Long Irregular Cycles 'r' Us

[drakey]

well now 3 days over due, Pg test NEG!! and no af!! god i just want my body to be normal! xx

 

[Erised]

Drakey, did you actually ovulate though? As looking at your temperatures they haven't risen at all. It doesn't look like it to me =/
Sorry hon, just being honest.

Took the new urine sample, so will be taking that to the GP's soon. Don't feel like driving down to the hospital even though I'd probably get results faster that way. That said, I've had so many urine tests done in the last months that I already know what these results will tell me anyway.

Aly, AF still not shown her face for you?
Have you seen a doctor about it at all? If not, it might be worth going to see him so you can get something to bring on AF. 100+ days is -very- long, even for us ladies.

 

[ALY0103]

Erised - yeah was thinkinh about it. I suppose part of me keeps thinking that maybe i'll ovulate as I read somewhere that you can miss a few cycles and then ovulate. I know I'm being a little naive and 'clutching at straws' but can't help thinking but what if!

If I haven't had anything by mid next week i'll give the doctors a call.

Got my referral from doctors yesterday - although its a bit weird - it's a reference no and password for me to ring and make an appointment but when I phoned last night (a central booking system kind of thing) they said that there weren't any appointments showing so they would pass my details on to my local hospital for them to contact me to make an appointment and if I haven't heard anything in two weeks to give them another call.

I'm not good at this waiting around malarky - patience is a virtue I do not possess!!!! x

 

[drakey]

i think i am just praying for a miracle erised, cycles are supposed to get shorter not longer! lol. oh well just have to wait it out x

 

[BizyBee]

Aly, it's good that you got your referral. I hope you can get a quick appointment.

 

[BizyBee]

i think i am just praying for a miracle erised, cycles are supposed to get shorter not longer! lol. oh well just have to wait it out x

Fingers crossed for your miracle hun.

 

[ALY0103]

Fingers and toes crossed for you drakey!!! xxxx

Well just been online to see if I can make an appointment - as I said patience is not a virtue I possess!!!. And have managed to make an appointment for Apr 24th - so another 4 weeks to wait.

So trying to think ahead - if doctor gives me something next week to bring on period and then dr on 24th does (hopefully) give me clomid - i presume i'll have to wait til at least day 40 (as thats my shortest cycle) before they can bring on another period before I take the clomid which would bring me to around end of May (another month).

I'm thinking that perhaps if I don't get something to bring on my period this month and hope it doesn't arrive before my appointment (which would give me a 131 day cycle) I can take the clomid earlier as won't have to wait for another cycle to finish - if that makes sense!

What would you do? x

 

[Erised]

It makes complete sense, hence why I hoped my AF would stay away until the gynae appointment. And she did, only to be told they won't put me on Clomid yet anyway and I'll still have to wait until at least May!

How long have you been trying to Aly? If it's less than 12 months I recommend you go and get something to bring on AF as it isn't likely that they'll put you on Clomid yet. At least after that your body will be cleaned out again so you have a new chance. If you have been trying for 12+ months I'd wait for her to show on her own or for her to stay away until after the gynae appointment.

 

[drakey]

well think witch is nrly here.. had a poke up there sorry tmi and there was red/browny cm.... new cycle here i come..

erised - this means i get to start my angus!! yay!! xx

 

[littlestar]

Erised - yeah was thinkinh about it. I suppose part of me keeps thinking that maybe i'll ovulate as I read somewhere that you can miss a few cycles and then ovulate. I know I'm being a little naive and 'clutching at straws' but can't help thinking but what if!

to your long cycle, i understand how you feel.

it is possible that your ovulation is still trying to succeed, i know that eventually your body will quit trying and allow you to have a bleed, making an annovulatory cycles (two of my 6 TTC cycles ended without a confirmed ovulation - i had a really light/scant period with both of them despite a long cycle as the progesterone hormone wasn't present to build up the uterus lining properly)
In my pregnancy cycle i didn't ovulate till CD48/52 (my guessed dates as i ran out of opks)
so i don't think your being naive at all, it is still totally possible!

 

[ALY0103]

Thanks Littlestar. I think I'm gonna let mother nature takes its course til I have my appointment with fertility dr. I know its a long shot but there's still a small chance so am just gonna everyother day until I finally get . At least that way I know that I've done everything I can - 'just in case'!!! - Good luck with your scan tomorrow - hope everything goes ok - let us know what the outcome is! x

Erised - we've been trying for nearly 10 months - be 11 by the time I have my appointment. Am hoping that as it will nearly be 12 months when I see him that he might take pitty on me - I personally don't see the point in making me wait another month when I obviously am either not ovulating or not ovulating regularily! What do they think might happen - i'll magically begin to ovulate in one month!!!!

Am not in a good mood at all today - am at work and everytime the telephone rings all I want to do is scream at it - have now taken it off the hook!!!!!

