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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

Original poster

Can my GP prescribe clomid?

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Gracie123 · 22/10/2009 09:22

Been trying to get pregnant for a looooooong time. Started charting nearly 2 years ago and using a fertility monitor since january. Thing is the monitor says I have only ovulated once, and it was in june.

So, can my GP prescribe clomid, or am I going to be referred to a specialist who will try and stick needles in me?

(massive phobia of needles, hence not bringing it up with dr before... )

OP posts:
sixfoldwaitingtime · 22/10/2009 09:31

sadly yes, one month of two blood tests (CD3 + CD21) in which they tested every hormone level known to mankind, and then another lot of CD21 tests because they cocked up the first one.

AttilaTheMeerkat · 22/10/2009 09:30

gracie123

What should happen here is that your GP should refer you now to a gynae at a hospital's subfertility unit. They can also talk to you about your very real phobia of needles.

You need a diagnosis of the problem first and foremost and both of you should be tested further. Clomid is quite powerful stuff and is not suitable for everyone to take. Also you should be monitored whilst on it otherwise there is no way of determining whether its doing what it should be doing (clomid's main function is to make the ovaries work harder).

Please see your GP and ask for a referral. Do not put this off any more. If your periods are irregular in nature using OPK's and or temp charting as methods is not advised. Often such problems as well are caused by hormonal imbalances. Two common causes are problems with the thyroid and or a condition called polycystic ovaries.

Original poster
Gracie123 · 22/10/2009 09:26

That's disappointing. Did you have to have any blood/hormone testing done first?

I was kind of hoping they handed it out as freely as the pill...

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sixfoldwaitingtime · 22/10/2009 09:25

Mine did, but it's a big practice and she's an infertility specialist there. Other GPs may not be so keen, even if they can...

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