Anyone who is ttc having trouble with their cycles due to previous bc use?

[usmcwife.em]

I definitely understand. I was on the pill from October of 2006 until October of 2007. DH and I decided to start TTC on Nov. 1st of 2007 and to this day my cycles are all messed up. 4+ years and never have my cycles gone back to normal. After years of trying to get a doctor to listen to me, they put me on Provera to initiate a period and then the pill again hoping to regulate it after 3 months. This was in November of 2010. Didn't work. We had a lapse in insurance, but will be reinstating it this month and I am going to demand a referral to a specialist because I am so frustrated that after 4 years no one will listen to me. So frustrating to know that something isn't right but have no one listen to you!!

 

[ImSoTired]

This is my opk from earlier....not yet

 

[ImSoTired]

usmcwife- I am sorry to hear that you still aren't regulated. I hope you can get to a specialist and get the help you need. 4 years is a long time. I couldn't even imagine. The best of luck to you and I hope we both get our !

 

[Lovetoteach86]

This is my opk from earlier....not yet

Yup looks like all of mine Hurry up dark OPKs!

 

[Rachel789]

Looks like it is getting there. Some women have a fade in and fade out pattern. What I like to do is take a picture of them each day and compare to see if it got darker. I use the same kind of OPKs.

 

[ImSoTired]

I sure hope that it gets darker! Maybe the more i use them I will be able to find a pattern. It is def darker than the one I took the other day out of curiousity. Maybe I'll get lucky and have a normal length cycle. Oh please let me be lucky!

 

[Lovetoteach86]

I sure hope that it gets darker! Maybe the more i use them I will be able to find a pattern. It is def darker than the one I took the other day out of curiousity. Maybe I'll get lucky and have a normal length cycle. Oh please let me be lucky!

Today's test looks like all my other tests Unless I am just blind.

 

[Elram]

I agree! bc is bad! My cycle is just as messed up! a 32,30,29 then 34 day cycle whereas I was very regular! Specially ttc, the emotional ride is exhausing!

 

[ImSoTired]

FF says I ov'd on cd10. Not very likely if you ask me. I never had any fertile cm. Also, this would mean I'm having a Very short cycle. Haha! Me a short cycle? I don't think so! I think it is a result of my messy temping. If I truly ov'd on cd 10 I bet i didn't catch the egg! This really sucks. I'm not at all happy. Why can't I be one of those girls that just gets pregnant without even trying!? I'm still keeping my eye out for ov. Wish me luck!

 

[Rachel789]

Can you post a link to your chart?

 

[ImSoTired]

I prob can but I'm not going to yet. I missed temping completely twice and only have seven temps down. Plus I was checking cm and didnt have any fertile. I have had fertile cm before so I doubt that I missed it. Plus a friend of mine told me to go to this site and convert my temps that I didn't take at the right time (which was like 5 out of 7) and I did that and I don't know how accurate that is. I will probably post it after this cylce is over. It just doesn't make any sense. I don't think it's possible that I ovd so soon. I have never had a 24 day cycle.

 

[Sugarlys]

I'msotired - what does FF mean?

 

[ImSoTired]

fertility friend.

 

[ImSoTired]

Have your charts ever picked up a surge and called it ov? I am dreading the thought that I may have missed the egg....

I think my opks may be lighter than yesterday also....

 

[Sugarlys]

I haven't kept charts yet. I've only started ttc since Nov.

 

[Lovetoteach86]

I think your temps are just messed up. I don't think ff ovulation prediction of CD10 is right. If your temps aren't done correctly I would rely more on the OPKs if I were you. Of course it is better to have both, but it is hard to get the temps when your sleep is wacky. I just tend to temp the first time I wake up in the morning since I wake up a million times during the morning/night. I will wake up a lot between 5:50amish and 8am, so I usually try to temp the first time I wake up so I don't mess it all up. I just keep a flash light and the thermometer right next to me on the table. I did miss a few days right after af stopped though because of all the holiday travel.

 

[Bean66]

FF has got my O date wrong before. I'm sure you haven;t missed it.

 

[ImSoTired]

sry double post...

 

[ImSoTired]

I hope you girls are right! It looks like my opk was a bit lighter today too. Bean66 just the girl I wanted to talk to! I went shopping today and picked up a good prenatal. I am on vitex, b100complex, zinc, and epo(up until I ov cause I hope I didn't already). Do you think it is necessary for me to take the prenatal or should I wait until I'm pg? It probably won't hurt if I'm on too many vitamins right? I go to the ob/gyn next month so I will talk it over with them but what is your opinion?

 

[Rachel789]

My Dr. told me to start taking a prenatel 3 months before I stopped BCP because it takes time for it to build up in your system and it is important from day one of pregnancy to have that in your system. My mom is a nurse and worked at a gyno office and asked the dr. and that dr. suggested to even start them up to a year before you are ready to start trying!