We've been TTC for over a year now. After about 7 months I started to wonder what the problem was. My husband has a child already, so I know it's not him. I started charting my cycles to make sure we hit the right day, but we are sexually active just about every day. My cycles vary from 32 days to 37 days. I'm wondering if that's normal. ??? A friend of mine had mentioned that maybe I have an anovulatory cycle. How do I find out if that is problem so I can fix it? I know I need to go to the doctor, but what will he do?
2007-02-12 22:46:26 · 7 answers · asked by *Tee*Tee* 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Trying to Conceive
Well see a good gyneocologist or an endocrinologist to confirm that its you. Its not necesary that if your husband has a child before he can still be fine. Many times the sperm changes with the age and the physical status of a man too. When you see a good doctor they will run some tests. If you are getting regular periods in the range of 32 to 37 days then I don't think its abnormal. The problem is when one gets irregular periods. Like sometimes 32 days sometimes 40 days sometimes 45 days and so on. But having irregular periods can mean that you are anovulatory. If you don't want to do such hassles then start taking your temperature with a digital thermometer. After a few cycles a pattern will establish and you'll understand that it is the time for ovulation when there is a noticable rise in the temperature. A best website for this is
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/
Try going on this site and read from the information they have about keeping track of your cycles. Well when you go to the doctor he'll do some ultrasounds of your ovaries on some particular days of your cycle to see if the egg in there gets mature and is releasing or not. If its not then he'll give you medications to mature the egg or to release the egg whatever the case may be.
2007-02-12 23:28:48 · answer #1 · answered by Shanu 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your cycles actually don't sound that irregular, but it's still worth looking into if you think there might be a problem. I wasn't ovulating but my cycles were anywhere from barely 4 weeks to 7 1/2 weeks by the time I went in. You don't need to go straight to an endocrinologist, but your gynecologist IS your best first stop for this concern. I also agree that it never hurts to have your man tested to make sure things are still good with him. A good doctor might even insist upon it before taking certain measures with you, depending on what turns up with your exam.
When I went in for my cycles, they did a physcial exam to make sure there was nothing wrong there, then ran some blood tests. The blood tests indicated a hormone imbalance for me and they referred me to a regular GYN (I was going to the med clinic on post) who then did an ultrasound of my ovaries and found a LOAD of cysts, indicating that I was not in fact ovulating. That doc was pretty unhelpful, too, but he said it looked like this had been going on for quite a while and put me straight on clomiphene (Clomid). I think he jumped the gun a little, but I got pg on the 3rd round and there is only one baby cooking in there, so it could have been worse.
Good luck.
2007-02-13 07:40:30 · answer #2 · answered by desiderio 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More then likely, they will do blood work, followed up by an Ultra SOund. To just check and see what the problem is for sure. My husband and I tried for 5 years. I recently went to my Gyno, I have whats called a Bicornuate Uterus, it just means that my uterus didnt fuse properly. So we are on the road now to ttc. My cycles are way off, and I am nowhere near ovulating, So it could be many differen things. I would just wait and see what your Doctor tell's you. God Luck, I wish you the best in TTC....
2007-02-13 06:57:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you are having sex too much?? I know it takes a minimum of 2 days for the guys to build up some good swimmers!! Perhaps you need to have sex every second day instead of every day. If you go to the doctors they will more than likely do blood tests from day 8 of your cycle and every second or third day thereafter to check for ovulation. They can detect ovulation through a surge in your LH levels (the surge usually occurs 24 - 48 hours prior to ovulation) - blood tests are the most accurate way of detecting ovulation.
2007-02-13 06:57:44 · answer #4 · answered by lillypud 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An regular doctor wouldn't prescribe any medicine for ovulation, I suggest don't bother with your primary physician.( I think they're are afraid you will have multiples with clomid!) You have to see a specialist, an endocrinologist to be exact, that's after they did bunch of expansive tests on you first.
2007-02-13 07:14:39 · answer #5 · answered by 結縁 Heemei 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an ovalution is a position where a egg does not get mature enough to be released by the ovary
the doctor will puit u on some pills that will help the egg to mature
2007-02-13 06:55:19 · answer #6 · answered by monalisa three 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
consult a doc
2007-02-13 07:22:07 · answer #7 · answered by ssss 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