In August I visited my
OBGYN (Doctor B. at Kaiser in Riverside) and was asked “you are up to date on
your PAP test why are you here?” I
told her I was ready to start a family and just wanted to know what I should be
doing to help my chances and to make sure I was good to go. I was told to
“just have fun”, “don’t stress” She was never asked about my previous cycles,
or anything pertaining to my life, stress levels, nothing. Basically I was
rushed out of the office and I left feeling angry and belittled.
In December 2014 we began trying. Early January 2015 I was late with a negative test. Mid January I was still late with a negative test. I emailed my OBGYN and I was instructed to go into the clinic exactly two weeks apart for two urine pregnancy tests and when both were negative I could be seen by my Doctor. The last week of January I saw my Doctor she told I was probably just stressing and should just relax. (I cannot tell you how aggravating this statement is) I tried to explain to her how I thought something was wrong how I just don’t feel right some days, she told me she would order blood work for my thyroid and my glucose. I got an email back telling me I was fine.
Fast forward to March 2015 I was late again with negative tests. At this point I was very concerned. I emailed my Doctor once again and a nurse responded that she would forward my email to my Doctor SEVERAL days later I heard back from my Doctor. She prescribed me Provera (this will increase progesterone levels causing them to drop when the medication is stopped triggering your cycle to start) to take on the 1st through the 10th of each month and ordered a pelvic ultrasound, which was scheduled for March 25th. At this point I went back and counted all of my cycle lengths that I could access on my app. They ranged in length from 29 to 68 days.
On March 25th I drank my twenty-some-odd-ounces of water and waited and waited for my name to be called. Apparently I had consumed too much water. Have you ever emptied half of your bladder? That is not an easy task. After the ultrasound I went home feeling like something was off. I had caught a glimpse of my ultrasound and it looked scary!!!
March 29th I got an email from a Doctor was not my OBGYN. It read “Your recent pelvic ultrasound was normal. Your uterus and ovaries are all normal appearing. No evidence of fibroids or worrisome ovarian cysts. ” This was fantastic news. Although now I was just beating myself up for being such a stress freak.
Thursday April 2nd I received a follow up phone call from Doctor B. she started out once again just telling me to relax. I interrupted her and told her I was concerned because my cycle lengths varied so much. She told me she couldn’t previously access my scans so she would pull them up and look at them again. After a long pause she told me I do have cysts on my ovaries that are consistent with Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and that I would have to go to Infertility in Fontana, which may or may not be covered by my insurance. She managed to find the contact information for me and told me to call her when I am pregnant.
I am beyond disappointed in this Doctor and will not be returning to her.
Our first Infertility appointment was Friday April 10th. We met with Doctor Park who is AMAZING. She was so professional and positive. She went over our options with us as well as some of the tests that need to be completed so we have a better understanding of the situation. Kaiser gives you six cycles to try for a baby and that’s it! She reviewed my ultra sound and said she wanted to do her own. After the ultra sound she told me she found what she thinks is a fibroid if she is correct it will need to be removed (how the heck she saw a fibroid I have no idea because all I saw was fuzzy gray coloring). She also said she found my ovaries to be poly cystic in nature but wants to review my blood work to know for sure. She instructed us to check out with her assistant who would give us specific instructions for our testing.
She was not joking!! I have never been given such specific instructions for blood work and when to call and schedule appointments. We then checked out with the receptionists who explained to us that we may want to start a binder for all of our receipts. Since the insurance company will only cover 50% of the costs we need to hang on to all of our paper work to keep track of what has and has not been paid for.
Here are the tests that need to be completed for more information.
In December 2014 we began trying. Early January 2015 I was late with a negative test. Mid January I was still late with a negative test. I emailed my OBGYN and I was instructed to go into the clinic exactly two weeks apart for two urine pregnancy tests and when both were negative I could be seen by my Doctor. The last week of January I saw my Doctor she told I was probably just stressing and should just relax. (I cannot tell you how aggravating this statement is) I tried to explain to her how I thought something was wrong how I just don’t feel right some days, she told me she would order blood work for my thyroid and my glucose. I got an email back telling me I was fine.
Fast forward to March 2015 I was late again with negative tests. At this point I was very concerned. I emailed my Doctor once again and a nurse responded that she would forward my email to my Doctor SEVERAL days later I heard back from my Doctor. She prescribed me Provera (this will increase progesterone levels causing them to drop when the medication is stopped triggering your cycle to start) to take on the 1st through the 10th of each month and ordered a pelvic ultrasound, which was scheduled for March 25th. At this point I went back and counted all of my cycle lengths that I could access on my app. They ranged in length from 29 to 68 days.
On March 25th I drank my twenty-some-odd-ounces of water and waited and waited for my name to be called. Apparently I had consumed too much water. Have you ever emptied half of your bladder? That is not an easy task. After the ultrasound I went home feeling like something was off. I had caught a glimpse of my ultrasound and it looked scary!!!
March 29th I got an email from a Doctor was not my OBGYN. It read “Your recent pelvic ultrasound was normal. Your uterus and ovaries are all normal appearing. No evidence of fibroids or worrisome ovarian cysts. ” This was fantastic news. Although now I was just beating myself up for being such a stress freak.
Thursday April 2nd I received a follow up phone call from Doctor B. she started out once again just telling me to relax. I interrupted her and told her I was concerned because my cycle lengths varied so much. She told me she couldn’t previously access my scans so she would pull them up and look at them again. After a long pause she told me I do have cysts on my ovaries that are consistent with Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and that I would have to go to Infertility in Fontana, which may or may not be covered by my insurance. She managed to find the contact information for me and told me to call her when I am pregnant.
I am beyond disappointed in this Doctor and will not be returning to her.
Our first Infertility appointment was Friday April 10th. We met with Doctor Park who is AMAZING. She was so professional and positive. She went over our options with us as well as some of the tests that need to be completed so we have a better understanding of the situation. Kaiser gives you six cycles to try for a baby and that’s it! She reviewed my ultra sound and said she wanted to do her own. After the ultra sound she told me she found what she thinks is a fibroid if she is correct it will need to be removed (how the heck she saw a fibroid I have no idea because all I saw was fuzzy gray coloring). She also said she found my ovaries to be poly cystic in nature but wants to review my blood work to know for sure. She instructed us to check out with her assistant who would give us specific instructions for our testing.
She was not joking!! I have never been given such specific instructions for blood work and when to call and schedule appointments. We then checked out with the receptionists who explained to us that we may want to start a binder for all of our receipts. Since the insurance company will only cover 50% of the costs we need to hang on to all of our paper work to keep track of what has and has not been paid for.
Here are the tests that need to be completed for more information.
Day
one of my next menstrual cycle I am to contact Kaiser Fontana Infertility and
schedule a Hysterosalpingogram
(HSG) and Saline Infused Sonohysterography (SIS). Day 3 of my cycle I am to have my
blood work done.
At our
next appointment will be scheduled after all of the testing is completed. At
this appointment we will go over all of our test results and choose an option
that works best for us.
The
last few weeks have been a roller coaster of emotion. I am lucky enough to have
an incredibly supportive husband, family and close circle of friends making
this experience more bearable.
Below
are some links to some of the medical terms and procedure talked about above.
Arggggg.... i just wrote this nice message and it got deleted! :( well basically i was saying im here for you lady! Love you and i hope i can be there for you like you were for me! :)
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