First, I am really sorry you have to struggle! I know how painful and emotionally draining this can be. Your OB will probably ask for some blood tests to check whether you are ovulating and will do an u/s. You may also do HSG to check if your tubes are blocked. Your dh will probably have to test as well. Having irregular periods is a bad sign since that may mean you are not ovulating. Your doc may prescribe clomid or something like that to make you more regular. Also, with your painful periods you shuld not rule out endometriosis for infertility.
Good luck with your appointent in March.
p.s. If you do not get all the answers from your regular OB, you should make an appointment with an infertility specialist (RE). They specialize in the sort of issues you are having.
HI
Welcome to the site. I'm kind of new here, and not as knowledgable as some of the other awsome women here, but I'll share anyway!
I do know that under 30, they won't usually consider you as having infertiliy problems until you have been ttc for a year.
You said you went off BC in june, right? i would def. go to your OB next month and talk to him, share your concerns. I would think the firstthing would be to have your husband SA checked, and then go from there.
Def, keep up with the charting, there is a website a lot of women here use to assist in charting. I'll try to find the link for you.
Also if you can afford it, I would try buying ovulation pedictor kts/tests, I love them. I personally do not chart (yet) but I really like the OPK's.
I'm sure you will get better input from others.
What is an SA level?
I would love it if you could find that website for me
What is HSG?
I am thinking of trying to make my appt. earlier so at least i can get some sense of direction.
SA is a semen analysis. your OB can order it or he can ask his primary even.
HeatherJo wrote in another post:
In terms of charting, many women on this forum use www.fertilityfriend.com/ It shows how to do it, and you can even ask others to look at it online and give them their opinion on when you surged. Hope these resources help!
Hope it helps!
I agree with the ladies, let your OB know what your concerns are and get an ovulation kit.
This forum is pretty cool and you will be able to learn alot from the ladies experience and knowledge of certain areas.
I just don't know what to say when I got the OB doc. I mean I've always had issues but I just feel like something is wrong. DO I just go in and ask her if she can run some fertility tests or what do I ask?
Welcome to the forum!!
You can find most of the acronyms and abbreviations at:
http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/acronyms.html
HSG is a test when they put dye in your tubes to see if they are open. If your tubes are blocked you may need a laparoscopy to unblock them or ivf.
SA=semen analysis
Just come right out and say what you just said to us and they will take it from there.
They hear it all the time.
I think your bggest obstical will be that you are young and you have not been trying for a year yet.
As someone else said, most fertility specialists won't really do much for you if you are under 35 and have tried to conceive for less than a year. It looks like you've only been trying for 4 months or so? You might try charting your temps and trying to predict your ovulation with a kit first to see if that helps.
To be honest, if you eventually seek out medical help, I might look into talking with a reproductive endocrinologist (RE) instead of a regular OB. It sounds to me like you've had problems for a long while, and an RE is trained especially in infertility and how to treat problems with your period. Because you have painful menses and trouble with cycle length, it is likely hormonal so insurance would cover something like that too.
With an RE, you just make an appointment, and they'll pretty much guide you on what to say, because they know exactly what you're there for. Typically they will set you up with what the other's have said.. a semen analysis for hubby, and an HSG for you to rule those two possibilities out. They may also look at your hormone levels with blood tests. If all comes out normal, I suspect they may try you on clomid, a mild fertility drug.
Until then, it wouldn't hurt to discuss your concerns with your OB given your history.
Good luck to you!
Sheri
Thanks for the input. I made my appt earlier for this wednesday morning. We will see what happens.
Thanks