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bluemoon23
bluemoon23
I have very irregular periods, they can go from 2-3 months apart. Lately they've been only every other month and i'm able to test for ovulation around the same time in between when I start to feel cramps. It's the only sure sign i've had for when I know i'm ovulating and they come up positive.

Last couple of days i've been cramping, tested thinking I was ovulating because it's time for it according to my calendar....but 2 negatives and still cramping. Made sure to still try to conceive during this time just in case. My breasts have also been sore but I thought it was from working out the day before.

Today I noticed some light bleeding and i'm having continuous cramping now. I just had my period 25 days ago...could it be after years and years of irregular periods i'm finally having one on time or could it be something else? If it is my period i'm kinda upset I missed my window for ovulation with no signs of it like I usually have...

GRRR...it's getting harder and harder to figure out what's going on with my body! It's going on 2 years of trying to conceive and my body will not cooperate!
PolkaDotGirl
PolkaDotGirl
Have you talked to your ob about trying to get your cycle regulated? Or have you seen a RE? If you are trying to conceive, that's where I would start :)
tntpetal
tntpetal
I basically have no period unless I am on birth control or use provera to jumpstart my period for our FET cycles. At least once a year I will have a surprise period that catches me off guard and I have to race to the store for pads because I don't really keep them on hand because I never need them.
One thing the doc did when we first started trying to get preggo with Clomid was Metformin. It did help regulate me and it helped me lose weight winwin! This medicine is more known to help people with diabetes but fertility docs use this medicine to help regulate periods in their patients too. Maybe ask about that as an alternative to not taking BC if you don't want to go that route...
bluemoon23
bluemoon23
I've asked for clomid for months!! But the doc (obgyn) says my husbands count is too low for them to put me on it??? They give me Provera every once in awhile when I got a long time without a period but I've been able to have them on my own (thankfully) but they are irregular....up until today I guess. Always a bummer to have it show up and a bummer when it doesn't.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I was irregular for almost 7 years- and for two of those I didn't get my period once. At the time I was in my early 20's, college athlete, so my doctor said it was normal, as I was always working out or training. Then one month it just came, and 28 days days later, there it was again, until for the last three years I could pin point at what time of day my period would start- and I was never on birth control or any medications at all. My body was naturally just out of waco, haha, in so many words.
Stress can effect your period (and lord knows we are always stressed if your TTC), change in any medications (or adding any medication). I know its really frustrating, especially when you are trying to regulate everything to then have your RE de-regulate it to get you pregnant. I agree with PolkaDotGirl, for sure see some one- I know when I started IVF last year th first thing the did was put my on OrthoTri almost two months before they did anything else medically to "control" my cycle. Good luck, and don't be afraid to ask lots of questions to your gyno or RE.
Trying4ever
Trying4ever
OMG!!!!! if my doctor told me that my hubby's count was too low so I couldn't go on clomid i don't know what I would do...

ask to go on it again and don't take no for an answer!