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Hello, please can someone help me, we are trying for our first baby, if you have read any of my previous posts, you prob already know that i came off the pill in January and had a period as normal. the didn't have another till end of April and not had another since!!! I'm very upset/anxious about this, have cried a lot this week and i'm starting to think this means there is something wrong with me!!! how do i tell whether i'm fertil? Which is the best way? Should i see my GP? Can a lifestlye change help me? What is a mucus plug?
So many questions so little knowledge i have, can anyone help......please??:\(:cry:
So many questions so little knowledge i have, can anyone help......please??:\(:cry:
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Generally when ttc the advice is you should try and eat as healthily as possible, cut down on caffeine and alcohol, start taking folic acid tablets or something like pregnacare. This just makes sure your body has everything it needs to work properly to make the baby and keep you both healthy.
A friend of mine had no periods of 6 months after coming off the pill and was very anxious like you but they did come back to normal.
The mucus plug is just an accumulation of secretions that form within the opening to the uterus. The mucus accumulates early in pregnancy as it serves to create a protective barrier against infection between the outside world and your growing baby.
Best of luck, try and relax as worrying and stressing does not help you to conceive! Let us know how you get on. xxxx
Got an appointment at the doctors as Lottie101 on here has told me that having an underactive thyroid can mean that you don't ovulate. I didn't know that.
Will let you know how i get on tomorrow night. xx
Just thiught i'd drop you all a quick line, i went to the drs last night and he has increased my dose of Levothyroxine, he doesn't seem to think my lack of periods is a major problem. he is unwilling to refer me for test though as i have a BMI of 28!!! he says i am overweight and it should be 25!!! i am absolutely gutted, i knew i had gained a few pounds but i never thought it was that bad!!
My GP has advised that i follow a strict diet and take regular exercise (I already go to the gym twice a week) and if my periods still don't resume, i am to go back in 2 months. in that time he wants me to have lost at LEAST half a stone but i have to go back in 2 months if no period anyway,
Obviously if I don't lose the weight, he will give me another bollocking!!!
I accept i am no twiggy but i certainly didn't think i was obese!!! i am 5ft tall and weigh 10 stone. is that obese?
If it helps, I didn't have periods for 11 years but was still ovulating (work that one out!). I am now 22 weeks pregnant. It was a bit of a slog to get there and I lost 3 stone because I was lots more overweight than you.
It might be worth seeing another Doctor next time round - at the risk of being sexist I generally found a female doctor to be much more understanding and willing to help (all the male docs I saw were very dismissive of my concerns.)
Just keep having lots of sex and try (haha) to relax about it all, the more wound up you get about it the worse it will make it.
Keep posting!
Tracey
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Thanks for all your help advice & support guys. xx