Lmichelle14
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Good afternoon! I'm completely new to this board and website and never posted anything like this before so you'll have to forgive me if I'm not in the right place. Anyway I'm posting because I am currently TTC and dealing with amenorrhea and have been for 1o months and I have not come across anyone that has had a similar situation and I was hoping to find someone on here that might be able to give me some advice/answers. I've been feeling pretty alone and lost in this whole thing and not sure what my next step should be. Anyway to make a long story short (I will attempt to keep this short) I was able to conceive on my own in 2011 and I have a 3.5 year old beautiful son. I had been on birth control for years before my DH and I decided to try for our son so I didn't think anything of it when my OBGYN suggested to go back on the pill when I was 4 weeks postpartum. After a couple years we wanted to ttc again so I got off the pill last march knowing that I wanted to be off the pill for a few months before we actively started trying. My period did not appear for the first couple months and I wasn't too concerned because I just had a feeling that it was going to take a while for my body to bounce back after the pill (even though when I got off the pill the first time it did) I went to go see my OB after about 4 months of my period not returning on its own. She told me it was normal prescribed me 10 pills of progesterone and sent me on my way. But nothing came of it so I went back to her and she then prescribed me the estrogen and the progesterone for 1 month. That finally worked and I did have a period but after only being on the synthetic hormones for a month nothing happened again on it's own. Back at the doctor, my OB ran lots of different blood tests and ordered a sonogram. Everything came back normal. All the blood results were great and in range where they should be for my age (I'm 29) and the sonogram was perfect. She said that most woman who had irregular cycles has PCOS or thyroid issues but she reassured me that I did not and that I might just have to wait it out and give my body some time. I found n homeopathic infertility doctor who was in my area and she suggested certain supplements and acupuncture. She ordered some more in depth blood work to show my T3, T4, vitamin D level, iron, ferritin, etc. Once again everything came back normal, some were a little low but still in range. She said that my bmi was a little low and that she wanted me to cut back on working out (something that I really enjoy but I was willing to do anything at this point) and she wanted me to add some more healthy fat in my diet and whole grains, beans, etc. So that's what I have been doing, trying to eat all the right things, only doing some light exercising like yoga and walks, taking the supplements the doctor wants me to and doing acupuncture every week/every other week all the while trying not to stress out about it all lol. Now it's been over 4 months of all the above and 10 months now off the pill and I still have yet to produce a period on my own. So I'm struggling with the next step, do I just keep up what I'm doing and let it run its course or should I go back to the OB and possibly go back on the synthetic hormones or someone suggested maybe clomid helping me. Just like I'm sure all of you on this board, I'm very much wanting and praying for a baby and I desperately want my cycle to get back on track. Like I said in the beginning I don't know anyone who has had this particular issue and even my OB told me that I had her a little "stumped" so I'm just wondering if anyone has had or knows anyone who has had a similar experience and if anything helped. Thanks very much.
