Clomid

[AngelaChasesBestLife]

I am trying to conceive my second with no success. My first was conceived with clomid which was prescribed through our local NHS fertility clinic. I do not want to go through getting my GP to refer us to them again, as it was a battle to get the clomid due to my BMI. My issue is infrequently ovulating due to PCOS. Is it possible to get clomid on a private prescription or seeing a specialist? Looking for experiences / recommendations.

I can't help you with that but I did have a discussion with someone on here that spoke about taking fertility medicines, I guess via a clinic. Maybe that's the route?

Was clomid prescribed as a precaution against chromosomal abnormalities?

Any private fertility clinic can prescribe clomid for you - they don't just do IVF but all interventions up to that. I also had PCOS so started with clomid, and the clinic scanned me regularly to tell me when I was about to ovulate. When that wasn't enough after a few cycles, we added in IUI (basically they squirted my husbands sperm into me at the time they had worked out from the scan was the best time). Two healthy DC conceived that way.

Research reliable trustworthy fertility clinics in your area, and be conscious that some will tend to have a menu of options and will try to upsell you to extra interventions. Eg you may just want a private clinic prescription but no scanning or IUI, so just politely say so.