The Elderberry Pavlovas, sausage bouquets, one giant sofa and the Gü pots of destiny! (thread 9)

frog tbf 'bombastic' is waaaaay better than 'peanut'. It even has its own theme tune!!!!!

peanut Sorry to hear your fc was shit! The same thing happened to my friend who has ended up going private. I slag my fc off but I know I should be grateful that she hasn't discharged me

Thanks for the sympathy everyone (and for the choc bunny tally - it has been snaffled!) I think I was just upset because basically she said everything I didn't want to hear. Have GP appt in the morning so will raise all my concerns then and see if I can't get something moving. A new FB pregnancy announcement from a coursemate just made the whole thing even worse so had a breakdown. Off to the gym now to punch something.

yorkie glad your doctor is not an evil robot! x

Aw hugs peanut. I think there is some special training course where they teach medical receptionists & secretaries to be absolutely vile. At my drs you have to cry on the phone to get the heartless cows to let you see the doctor.

bunny thanks for new thread!

boombastic lol at your 'crib'. I tend to have notes on my iphone. Each time I see the FC, she roles her eyes when I take out my phone as she knows whats coming grrr

ttc 23 months, no real reason other than dh morph slightly low. iui hopefully starting June. Ironic pre IUI BFP due as a result of hol to Thailand next month!

hi everyone. marking my place for this months trial!

cd 10 here. so far dtd 7,8 and will do 10,11 then eod after that til we can't be bothered cd 21!

my update- cycle 16, fertility checks in progress, next appointment June...
on the plus side I have signed up for race for life 10k again this yr so am upping my running which will give me something else to think about for a while!

I know! I went in ready to argue my points and she was just so nice. I'm not used to it either as have had some truly hideous doctors that just make me cry and feel like a naughty teenager.

I'm on cd 4 at the mo so will be going in a few weeks as having a progesterone test. she said that because my cycles can be shorter I should go earlier so cd18 I guess. I'm really pleased she understood that as I know some people here have had a hard time persuading their doctors that a cd21 test is not necessarily suitable for their cycle length.

Afternoon all.

peanut that is shite. Firstly that kind of rudeness is just not neccessary and is totally out of whack, particularly considering the subject matter. Secondly a year is just not acceptable. So what- they look harder if you go back in a year's time or something? Look harder now you idiots.

tally if she came on this thread she would get her arse kicked!

yorkie hooray! A helpful real person doctor! So when are the tests? Normally bloods come back pretty quick.

peanut hope you're okay and thanks for your help earlier.

I went to my appt and I really can't fault the doctor. She was v young but so lovely and as soon as I explained everything she just said that she wanted to get some blood tests done for me and sa on DH. I asked her if thyroid was included as my mum has an underactive thyroid and she just added it to the blood test request no problem. She said that she would refer me in June if no luck before then or sooner if I wanted to come back before June. She said they are normally told 18 months ttc before referral but that she wasn't going to count the months.

thank you guys. I always curl up under a quilt now I make them. it makes everything just that bit cozier.
I don't do any fact hand stuff like knitting or crochet, but I suppose I could take a drop spindle with me to places if I really wanted to spin on the go. can't recommend anything for travelling really!
hugs peanut. that woman sounds like she needs a bit of time here on the thread for a bit of perspective. Here, have this Cadbury caramel bunny that the ladies in the office were eating and I sneaked out while they weren't looking.

Aww Peanut Anyone would be upset by that. A flipping year?? All I can think is that these people who are so blase about TTC must not ever have experienced it first-, or second-hand. They just can't know the stranglehold TTC can take on a woman's life, relationship, career, friendships, familial relationships... hell we're only on thread 9 and have seen the angst caused in these areas, and there are maybe only 25 of us? No way could the receptionist be one of our tribe. If so she'd know the idea of another year of this is unthinkable.

Any chance she was just plain wrong? If she said your results were normal when they weren't, maybe she was giving you the wrong spiel?

Grrrr v annoyed for you peanut you must be so frustrated. Can you not ask to speak to the consultant directly about the results if you're not happy or have you already tried that one? I would still keep on phoning them about the scan until they are fed up of you asking and book it. Poor service...stoopid snotty secretary.

