Help Please...

[Guest guest]

has anyone been to a reproductive endocrinologist? I have an appointment

tomorrow and was wondering what to expect. I had open RNY on 12/9/02 and I have

lost 118lbs and I am at my goal weight, give or take 2 pounds. I have been

trying to get pg for 3 months and went to the GYN a few weeks ago because I have

been off the pill since December and my period has not come at all. I knew I

was not pg as per home pg test. She did a bunch of blood work and found that my

FSH and my Estrodal (spelling??) where both very very low. She referred me to a

reproductive endocrinologist. I was just wondering what was going to happen??

Any help is appreciated.

[Guest guest]

when I went to a RE, I had a complete checkup just as with any MD or

OB. They take a TON of information about your history (when started

periods, how heavy, how long they last, regular or not, methods of

birth control etc.) they ask about any secually transmitted diseases,

if you know your blood type, any previous pregnancies and how they

progressed, any problems/miscarriages/ uneventful pregnancies with

your pregnancies- any abortions etc/ etc. Take with you any results

of any lab work that may show you are low on anything- progesterone,

estrogen etc.

If you have been taking notes from the girls in here, tkae those with

you since WLS is relatively widespread just recently, many OB's and

RE's having had patients who have had WLS (or RNY WLS anyway).

Take all of your medications with you- be prepared to tell who

prescribed them to you and how long you have been taking them.

They ask a detailed family history- your parents or grandparents or

siblings having any medical or gynecological problems. (heart, lung,

asthma, seizures, diabetes, heart disease or attacks, high

cholesterol, stroke, etc etc etc).

You will most likely have an internal exam- with a pap smear and any

other vaginal cultures for sexually transmitted diseases. Most also

do a breast exam for anything abnormal. Some do blood work that day-

mine didn't since we knew right off what our plan of action would be-

so my blood work was done later in the month on certain days of my

cycle while taking clomid and Hcg injections.

They will ask of course about your age, how long trying to get

pregnant- depending upon your age- they will discuss how agressive

you and your hubby want to be to get pregnant. They will ask if your

hubby has any other children- and may order a sperm count for him.

this is about all I can think of right off the top of my head.

Good luck!

sheila

[Guest guest]

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I go to a Reproductive Endocrinologist as my regular OB/GYN because he was

the only one I could find who would actually treat my PCOS. I'm not actively

TTC at all, but I did not just want someone to prescribe BCPs off-hand

without actually testing me and finding out what was really wrong. It

wouldn't make me upset to find out I was pg, let's just put it that way.

Anyway, I really like my RE. He checked all my hormone levels, my blood

sugar, etc... and officially diagnosed me with PCOS (just as I'd always

known but never gotten an OB/GYN to act like it was anything they knew

about) and right now he has me taking metformin (850 mg x 2) and Prometrium

to help me have periods. I'm not 100% convinced that the Prometrium is

working; I am having periods on time now, but they are always dark-colored

and not as heavy as I think they should be. At any rate, I will give it

another couple of months and then I will call him back to discuss it with

him and see what other options there might be.

Sorry, that was probably more info than you wanted! Just suffice it to say,

I really like my RE. I'm glad your GYN referred you to one.

Kris

on 3/17/04 8:05 AM, Silver at just_jennysilver@... wrote:

has anyone been to a reproductive endocrinologist?