I am worried I'm not ovulating despite having positive tests...

[lsack031817]

My husband and I have been TTC since August. It feels like forever, although I know that in comparison to what some other couples are going through, this is really nothing. I can't help it though, I'm getting really depressed and frustrated. I have concerns that I am not ovulating despite my period coming every month almost right on time, and I've been taking OPK's since July and I always get an LH surge around the time that my apps say that I will.

I've attached a picture of my OPK's from last month (October) which show an LH surge on the 29th, and then back to a negative OPK on the 30th, so I'm guessing I ovulated on the 30th-31st of October. Had sex the 27th, 28th, and 30th last month. Flo guessed I would ovulate on the 1st of November, Glow guessed I would ovulate on the 29th of October so they were pretty different from each other and I was logging all of the same information into both. Either way I feel that the times we BD'd should've been good for either app's guess-timation, but I mostly went off of OPK's. So obviously my period started right on time on November 13th (making that a 28 day cycle) and that was a failed month.

So I also attached a screenshot from both of my apps, and my OPK's for November. Flo estimated ovulation on the 27th of November, Glow estimated it on the 26th of November. Based on my OPK's (I had a lot of positives), I am thinking I either ovulated on the 26th, 27th, or possibly the 28th. As you can see on my apps we BD on 11/22, 11/24, 11/25, 11/26, and 11/28. I feel like we definitely covered our bases based on these OPK's. And yet for some reason I still think that despite my regular cycles and my positive OPK's that I am not ovulating. Fertility issues run in my family on my dad's side. Both of my cousins had strange things going on with their reproductive systems (my oldest cousin has two uterus' and also had PCOS). She has two daughters not but only after 11 years of miscarriages and infertility drugs. My younger cousin who is now TTC has discovered she also has PCOS and cysts all over her ovaries. She is also not ovulating properly but still getting an LH surge every month (discovered by her OB).

This is all worrying me a lot. Of course it's only been 4 months trying to conceive for us, I am not allowed to see a specialist until next August because my paps have always been normal, my periods are regular and not painful, and I have no history of any other issues, so they are recommending I wait a year. I'm only 26, but I really want to start a family. I do not want to wait until next August to then find out that I have something weird going on that is going to require a lot of treatments or medication. I have this feeling deep down in my gut that I am infertile and I think it's because I am not ovulating. I am probably worrying myself but I can't help it. Every month we BD right around this time and I always time it perfectly (according to the tests and my apps) and every month we fail.

Do you think that since I am having regular periods, and getting LH surges that I am most likely ovulating? Has anyone else experienced this same thing? Are you someone with regular cycles and you get LH surges around the right times but still ended up not ovulating like you should? I just need some advice. I am trying not to freak myself out.

 

[FTale]

Hi
I am so sorry you are going through this. Even a month without a bfp is sad of us ladies ttcing. Do you chart you temps to see what they are doing? For instant mine are high when I take Clomid. When I do not, they are very low and looks like I didn't ovulate. The key is that I do ovulate just not really strong. I supplement with Progesterone to help in case my ovary isn't pumping out enough P on its own. I've been to the doc and know that they release eggs but the quality is up in the air at my age (another story).

Have you been tested for your P level at 7dpo? If will let you know how how your leves are indicating ovulation or none.

I am not a doctor and not recommending you try P cream but I did before I got the suppositories from my doctor. I used Emerita Progest cream on amazon. Its a small change but please research it out and decide if its for you. I wanted the suppositories because I got tired of rubbing the cream in...lol so lazy.

I wouldn't try anything drastic though to ovulate stronger until you are closer to August though because you have very good cycle length and LP. You do not want to mess that up. HUGS

 

[lsack031817]

I haven't tried charting my temps yet. I think that if we don't get pregnant this month or next then that is going to be a new thing I will start for 2019 and hopefully that will be our year! Do you just use a regular thermometer? Is it an oral temp or some other method? Also, I have no idea what my temps would even mean even if I was charting them so I guess I would have to do a lot of research. I have no idea what my hormone levels are at currently. My OBGYN saw no reason to test my blood to see my hormone levels when I went in for my most recent pap because I hadn't even been TTC a few months and she said since my periods are regular it was likely that my hormones are just fine and to just keep tracking my ovulation and trying during my fertile period.

Is progesterone what would be low and not causing me to ovulate most likely? Or could it be a combination of things? I think I remember when I was younger I went to an endocrinologist because they suspected I had thyroid issues (I was very underweight). But everything came back as normal with my thyroid and my BMI is healthy now. The only thing I remember them saying is that my androgen levels were raised slightly higher than normal. I know it's a male hormone, but I don't know if it could have anything to do with the issues I am having. I guess that is something I need to try and find out?