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

[Rachel789]

Remembering that you never got AF should help! But yea I don't blame you, if it puts your mind at ease

 

[ImSoTired]

lol yeah I suppose.

 

[Bean66]

Good luck tomorrow Rachel.

 

[colourful20]

Hi everyone, hope you are well and keeping positive.

Just thought I'd send a quick update. Almost a year to the day of coming off depo (date for next injection was beginning of April 2011) and I have got my . Its very faint but definitely there so don't give up hope.

 

[Hotpink_Mom]

Good Luck Rach

 

[ImSoTired]

Rachel make sure you keep us updated. Hope you are doing well!

Tested again this morning like the idiot that I am...it's still very positive and the lines are the same darkness for the first time. I still feel like they should be darker as I am 18dpo and all the other girls have lines that are intensely darker than control. I know I shouldn't be worrying but it's hard. 1 week until my appt and I hope everything will be ok.

How is everyone else? Anything new and exciting?

 

[Rachel789]

Waiting for the Dr now she is running behind I am bored!

 

[Rachel789]

Hi everyone, hope you are well and keeping positive.

Just thought I'd send a quick update. Almost a year to the day of coming off depo (date for next injection was beginning of April 2011) and I have got my . Its very faint but definitely there so don't give up hope.

Congrats that's great news!

 

[Rachel789]

ok so I am back from the dr. and she is going to run tests and see what is going on!

They took my blood while I was there and are going to check my hormone levels and she also wants me to come back in for an ultra sound to see if I have any cysts on my ovaries. My appointment for the ultra sound is april 27th. She said if there are cysts she will have me go on bcp for three months to shrink them? That seems crazy to me because I don't want to go back on those things ever, ugh. Then after the 3 months on bcp I could take clomid. If there are no cysts though I could just start the clomid if I like.

She wrote me an prescription for provera and wants me to take it for the 10 days and have a AF before I do the ultra sound. The thing is I am on CD 44 and I have been having some cramps down below and a lot of cm so I really think I may O soon, I know I have been saying that all cycle but I think it may happen this time. So I don't know what to do about the provera, what do you ladies think? I have no experience with this drug so I have no clue what to do.

I told her how my periods were pretty light and only lasted about 2.5 days, she thinks I havent had a proper bleed and the provera will help with that. I know I have ovulated in the past due to my charting but I didnt tell her that because she is really against temping (why are drs so against that??) Argg I don't know what to do but I am glad I am getting some help finally!

Also she wants me to stop the vitex. I guess I will listen to her. I mean it hasnt done anything to help me anyway and I have been on it over 3 months...

 

[ImSoTired]

ok so I am back from the dr. and she is going to run tests and see what is going on!

They took my blood while I was there and are going to check my hormone levels and she also wants me to come back in for an ultra sound to see if I have any cysts on my ovaries. My appointment for the ultra sound is april 27th. She said if there are cysts she will have me go on bcp for three months to shrink them? That seems crazy to me because I don't want to go back on those things ever, ugh. Then after the 3 months on bcp I could take clomid. If there are no cysts though I could just start the clomid if I like.

She wrote me an prescription for provera and wants me to take it for the 10 days and have a AF before I do the ultra sound. The thing is I am on CD 44 and I have been having some cramps down below and a lot of cm so I really think I may O soon, I know I have been saying that all cycle but I think it may happen this time. So I don't know what to do about the provera, what do you ladies think? I have no experience with this drug so I have no clue what to do.

I told her how my periods were pretty light and only lasted about 2.5 days, she thinks I havent had a proper bleed and the provera will help with that. I know I have ovulated in the past due to my charting but I didnt tell her that because she is really against temping (why are drs so against that??) Argg I don't know what to do but I am glad I am getting some help finally!

Also she wants me to stop the vitex. I guess I will listen to her. I mean it hasnt done anything to help me anyway and I have been on it over 3 months...

It sounds like your doctor is really trying to help. It's good that she is considering all sorts of things to try and get you to have a nice regular cycle. About the provera I have had no experience with it so I cannot advise you on it. However just do what you feel, it's your body. If you feel as though you might O and want to give it one more natural shot before you let the doctors fix you up, it's certainly up to you. Even if that means rescheduling your u/s.

When I was concerned about possible cysts due to the cramping I had last month the my doctor also let me know that bcp was a treatment for them. I looked right at him and told him that I will NEVER go on birth control again. He told me that we would cross that bridge that we came to it and he understands my reasoning as I told him we were ttc.

I think doctors would like us to believe that temping isn't fool proof and that we shouldn't rely on it. I also think that when some womens take charge of their cycles with temping and go in to the doctors telling them what is wrong with them and doctors hate when you self diagnose and self medicate, hence taking you off of vitex. It wasn't seeming to help you anyway.

I'm so glad you are feeling confident about the doctors help and I hope they come to find that it's all an easy fix. I never knew that your af was that short? Hmm, that could be something right there! Hope they get you back in good working condition and you get a baby belly very soon!

