Doctors appointment - what a joke!

[rainbowflower]

I'm new to my surgery so don't know the doctors there and when making my appointment I asked to see someone knowledgeable about fertility. The receptionist said noone sprang to mind as a specialist but that they should all know that...

I went in this morning and told the doctor that my periods had returned in June when LO was 6 months, and that although my charts showed I was ovulating I had a luteal phase defect.
Her response? "What's that?" I was (nearly) speechless. I had to explain to her what it meant....

She then went on to ask if I was a specialist and how I knew all this, and pretty much dismissed me as soon as I said I'd researched it online.

She said that, "despite what other women online have said", there was nothing she could do and that I had to choose what I wanted more - to BF my son, or to give up so we can TTC again. That's rubbish!! I asked about progesterone supplements of any sort and she said that she wouldn't be giving me anything to mess around with OV and I explained that that's not what progesterone does. She still said no. TBH I can understand her not wanting to prescribe something when she doesn't understand the science behind it, but to say that there is NOTHING you can do to improve the situation when she is clearly has no knowledge on the area is just insulting.

I was worried that I'd be dismissed quickly but didn't think I'd feel so infuriated that I know more about this than she does and that her mind wasn't open to learn.

Rant over. Feel a bit better now.

[love being a mummy]

omg I think you need to see someone else, can't believe she didn't know that.

[Sunset]

i agree you need to see someone else... i would have been furious too!

[rainbowflower]

hmm perhaps I'll make another appointment then

having just had a read of the doctor profiles on the surgery website it seems that one of them qualified more recently and specifies an interest in "family planning" - although is that just pregnancy prevention and not so much of the fertility side of things?

[Out of the Blue]

hmm perhaps I'll make another appointment then

having just had a read of the doctor profiles on the surgery website it seems that one of them qualified more recently and specifies an interest in "family planning" - although is that just pregnancy prevention and not so much of the fertility side of things?

Sorry! How frustrating...I agree w/the others...get a different Dr.! Anyone qualified should know that stuff! Then again, my High Risk Fetal Med Dr. tried to tell me that there is no way I could know when I O'd (um, OPKs, checking cervix, charting and temping, etc!!!)...Sorry for my rant...story for another day!

rainbow, I would think that a fam planning doc would know that kind of stuff b/c fam planning isn't just prevention...

UGH! Good luck!!!

[Flava]

It is a shame that a lot of this doc's have no clue!! right? WTH did they learn ? You need a new doc for sure!

[amari]

So sorry. Doctors really dismiss that we know a lot about our bodies, it is a shame. I would try another to find another doctor,

[rainbowflower]

thank you, I certainly don't think I'll be asking to see her again... I'm hesitant now about going to see another doctor and getting the same reaction

[zanacal]

Ugh, I'm so sorry. That's terrible! I'd be tempted to make a complaint - or perhaps anonymously post her a copy of TCOYF?! The family planning person might be a better option.

[Lavenderlime]

That's awful rainbow! If you don't fancy going in Does your surgery do phone appointments? My Drs surgery are really good and you can request for a Dr to call you back. That way you can talk to another Dr. without having to go in and if they actually understand what you are asking them to do when you go in you know it will be just to get them to write a prescription.

Or do you have a family planning clinic that you could visit instead locally.