Fertility issues and the NHS

Not all doctors will automatically give you the exact equivalent of what you were taking in the US.They will prescribe what they think is right for you, based on their knowledge and experience, which may differ from what your US doctor thought.

For example, I used to take Singulair for allergic asthma. Although they have Singulair in the UK, I was told that doctors usually only prescribe corticosteroids for asthma. So since my asthma isn't bad enough to warrant the side effects of corticosteroids, and since I really only took Singulair because I used to have cats which I'm allergic to, and I don't have cats anymore, I just don't take asthma meds. Though I carry around an emergency inhaler just in case.

Also, I was on a triphasic birth control pill in the US and put on a monophasic one in the UK.

I was reading on the pregnancy/parenting boards and noticed someone mentioned with the NHS fertility issues are only dealt with after a year of trying to conceive.

However I have already been diagnosed with PCOS here in the states and was told basically the only way I will get pregnant is fertility meds. Will my medical records from the US stating that I do indeed have a condition be sufficient to begin fertility meds when we decide we are ready to start trying for a baby, or am I really going to have to start all over again in the UK when I know exactly whats wrong?

I know I am young but Ive been told the clock is ticking and the longer we wait the harder it will be.

Going back to this PCOS topic. My husband and I have been going through this process. When I came here I brought my medical records showing how long I have been diagnosed with PCOS with me but they never wanted them. I went to a GP first and told her about my diagnosis and that now we were trying for for baby. I do have to mention that this will be a long and ardous journey. 2 years later and we are still going through the procedure.  My GP then had to do a referral to a fertility specialist. Now this is where the waiting game comes in. Because of the backlog of appointments it took us 6 months to get the first appointment wherein it was totally useless because he wanted make sure I indeed had PCOS. So this meant another 6montths of waiting to be booked for an ultrasound where upon he said "yep you have pcos"! grrrrr.. i could have told him if he took the time to look at my paperwork.  Since then we have appointment after appointment telling us what the next step.  Now just this past February we feel we are finally getting somewhere as I have now begun injections for the IUI (IntraUterine Insemination).  At least we feel like we are finally making some progress. 

If you want any other information or would just like to chat more about this please feel free to email me!