New to this Board- Is it possible to conceive on first ovulation after 8 months of no cycles?

Echogirlxo

Hi there

Here is my history:

I'm 24 years old, healthy.  Been on BC pills for the past 10 years.  I have been off birth control for 8 months now, and still no periods.  Nothing.  Not even a little bit of spotting.  I was pretty discouraged by this as we've been trying to conceive for the past 8 months as well…  Anyways, I've been to the doctor and she ordered some blood tests.  She also wants me to take 5 days of "Provera", and see her in about a month for a follow up.  I did not take that medication yet.

Here is my question:

Does anyone out there have a history of getting pregnant without ever seeing a period?  I'm talking 6-8 months of no periods and then - Yay! you're pregnant?

I'm a sonographer (I do diagnostic ultrasounds at the hospital for a living).  That means that I can check my ovaries pretty regularly…  I checked them last week just for fun and saw -Gasp! a Dominant follicle (2 cm).  Two days later it burst! (Was it ovulation? I'm not sure).  Needless to say, my husband and I were pretty busy trying during that week of "possible" ovulation.  Anyway, I checked myself today and saw that I now have a complexe cyst on my ovary… It could be a Corpus luteum (supports early pregnancy)… But it's pretty early to tell…  I took a pregnancy test and it came back negative.  But again, probably still too early…

Any thoughts on this are welcome!   In the mean time, I am (impatiently) waiting to check myself in a few weeks or take another pregnancy test.

borntorun17

So I'm in kind of a similar boat but further along in my TTTC. I did the provera and got a little sporting but no real cycle. Then I went and did loads of tests and am still waiting on dx. I do not ovulate and it's not bc of being on BC for years. I truly hope that all yours is, is the Bc causing you not to have a cycle yet!
To my knowledge, it's entirely possible that that's all that's wrong and if so I think you could conceive on first cycle.
Fingers crossed for you!!!

gsancho

I know it can take someone several months to get back to normal after being on BCPs.  But if it's been over 60 days without a period, I would take the provera.  Unfortunately, you won't find success stories here, since we are mostly all still trying for our first.  But you can check on the Success after IF board.  Statistically, of course it's possible to get pregnant the first time you have a normal cycle again - how often it happens, who knows.  Good luck!

Echogirlxo

Ohh newbie mistake, sorry for posting in the wrong section!  

Yes, scanning myself is convenient, but it can be very misleading… I convinced myself before seeing my doctor that I had PCOD because my ovaries were a little big and had a lot of follicles on them.  I know a lot of you can probably relate, but you can get very obsessed with TTC! So it can be even more dangerous with my kind of career if I don't control myself.  But it really doesn't help that I scan pregnant women every day...