At home SA Kit

[nuthinbutpink]

Yes! I think the fact that your doctor just have you clomid and a "good luck" is absurd. You need to KNOW what your body is doing! With one tube you must know if the ovary is even responding each month! Your OB can monitor you but doesn't sound like he/she is really invested in your outcome. Clomid is no magic bullet. Time is wasting. Your fertility is compromised and you simply have to know what is going on with your body month to month!

What if that ovary never makes a follicle? How would you ever know?

[djmommy]

Yes, I have to agree. Thanks for the info. I actually called an RE for a consult. Hoping insurance covers something, Waiting for a call back.

[maidentomother]

I very much agree with NBP's wise comments!

[djmommy]

So I am supposed to see an RE this morning. I have an appt scheduled and I am just hoping my insurance covers something. Any advice on what to expect or what questions to ask? I did have bloodwork done a few months ago, should I bring it?

[nuthinbutpink]

Yes. Just tell him you want to have a baby. You need his help to make it happen. Bring whatever you have with you! They will get a full history and go from there.

[djmommy]

ok so my appt today is not happening. It is $450 for a consult and we just can not afford that right now. I just feel like crying all day. I just don't know what else to do. I guess we will keep trying but I think I should probably not take the clomid unmonitored. Any other suggestions. We bought a home SA kit and will do it this week.

[atomic sagebrush]

would you do smep? It may sway blue.

[djmommy]

I may try one more cycle with the every 4 days and one attempt at positive opk because last cycle I don't feel like we even had a chance. What do you think? The SMEP is attempt at pos opk and 2 days after then one day off and one last time? Also, I feel like we did try that method, unintentionally, when we were first ttc. I didn't know what was taking so long until I had the hsg and found that my tubes were blocked and then I was happy because they opened one. How does that happen anyway? My DS is 2! Then I wanted to try hard to sway pink.

[djmommy]

Do you think I should skip the clomid?

[nuthinbutpink]

I would call your OB and see if they can do an u/s as you approach ovulation, on clomid, and see what your ovaries are doing.

1. It will show if you even respond to clomid and if so how well

2. It will show if you are responding on the side that you *think* is open

3. You will then know if you even have a chance that month assuming your tube is actually open


There is NO reason in the world that the OB should not monitor you.