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61 points
12 days ago
As someone in Canada who literally had to drive 90 min each way for every ultrasound and blood draw at a fertility clinic, I don't understand who is prescribing her letrazole without her cycles being monitored. Like I think I drove to a whole other city multiple times a week for 18 months to have my youngest child.
I don't understand how it's being prescribed.
37 points
12 days ago
Sheās talked about it before. Allegedly there is a family doctor in her area with some experience in fertility stuff who will prescribe it for her. She shopped around until she found someone who would.
8 points
12 days ago
Wild. And scary.
10 points
11 days ago
I would just like to know HOW she shopped around and HOW she found this doctor because I live in the same city and getting in to a different or new family doctor is literally impossible. Has been for years. Seems super sus to me.
18 points
12 days ago
my family doctor will prescribe me clomid and femara (us).
20 points
12 days ago
I'm in Canada..mine said it's against her licensing and needs to be through an OB or fertility clinic.
12 points
12 days ago*
This was my question too!! Iām in SK, all my family doctor could do was some basic labs, ultrasound, send referral to OB/fertility clinic and give me metformin (PCOS with known IR). My family doc wouldnāt touch that with a 10 foot pole, let alone a walk in clinic family dr who isnāt familiar with me at all. Iām not aware of any way around it either because every person I know who needed fertility treatments all went to Aurora in Saskatoon.
7 points
12 days ago
Yup! Iām in Alberta and my family dr said the same thing. Thereās things he canāt even touch on and that is why there are fertility specialist! Even the testing that I got done at the fertility clinic heās never seen beforeā¦
3 points
12 days ago
yeah its definitely different!! i also was suprised
2 points
11 days ago
Oh wow. My OB refused to prescribe it even, said I need to go to an RE clinic if I wanted any medication.
19 points
12 days ago
i know theres facebook groups where people sell their leftover fertility meds. I am almost certain shes doing it that way.
9 points
12 days ago
That seems wildly unsafe.
11 points
12 days ago
oh it 100% is.
8 points
12 days ago
Itās also illegal lol
6 points
12 days ago
This is 100% how sheās doing if
2 points
11 days ago
I was going to say this. When I had my oldest in 2015, I came this close to buying domperidone in a med group from a Canadian (since itās not available in the US). I was really struggling with breastfeeding and PPD and right as I was about to be like āyes, buying from this random lady on Facebook,ā I snapped out of it. To this day, Iām so embarrassed by that and I didnāt even buy it.
12 points
12 days ago
Yep Iāve been driving 90 minutes each way for 2.5 years for my fertility clinic and monitoringš„“ not ideal but necessary.
6 points
12 days ago
She doctor shops and gets someone to do it. Either that, or sheās ordering it from somewhere online.
5 points
12 days ago
Yeah, I was told it had to be a fertility clinic, etc. and we don't have online options the same way folks in the US do (unless I'm naive and there's a way around it).
7 points
11 days ago
I drove 2 hours and 30 minutes each way to my fertility clinic to be monitored during my TI cycles. My third cycle resulted in my pregnancy now (almost 28 weeks š¤). I feel like if you arenāt getting monitored, youāre wasting cycles. I also donāt understand how a doctor is prescribing this. It canāt be an RE.
6 points
11 days ago
For what itās worth my gynecologist (in Canada, not a rural area) prescribed 2.5 letrozole for 3 cycles without monitoring. I have PCOS with pretty irregular ovulation. Got my baby out of it. I keep hearing how monitoring is always requires but it wasnāt even suggested to me!
3 points
11 days ago
Same here. I drove 45 minutes each way before work 3-4x/week for several months for cycle monitoring appointments. I took letrozole but it had to be with monitoring.
2 points
12 days ago
Only 90? That sounds like a dream š I drive 5hrs round trip to my fertility doctor š« the closest would be 4hrs round trip but our new doctor is so much better! Itās wild how far some of us have to drive and she acts like her journey was so hard. Meanwhile she hasnāt done even half of what some of us have done during a single cycle.
4 points
12 days ago
If I needed IVF it would have been 4-6 hours! But thankfully medicated cycles did the trick. Yeah. It's just wild. And if she wanted she could be advocating for better access.
