help!!!!!!!!

[hesmyeverything]

Ok when i was 15 my parents made me get the depo provera injection. When i was 17 i refused to take it and i am now 20 and me and my husband have been trying for a little over 2 years to get pregnant but i still haven't been able to. Im scared that the shot has made me infertile. I really want to have a baby. Can someone please give me advice on what to do? Or has anyone else experienced this with the depo shot?

[hesmyeverything]

Thank you so much. My periods are for the most part normal. I have one every month and they last between 2-5 days.

[Elaine Brown, MD]

Hi!
If you were my patient, I would advise you that the depo shot doesn't cause permanent infertility.  Once the menstrual periods resume, fertility is back to baseline.  I would start a work up for you to see what the problem is.  I would do some hormone testing to determine whether you are ovulating and I would test his sperm count.   If all of those results looked good, I would suggest next would be an hsg which is a dye study to see if your fallopian tubes are open or blocked.
Good luck!
Dr B