Warning: Fat Phobic RE in DFW

andra · 12-06-2003, 12:19 AM

Just a heads up about Dr. Anna Nackley of Center for reproductive assistance. Read Below: This is Just MY experience and no offense to anyone they have helped.

Okay so I FINALLY talk to the doc today and she said we can continue with a monitored cycle and IUI if I want to. I told her that she had not mentioned anything about my weight and she said it IS a recommendation because of not being able to see my ovaries and that SHE cannot be there everytime I have a scan to find my ovaries. I said that the nurse was very rude and I did not like her implicating that my weight was the cause for my miscarriage and she said it was probably due to my glucose intolerance. What? I have never heard this before and SHE cannot prove that that is the cause. I cannot beleive she said that. She said the the IR is because of the weight and I said now wait a minute. Is the IR not associated with the PCOS and therefore Causing the weight. She said that it is not proven what comes first and that I have the PCOS probably due to the weight and the IR. I said, I don't beleive that is right. I was down to 175lbs and still had the symptoms and have had symptoms since puberty. Give me a break. So in other words it is MY fault I lost my babies( in her opinion)because I am fat and haven't lost the weight. Like I do not feel guilt enough for my losses. As far as the not treating if heavy she said their cutoff is a BMI of 47 and I am a 47.8 so that they would do the IUI and monitoring but no injectibles or clomid. Give me a break. So I checked my BMI after I got off the phone and I have only a BMI of 46. I am so furious the more I think about the nerve of these people being so damn insensitive. I would like to do the IUI but am seriously considering not going for my scan and finding another doc. She has been so nice up until now. I think I made her mad because she did not call on Thursday like she had said and I kept calling until she talked to me. Oh well, I am paying her and if she cannot do the job I need her to do then I will find someone who will. I really would love to have another baby but I do not need this abuse. Can anyone recommend a fat friendly RE in DFW area? I mean I am aware that my weight is a concern but I am so tired of these fat phobic doctors who blame everything on my weight.

Thanks for listening,