Official Depo Thread

[genesismarie]

I have had AF twice since June one 44day cycle and this last one was 50 I'm on cd3 currently and I started tempting this cycle

 

[missjenn]

Maybe ask your doctor for progesterone to kick start a 28 day cycle? My doctor was going to give it to me if I didnt get my period....basically the day it was due if it didnt come I was to take the progesterone for 5 days to kick start a regular cycle. I didnt have to take it as mine have been between 26-31 days.

 

[gnome86]

i never understand why people get given progesterone when the very thing that has caused the delay in getting pg was synetic progesterone based? how does that work?x

 

[missjenn]

No idea...she said it would kick start a real period but I didnt to take it. One thing she told me not to do was take birth control to bring cycles back as that only postpones ovulation even further. My doctor has setup three blood tests for me this week (today will be my second) too see if I ovulated this month.

 

[gnome86]

god knows, all the docs say different. i know that i took norethisterone to delay AF for a week in march and another gp told me i shouldnt have been given it by the other one when they know i am ttc, as is progesterone based same as depo so could have added 6 mnths on to my ttc time. good luck x

 

[jme84]

Sorry I did answer sooner. The reason they give you progesterone is to help mimic your normal cycle. With depo it blocks your bodies natural ability to produce progesterone. So your progesterone is usually really low. In order to have a normal cycle you have to go through all the right amount of hormones. On a normal cycle once you o your body spikes progesterone which helps build up your lining. Then your progesterone drops and your estrogen starts rising and you start your period. I hope that make sense. If not you can google how the menstrual cycle works.

 

[missjenn]

Congrats on 21 weeks!! You must be over the moon!!

I was going to ask you.....when you were ovulating did you have any of the fertile cm? I have no fertile CM and just had three blood tests this week to see if I did...dont have the results yet.

 

[jme84]

Thanks I am so excited I can't wait to meet her.

I don't think I really had ewcm if I did it was very little amounts the two months that I o with the high doses of clomid. Then the 2nd month of clomid that I got pregnant and mc I had a ton of ewcm. I had like globs and globs of it. I remember thinking oh so this what ewcm is. I can't remember for sure if I had it the next month when I got pregnant with my lo.

 

[missjenn]

Thanks for the info! I definitely have never had any sign of it, hopefully you can get pregnant without.

 

[AdriansMama]

hello ladies!! DH and i have been wanting # 2 for just over a year now. After DS was born i went on depo because i was young and didnt want another LO right away. i was supposed to go in for my next depo shot June 2011 but decided not to since it was right before our wedding and we were wanting to add another LO to the family. We were NTNP for a year and i havent gotten a BFP but i honestly think it has just been in the past few cycles that ive started actually ovulating and AF has become very regular (she was very regular before i got pregnant with DS) my cycle has changed drastically since before i had DS though ...before DS i would bleed heavily for 7 days and be very crampy, now i bleed for 5 days and it is quite light the entire time with virtually no cramping but it comes every 27 days like clockwork! DH and i have been actively TTC #2 for the past 4 cycles with no luck so far
i would like to be added to the list please my last injection was supposed to be june 07 2011 but i didnt get it the last injection i revieved was march 05 2011

 

[jme84]

You could always try preseed lub. I don't know that it helped or not but couldn't hurt.

 

[sherylb]

We used Pre-seed. I didn't have EWCM the month we conceived but I had before in at least one other cycle.

Adrians Mama how long were you on Depo?

 

[AdriansMama]

Well no AF yet ...supposed to be here today usually would have started spotting last night but nothing so far !! I also forgot before for my stats ...I was on depo for 6 months then took 6 months off but went back on for 9 months. Hopefully the witch stays away !!

 

[AdriansMama]

got my BFP this afternoon !!!!

 

[sherylb]

Awesome!! Will say a quick prayer that it's sticky. Sometimes people have chemicals after depo and then get pregnant again after.

 

[missjenn]

Congrats! Thats great news! I cannot find that preseed stuff anywhere. Do you have to order it online or something? Adriansmom - did you have any fertile cm?

 

[AdriansMama]

lots LOL!! it stayed abundant the whole time, changed about 5 days ago to pure white creamy, and then as of yesterday has kind of reverted to an EW with the white creamy stuff in it... its kind of yucky

 

[AdriansMama]

my ob/gyn thinks i had a chemical last december but we arent 100% as he thinks the pregnancy test was taken too late... :shrugg: all i know is he doesnt feel the need to see me for another 2 weeks my appointment is the 17th and i feel great !! he told me because i have missed my period i only have a 10-15 % chance of miscarriage so im trying not to worry too much and just enjoy the moment thank you for all the congradulations !!! Good luck and baby dust to you all

 

[missjenn]

Thats great news! I'm sure you will have a sticky one! Stay positive!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jme84]

Congrats! Thats great news! I cannot find that preseed stuff anywhere. Do you have to order it online or something? Adriansmom - did you have any fertile cm?

I ordered it online but did find it at Walgreens.