Ok I am new to this and compleately lost ! I have been ttc number 2 for about a year now, my peroid is so irregular it wasnt always like that until after I had my daughter. I can go months without it or go 28days and the next month 45days. So what is the best way to see if your ovulating? I have read about the temp and the ovulation test, I was gonna do a calender but since I am so irregular I dont think I can. I wasnt too concerned with the whole ovulating when we first started but since its been so long I am now. I just dont know how to tell whats the best way to tell nothing like that so if anyone could help!! Last month I was over 2 wks late and took a test and wasnt pg the month before that I didnt get my peroid at all. So could me being so irregular have something to do with not getting pg? Someone else told me its being I have gained so much weight since I got pg with my daughter. Please any advice would help me big time! THANKS!

Sweetie, I've been at this for almost 4 years and I'm still lost!

Sounds like you might need a little push from a doc to get yourself regulated. It can be any of a number of things. PCOS, your weight, other hormonal imbalances because of a hypo/hyperthyroid condition, etc. I think you're heading in the right direction when you are saying you may chart. It's a good start to see what your temperatures do. But without some bloodwork and testing, it would be really hard to figure out what is really happening in there.

The good news is that most of us here have already been there, done that. So, you'll get some really good advice on where to start. Call you OB/GYN and let him/her know that you want some testing. The common workup is LH, estrogen, progesterone, thyroid, and a few others. Because of your weight and possible ovulation issues, they may want to do a test for insulin resistance and to rule out PCOS.

They may ask you to come back in the event that you ovulate to test for your progesterone levels again, to see if you did ovulate.

That's just a start. It sounds overwhelming but it's really not as bad as all that. Your doc will be pretty thorough I'm sure (and if he's not, get rid of him!). But make sure that when they discuss your results that you get the actual numbers (none of that "within normal range" stuff!). The reason is because let's say they test your P4 (progesterone) and it was an 8. For your docs office 8-20 may be in the normal range but 8 is too close to the low end of the range for comfort. You'll want to address that with him. That goes for all your tests.

Good luck!!

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Funny thing my mom is an RN so the OBGYN was the first place I was told to go by my mom so I went, they did so much blood work I thought I wasnt gonna have any left lmfao! But nothing is wrong! They told me to loose some weight was it, and I have lost 25 lbs in 4 mos and still loosing it since I have last checked I lost another 8 lbs from last month. I am on a strick diet and have to walk at least one time a day all of that good stuff but it just seems like I am doing all of this and getting no where at all.

Then ask the OB/GYN to refer you to an RE. They'll do more indepth tests. He may ask how long you've been trying. Tell him it's been over a year. They might put you off otherwise.

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Ok I have to ask what is an RE?

Reproductive endocrinologist. They're the guys who help us with IUIs, IVFs, PCOS, etc.

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U seriously think I need something like that, I mean not to offend anyone we were trying natural like we did with our daughter not need any help, I guess maybe we do this time around huh?

The RE's handle the hardcore but they also take care of cycles that get a little on the weird side. It's not that there is anything seriously wrong necessarily. Just that they are better equipped to run the tests we REALLY need run. My OB/GYN tried but what she considered to be a normal progesterone level (8.1) sent my RE spinning. It had to be a minimum of 10 to him. 8.1 was too low to sustain a pregnancy.

This is just for testing purposes. Nothing more. They will help you in figuring out whether you do need them or whether it's something else. I did forget to ask: Are you breastfeeding?

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