I have my period exactly every other month, am I unable to get pregnant or am I just paranoid?

Question

Ok...I have my period exactly every other month. My husband and I are going to start trying to get pregnant, am I unable or am I just extremly paranoid?! Does anyone else have an issue like this? My sister and my mom were the same way and they both had kids just fine, help me......advice please?!!!

Answer 1

I was the same way! From the time they started at age 11 til I had my first child. Try the temp taking every morning, when there is a rise that is usually when you are ovulating. If you can pretty well predict when you will start, then try 2 wks before you are due. If all else fails, try every night for a month or so!

Answer 2

I think you're just paranoid. The only problem you may run into is figuring you when you ovulate. If you miss your ovulation date, you'll have to wait twice as long to figure out if you're pregnant & start trying again.

SO,

Here's how you can figure out your schedule:

1. You need to figure out how long your cycles are. Start from the 1st day of your period (as day 1) and count how many days there are until you start your next period.

The average cycle of a woman lasts 28 days.

2. You need to figure out when you're ovulating. This will occur (usually) in the middle of your cycle. So, a woman with 28 days, will, on average, ovulate on day 14. There are a few ways to figure out if you're ovulating.

a. Chart your Basal Body Temps. You take this temperature in the morning before you even roll over, sit up, or get out of bed. When you chart these, there should be a sudden dip and an immediate spike in your temperatures. This is when you ovulate.

b. monitor the types of discharges you have throughout the month. In the middle of the month, your discharge should be very slippery, mucousy, etc. This is when you're ovulating. (Don't confuse it with stringy.)

c. If you pay attention to your body, you may actually feel a sharp pain on one side of your lower abdomen. It should occur over a matter of hours, or 1-2 days. This is when you ovulate.

d. Get one of those ovulation tests and test when you suspect that you're ovulating.

3. Have sex within the 4 days on each side of ovulating. Some say do it every day. Others say, do it every other day (so the man's sperm can build up).

That's it--unless you do this for a few months and nothing is working. Then you go on from there. (If you have problems, you could be estimating your ovulation date incorrectly...or your body could be ovulating way early or way late. Doing your BBT should help determine this.)

Try using www.mymonthlycycles.com to keep track of your period, fertility symptoms, etc. It also provides charts that you can print out to track your BBT.

Good luck!

Answer 3

If you get your period on a regular schedule, but just at longer than normal intervals, you have a cycle, it's just a long one. Whether or not you ovulate and *when* you ovulate will need to be determined.

You have not yet started trying to conceive, so now is the perfect time to visit with your women's health provider to talk about your concerns. Your long cycles may be what is normal for your body or it may be an indication of an hormonal imbalance. Your doctor or midwife can talk with you, examine you and look at your history to determine the best way to proceed with your plans to start a family in light of the particulars of your situation.

So don't despair that it will be difficult for you, it very well may not be. But getting yourself looked at should be your first step, and then you can go from there.

I hope your baby wishes come true in good time.

Answer 4

There are three things that you need in order to get pregnant:

1) You need to ovulate
2) Your period needs to come no LESS than 2 weeks later
3) Sperm

So the real question is if you are ovulating, and when. You could be ovulating two or more times per cycle, or it could be only once. Get an ovulation prediction kit, I like the saliva ones because you don't need to keep buying test strips.

Now if you are only ovulating once per cycle, in theory it could take a little longer to get pregnant BUT it will happen.

Answer 5

I've never heard of this but if your sister and mom were the same way and they were able to reproduce, you should be too.
I'd imagine you can get pregnant during the months you menstruate (every other month.)
Good luck.

Answer 6

You should keep trying. I have many friends with many cases as in the first one, one of my friend's wife got pregnant on the first attempt. On the second another friend's wife got pregnant on tenth attempt. I mean to say that many human beings faces these kind of problems so you should keep trying...............good luck and in advance Congrates..............

Answer 7

Paranoid..get it off your mind.. it worked for us