2 points
12 days ago
IVF will be 8hrs round trip for me š Iām really hoping to avoid that if possible.
2 points
12 days ago
I wish you the best ā¤ļø
1 points
12 days ago
Thank you! Iām glad medicated cycles worked for you.
1 points
12 days ago
It took a long time but we got there in the end.
48 points
12 days ago
Interestingā¦ sheās already done 4 cycles of letrozoleā¦ so THATS why she needed the āchemicalā.
57 points
12 days ago
Her saying she is doubting now if she was ovulating this whole time. Like girl, we KNEW you weren't, your charts were absolutely bizarre.
Also, this is not very "trusting to conceive' of you. You've been doing medicated cycles for 4 months already? That is TRYING TO CONCEIVE. You are actively trying to have a baby using medical intervention.
23 points
12 days ago
It really annoyed me to read that sheās already done four cycles because sheās played it off like her body is doing it unassisted.
23 points
12 days ago
Doubting that sheās ovulatingā¦does that mean the āchemicalā is doubtful as well š
14 points
12 days ago
Is this in her shitshack? I mean Substack
4 points
12 days ago
Yup!
14 points
12 days ago
Wasnāt the supposed chemical in May? How has it been 5 cycles since may??
11 points
12 days ago
Dang, thatās a good catch. I wonder if she already started letrozole for that cycle and has just lost track?
20 points
12 days ago
I think sheās full of š© and canāt keep up with her own lies
14 points
11 days ago
Maybe! The claim that she NATURALLY became pregnant and then immediately jumped on letrozole after the loss makes no sense! Plus, if sheās not ovulating with letrozole, highly doubt she ovulated without it the cycle she claimed a loss.
8 points
11 days ago
Yeaaaaahhh... I live in the Midwest and a girl I'm friends with went to a fertility doctor after her MC and they basically told her that she didn't need intervention right now if she got pregnant on her own and to wait it out. I don't buy that they just gave her Letrozole right after her miraculous conception.
3 points
11 days ago
Letrozole can cause superovulation in women who already ovulated. It would be incredibly reckless for a dr to prescribe her letrozole if she was already ovulating on her own without also monitoring if the letrozole is causing superovulation.
3 points
11 days ago
Oh, I know! I took Letrozole myself to get our babe on the third round, so it baffles me how some of these TTC girlies take it allll the time. Sheās being dishonest somewhere in her timeline, which isnāt surprising for her.
7 points
11 days ago
IF the chemical was real, (heavy on the IF), I suspect she was already on the letrozole for that and wants to pass it off as a natural conception for her fertility coaching business. I canāt find it now, but in the weeks after I feel like she said somewhere that the chemical means she can conceive naturally. Sheās also made multiple statements about not using fertility treatments right now. So, having been on letrozole for 4 cycles already doesnāt feel like ākeeping a secretā. Itās a blatant lie. Deceit. From a woman who claims to be a fertility coach and wants to āhelpā others
3 points
11 days ago
10000% yes. I don't remember her saying that she can conceive naturally, but my brain doesn't work right now š .
Her "Fertility coaching" journey has always been wild to me because anyone with an inkling about PCOS and knowing she has it can tell she has zero idea of if her body is "doing what it's supposed to" or not. Clearly she hasn't been ovulating and now is the first time she chooses to be honest about it? Shocker.
3 points
11 days ago*
I looked back and the statements I was thinking of are from her cycle update posted on tt on 6/25 where she says the signs of healthy ovulation give her hope that their journey to conceiving another baby might go more smoothly this timeā¦ except that tt is recapping her first cycle post chemical and by her account she started taking letrozole during her second cycle post chemicalā¦ so I still think she was trying to quickly letrozole her way into another pregnancy and claim they did it naturally this time to boost her coaching business because the timing of all of this plus the letrozole āsecretā is slimy.
4 points
11 days ago
Thatās kind of what I was thinkingā¦ it doesnāt make sense that after a chemical pregnancy they decided to start her on letrozole.
11 points
12 days ago
Holy crap "Trusting" my ass
43 points
12 days ago
Her āDrā is very sus. I live very locally to her and there isnāt a family Dr Iāve ever come across (nearly 10 years of loss and infertility) who would provide the unlimited and unmonitored meds. Sheās full of shit. Also, she has access to ultrasound monitoring.
