Wanting_a_kid
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Hello, I have some questions that maybe you ladies can help me answer. Sorry, I know this is long, but I'm stressed out and this is driving me crazy!!! Thanks to those who take the time to read all of this and answer me.
My boyfriend and I have just begun ttc (this is 1st cycle). I am 24, and my whole life I have had irregular periods. I got my first AF when I was 13 yo, and they were (of course) irregular, but then they just stopped round when I was 15. I may have gotten a couple here and there, but I went years at a time without AF. I did not use protection with my boyfriends during that time because I didn't think I had to and I was stupid. Never got any stds and never got pg, either. I just started getting AF regularly (every calendar month) about 2 1/2 years ago. I was relieved because I had always thought I'd never be able to get pg but I always wanted to. Now that I have been preparing to ttc, I have been reading more and more and now I don't feel so reassured that the mysterious return of my period means I am fertile. I have been reading about PCOS, and I wonder if perhaps that could be the problem? I have never struggled with being overweight or underweight. I am almost 5'5" and 130 lbs. I don't have any abnormal facial hair (I get little whiskers on my chin that I pluck but I don't know a woman who doesn't. I have olive skin and dark hair). I have never had acne other than the occasional small pimple here and there.
To give a little background, my mother is a pill-popping freak that thinks everyone needs antidepressants, so from about the time I was 12, I was put on every antidepressant under the sun as well as mood stabilizers and anti-anxiety meds (maybe this meddled with my period?). I stopped taking meds when I was 17, but then I started taking hard drugs (opiates, cocaine, etc) until I was 22. That's when my period returned. I never tracked it when it returned, so I don't know if it was regular or not. I just know I got one every month. They have not been extremely long or heavy (although I'm not sure what that would mean). I tracked the last 2 cycles and they were (what I felt was) abnormally long- 45 days, on the dot both times. I have never been on BC, and I have 2 sisters-- the younger has regular, predictable cycles (she can predict them within a week), and the older has VERY irregular cycles... more irregular than mine. Our mother says she never got regular cycles until she became pregnant with OS.
Does anyone have any idea what could be the matter with me? My cycle app says I'll ovulate Nov.3. My OPK (Answer brand) I test around 10:30 am, and the Test line is fainter than the Control line, but it's still ver visible as long as I test around this time (it hasn't shown up really if I test earlier or later). Is this a good thing? Does the line showing up mean I'm going to ovulate at some point?
I don't have health insurance to get this checked out, and I haven't told my boyfriend my concerns yet since this is the first month ttc and I don't want him to worry or think I'm defective. I'm ashamed to admit to him I think we may have trouble ttc. He has a good paying job but I am out of work right now and we have just enough money saved up to deliver a baby.
Does any of this hit home for anyone? Can anyone relate, and if so, what are your thoughts?
Please help!!
My boyfriend and I have just begun ttc (this is 1st cycle). I am 24, and my whole life I have had irregular periods. I got my first AF when I was 13 yo, and they were (of course) irregular, but then they just stopped round when I was 15. I may have gotten a couple here and there, but I went years at a time without AF. I did not use protection with my boyfriends during that time because I didn't think I had to and I was stupid. Never got any stds and never got pg, either. I just started getting AF regularly (every calendar month) about 2 1/2 years ago. I was relieved because I had always thought I'd never be able to get pg but I always wanted to. Now that I have been preparing to ttc, I have been reading more and more and now I don't feel so reassured that the mysterious return of my period means I am fertile. I have been reading about PCOS, and I wonder if perhaps that could be the problem? I have never struggled with being overweight or underweight. I am almost 5'5" and 130 lbs. I don't have any abnormal facial hair (I get little whiskers on my chin that I pluck but I don't know a woman who doesn't. I have olive skin and dark hair). I have never had acne other than the occasional small pimple here and there.
To give a little background, my mother is a pill-popping freak that thinks everyone needs antidepressants, so from about the time I was 12, I was put on every antidepressant under the sun as well as mood stabilizers and anti-anxiety meds (maybe this meddled with my period?). I stopped taking meds when I was 17, but then I started taking hard drugs (opiates, cocaine, etc) until I was 22. That's when my period returned. I never tracked it when it returned, so I don't know if it was regular or not. I just know I got one every month. They have not been extremely long or heavy (although I'm not sure what that would mean). I tracked the last 2 cycles and they were (what I felt was) abnormally long- 45 days, on the dot both times. I have never been on BC, and I have 2 sisters-- the younger has regular, predictable cycles (she can predict them within a week), and the older has VERY irregular cycles... more irregular than mine. Our mother says she never got regular cycles until she became pregnant with OS.
Does anyone have any idea what could be the matter with me? My cycle app says I'll ovulate Nov.3. My OPK (Answer brand) I test around 10:30 am, and the Test line is fainter than the Control line, but it's still ver visible as long as I test around this time (it hasn't shown up really if I test earlier or later). Is this a good thing? Does the line showing up mean I'm going to ovulate at some point?
I don't have health insurance to get this checked out, and I haven't told my boyfriend my concerns yet since this is the first month ttc and I don't want him to worry or think I'm defective. I'm ashamed to admit to him I think we may have trouble ttc. He has a good paying job but I am out of work right now and we have just enough money saved up to deliver a baby.
Does any of this hit home for anyone? Can anyone relate, and if so, what are your thoughts?
Please help!!