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Newbie...Just found out I don't ovulate!
Hi,
I am new on here. This is my story...
My OH and I have been TTC for over 2 years (actually thinking about it, it is nearly three years now!!). I have NEVER ever been pregnant in my life, i know some people are TTC after a child or they have already conceived and lost it or something but i have never managed to conceive.
My OH was checked a couple of months ago...we always assumed it was me and we turned out to be right. His SA came back as 'perfect'!
I have irregular periods, they last anything from 28 days to 52 been the longest. I always have a period but i can never tell how long my cycle is going to be. So i started my day 21 bloods on my last cycle, i still hadn't come on by day 29 so i went back and he asked me to have them done again, hoping i would come on a week later. I eventually came on and my cycle was a 39 day cycle. I went back to see my doc last night and he explained that we ALWAYS ovulate 14 days before our period comes no matter how long the cycle is (whether this is correct or not i do not know, i just assume he knows everything) so because i had my bloods done on day 29 and my cycle was 39 days long they managed to catch the 'ovulation period'. My results came back as 3miu/l and he said if i ovulated it should be around the 30 mark. This is the first time they have told me i havent ovulated so maybe i am wrong but i genuinely think i do not ovulate at all. I had a Clearblue Monitor and only got an egg once!!!
So, my doc has referred me to a dietician (need to lose weight), a thyroid specialist as i have an underactive thyroid and it could be a factor (although he said he doubts it because it is stable) and also i have to see a gynaecologist who is going to maybe refer me to a fertility specialist.
Well, that is my story, i just wanted to say hi to everyone and hopefully someone could give me some advice as to what may or may not happen. I dont want to get my hopes up on having a child if it is impossible!! I am 22 so the doc tells me i have a good chance because we 'caught it' so young
i just dont know who to speak to or what to do because this isnt the sort of thing my friends/family want to hear if i am honest!!!
IWAB xx
I am new on here. This is my story...
My OH and I have been TTC for over 2 years (actually thinking about it, it is nearly three years now!!). I have NEVER ever been pregnant in my life, i know some people are TTC after a child or they have already conceived and lost it or something but i have never managed to conceive.
My OH was checked a couple of months ago...we always assumed it was me and we turned out to be right. His SA came back as 'perfect'!
I have irregular periods, they last anything from 28 days to 52 been the longest. I always have a period but i can never tell how long my cycle is going to be. So i started my day 21 bloods on my last cycle, i still hadn't come on by day 29 so i went back and he asked me to have them done again, hoping i would come on a week later. I eventually came on and my cycle was a 39 day cycle. I went back to see my doc last night and he explained that we ALWAYS ovulate 14 days before our period comes no matter how long the cycle is (whether this is correct or not i do not know, i just assume he knows everything) so because i had my bloods done on day 29 and my cycle was 39 days long they managed to catch the 'ovulation period'. My results came back as 3miu/l and he said if i ovulated it should be around the 30 mark. This is the first time they have told me i havent ovulated so maybe i am wrong but i genuinely think i do not ovulate at all. I had a Clearblue Monitor and only got an egg once!!!
So, my doc has referred me to a dietician (need to lose weight), a thyroid specialist as i have an underactive thyroid and it could be a factor (although he said he doubts it because it is stable) and also i have to see a gynaecologist who is going to maybe refer me to a fertility specialist.
Well, that is my story, i just wanted to say hi to everyone and hopefully someone could give me some advice as to what may or may not happen. I dont want to get my hopes up on having a child if it is impossible!! I am 22 so the doc tells me i have a good chance because we 'caught it' so young
i just dont know who to speak to or what to do because this isnt the sort of thing my friends/family want to hear if i am honest!!!IWAB xx
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firsly good place for you here all the ladies are lovely
it may be that you have annovulation (where you don't ovulate every month but do some).
I would have expected your doctor to do at least two months bloods to check this.
If you don't ovulate try not to worry, I have this annovulatory problem and have been prescribed clomid which helps to mature your folicles and then I have a hcg injection to induce ovulation. I'm currently on my third cycle but hopefully this might be our month!
As you are young there will be many options for you
It could be that you have polycystic ovaries as well.
Good luck with everything and let us know how you get on xxx
I have a period every month but since coming off the pill in Sept 2008 my periods have been irregular, so that some montsh they were 25 days then 31 etc.
we have had all the tests done and my Consultany said I could have annovulation, meaning that I dont ovulate or only on random cycles. So I have been pescribed Clomid and have just finished my first cycle. I had my 21 day test @ Guys yesterday and will get my results on Monday.
I have had 21 day bloods before and the levels were not good, but i think this was to do with the fact that at that point my periods were every 25 days. I cant remember what the levels were.
I thought that you could ovulate at any point and there is a post where some ladies have said that they ovulate around day 20 or later. I am going to buy a CBFM from Amazon depending on my results on Monday because I think part of my problem is not always doing it at the correct time.
Lets us know how you get on, the ladies here are so helpful and will answer any questions that you have.
Good luck
I am back again....i forgot my password so had to email webmaster...oops!!!
Well i have only had my day 21 bloods done once and the doc said dont get them done again yet...but i have gone against his word and i am booked in for bloods on Thursday which will be day 27 for me. I also have to have my day 2 bloods to check my FSH levels, they were fine last time i had them checked which was two years ago.
I am thinking i only ovulate on certain months, i had a CBFM and it did nothing for me really, apparently things like that only pick up the 'ovulation hormone' but cant actually tell you if you have ovulated which makes sense!
I have started taking Pregnacare Conception vitamins and Omega 3 Fish Oil because fish makes me sick so i dont get it in my diet. I have also started eating more healthy and exercising more. I feel like i have sunk into a little world of my own which scares me incase depression sets in but i am trying to keep my spirits up!
My doc mentioned a fertility drug but it wasnt clomid that he talked about. I have been told to lose weight before i can have the drugs though. It is soooo hard though because i want to lose it in like a month but that won't happen
I was working it out the other day and it has actually been nearly 4 years that i have been ttc not 3
Thanks for all the kind words and i hope i can help some people out too.....ooh, i am also considering acupuncture (had one session and it wasnt too bad)
IWAB x