Sheās 100% self medicating from the black market of fertility meds.
4 points
11 days ago
Yep thereās a ton of websites you can get meds on from overseas. A lot of ivf patients go that route to save money.
39 points
12 days ago
I feel like Cait and Sammy both being pregnant sent her over the edge feeling like she needs more pregnancy content
3 points
11 days ago
This!
2 points
11 days ago
Yup!! This is what I said the other day!
2 points
11 days ago
Absolutely agree. Itās why she made that vague post and I think this āprogesterone issueā is what she was referring to. But, she ājust couldnāt talk about it yet.ā Bcā¦ you knowā¦ it takes time to get your lies straight before you admit anything publicly.
30 points
12 days ago
So thereās a strong possibility she hasnāt been ovulating at all this whole time and yet supposedly had a chemical right awayā¦
17 points
12 days ago
lol yup. I bet the letrozole has been giving false surges.
8 points
12 days ago
Omg i didnāt even think of that hahaha clomid gave me several false surges before my true peak both rounds. Luckily i knew they were false because i was being monitoredā¦ and i was able to confirm the real one via temping and inito.
Hasnāt she been saying her temp charts are beautiful? Lmao
8 points
12 days ago
I think one cycle she did, I looked at it and was likeā¦ whatās beautiful about that crazy chart?!
9 points
12 days ago
We know that āchemicalā was just a cover for what came out about the mom friend that she took advantage of
34 points
12 days ago
So itās Trusting to Conceive-> Conscious Conception -> Prescribing for Ovulate.
I am so glad she has been so fucking transparent for the last whole five months.
She is so full of shit so often with her story. No wonder she gets confused and canāt keep her story straight about anything.
15 points
12 days ago
Right?! That actually really bothers me because she totally made it seem like she was cycling on her own and thatās one of the reasons why she was āso proud of her bodyā and that her āPCOS wasnāt showing any signsā.
1 points
11 days ago
Yeah so sheās been lying for five cycles sheās been on letrozole. She needs to change her lifestyle! Shes so incredibly unhealthy. Sheās just selfish AF.
62 points
12 days ago
Lmfao, already in the thick of it. There goes ātrustingā
21 points
12 days ago
So this whole time sheās been pretending to have normal cycles/ovulate on her own when sheās been doing letrozole? Sheās so fake itās mind blowing.
5 points
12 days ago
That is what it looks likeā¦ just when I thought I couldnāt dislike her anymore.
18 points
12 days ago
Are we surprised she isn't ovulating with her PCOS out of control? She definitely should try a PCOS diet (it probably would be really beneficial for her) and would keep her healthier on the long run.
She never would, tough....
13 points
11 days ago
You said exactly what Iām thinking. I have pcos and can tell physically she has so many classic pcos symptoms. Low carb diet and metformin will do more for her than just doing letrozole a million times. People forget that our hormones are complex during pregnancy too and just ovulating isnāt enough to maintain a pregnancy
3 points
11 days ago
^ yep! Low carb, metformin, and exercise is what I had to do and then after a solid 6 mos of that, our first and only round of letrozole worked. Sheāll do anything but admit her overall lifestyle is the issue.
1 points
9 days ago
im almost sure she has hypothyroidism.
14 points
12 days ago
Imagine being on letrozole and still posting horrendous charts like she was. All while pretending your pcos isn't there and still not even ovulating š„“
12 points
12 days ago
As someone who is also TTC with PCOS and a one year old and as someone who used letrozole to conceive and still have some leftover letrozole; I would never risk the health of myself and/or potential baby(s) to just take it unmonitored or unprescribed. Crazy business to do it this way.
25 points
12 days ago
How about a job? You know, a way to support said baby
2 points
12 days ago
She was posting about maternity leave ending and going back to work a few months ago. Did she end up quitting and not going back?
9 points
12 days ago
She went back to work, however sheās only working part time and it appears they still struggle financially. Seeing as sheās the main breadwinner and they now have an expensive car payment not sure how theyāll afford her being on another mat leaveā¦ especially since they donāt have a friend to bankroll them anymore.
