I'm dreading going back to my RE's office for my 3rd beta tomorrow and am frustrated with their process. They're making me come in every other day for weeks even though my numbers have been good. That might not bother me so much except that the tech who draws blood there is so forceful...normally I don't feel needle sticks at all, and after working with her my arm throbs the whole way home and the area doesn't heal for days. After months of injecting myself, I may finally be developing a fear of needles thanks to this awful lab tech.

I happened to switch to this clinic 3 days before my BFP so there isn't much history with them but I have learned that the doctors aren't involved in my care anymore and there's no one I can call, for instance, when I had spotting two nights in a row (it turned out to be from the Endometrin I was using). They won't tell me when I can make an appointment with a regular OB but they insist that I have to come in through the end of my first trimester. What the heck? I'd like to have some normal care and not have to consult Dr. Google for everything. I know I need them to tell me when to wean off my progesterone eventually, but is there a way to refuse the constant bloodwork? Somehow I feel like they're both being overly invasive and abandoning me at the same time.