Second Visit to Dr Chin

The OPKs didn't show two dark lines at all, so on CD18, I picked up my phone and made an appointment to see Dr Chin. After waiting for two week, DH and I were in her clinic again.

Today is CD6. Thankfully, I'm still in time for my first dose of Clomid. Typically, the practice now is to take Clomid from CD2 to CD6. But Dr Chin said that in the past, Clomid was taken slightly later in the cycle, so we still can give it a try for this cycle.

To avoid having to make frequent trips to her clinic, she prescribed enough medication for 2 to 3 cycles. I was instructed to take 50 mg Clomid daily from today onwards and use the OPK on CD11 to CD18 (as per last cycle). If LH surge is detected, I am to take the same dosage on CD2 onwards for the next cycle (if I don't get pregnant). However, if no LH surge is detected this cycle, then I am to increase the dosage to 100 mg daily from CD2 onwards for the next cycle.

Before we leave, Dr Chin also informed her nurse to supply DH with a sample bottle and told us that he can have his sperms analysed whenever he's ready. He just have to call the clinic, the nurse will make an appointment with the lab, and he will be given a date to submit his sample.

Today bill:

Consultation	$100
Ovulation kit (5 pieces x 3 boxes)	$105
Clomid (5 tablets x 3 packs)	$30
TOTAL (including GST)	$251.45

First Visit to the O&G Clinic

This afternoon, I made my first ever visit to a gynae. When I called for an appointment a couple of weeks back, the nurse recommend that I come on a weekday, so that I can spend more time with the doctor to talk about our issues. (It would be more crowded on a weekend, with longer waiting time.)

Dr Lisa Chin's clinic is located in Gleneagles Medical Centre. After she spoke to us, she did a transvaginal ultrasound scan on me and reported that I have no abnormal cyst. My womb condition is fine and looks just as expected on CD4. Then, she gave us a piece of note about fertility awareness and instructed me to use the ovulation kit from day 11 to day 18 of my menstrual cycle. The first morning urine is to be used because it would be more concentrated. If the test is positive (i.e. two dark lines appear on the test kit), DH and I are to BD that night and the next. Ovulation is expected to occur the next day and usually there will be clear transparent mucus discharge. While the sperm can last for three days in the uterus, the egg can only survive for one day.

Our bill for today's visit:

Consultation	$200
Ultrasound scan	$100
Ovulation kit (5 pieces x 2 boxes)	$70
Folic acid (28 tablets x 4 boxes)	$8
TOTAL (including GST)	$404.46

Sad...

DH and I had been trying for baby ever since we got married. After slightly more than half a year, there was still no good news. So, we decide to try TCM and both of us went to see the physician recommended by my colleague. The clinic is far from our home, but thankfully it was near my parents', so we'll make appointment on a Saturday or Sunday when we visit my parents. I had to visit weekly for acupuncture and for medicine. Seeing TCM wasn't cheap; every visit would cost us around $100. On certain weeks, it will cost more because the medicine prescribed at different time of the menstrual cycle would be different. Taking the medicine was manageable for me. I just had to mix the pack of powder with hot water and drink it, once in the morning after breakfast and once at night after dinner.



Today, after 3 months of TCM treatment, we are approaching our first wedding anniversary, and I'm still not pregnant. In fact, AF reported today and I am so sad that I decided to take leave to stay at home.