Official Depo Thread

[genesismarie]

Was it regular when it returned in august

 

[sherylb]

I actually had one period start and then 14 days after that one started I had another one. After that my cycles were regular when I charted and grew 1 day every month from 28 to 33.

 

[genesismarie]

Yeah that sounds great. Maybe I should wait it out awhile. See if Af comes this month I also have my first gyno appointment on the 18th ill see what my new doc thinks we should from here ugh the 18th seems so far lol

 

[sherylb]

My doctor (fertility specialist/ob) told me when I went in for my pap that if I wasn't pregnant 6 months from last shot date to come see him.

 

[genesismarie]

Did you get pregnant or did they do something for you?

 

[genesismarie]

By the way your lil princess is so beautiful

 

[sherylb]

We did it on our own. I charted my BBT temperature with a regular digital thermometer to track ovulation, charted my cervical fluids, used Pre-Seed fertility lubricant and I think that was it. I browsed the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility and learned a lot about all of the above.

 

[sherylb]

Thanks! She doesn't have much hair so if she's not in tons of pink she's called a boy almost every day but to me she's perfect and gorgeous! One lady even told me what a pretty boy we had. I have stopped correcting people if they don't ask about her gender.

 

[genesismarie]

Lol mines was exact opposite my son had some much hair every one though he was a girl lol he's two now and every one knows now lol

 

[genesismarie]

Man charting seems hard I never wake up at the same time but I will shortly when school starts but in the morning I have to use the bathroom so bad I forget to tempt

 

[sherylb]

What worked for me was setting my alarm, temping and going back to sleep. If I just went to the bathroom and back in the middle of the night I ignored that b/c our bathroom is attached to our bedroom. Sometimes I would talk to the bathroom with the thermometer in my mouth and read it while I went to the bathroom. I put my temps in the fertilityfriend.com Site on my phone or wrote it down before I forgot it. I did a 90 day membership on that site for like $10 and got free time from people signing up after viewing my chart. I checked my fluids when I felt like I should, especially if I saw something in my panties or on the toilet paper.

 

[genesismarie]

Hmm I tried setting my alarm for 8 but someday I'd wake up before it went off or had an appointment so had to be up early maybe I should set it for earlier

 

[sherylb]

I was setting mine for 7. Since I just went back to sleep and was not up before then b/c I was at home it didn't bother me at all.

 

[genesismarie]

Oh okay yeah im going to start setting it earlier when Af shows

 

[sherylb]

Whew, this is going to be a long day. It's 1:10, baby is taking her second nap about an hour and a half after she woke up from the last one. Tummy time and learning to crawl is apparently dumb-foundedly exhausting.

 

[genesismarie]

lol how cute i just got home from church not doing my hair then going to clean up my mess lol then start sunday dinner early. just relaxing before my busy week coming up

 

[missjenn]

Two week wait!

 

[genesismarie]

Hey ladies I was wondering if any of you have taken bcp to induce af after coming off depo if so what kind been thinking about calling my doc and going this route but they are giving me a hard time so I would like to have all the info I can to present to my new doc any advice would be greatly appreciated. Also I would love to know how provera worked if any of you ladies have used this also

 

[jme84]

After being off depo for 1 year I went to doc because still not have a regular cycle. He started me on provera and clomid. The provera worked very good at starting an actually period not just spotting. Each month we had to increase the clomid because my progesterone kept coming back so low that I still was not o ing. I think it was the 4th cycle with clomid 200mg (which is a really high dose) I finally o. Next period came with out the Provera and I o again with the 200mg of clomid. At this point I was very frustrated that I wasn't pregnant and my ob/gyn was not willing to do any more tests. I decided to see a Fs. He was shocked that they had me on such high doses of clomid. Said it was causing more harm the good at that dose, it thins your linings and decrease cervical mucus. I had to take a two month break to get all the clomid out of my system and then we were going to do tons of testing. First month I was not really sure if I had in fact o or not but my period came the next month on it's own so I assume I did. Second month to my great surprise I got a BFP but a week later it ended in a mc. The very next month I got pregnant again and I am now 12weeks.
Sorry for the novel but I think that without the provera and clomid I don't think my body would have ever regulated it's self. Though depo was the best thing for me at the time. I really think it really messed up my system. I hope that helps. If you have any more questions feel free to ask.

 

[genesismarie]

Do they usually make everyone wait a year after depo before they give you anything