infertility

[spoilbabe69]

I am 28 and stopped having a period in march09, my GYN told me that I am not ovualting and I have read that if a woman does not ovualate she cannot get pregnant. it is now august 09 and still no period not pregnant  having lots of cramps and feeling very bloated, did ultrasounds  blood test everything was fine ... please help me ..
confused and scared

[spoilbabe69]

thanks all for your coments and advice. my doc gave me Prometrium to have a period and a low dose birth control to help regulate it .. I now have a period so we shall see what happens next month!!! Have a great day !!!

[hope013]

hi yeah you do need to ovulate my body just magically did some how - i still dont ovulate properly now as got endo and pcos - and have been giving clomid to help fall with baby number 3. good luck to you and keep on at your doc cos there is tabelts you can take to start a period and then ask to take clomid to wake up your ovarys (its a great drug)

[Elaine Brown, MD]

Hi!
Sorry for the late response--I took a little vacation before school starts!
If you don't ovulate, you won't have a period--If you want to understand better how that all works, check out my blog article (this site) about the menstrual cycle.  
Many women who don't ovulate regularly, feel like they have constant PMS.
If you were my patient, I would check a pregnancy test ( I ALWAYS check a pregnancy test), and if it was negative, I would induce a period for you by prescribing progesterone.
The, depending upon your goal, we would need to figure out how to regulate your cycles.
There are a couple of options.  If you don't want to get pregnant, the Mirena IUD can be really nice.  Other options would be oral contraceptives or monthly progesterone tablets.
If you DO want to get pregnant, you are probably going to need something like Femara (or Clomid) and/or Metformin.  I would run some basic hormone tests, such as TSH  and prolactin levels to try to sort out what is going on.
By the way, inducing a period will help that "PMS-y" feeling!
I hope this is helpful!
Dr B

[spoilbabe69]

hey u probably will have to wait until the hormones from the BC clears from your body and get somewhat back to normal. It may take a while but don't give up miracles do happen everyday. Don't give up and be patient.. Best of Luck..

[rechellemay]

Hi there, I had my mirena removed on monday (17 Aug 2009). I so desperatley want to have a baby, but because i have a history of endometriosis the giny said that i should see what happens in the next 6 months....any positive thoughts.........

[spoilbabe69]

WOW I guess u can get pregnant w/o having ovulated .. thats crzy...I always thought u needed to ovulate and have an egg in order to conceive......  Hope all is well with u

[hope013]

hi i got told i wasn't ovulating anymore at 19 (i suffer with endo and pcos) and my periods stopped and 6 months down the line i found out i was nearly 5 months pregnant so i ovulated without having a period.

[spoilbabe69]

hey no i stopped using BC last year august. Who knows.. saw my GYN gave me more pills to have a period and she put me on BC in hopes that it may regulate it so we will see what happens what are you doing for your problem? ..thanks for replying

[pol79princess]

Were you on birth control prior to that? If so, that may be the reason... I don't have periods  also, and I have been diagnosed with PCOS. I suggest you see a specialist; they'll know what to look for in your tests. Good luck!