Saw gynae consultant today (with DH) after 8 months unsuccessfully TTC and having increasing back-pain, PMS and spotting before AF (4-5 days which is new for me in last few months).
I really shouldn't be surprised but he was totally rude, cursory and dismissive of any of my experiences and totally uninterested in my symptoms or problems beyond the potential (secondary) infertility. I have been charting and produced these, which suggest ovulation, to be dismissed with "not very reliable", a breath before suggesting that he would probably prescribe clomid (but we would have to pay for it privately as we have a DD - this was news to me). He kept getting my basic history totally wrong as well, having obviously not read my notes and not being bothered to ask. Anyway, the upshot is that he's going to do more blood tests (no big surprises).
I'm still trying to disentangle my reaction (from the initial rage ) but just wanted to check a few things out with anyone who has any experience of these matters...
Is spotting for 4 days before AF with back pain 'completely normal' ("I can't think why your GP thought this needed checking out")? Lots of things I have read suggest it isn't, and it certainly isn't for me. My ultrasound and basic bloods were fine.
Does the presence of a corpus luteum cyst on my ovary (as seen on ultrasound) suggest that I ovulated this cycle?
Outrage and similar stories of horrible gynaes will of course be welcome too