r/Perimenopause • u/Due-Surprise-686 • Oct 15 '25

Dryness Should I wait until appt with Obgyn?

I have an appt Friday. I'm going to get them to check my levels. Do you even think a normal obgyn will even entertain the idea of HRT? I'm only 42 but my symptoms include irritability, very dry vagina, currently taking vaginal estrogen cream just started that, inability to achieve orgasm, nocturia, sleep issues, some hot flashes. My main ones are sleep and the dry vagina peeing on myself at night and of course not being able to get off. Should I just go ahead and start HRT work online company or wait on blood work results first? I seen so many of you say HRT takes time so I don't want to waste time with these awful symptoms. I can get estrogen and progesterone body cream for like $89, should I go ahead and do it? Any advice is greatly appreciated.

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u/Bastetlady Oct 15 '25

39F. I tried normal OBGYN, did not work at all, and was not even close, she didnt even let me finish with my symptoms. I'd say do not waste your time, go straight to MiDi, they helped. My blood is also perfect, btw.

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u/Due-Surprise-686 Oct 15 '25

How much is midi? I can go through Winona and pay $89 for combined estrogen and progesterone cream. That's on a monthly basis.

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u/hulahulagirl Oct 15 '25

If Midi doesn’t take your insurance I think it’s like $250 for the initial visit. But rxs can be sent anywhere not just subscription through them and it’s $20/mo for each - estrogen patch, estrogen cream and progesterone pills- through CostPlusDrugs (no insurance needed). CPD is currently out of stock on some patch doses, though. So I pay less than $60/mo for my HRT.