IVF

Has anyone had 40+ days no period starting except light red blood for a day , now 2 pregnancy tests are neg, haven't been on progesterone since aug.13,2009 still no period 7-31-09 transfered implantation all the pregnancy symptoms. So confused have pcos, and one dr. said insuline resistant but not the new dr. is it possible this is what is happening or could I be prego?

[Elaine Brown, MD]

Hi!
I'm not totally sure that I understand your time course, but I'll reiterate--IVF; transferred embryos 7/31.  No preg (?) Stopped all meds 8/13.
Now no period for 40 days.  If you have PCOS, you ARE insulin resistant by definition.  It doesn't mean that you have diabetes though.
Metformin could probably help you if you do have PCOS.  Also, that is most likely the cause of your prolonged cycle.  The light bleeding is probably the beginning of something.  I ALWAYS recommend a pregnancy test though! If you were my patient, I would treat with 5 days of Prometrium and start you on Metformin.  Then we could decide if you wanted to do another IVF cycle, etc.
Good luck!
Dr B