It's official....

I'm looking for a new Ob-Gyn. I've been debating this for a while, now. This morning's adventure confirmed it for me, however.

Here's the deal with me...  Today is CD 33 for me & possibly 15DPO. I don't normally go this long in my cycles. I'm normally 27-30 days.  I've been taking tests since Friday (11DPO) & they've all been negative. I have an appointment with an RE on Thursday (2 days from now), which could end up costing me around $300. I'm OK with paying that, if I can find answers to why I'm not getting pregnant, but if I already am pregnant, I don't see the point in spending that much if I don't need to. Logical, right?

So, I decided to call my Ob-Gyn (the one who prescribed me clomid) to see if they could just order a blood test to see if I am, in fact, pregnant. Again, seems logical to me!

Here's how that conversation went down:

Me: "Hi! I'm 3 days late for my period, but getting negatives on my HPT's, so I was hoping to get my blood drawn to test my betas."

Nurse (not my favorite person, by the way): "we don't do that here"

Me: "What do you mean you don't do that there?"

Nurse: "You'll have to make a 'confirming appointment'."

Me: "Well, you do realize that I'm considered 'high risk', right? I need to make sure that my numbers are doubling."

Nurse: "well, we typically don't draw blood until 7 weeks"

Me: "Well, I work right above a lab, can't you just call in the order, then I can come in & discuss the results?I can't wait until 7 weeks.  Besides, I would like to know if I am before I go to the RE on Thursday."

Nurse: "Won't they do a blood test there for you?"

Me: "I'm sure they will, but I'm not really wanting to pay $300 for them to tell me and I don't want to waste my time or the doctor's time if it's not necessary."

Nurse: "I'm really sorry, but I will have to talk to the doctor. She's not here today, so it will have to be tomorrow."

Anyways, as you can see, I'm a little bit frustrated. I don't understand why a simple lab test can't be done. My old Gyn that I was seeing when I had my ectopic, ordered lab tests right away. The day I called him & said "I'm late", it was ordered. The new Gyn's office apparently feels that every single woman is exactly the same & should be treated as such, no matter if they're high-risk or not. That's not OK with me.

It's fine for now, because I found a walk-in clinic that will do the test tonight after work. I will still have to meet with the doctor, but at least I don't have to wait until 7 weeks! 

So, I'm officially on the hunt for a new and improved OB-Gyn. One who looks at each patient as a case-by-case situation, because all women are NOT created equal!