Hormone Imbalance Doctor

[MLBW]

Consultation fee with Lucy Lord when I was pregnant was around $850, including the ultrasound. I don't know what a standard gynae visit would be.

Thanks TST Mum. I'd like to keep to a doctor whose higher consultation fee is 700 HKD or below. Thanks for the suggestion, though.

 

[MLBW]

Oh, just a note. I am not particularly seeking treatment for infertility. I have had no problems with infertility and was able to conceive quite rapidly (within one cycle after going off of the pill in 2007). I am seeking treatment for a flux in progesterone which causes a really severe form of PMS called PMTD which I have suffered with since I was 16-years-old. Basically, I am physically wiped out for approximately half of every single month. My guess is that since so many women require fertility treatments in order to conceive, that HK should have quite a few fertility doctors available and that might be my best bet. :0)

 

[MLBW]

Maybe the correct term for the type of doctor I am looking for is a Reproductive Endocrinologist?

 

[clowe77]

Hi MLBW!!

Sorry for the late reply - I just read this thread!

Your last terminology is absolutely correct. My RE was Dr Philip Ho who is not only a fertility "expert" (as helped many many women in HK conceive including me!) but a certified RE AND has his own private practice called the Women's Wellness Center (or something like that) located in Central. I am sure he's your man. I had a hormonal imbalance problem which prevented me from having regular cycles... also the hormone which causes womens' follicles to reach fulll maturity and release an egg was not strong enough in me, so he gave me GonalF plus an HCG shot to make me ovulate and BAM I got pregnant on the first cycle of treatments with him (this, after several failed cycles on Clomid, which had been making me borderline psychotic... just ask my poor husband!).

Anyway, please try him and let me know how it goes... He's wonderful. Not the most chatty guy in the world but calm, patient and extremely knowledgable. His nurse Kelly is wonderful - warm and super friendly and knows her stuff!!

 

[MLBW]

Hi Clowe77,

Thanks for your reply. As I mentioned before, my issue is not fertility at all--I had no problem getting pregnant--went off the pill and was pregnant within the next cycle (unplanned...ugh!).

My issue is PMDD which I have had problems with for over 10 years. Right now I am consulting with a doctor in the States as well as a natural family planning (NFP) instructor as I've been charting my cycles for about 8-9 months now. It is likely that my issue is one with progesterone and I may need to receive a week's worth of hormone supplementation (estrogen, progesterone or HCG, depending on what ratios they find in the bloodtests). These all must be administered after I ovulate--which fortunately for me, I know because I chart my cycles faithfully.

Anyway, I am not really interested in taking any type of synthetic hormones and have been advised that there are natural alternatives out there. So, right now I'm searching for a Reproductive Endocrinologist that can work with the specialists I'm working with here in the States once I return to HK.

Does Dr. Ho have an e mail address I can contact him through that you know of? I would just like to ask him a few basic questions about his approach and explain my situation further so I can decide if he might be the right guy.

Thanks again for the recommendation!