Letrozole/Clomid/Ovulation induction via NHS

[hellomama1]

Hi everyone 🙂

For those who were/are on ovulation induction medications, was it from the NHS GP or NHS fertility specialist?

I’m 33, BMI of 33, PCOS with long cycles. Blood tests and ultrasound done. Results were good. GP won’t proceed with fertility referral if my BMI is not below 30, which I clearly understand. But only having 4-5 chances in a year to conceive due to long cycles is quite frustrating 😔

Any tips on how to get them to prescribe me these medications or what to tell them? I’d like to try it first before going down the IVF route because I’m positive that this is going to work for me (fingers crossed).

Thank you x

Mine were prescribed via NHS fertility specialist. I had to have been trying a year for that referral and then it took 9 months to see the specialist (covid times). From my research at the time I understood that GPs aren't allowed to prescribe things like clomid and leterzole anymore as the fertility specialist was also supposed to do scanning to monitor for overstimulation. However they scrapped this in covid and to my knowledge they haven't bought it back which either seems risky or shows it was unnecessary in the first place?

Hey!

You're GP can't prescribe it! It has to be referred to the fertility specialist!

However if you had your bloods/scan - you could go private - the prescription in my clinic is £5 approx. Maybe take your current NHS test results.

The cost has been bloods/scans and hycosy.

Also of a similar BMI! however with pcos losing weight is taking forever so i wanted to get the ball rolling.