Great topic Elizabeth...I would love to know that since my MD as precribed nothing....she just keeps saying it will happen just give it 6 more months......we are going on 2 yrs TTC

Ashley

I haven't taken prescription meds, but a friend of mine was actually put on progesterone (she thinks that's what it was) to jump-start her ovulatory cycle after being on the pill. Apparently, it worked immediately! She got prego in the first month on it. Although, she's not sure if her body just finally came around or if it was actually the meds...

Ashley,
Please forgive me if this is a question you've already answered elsewhere....but I don't get your doctor's attitude of "give it another 6 months" if you've already been TTC for close to 2 years. Everything I've heard/read/been told says that after 1 year of TTC with no success (if you're under 35, and after 6 months if you're 35+), that you should get tested/see a fertility specialist. So what's up with your doctor? And are you happy with his/her "it'll happen when it happens" attitude?

Ashley.......I agree with Jennifer! I don't think I'd be very happy with the "wait and see" attitude at this point in the game. I've been TTC for 16 months and can hardly wait to get in to a fertility specialist in December. Have they even ran any tests on you or DH?

I'd definitely like to hear people's take on meds, too. I suspect I have PCOS, but won't be confirmed until December. I'm thinking if that's the case I'd like to try Metformin before anything more drastic like Clomid, but I'd be interested in hearing people's experience.

i definitely agree with the ladies Ashley. 2yrs and no success i would be all over that doc. i am on my 5th week of taking Fertilaid. i have noticed a big diff in the sensitivity. have you tried taking that.

I am NOT happy with her attitude of "wait and see". I think she figures b/c I have a child and he has 3 from previous relationships we are fine......no testing has been done on either one of us. I go back to see her in Jan and I told DH if nothing has happened by then I will tell her I am tired of waiting. She said that b/c DH has been working out of town for a year she thought we werent getting together at the right time!!!! she also told me to start doing the OPK so we would know for sure I am O and then let her know.... So can i really count the whole 2 years???...not sure ...i have only been doing the OPK for 3 months.

The good news is DH got transfered and will be back at home starting TODAY!!! That should help with the TTC process....but like i said Jan and NO BFP.... I will switch MD's if I have too!!!

~Ashley

Ashley......I definitely understand the whole thing about your husband working away and wondering how much time actually counts. lol My husband works on a boat, five weeks on, five weeks off, which isn't really helpful to the whole TTC process. That's why I jumped on the OPKs so quickly, because I figured I could use all the help I could get.
I think you can count the two years, if not in the amount of time you've actually been able to try, then at the very least in frustration! Every BFN I get is extra-frustrating when I know I won't be able to try again for another two months.

Thanks rabidpecan!!! It is nice to know someone feels my pain...lol

~Ashley

I agree with rabidpecan. Whether or not you're "doing it at the right time," you were still trying to get pregnant, so all those months of BFNs count! You've got more patience than me, though - I'd ALREADY be looking for a new doc. BTW, is she an OB or a family doc/general practitioner?

She is an OB/Gyn and is actually in one of the best groups in our area...I have 2 friends that see another OB/GYN in the same group and both say they credit her with helping them to conceive.....So I will give her one more chance b/c i really like her and feel comfortable talking to her.

~Ashley