New TTC / Anovulation

[S.Charles]

Hello, I am new to this forum or any forum for that reason. We have been trying to conceive for the last year. Before that I was on implanon and we were very happy waiting for children. Fast forward a year of nothing. I was sent to an Infertility doctor. (I had not gotten my period in a year. Makes it sort of hard to try.) Any who I had a dye test, Blood work and ultrasound. He said everything was normal my LH level was a little high but other than that nothing. He said the Dye test was prefect and so was the ultrasound other than that what he assumed I am not ovulating. He put me on Metformin. I am currently taking 500mg a day and over the next month will get up to 2000mg a day. So far I haven't had any bad side effects. He said if I don't start getting my period by August that he would then give me something else. I should mention I am overweight. He wants me to lose weight and I am trying now. Basically I am looking for anyone who has been through this or actually anything.. I am clueless and learning as I go. New Friends Welcome.

 

[mangotango]

Hello! I am sort of new here too, I found this site during my last cycle. I haven't been through all you have but I wanted to say hello and wish you the best!

We have only been trying officially for 1 month, this week will be try number 2, so we are hoping it all goes well, but I can't imagine trying for so long! I feel for you! Is your doc/ob/gyn pretty pro-active in your care/treatments?? I have a great ob/gyn who I saw in April and he said if we aren't pregnant in 3 months to come back with my charting of my temps and all. He doesn't like to have people wait a whole year. Then at that time he'll study my charts to see if I'm even ovulating, which last month doesn't look like it to me..too much of a temp drop and up and downs. He'll also look at my husband's counts/motility/etc. Have you taken things to promote ovulation? I went off depo provera last year, my last shot was in july and I didn't get another in October and hadn't had a cycle so I was put on provera for a few days-then I got a very irregular cycle and now I'm finally at a normal cycle after 5 months. But I don't even know if I'm ovulating.

I have heard that even losing like 10-15# can increase fertility. I'm a little overweight too and have been trying to eat more veggies and fruit and walking a lot and starting to get back into jogging again..but that's hard because last month I had weird pains and didn't want to "over do it" and ruin implantation if it was happening. I feel like I just want to have a healthy body for if/when I am pregnant. My body hates losing weight, it's hard enough for me to maintain the same weight, so if I can have good habits, it'll help during pregnancy I'm hoping.

Take care and let me know how things go! I sorta wonder if you should maybe encourage your doc to give you something to help the ovulation along??? What's the point in waiting a few more months?

 

[tweetybird818]

Hi! Ive only been ttc for 5 months so i cant share you experience with metformin but i did come off implanon and dont think im ovulating either so i can empathise there. Its hard feelig clueless but lots of ladies here can try answer any questions you might have (or just chat when you need).

Good luck

 

[Oh_Clementine]

hi! i'm basically in the same boat as you! trying since early last year, and have only had 2 periods in the last 12 months. once, from doing a month of birth control, and the second - was by taking 1000mg of metformin ER, for around a month. i had to stop, because my prescription ran out, and it is very hard on my already tortured liver (i had bad gallbladder issues, and then had it removed). right now, i am on cd7 and taking agnus cactus/vitex - 1320mg per day, in an attempt to regulate my cycles.


good luck to you!