RE's and there are two clinics total in a 800km radius! The clinic 500km away is a 12-18 month wait, the clinic 800km away is a 3-6 month wait and they are set up for remote consults. So I plan to ask my MD next week for a referral to the clinic 800km away to get the ball rolling anyhow. Since the OBGYN I will see is the guy my MD consulted with when he decided to prescribe me Provera for luteal phase support without any other work up, I don't have a whole lot of confidence in him.
BunnyBerry - thanks for mentioning the HSG, I plan on asking my MD about it but really have no idea if he will be able to order it for me? Where are those normally done? And by who? I have no clue but kind of doubt that the techs at the regular ultrasound clinic would do it?

[bluejello]

Welcome, glad you decided to follow us! I hope you are able to get to an RE or at least an OB that does proper monitoring. Good luck to you!
For my HSG I went to an imaging/radiology type office. No idea what the equivalent would be in Canada.

Ladies - do we have any Canadians experienced with fertility treatments who could help? I feel like there was someone but I can't think of who.

[BunnyBerry]

Rae0315 Some women had their HSGs done by OBGYNs with success. Sounds like the OB you saw sucked though.

As long as no one's starting you on treatments before making sure sperm could actually have a chance to meet egg through clear tubes (and implantation could occur successfully on a clear ute), then it could make sense to wait for HSG with the RE. So sorry you have to deal with that long wait and long commute to an RE!

[LavishPeach]

Welcome over!

My HSG was done in the hospital, in the radiology department and preformed by a radiologist and assisted by a tech. Others have said theirs were done by their OB or RE, so it can vary.

Good luck getting in with the RE and I'm sorry you appear to have a not-so-great OB.