 

[Rachel789]

Yea the flow of my AF really only lasts 2.5-3 days with a couple spotting days after and I never have a heavy day, medium at best. I only cramp mildly for like an hour or two the first day then nothing. Not saying I want bad cramps and heavy bleeding but it doesnt seem right it is so light, IFYWIM.

 

[ImSoTired]

I getcha. I am keeping my fx'd that they get you fixed up real soon!

 

[Rachel789]

Thanks, I am grateful I am getting help! I am thinking I will take opks the next 4 days and if I don't O I will just give up on this cycle and move on with the provera. I mean it is already CD 44 I know I can still o later than this but I really don't feel like playing the waiting game much longer it is driving me crazy

I just pray I don't have cysts because the thought of having to stop TTC for three months and going back on bcp scares me! I just think that if you have cysts they want to shrink them before you go on clomid because it is not safe to take clomid with cysts. I hope it doesnt come to me having to go on clomid but from what the dr. said today it seems that is what she is suggesting

 

[Lovetoteach86]

I hope my doctor is helpful, I am guessing they will probably give me provera being on day 100 something of my cycle... I would rather not take it, but at this point I am willing to try anything except going back on bcp. I can't wait until my appointment. I hope they don't find any cysts Rachel! Fingers crossed they get you all sorted out and we can join imsotired within the next few months.

 

[LKPone]

I just got some very cryptic results, which is making me worried now. I just went to the doc to get my blood test results for my PCOS blood test and the stupid receptionist just said 'eveything is normal, but you need to see the doc regularly'. HUH?

I'm seeing the specialist this afternoon, so not long to wait now, but I'm really worried that they're going to tell me that I have PCOs or something. I have had such hell coming off bcp, there is no way I'm going to accept going back on it!

On a slightly more positive note... I started spotting on Sunday and AF is definitely here - VERY light, but here! AT LAST! I've waited 7 1/2 months!

 

[ImSoTired]

I just got some very cryptic results, which is making me worried now. I just went to the doc to get my blood test results for my PCOS blood test and the stupid receptionist just said 'eveything is normal, but you need to see the doc regularly'. HUH?

I'm seeing the specialist this afternoon, so not long to wait now, but I'm really worried that they're going to tell me that I have PCOs or something. I have had such hell coming off bcp, there is no way I'm going to accept going back on it!

On a slightly more positive note... I started spotting on Sunday and AF is definitely here - VERY light, but here! AT LAST! I've waited 7 1/2 months!

Hmmm if everything is normal than why see the doctor normally? Unless they plan on helping you get your cycles back and the doctor has requested more reagular appts because of that. I can't imagine that you have PCOS if they didn't tell you. I suppose you will find out for sure at this specialist? COngrats on AF hopefully you can get regular really quickly! Good luck!

 

[ImSoTired]

How is everyone today?
I am feeling fine. No real symptoms to speak of yet except the sore breasts and some minor cramps. I'm waiting for the nausea to kick in full force. Trying to stay positive. I'll be 5 weeks tomorrw. I hope that every week flies by at this one has. My appt is on tues and we are telling all the family after the appt as long as my levels and everything looks good. I'll be almost 6 weeks by then. My birthday is in a month! I'll be 25 and about 9 weeks pg! I won't be 12 weeks until the 24th of May.
I hope everyone else is doing well. It looks beautiful outside today! If it would just warm up a bit more!

 

[Rachel789]

Hopefully you won't have nausea. I have a couple friends who didn't have any with their first pregnancies.

I am ok, happy I am getting help but I am also feeling down about it at the same time. The fact that the dr. mentioned getting me on clomid and all just makes me upset that it has to come to this. I never thought I would be the one having fertility issues, it just really sucks. But I guess it is what it is and I just have to deal with it. If I do end up having cysts and decide to follow the drs orders and go back on bcp for a few months then I am just going to wait until October to start TTC again because one of my really good friends is getting married in Vegas october 13th and my 30th bday is the 16th so I might as well enjoy it and not be pregnant if I have to wait until August or September to start trying again anyway.


I was reading that overall the success rate getting pregnant for being on clomid over a 6 month period is only 40%. that doesnt make me feel too positive about it working. I don't even know at this point if that is a road I want to go down...

 

[ImSoTired]

I'm sure everything will work out Rachel. Perhaps it's just some sort of imbalance and there are no cysts. 40% isn't that bad. The way I look at it everything is 50/50...it happens or it doesn't, you do or you don't. If you look at it that way it's a bit better odds! Maybe you won't need to take the clomid anyway. I also heard that clomid increases your chancess of having multiples. What do you think about twins? lol. I'm sure it'll all be just fine. I know it's hard not to, but don't worry.

 

[Rachel789]

Well I guess I wouldn't be totally against twins. DH and I only want two kids so I guess I would only have to deal with pregnancy once then

It's funny because I had that dream a month or so ago about having twins maybe it was a premonition! The only thing I don't like about the whole twins thing would be the inevitable c-section