Post by britterrss on Feb 17, 2015 17:24:59 GMT -5
I need advice.
I'm 28, normal body weight (BMI 20.2), otherwise healthy. In the past 2 years I've had TSH come back slightly hypothyroid (but still within the larger normal range), but upon a second check they were totally normal.
I went on BCP at 15. Before that, I would have periods only every few months, sometimes up to 10 months with no period. I came off at 23 for 10 months with no cycle the whole time I was off. Went back on BCP for 4 more years until June 2014. I went until end of Sep/early Oct with no period, at which point the OBGYN Rxd Provera. Since Oct, I had 2 extra long cycles and 1 regular all regulated with Provera (I tried to give my body time to O the first 2 times, and then I tried rapid fire). I'm at CD 28 with no O in sight, currently.
We were NTNP since June and TTC since Sept. I had full blood work, prolactin, FSH done in Sept that all came back normal. I went back today and am having even more blood work done (CBC, CMPP, Lipids, Full Thyroid, Estrogen, Prolactin, FSH, and Testosterone -that I can remember). She did an U/S today and my lining was 6 (mm?cm?) and my ovaries looked good - no cysts. I do not have any other signs of PCOS so she ruled that out. I know that family history doesn't have a lot to do with it - but my mother's cycles were identical to mine - no regular periods, only 1-3 per year usually, until she was about 35.
My doctor works at a OBGYN/Fertility clinic and is one of the highest regarded MDs in the city, and she is young. She wants to start Femara after I take Provera this cycle, and try that for 3 cycles.
I know we haven't been trying 12 months, but I'm not even ovulating at all. So can you even count it as trying with 9 months of no ovulation and a previous history of little/no ovulation as a teen?
My questions:
1. What else could I be tested for?
2. If all the bloodwork comes back normal, does it seem reasonable to try Femara for one cycle to see if I ovulate?
3. Any other feedback welcomed.
I'm 28, normal body weight (BMI 20.2), otherwise healthy. In the past 2 years I've had TSH come back slightly hypothyroid (but still within the larger normal range), but upon a second check they were totally normal.
I went on BCP at 15. Before that, I would have periods only every few months, sometimes up to 10 months with no period. I came off at 23 for 10 months with no cycle the whole time I was off. Went back on BCP for 4 more years until June 2014. I went until end of Sep/early Oct with no period, at which point the OBGYN Rxd Provera. Since Oct, I had 2 extra long cycles and 1 regular all regulated with Provera (I tried to give my body time to O the first 2 times, and then I tried rapid fire). I'm at CD 28 with no O in sight, currently.
We were NTNP since June and TTC since Sept. I had full blood work, prolactin, FSH done in Sept that all came back normal. I went back today and am having even more blood work done (CBC, CMPP, Lipids, Full Thyroid, Estrogen, Prolactin, FSH, and Testosterone -that I can remember). She did an U/S today and my lining was 6 (mm?cm?) and my ovaries looked good - no cysts. I do not have any other signs of PCOS so she ruled that out. I know that family history doesn't have a lot to do with it - but my mother's cycles were identical to mine - no regular periods, only 1-3 per year usually, until she was about 35.
My doctor works at a OBGYN/Fertility clinic and is one of the highest regarded MDs in the city, and she is young. She wants to start Femara after I take Provera this cycle, and try that for 3 cycles.
I know we haven't been trying 12 months, but I'm not even ovulating at all. So can you even count it as trying with 9 months of no ovulation and a previous history of little/no ovulation as a teen?
My questions:
1. What else could I be tested for?
2. If all the bloodwork comes back normal, does it seem reasonable to try Femara for one cycle to see if I ovulate?
3. Any other feedback welcomed.