sothis_is_love

hi there.
I have been trying to get pregnant for almost 20 months now.
I was diagnosed in 2004 with pcos, my partner was told he had a low sperm count last october (we were told this from my gynae found out yesterday this is not the case)
Should we have been referred after a year of trying with both of us having known fertility issues?

I was seeing a gynaecologist who didnt refer me after knowing we both had issues and infact bullied me into doing a method she was studying called the creighton method. I had no intrest in this since i had a year of charting cycles, mucous ect and i didnt understand why she wanted me to do this when im not ovulating and knowing my partner had issues also. She also gave me clomid with no blood tests so i cant prove the clomid didnt work even though with me charting and doing opk showed no ovulation.

She also didnt offer any scans or anything else or to check for blocked tubes. Another problem with her was that she told me my partners issue was his count but we found out yesterday from his urologist (the same results) that its the shape of the sperm thats the problem. So she didnt even alert us to this issue or refer us elsewhere.
Should we have been referred to the assisted conception unit as soon as we knew we both had problems? Am i able to ask my gp to write to her to ask her to backdate a referral to when we we found out we both had fertility issues? I would also like to know if all these problems we had with her are grounds for us to make a complaint? With the creighton method she wanted us to start it was outwith the nhs as it was something she was learning, after she qualified she wanted us to travel to see a consultant or she her once she was qualified to find out whats best for us. And to find out what was best for us we would have to pay. Is this not her job within the nhs? To tell us what treatments would be best and to refer us to where we need to be?

Also when i told her i was no longer doing the creighton method as i felt it useless for me and my partner, she agreed to refer us and to write me a prescription for metformin to take in the time until we get an appointment, that was at the start of december and she has done neither of these things. i have left her a message on her phone and messages with her receptionist but nothing is making any difference.

Do you think i have a right to make a formal complaint to the nhs regarding her? If so how would i go about this and would it actually speed my fertility treatments up or would it be pointless?


Thanks for reading

Eva37

welcome to sc

could you explain to your gp what the gynae was like?? and asked to be referred again, to another dr. Or else to another clinic. I see an endo (hormone dr) about my pcos.

I would imagine that you would have to ring the hospital concerned, and ask them the procedure on how to complain. Or else ask your gp for advice. Just thinking...... i wonder if you ring nhs direct they would advice you on how to complain.
eva

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Darlow-babe

hi welcome to sc

I would get your gp to refer you rto a different gyny specialist, obv the one your with is a complete waste of time and she is not being honest with you and your partner. I'd also tell your gp what she is doing, and im sure either your dr or the hospital could let you know how to make a officail complaint.

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kazzz

I would try and find out how to make a complaint from your GP.
She really isn't very good is she!!

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squidge63

First contact the Patient advice & Liason service (PALS) at your hospital and inform them of what has happened etc... and they should look into it for you and try and resolve the problem for you.

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