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introducing myself- long, sorry.

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Hello! 

 I stopped my BCP after 6 years in Dec '09, and had one normal period (I believe I felt 'ovulation cramps' on CD 15, and had a period on CD 32). After that, my cycles got longer and longer.

When they got to be 70+ days in August '10, I went to my OB/GYN for an ultrasound in Sept. He saw many small cysts on my right ovary, and saw what he thought to be a dermoid cyst in my left ovary, and set me up for a surgery in Nov '10 to remove the cyst. During surgery, he found there was no cyst, and the shadowing on the ultrasound was most likely what he then found to be endometriosis. He saw several signs of it, and even found scarring on my bowl and other organs. He didn't say they were directly related, but from what I researched, I thought they may be. However, I have never had any symptoms of endo. 

So, now he's "almost positive" that I don't ovulate, and that what I thought were "periods" was probably just random breakthrough bleeding. He told me not to use his word as birth control, as there's always a chance. Otherwise, he told me when we're ready, to call him, and we'd start medical interventions, starting with clomid.

My last "cycle" was 123 days; I had my period on Dec 30, 2010. I call them periods because I bleed for 3-4 days,  it's dark/normal red, and I feel "cramping/tightness" in my uterus area for the first two days.

 My husband and I stopped preventing in Aug '10, and started 'trying' in Nov '10. I feel like us trying naturally is a little 'useless' because I have NO clue of when I'm ovulating, if I even do, but I think we need to try naturally before jumping into medicine.  I know we have not been trying for too long, but reading y'alls experiences are helping me see & understand the possibilities of what I may have to go through.

 My husband and I plan on starting the Clomid process in Oct '11 if nothing happens before hand. 

 Anyways. I probably won't post much, but in case I did, thought you should know a little about me.  I don't know have any friends IRL that have issues like I do, so I thought this would be the place to get insight & support.

(Sorry so long- I tend to ramble). 

 Any advice is welcome. =)

BFP #1 4/23/11, EDD 1/4/12::No heartbeat @ 9 wks::D&C 6/1/11 
Child #1  June 2012
Child #2  Feb 2014
Child #3  Feb 16
BFP 3/9/17
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Re: introducing myself- long, sorry.

  • goodgolliegoodgollie member
    Hi there!  I'm sorry that you are having fertility issues.  If I were you, I would make an appointment with a fertility specialist/reproductive endocrinologist (RE).  They will be able to get to the root of the reason why you aren't having normal cycles.  I know jumping on the fertility drug bandwagon seems very soon for you, if were you, I don't know if I'd wait another 9 months.  You obviously have funky cycles and you will most likely not get pregnant before then without any fertility intervention.  At the very least I think you should make an appointment with an RE to see what they have to say.  Ob/gyn's have the most experience in prenatal care, not fertility.  Lastly, I would recommend getting your thyroid checked if you haven't already done so.  My cycles kept getting longer and longer after coming off bcp and it turned out I had hypothyroidism.  As soon as I got on synthroid and my levels came down I was O'ing normally.  Good luck to you!
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    Welcome! I agree with goodgollie... may be worth getting a consultation with an RE if possible. They will mae sure you get proper monitoring on Clomid. If we had done Clomid without monitoring and trigger, there was an excellent chance I would have ended up with 5-6 mature follies and I wasn't ready for that. :)

    also in addition to thyroid make sure you get your prolactin checked if you haven't already. It can also cause your symptoms, and if that's what is going on, clomid won't help. Best of luck!

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  • E3A7AGGIEE3A7AGGIE member

    Thank you both for the advice. Both of those were things I didn't know/heard of, and no matter how much I google symptoms, it's really hard to figure out what I need to do. 

    I'm definitely going to look into an RE and getting more things checked out.  

    BFP #1 4/23/11, EDD 1/4/12::No heartbeat @ 9 wks::D&C 6/1/11 
    Child #1  June 2012
    Child #2  Feb 2014
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  • 99luftballoons99luftballoons
    Welcome!! I don't have any advice, but I wanted to wish you the best of luck through this process and hope you get some answers soon.  Please post as much as you feel comfortable, girls on here are so helpful and it's great to be able to cheer each other on as we go through this.  Good luck!
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