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This made me feel pregnant
During my annual gyn visit this morning we were discussing the possibility of my parts working correctly. I had a period in July and then another in November and that's been it. She decided to dig a little deeper b/c she really doesn't like to see anyone go 3 months without a period, which makes sense.
So, this morning I had to take a pee pregnancy test, do the two hour glucose test, start prenatals (I think this had more to do with the condom usage), and I have a prescription for progesterone to hopefully kickstart my periods. I also had my prolactin tested but I don't know what that is. I was at the freaking doctor for 4.5 hours.
It was also kind of funny sitting in the waiting room for the two hour test with pregnant people lol. I felt like an imposter.
Re: This made me feel pregnant
I hope you had your kindle with you to help pass the time....oh wait....
Hopefully the doctor gets things working for you soon! And maybe some day you won't be an imposter!!
huh huh. awesome.
That sucks about being there so long but hopefully you get things worked out now before you're even ready to TTC so that when you are, you're good to go!
Hey now, you all forget how quickly Amazon ships. I had my kindle 2 days later!
I really am glad they're being proactive. It makes me feel there's something I can do instead of just waiting around.
It does make me laugh how they tell me to take a pregnancy test like it's not big deal like we're chatting about picking up a bag of grass seed at Home Depot. Those things give me anxiety attacks and then the nurse farts around and forgets to tell me my results as I'm researching strollers on Amazon (I'm an alarmist).
Have you had your thyroid checked?
Going that long without a period is both a good and a bad thing.
Yup, I actually started thyroid medicine (it was slightly underactive) the month I stopped having periods. I've had it rechecked since then and my thyroid level is now normal.
I don't really know what to make of it.
I went for over 3+ years with no period. Multiple rounds of progesterone and nothing worked. My thyroid was fine. Initial diagnosis was premature ovarian failure. Then diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome. Randomly out of the blue, my period just came one day. And then I went on birth control to keep it coming. Surprisingly, when I stopped BC my period kept right on like clockwork. But given the history and my age after 9 months of TTC, I went to see a fertility specialist who ran labs again and said that everything looked fine other than some mild scarring on my cervix. Turns out, the original issue was long standing effects of depo provera. I had no idea that birth control could cause such lasting effects, but apparently it can. There are sooooo many variables that effect our reproductive cycles. To me, it seems that the diagnosis game is more about ruling things out than coming up with an actual diagnosis.
I hope they determine what is going on and get things working correctly by the time you are ready to TTC.
That's interesting, so did you get pregnant after you had normal periods right after taking the pill? I'm glad it ended up working itself out.
I went off BCPs in the Fall of 2010 and had a fairly normal period for 9 months (every 40 days or so). I had my thyroid checked in July and it was slightly underactive. I started taking medicine that brought it up to a normal level and my periods have been whacked out every since then (the past 7 months). I can't imagine how many different hormones or factors can affect everything.
I stopped taking the pill in February 2010 and my periods continued like clockwork with 29 or 30 day cycles and ovulation around day 15. I got pregnant in the June cycle, but miscarried at around 5 or 6 weeks. Broke down and went in to see the fertility specialist in October. He drew blood and sent me for an HSG and I got pregnant that cycle - the November cycle. I think the reason we took so many months (and really it isn't that long) was because of some meds my husband was taking and nothing to do with me at all. When we went for follow up with the RE, we were already pregnant but he indicated that DH's swimmers were less than ideal.
Maybe your system works better with a jacked up thyroid? Although 40 days is a little on the long side.
Interestingly, my old OB/GYN had told me to start trying as soon as I go off of the pill because for some women the cycles right after stopping BC are best because their body is still in a rhythm from the meds but they're ovulating.