How long did you try before seeing a dr?

If you had, or are having, trouble concieving, how long did you wait until you saw a doctor?

I went to my doctor at 5 months and then 9 months and got a referral to the specialist then. Because I'm not waiting long enough to go public I'm paying, but I was getting a bit uptight about waiting so decided it's worth it.

Thanks for that. We're at 8 months now, and I'm 27, so perhaps it's something to look at in the next couple of months.

Did any doctors require you to chart before starting treatment?

I was already doing my charts, but don't think the doctor would have thought it was necessary but it at least showed that we were trying at the right time.   She sent us for the blood and semen tests first too.

I was seeing my GYN for something unrelated about 10 mths in so he arranged the blood tests, I got preg the next cycle.

Hi Jade
We went and saw our GP before TTC to have pre-conception blood tests done. He gave me a prescription for folic acid at the time so I have been going back to him every 3 months but he didn't seem to think that there were any problems when we weren't conceiving. Even after we hit our 12 month mark he said wait a couple more months, and then when I went back to him next time he said that the public fertility specialists weren't accepting referrals unless you had been trying for 2 years. I went back to him a couple of months later because my AFs had become absolutely unbearable and got a referral to both the fertility clinic because we hadn't conceived and a private gynae for the pain. All up it was about 18 months before we got anywhere with out GP. And I'm 27 the same as you. Now my gynae is saying if we don't conceive within 6 months of the lap we can go to IVF, but given my age we can keep trying for 12 months if we want to.

Not all GP's can sort of the likes of clomid, but i think they can do the spermy stuff.

Hmmm, ok. Thanks for the info.

Emily - do you have other symptoms that suggested endo?

Yup - PAIN and lots of it!!! I've always suspected endo as I've always had really heavy, painful periods with lots of clots. Like mummy_becks I also got Ov pain. There were other things like painful BM around AF and painful sex, gas, bloating, consitpation followed by diarrhoea etc etc.

MamaPickle wrote: Hi Jade Sorry to hear it's taking a while. It took us 17 cycles to get Hannah. As frustrating as it was, I didn't even click that anything could be wrong, I just thought it was normal. But when I saw my GP to get my pregnancy confirmed she was shocked that it had taken so long. She said that at my age (just turned 26) that it's "normal" to take up to 12 months, but she'd take me on from 6 months for CD3 and 21 blood tests, then at 12 months she'd do further testing. So I guess I know for next time! So long story short, it can't hurt to see your GP Good luck!

Thanks Char, thats good to know.    I just met a lovely new female doctor at our centre, so maybe I'll check in with her. CD1 today, so maybe we could look at bloods this month. What do they test for?


Mummy-Becks - you're right, I was thinking of PCOS!

Emily - wow, I hope you get some relief from that! Mine are mostly painfree thankfully, although doing a major ab workout the day before cd1 makes things SO much worse!