*Sigh* Anovulatory cycle, CD55

DumbledoresArmy

Hi all,

I am still dealing with lack of ovulation!!  I've been TTC for 7 months, and I've only had one regular ovulatory cycle since then.  Now I'm on CD 55 and still have not ovulated (confirmed with temps and OPKs).  Should I wait until the year - long mark or go get clomid?  My doctor has offered to give me clomid.... but I am not sure if I should rush into that or give it more time.  The pill really messed up my cycles!!!

What do you all think?  Clomid or wait?

patriciahomol

DumbledoresArmy said:

Hi all,

I am still dealing with lack of ovulation!!  I've been TTC for 7 months, and I've only had one regular ovulatory cycle since then.  Now I'm on CD 55 and still have not ovulated (confirmed with temps and OPKs).  Should I wait until the year - long mark or go get clomid?  My doctor has offered to give me clomid.... but I am not sure if I should rush into that or give it more time.  The pill really messed up my cycles!!!

What do you all think?  Clomid or wait?

search for clomid on here, a lot of info. it seems like a scary medication to me and I know I've read on here you shouldn't take it from your ob, very dangerous without proper monitoring. Someone else will explain it much better than I just did having never dealt with it myself.

dixie7701

If you are obviously having annovulatory cycles I would see a Dr. about diagnosing WHY this is happening and then determining which treatment is appropriate. Do not take Clomid from an OB. Please see a RE for this kind of treatment. If you decide to go with Clomid monitoring is imperative to make sure that it doesn't do further damage to your reproductive system and to make sure you don't end up with 10 fertilized eggs at once.

DumbledoresArmy

Thanks for the responses!  I'm kinda thinking the same thing.  Also, they can't figure out why I'm having anovulatory cycles.  Blood work and ultrasound all look good.

Bababatty

I have no experience with clomid, but has your doc done any tests to determine why your cycles are like this? I'd want to go through all of that before starting down the clomid path. And no, I wouldn't wait until the year mark. I told my doc at my annual exam that I'd been having a couple of anovulatory cycles, which was highly unusual for me and had never happened before, and she did some ultrasounds right away.

ETA sorry @DumbledoresArmy, didn't see your response. That's really frustrating! I'd definitely ask for a referral to an RE at this point.

PrimRoseMama

@DumbledoresArmy : I don't have a medical degree-- but I would wait on the Clomid until you get to the year mark of TTC.

sarah0985

Have you looked at your diet or exercise? I was amenorrhea for 9 months due to a diet that wasn't right for my body. By the time it was sorted (my physical and blood tests were fine as well) it took 4 months to come back.

Every body is different and has different variations of extremes in either direction. I found that the first doctor I saw had no desire aside from a blood test and physical to determine what could be causing it.

were you on bcp? I've been off 5 months and haven't been regular since (with the exception of 1 "standard" cycle) but giving my body time to figure out how to do its job again. If I were in your situation, I'd wait and explore other possible options and interventions first. Clomid seems pretty scary

DumbledoresArmy

@PocketFullofShells Why bother responding with something so silly and rude?


Thanks everyone else - I feel pretty good about my decision to wait and not do clomid.  I will try the diet idea, I am not overweight but I don't eat great. Thanks!!!

DumbledoresArmy

@Pocketfullofshells if you don't want to give advice why are you in an online community?  How strange...

DumbledoresArmy

Haha wow. You are indeed the most lovely person on the internet.

sarah0985

@DumbledoresArmy I certainly didn't mean to imply overweight or necessarily a bad diet persey. My issue was too low of a fat. I need a higher fat intake. I wasn't getting enough which was only diagnosed when I had other symptoms. But as soon as that was corrected, my period returned.

DumbledoresArmy

@sarah0985 that's interesting!  I think mine would be the opposite problem - too much sugar and fatty foods!    And yes, I was on bcp, so the doc is thinking that's what's causing the problems.  I've read it can even take a year for some people.  Hopefully we will both be back to normal soon!!

LoveIsOwlYouNeed

I am confused. I literally just read a post where you told someone not to listen to people on this board because the don't have medical degrees and now you're posting asking for medically related advice. You can't have it both ways, you know? Either the opinions here are valid so people(including you) should ask or they aren't and people should ignore the advice.

Lulucooks

I'm only able to give advice based on my college education...

So make sure you have your Mise en Place ready before you start cooking. It'll definitely make the preparation go smoother and you'll be less stressed.

DumbledoresArmy

RoseNylon

You can take the referral before the one year mark if you have such a clear problem that you're not ovulating. That's something that you should see a RE for before the one year mark IMO.

PrimRoseMama

PocketFullofShells said:

LoveIsOwlYouNeed said:

I am confused. I literally just read a post where you told someone not to listen to people on this board because the don't have medical degrees and now you're posting asking for medically related advice. You can't have it both ways, you know? Either the opinions here are valid so people(including you) should ask or they aren't and people should ignore the advice.

Yaaaaaaas!

This... It seems a little impolite to insult us one minute then ask for our help the next? I mean, I don't know about you, but I love giving helpful advice to people that take a big dump on me. :-??

BostonBaby1

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