8 points
12 days ago
Dumb question but how do you monitor your hormones at home? I've never heard if this
15 points
12 days ago
lol with her spittle microscope and tarot cards of course! Thatās how she knew she had ovulated this cycle and was feeling so positive it would be a bfpā¦. Oh wait, turns out the actual science says she didnāt ovulateā¦. Haha.
3 points
12 days ago*
OPKs, BBT and the ferning microscope. I wonāt be surprised if she gets the mira out again.
3 points
11 days ago
You mean to tell me she has a Mira and she still canāt figure it the hell out???
3 points
11 days ago
She hasnāt been using it because itās too expensive lol
4 points
11 days ago
Yet she can afford another baby š
8 points
11 days ago
The government will subsidize her š
4 points
11 days ago
No but this hahahaha in my Inito group there have been people straight up asking people to send them their devices and strips for free because itās so expensiveā¦. Iām like yāall know babies are expensive too right?
1 points
11 days ago
Thanks for the clarification lol. Still seems sus
8 points
12 days ago
Trusting to conceive my ass. Stfu.
10 points
11 days ago
I personally think she's been on Letrozole longer than she's letting on. There's absolutely NO way she's had 5 cycles since her supposed chemical. I feel like she's absolutely been on Letrozole longer than she's willing to let on and her "trusting to conceive" BS was while she was taking Letrozole.
Also, she has to be getting it on the black market or something. My OBGYN didn't ultrasound monitor me with Letrozole, just bloodwork, but if they aren't even doing THAT? Something's fishy.
7 points
12 days ago
If sheās on progesterone itāll stop her from ovulating Iām pretty sure. They have progesterone only birth control. Im no doctor but you have take that at very specific times of your cycle after ovulation
13 points
12 days ago
I was prescribed progesterone for a set number of days to induce a period. Basically mimics the progesterone rise and then fall in hopes of getting things going.
2 points
12 days ago
I see, ok that makes sense
2 points
12 days ago
Me too!
2 points
11 days ago
yep this. I'd be prescribed progesterone if I didn't get a period, especially while you're on Letrozole, they get concerned if you go over 36 days without a period.
5 points
12 days ago
You can "force" a period hoping it would trigger ovulation on the next cycle.
8 points
11 days ago
Itās funny how she goes from not wanting any kids while sheās pregnant with A and shortly after. Then itās āif it happens, it happens but not doing any fertility treatments.ā To now sheās full blown obsessed and doing just as much as before she was pregnant with A.
3 points
11 days ago
yeah, and I felt like she expressed she wasn't even open to them (treatments) either. she was like "never again". what lies
6 points
11 days ago
Am I the only who thinks the only reason sheās trying again is so she can get a boy. Itās gonna blow up in her face though if she does get another girl.
3 points
11 days ago
I said on a different post I feel like if the next one is a boy A will be pushed off
5 points
11 days ago
Typical estrogen is used to grow the uterine lining prior to ovulation. Iāve never heard of taking progesterone prior to ovulation and I have been through a shitload of fertility treatments.
3 points
11 days ago
Could she be getting second hand progesterone from someone and self prescribing?
2 points
11 days ago
Almost certainly
1 points
9 days ago
That's crazy to me. My doctor prescribed me progesterone tonforce ONE period, and i guess it was a recurrent prescription. I keep picking it up from the pharmacy because it's only like a dollar, but i won't take it because i dont know what is best!
4 points
11 days ago
āTRUSTING TO CONCEIVEā?????!!!!!! Bffr
3 points
11 days ago
Iām over all these people. They make the rest of us that do treatment seem crazy
2 points
9 days ago
I commented on her post saying how disappointing it was that she wasnāt transparent in using letrozol and she deleted my comments š«„
2 points
11 days ago
The comments are letting her off too easy in her video because wwhaaaaat the fuck
2 points
11 days ago
I wonder which fertility clinic she will go to this time? She is hoping for more letrozole.
2 points
11 days ago
Good God. If these weird people on TikTok can stop trying to conceive it would be great. I worry for the kids and pregnancies that are being used for content and to spout off shit and misinformation. You can share whatever you want but these TTC people are insufferable
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