Err how do I view someone's profile as I have never done that before? I tried clicking on peanuts name but it won't let me do anything. Thanks!

yorkie I put the crib sheet up as a picture on my profile, it's not great quality but just about readable

Just had a phonecall back from the clinic. It was very snotty, Yes Mrs Nut we HAVE written to your doctor (they haven't) and Yes your results were normal (errr no they weren't) and Yes we WILL book you that scan we promised you of course we were going to do that not and Yes we HAVE discharged you back to GP care but if you still aren't pregnant a year from NOW then the doctor will happily see you again.

Couldn't argue with her on the medical points because she's just the secretary. But still practically in tears on the phone. A year from now? I have to keep trying for another year before any bugger will give me a break??

Excuse me while I curl up and cry under tally's pity quilt...

That is just beautiful tally. I have been pondering whether to take up knitting or something as I spend a lot of time travelling on trains now & whilst I pretend I'm working I'm more likely just playing on my phone. It seems wrong to spend an hour & a half a day (at least) reading when I could be creating something.

Thanks v much peanut my appt have been moved to later on this afternoon now so am now sat on my sofa twiddling my thumbs working very hard

Your quilts are lovely tally you are v creative. Yes yes I'll gladly snuggle under one as I'm cold!

Oooh tally LOVE it. It's a perfect pity sofa quilt/eclair-munching disguise!

thunder chocolate? Really? I can't smell anything

I guess they'd just have to do the bloods every week and then refer back when a period starts. If they were sensible. Obviously they don't actually do that.

yorkie I shall put my super-duper-multi-coloured crib sheet up and then if anything on it is helpful for you pinch away!

Just phoned the gynae clinic again They still haven't sent me an appointment to discuss blood results, and still don't know who I am or what I want when I phone up to see if they've chased it. It's only been 5 weeks after all

would you like to snuggle under a quilt? I'm making one that I can't work out what to use it for, so maybe it should be for the sofa of pity... www.soliloquilt.blogspot.com

mmm eclairs! God's perfect sugar delivery mechanism. Thanks Peanut!

Thyroid alert you berries who know about thyroid stuff, my bloodwork came back with TSH of .75. Receptionist said normal level is .27 - 4.2, but now I'm reading online that optimal TSH for TTC is between 1 and 2, and that results higher or lower can create problems getting pregnant.

Is this true? Do I need to see the GP again to remind her that TTC was the whole point of the test?

thunder I've only used it for one full cycle so haven't seen much change yet but this woman swore by it for helping her get her period back and they had been having problems conceiving for a long time.

Thanks v much peanut anything would help! I'll have a look at the guidelines now. If I can quote from guidelines rather than my own personal feelings I'm sure that will help me put my point across better. Good luck with your appt tomorrow!

Thank you yorkie and peanut. I don't think she's taking any supplements so will pass that on. Has the flaxseed helped you yorkie?

And how on earth do you do tests 7 days before af when you have no idea at all when it might come? I'm not sure what they tested for but I will ask her.

Now then do I smell...- chocolate?? Choux pastry?? Cream??

just popping onto your new thread to say hi and wish you all the best of luck

Well yorkie I'm so glad you asked, would you like my crib sheet that I'm going to take to the docs with me in the morning (no word of a lie, it has highlighted bits and everything!) It's mega! But then again only really pertains to those who think they have PCOS. I'd just have a read of the NICE guidelines and see if any of it is relevant to you and know what you're entitled to before you go, otherwise you'll get the brush-off. You'll probably hit the same wall I did, that they want you to ttc for a year after the mc before doing anything !

thunder she's entitled to a referral to the FC if it's been over a year. I also have dodgy cycles and they (GP) took my bloods and said everything was ok, but then took some more bloods and said everything wasn't ok, before then taking even more bloods and not telling me whether they were ok or not because they're incompentent If she has dodgy cycles then they may well have tested on the wrong day, eg they need to do her progesterone levels 7 days before a period and not on day 21 etc. Do you know what was tested for and when?

sid I've got chocolate eclairs. I was going to guzzle them both but I'll share, just don't tell the others. We can hide under the blanket.