Have decided to take evening primrose and baby asprin together with my prenatal vitamins when I do get to see if that doe anything - every little helps right! x

 

[Erised]

Fingers crossed that you'll still ovulate Aly =)
Try not to get your hopes up too high for Clomid though, I'd hate to see you disappointed. I was trying for 10 months before I saw the gynae, and even though the GP recommended putting me on Clomid and Metformin right away because of my lack of ovulate in these months and very long and irregular cycles. Yes, they still told me to wait until 12 months. So I gotta go back in May... I know it sort of threw me as I too was of the believe that there would be no point in making me wait another 2 months as I didn't ovulate at all. Even the GP told me so ... still, I had to wait. Just wouldn't want you to get your hopes up high and have them be dashed.

Still, there's time left! As long as AF doesn't show up you're still in with a chance. Our bodies will start ovulating one day, with or without help.

 

[quail]

hi ladies well im on cd11 today no sign of o, yet just brought some preseed this month anybody had any experiance with this?.xx

 

[littlestar]

Yep, love pre-seed, although i didn't have lubrication issues i definitely think it helped the little get to the right place.

we've been using it since oct 08 - successful in march but i wasn't ovulating so no amount of sperm friendly will get you pg if there's no egg! ~(we had the multi-use tube - we did try the applicators first but we felt we wasted too much of it as you can't save the if there's any left)

I'm sure you'll both enjoy it immensely!

 

[quail]

Yep, love pre-seed, although i didn't have lubrication issues i definitely think it helped the little get to the right place.

we've been using it since oct 08 - successful in march but i wasn't ovulating so no amount of sperm friendly will get you pg if there's no egg! ~(we had the multi-use tube - we did try the applicators first but we felt we wasted too much of it as you can't save the if there's any left)

I'm sure you'll both enjoy it immensely!

thanks.xx

 

[BizyBee]

Hi girls! I had my bloodwork done on Thursday and got a call from the Dr. on Friday. It's looking like Clomid is definitely going to happen for my next cycle. My progesterone levels were very low. Although my Dr. wants me to go in for more bloodwork, she still suggested that I call when AF arrives to start clomid. When I went in for my scan a few months ago, my Dr. noticed that I had follicles, but they were small (this was around day 40 of my cycle). She's concerned that even if I am actually ovulating, the quality of my eggs diminishes the later I ovulate. I have hit the 10 month mark and by the time AF arrives, I will be almost 11 months. She doesn't feel the need to wait until it's been a year, as there has been no improvement so far. It's different in the U.S. though because our healthcare is private.

 

[drakey]

well af is taking its tole to come, still got beigey/brown cm! god wish it would hurry up so i can take my angus tabs! xx

 

[Erised]

You know BizyBee, I never realised you were in the states!! Shows how much attention I pay.

Great news on the Clomid though, hopefully it will do the trick for you first cycle =D
If they don't start me on Clomid in May I think I'll go back to Holland where I'm insured privately. I don't want to keep waiting any longer for things to happen naturally.
I've got a pound and a half to go (I'm hoping that means 2 weeks) before I've lost 5% of my body weight. They say that losing 5% can bring on ovulation naturally. So really, if it doesn't happen before the 10th of May when I have my next appointment I won't be waiting any longer.

Wow, how did that go from being happy for you finally getting Clomid to a rant about me? Sorry hon ... I truly am happy for you though!!

Drakey, hopefully the witch won't make you wait too much longer =)

 

[BizyBee]

Thanks! I won't start it for a while yet since I am only on CD24. I hope your Dr. allows you to start in May. It's great that you've almost lost 5%. Hopefully, that does the trick! How's the apartment search going?

Drakey, hope doesn't keep you waiting much longer!

Littlestar, let us know how your scan goes. Can't wait to see how far along you really are!

 

[Erised]

We went to see a couple of places, non worth the money. Including a '3 bedroom house', and as soon as we arrived we were asked if we had any children. It soon became apparent why, as the 3rd 'bedroom' was so small it wouldn't even take a cot!! The other 2 rooms would hardly fit a double bed either, and definitely not a bed + wardrobe. So that was a no go

Went to see a gorgeous one today, that I'm absolutely in love with! They're old style houses, quite big and in such a gorgeous green area. Unfortunately it's £550, and we were hoping to spend less than £500 ... so it's a little on the high end which has me worried. I'd love, love, love to move there ... just not sure if we could afford it =/

2 More viewings booked for today. 1 Is a 2 bedroom flat, but it's in quite a nice area. It's a lot cheaper at £450, though it's actually mentioned that the rent will be reassessed in 6 months, which pretty much means it will go up. DH is hoping to go for this one instead, as it's still a nice area and a lot cheaper. I'm still holding hopes for the house we went to see today.

The other one we're viewing is a 3 bedroom house in the same town we're living now. It's an 'open day' though (well, 'open hour!') with a private sale rather than landlord. So I'm expecting it to be busy and awkward. Not really looking forward to that one ... though MIL has her hopes set on this one as it's really near her still. Price range is nicely between the 2 at £500