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PJVedderGirl · 11-26-2007, 09:32 AM

Hi ladies, I haven't been around lately, been a rather depressing week. Anyways, I have a bit of a rant here, it's kinda long sorry, but I really appreciate any of you taking the time to read through and hopefully offer me some advice... noone on any other board has answered any questions so far :-S ( Again... bad week, lol)

I'm on clomid at the moment, its the first anything I've been prescribed for PCOS, noone has mentioned anything else at all, although, I've only seen the GOOD doctor once since i was diagnosed. I had my day 21 levels done on Tuesday, they told me to call back on Thursday... so I did... sounds simple, right?? HUH!!! Stupid cow at the front desk wouldn't give me the results, and says i have to wait till my next appt., which is January the 17th.... or she can fit me in on the 15th, January that is!! Anyways... had to argue with her, explaining that I just wanted to know whether the Clomid was working. That evening there was a message on my machine basically saying, "your levels were 6.3, if you wanna know what that means, ask your doctor in January" So... first question... can any of you interpret my 6.3 progesterone?? Have I ovulated?? I was under the impression that it was supposed to be around 30 while on Clomid, so I'm really worried about continuing, if I'm ovulating, but with really low progesterone. I really couldn't handle a M/C after all of this.

The second thing is... If you haven't guessed, I'm going through the public health system at the moment for treatment, and so far.... I HATE them so much, and can't understand how these people were ever employed to do this job! Has anyone else gone through the public health route? I'm just finding it hard, I have all these questions, but not allowed to ask, I'm scared if I get pregnant, that I could avoid something terrible happening, if only I got proper care. Also, I'm not sure how far they will help me, is Clomid the end of the line for me?? Which brings me to my third question..... Private fertility treatments... I'm almost certain I can't afford them, but I was wondering how expensive it is to go the private route.... currently, we don't have any private health care, and my partner is the only one working... should I look into it, or just give up all together, and stick with the horrible doctors at the hospital (which are in the same waiting room as the antenatal visits... and they ask me EVERY time, how many weeks are you??) So, if we HAD private health insurance, would any fertility treatments be covered, or do you just pay out of pocket?? Also, if I got some, say tomorrow, how long is the waiting period before you can use it?

I appreciate ANY help you can give me here, I'm at my wits end with all of this, I feel like I have noone else to turn to.... I can't even ask my doctor till January

On a lighter note..... YAY, I love Christmas SOOO much, I'm going to pick up my Big W xmas layby on Wednesday that I put on in July, I can't even remember what I got!! lol

How was everyones weekends?? Mine.... dull and boring lol. My little brother came down from my Mum's, who lives in the Clare valley, about 2 hours North of Adelaide. So, my weekend was filled with TV and Nintendo Wii, lol. Oh... and I took my grnadma to bingo, but I didn't win :-)