I dont think docters take young women seriously when they are in early to mid 20's! - Trying to Conceive (TTC) Message Board

scoobylou22 · 04-17-2007, 11:26 AM

Any young woman out there ttc think the docters don't take them seriously?
I'm 22 and have really irregular periods im convinced i have poly cystic overies and my docter refuses to give me any tests or drugs and keeps saying it will sort itself out! i have gained about a stone in the past year and my arms have got really hairy i have to wax them its horrible, i also have quite alot of spots but they don't take me seriously

morrisun · 04-17-2007, 11:37 AM

It happened to me when I was TTC. I was 25 at the time and I hadn't had a period in over 3 months, went to the Dr. and he looked at me and said come back in 6 months from now and we'll run some labs. I looked at him and said uhhh....that's not really acceptable to me. I think I stunned him because he ordered the labs right then and there and gave me a RX for provera. Just recently I've been diagnosed with PCOS, but I've had symptoms for 13 years. UGH!

Blastoff9600 · 04-17-2007, 01:13 PM

Your best bet is to make sure you know your body and know how to talk to your doctor. If you havent read the book Taking Charge Of Your Fertility. Chart at least three of your cycles. Take those charts and the info you gained from the book and tell your dr you arent leaving until s/he listens to you and starts running tests on you. It will help that you know what tests you want run(the book goes over them). The charts show you are serious as well and gives your dr a view of your cycles. Also wouldnt hurt ot have notes written about what is going on with your body like the weight gain, the hair growth, or anything else that is new or different.
It is true that when you are younger the drs dont think to take you serious unless you get pushy with them. Also most couples take a year or two to become pregnant on their own and that is without problems. Hence why most drs when you first see them tell you to give it time. They know that a lot of women get antsy when 3 or 4 months go by and they arent pregnant. They just havent given it enough time.
But if you go in with knowledge and the attidude that you know what is going on they listen better.

shellshell82 · 04-19-2007, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Blastoff9600

Also most couples take a year or two to become pregnant on their own and that is without problems.

Average is 4 months when there are no probs. One mild factor makes the average 2 years. It is possible these couples "without problems" that conceive after a year or so actually do have problems, but they are mild. (Or maybe the problem is infrequent intercourse)

Scoobylou, I hope you find a doc that listens and does something soon. My husband and I had heaps of trouble finding someone who would listen and take us seriously. We were 22 and 23 at the time. Two years later, we are still not pregnant, but we have been diagnosed with problems, given drugs, had operations, done a treated cycle... but you need the diagnosis first, and then you can get the ball rolling.

Blastoff9600 · 04-19-2007, 05:56 AM

If you read the books and check over valid medical sites you will see that on average it can take up to a year to get pregnant. When you look at the odds of actually getting pregnant each cycle then you can actually understand why it can take that amount of time. On average a couple has a 15 - 30% chance of getting pregnant even with perfect timing. Then throw in that somewhere between 50 - 75% of that fails to develop for various natural reasons.
So taking a year or even two isnt that hard to see. It has only been recently that drs have been suggesting it can take up to two years. Various studies on healthy couples found that 50% conceived in 6 months, 82% in one year, and 91% in 2 years, all without medical intervention. Now most those studies involved about a 100 couples as test subjects.