I think the doc will decide on all the testing necessary.

Just make sure to bring all your information you want her to know on a paper and any questions too - the more info the better.

Hi premomt

I have an appointment with a fertility specialist on thursday morning, the reason i am going before the official year of trying is because i have been getting spotting starting around 5/6dpo each cycles and it continues until af. i went to my local doctor about it because i was concerned it was low progesterone, however i had that test done last week and my levels were fine, so she gave me a referral for the best one in my State. I called them last week expecting to be told i would have to wait for months to get an apointment but only just over a week. i will let you know what they ask me and also what tests they suggest i should have. It might be different as i have a spotting issue and you dont, but either way i will let you know what they suggest i have done.

Thanks sarah!!
After DH told me he was getting depressed it hasn't happened yet I decided not to wait, and called my OBGYN for a consultation. I have my appt next thurs! I would apreciate any info you can give me about your appt, that way I can go in armed with some good questions!

Good luck with your appt tomorrow! (or was it today? I can never sort out the time conversions...)

SarahMelissa, I would love any info you have after your appointment tomorrow too. I have the same problem -- spotting starting at about 6-8DPO each cycle. I also had my progesterone tested, which came back normal. I've got my appointment with my OB/GYN on Monday, but would love to know what they said for you before I go. Keep us informed!

Humm, now that I think about it, I too seem to spot from about 6-8 dpo. But I don't think its a low progesterone level as my temps jump right up after ov and generally stay above coverline till af shows for real. First I thought it was implant spotting then when I knew I was not pg I thought it could be from poking my cervix too much. I will have to remember to bring that up...

Ok girls I have just got back from the FS appointment so I will run through everything…..I am back at work now and all the paperwork and everything is at home, so I will do my best to remember everything.

Sorry for this being really long but thought I may as well mention everything.

First thing the guy asked was both our past histories including age, occupation, any previous pregnancies, surgeries, allergies, medical conditions or family medical conditions.

We were also told when making the appointment that we had to bring in a sperm sample. He then took the sample and looked at it under the microscope (oh we said that we had done the DIY one too and he said he had never heard of such crap and wouldn’t trust them lol). Anyway he said that the count was good and that it looked high however he was a little concerned because there seemed to be a lot that were not moving. So he made us send the sample off to scientists that do the proper evaluation, we won’t get the results of that back for a little while yet though. Anyway after that he asked DH to drop his pants so he could “feel his balls” DH was so not expecting that one!!!! Anyway he said they felt fine.

Next step was that he wanted to examine me, he asked when I last had a pap smear and I had one in December last year but he did another one anyway. He then used his fingers to have a feel around inside and check that it didn’t feel like I could have Endo. He said it felt fine in there. He then went on to do a vaginal ultrasound where he got out a condom and filled it with some kind of lube type looking stuff and put it on this thing that kind of looked like a vibrator. Anyway he then stuck that up there and we watched the monitor to see what he was looking at. We could see my uterus and ovaries and everything and he said it all looked great and that he didn’t see anything that made him want to do a lapsectomy (sp????) something where they put you to sleep and insert something through your belly button to check out your insides.

Anyway after that he sent us both off for some blood tests, I told him about my day 21 test last week and he was happy with that result but suggested the spotting could be from estrogen (sp?) not progesterone so a blood test was done for that and some other things, but not entirely sure on what the other things were. Not too sure on what DH’s blood tests are checking on either but he said something about chromosome somethings??

Anyway he has put me on Clomid (called something else but he said it was like Clomid but it’s the next generation of it which is better). He said you need to take it from CD2 – CD6, I told him I was on CD4 so would it be too late to take it this cycle, but he said no, just start today and take it for 5 days. He did say though that it could make me release more than 1 egg so could end in a multiple pregnancy…..eeeekkkk! Anyways that’s all good I don’t really mind. He also said that I could come back on CD12 and have a scan to make sure the eggs are maturing properly and then I could have a set of injections to make my egg release and then we but DH and I both think we will just try the Clomid for a cycle or two and see what happens. If we still don’t get any luck then we might try and scans and injection things. He said if that didn’t work then the next step would be IUI. Im hoping we wont have to go that far though.

What he does want us to do starting from today and everyday is that DH has to take 20ml of Aloe Vera juice a day, a tablespoon of Goji Berries, 10 pumpkin seeds, zinc and folic acid. And I have to take folic acid (this is on top of my pre natal vit) berocca, fish oil and zinc.

Ok I think I remembered everything, if anything else comes to mind I will add later on, my brain is just swirling with information though.

Thanks for all that info and for putting in the time to type all that out! Sounds like it was quite the appointment!

It's interesting that he would say that he thought maybe the spotting could be caused by estrogen and not progesterone. That's backwards from what I would think.

My appointment on Monday is going to be a bit different than yours because it is with an OB/GYN, not a Fertility Specialist. Our difficulty isn't normally our ability to get pregnant, as we've been pregnant twice before, but this time it's that my body hasn't settled down properly since my second miscarriage in February. I'm hoping he can shed some light on where we go from here to get things back to normal and functioning properly so we can get our sticky .

Hopefully all your tests come back normal and that Clomid will do the trick for you soon! I'll be stalking you to see how you get on, k?

Premomt, I hope your appointment goes well next Thursday! I'll come back and post on this thread how my appointment goes on Monday so we've got a place with all this info consolidated.

That's ok Jessa, i type pretty quick so it didnt take too long to write out and anything that can help you or anyone else is worth the time anyway.

And btw its totally fine to stalk me