Not ovulating but regular cycle?

Ci0lly

Hi,

Just wondering has anyone experienced this...I have a regular cycle but ovulating kit and bloods are saying I'm not ovulating??

Help! This is so frustrating

stargirl.gra

This seems to be my problem so my gyne told me recently. Well i may not be ovulating EVERY momth so he put me on four months of clomid and if no pregnancy by the end of that he's going to do a laparoscopy. If you know by bloods that you aren't ovulating, has your gp not referred you further to get to the source of it?

stickybean

Ci0lly wrote: »

Hi,

Just wondering has anyone experienced this...I have a regular cycle but ovulating kit and bloods are saying I'm not ovulating??

Help! This is so frustrating

When are you using the ovulation kits? Sometimes the LH surge can only last 8 hours and could occur when you are sleeping, or between testings. Hvae you tried temping as well?

stickybean

Sorry just re- read there and seen you mentioned blood tests as well. From what I have read on this site clomid seems to be an option. What has your GP said?

Ci0lly

stickybean wrote: »

Sorry just re- read there and seen you mentioned blood tests as well. From what I have read on this site clomid seems to be an option. What has your GP said?

I done the kit pm day 9-16 first month and then am 10-17 ... I had bloods done where I work so haven't brought to my gp yet I'm sooo scared!!!

scoob70

Ci0lly wrote: »

Hi,

Just wondering has anyone experienced this...I have a regular cycle but ovulating kit and bloods are saying I'm not ovulating??

Help! This is so frustrating

Yes this appears to be whats happening to me. Am 42 and I am very regular - always exactly 30 days - but they don't think I am ovulating and I've no idea how long that's been going on . We've been trying for 2 years now and I've had tons of blood tests including thyroid, AMH etc and all fine. We're now at the stage where we have been on clomid and ovitrelle injects for 3 months now but we are ready to call it a day as I don't think I could go through the whole IVF roller-coaster. Not for us . Hope it happens for you soon .

Ci0lly

scoob70 wrote: »

Yes this appears to be whats happening to me. Am 42 and I am very regular - always exactly 30 days - but they don't think I am ovulating and I've no idea how long that's been going on . We've been trying for 2 years now and I've had tons of blood tests including thyroid, AMH etc and all fine. We're now at the stage where we have been on clomid and ovitrelle injects for 3 months now but we are ready to call it a day as I don't think I could go through the whole IVF roller-coaster. Not for us . Hope it happens for you soon .

So sorry to hear that ... Sometimes when u least expect things they happen 😊 I'm late 20's so hopefully I have time to sort this out :-/

scoob70

Ci0lly wrote: »

So sorry to hear that ... Sometimes when u least expect things they happen 😊 I'm late 20's so hopefully I have time to sort this out :-/

Yeah you're right they do say that - but looking forward to moving on with the hubby and excited about life in general and all the options we have open to us as a childfree couple . And yes you have plenty of time and your young so something should happen soon. x

stargirl.gra

OP there's nothing to be scared of but the unknown. Get yourself off to the gp first anyway and just go from there.

lollpop

Ci0lly wrote: »

I done the kit pm day 9-16 first month and then am 10-17 ... I had bloods done where I work so haven't brought to my gp yet I'm sooo scared!!!

You might have ovulated later. I don't ovulated until day 22.

Bloods are the best way to confirm. Get your day 3 and day 21 bloods done. Nothing to be scared of. If it's a problem then at least you can start looking at a treatment plan.

Neyite

Did you get your prolactin levels checked? That can sometimes hinder ovulation and/or periods.

orchidsrpretty

Hi OP, I have the same problem. I have a very regular 28-30 day cycle, have never missed a peroid, but do not ovulate due to the fact that my tubes are blocked. After all my blood tests came back fine, I was sent for a lap and dye which confirmed this was the problem. I was then referred to a different hospital where they are going to carry out a HSG(like a xray) to see how far the blockage is on my tubes, If it is not too far up I will be able to have tubal sugery to try fix the problem but other than that it will be IVF.
I was so shocked to find this out as I never had any pains or anything out of the ordinary, it was just one of these things.
Hope the result wont be the same for you, but I would def get to your GP to get a referral to one of the fertilty clinics as if you want to start trying now it can take some time. We went private for everything and it has been nearly 1 year from first consultation to where we are now.
Best of luck to you, and dont be scared, if the results are not good for you, there is nothing you can do but deal with it, and at least you will not have regrets about putting if off for a few years and then finding out.

cvjointsally

I'm in same boat, not ovulating, tubes are ok though. Going on ANOTHER 3 months of chlomid, have to go for 2 blood tests in 1 month, if no ovulation my Dr is going to increase chlomid in Mth 2 to 100g, hopefully this will work. Thinking the best plan is to go for treatment to ensure there isn't a problem or if there is get on track to fixing it, its also important not to dwell on it and try to continue having fun, it may just happen when your not watching!

Hollywood130

Hi, I am currently on chlomid, first month over, had bloods test done on day 18, it told me I ovulated on day 11 which is quite early, without chlomid I didn't ovulate so this is positive, no pregnancy this month though. Hopefully next month it will happen. I have Endometriosis, had a lap for it in Jan 2011, had another op last year for cysts too. Long process but hoping it all pays off in the end! Was on chlomid before and nothing happened but at least I KNOW I ovulated this month!

Hello Lady!

scoob70 wrote: »

Yes this appears to be whats happening to me. Am 42 and I am very regular - always exactly 30 days - but they don't think I am ovulating and I've no idea how long that's been going on . We've been trying for 2 years now and I've had tons of blood tests including thyroid, AMH etc and all fine. We're now at the stage where we have been on clomid and ovitrelle injects for 3 months now but we are ready to call it a day as I don't think I could go through the whole IVF roller-coaster. Not for us . Hope it happens for you soon .

Hi Scoob - I wish you luck with the clomid treatment and please god it will work. But I just wanted to say that the IVF road isn't always a roller coaster! yes you do need to be prepared for that, but it is not always as scary an option as you sometimes hear.

For us what was more stressful was when we knew that IVF was what we needed, but the doctors seems to be inclined to try various different routes, all of which ended without success. I found the hormone therapy worse than the IVF to be honest. I was first on clomid and it sent me quite mad! That was a tough cycle I can tell you! then I was put on nolvadex which was better. But months and months of that treatment left me feeling so fed up and emotional and it was tough.

We decided to go abroad for IVF and after meeting the consultant who saw our test results agreed that there was no point in wasting further time on things that 'might' work, our best chance of success was IVF.

We went back a few months later.

I won't say IVF was easy by any means, it is tough on your body, but for me it was actually easier than the other treatments. I knew it would work or it wouldn't and that would be that. We were prepared to go 2 cycles and no more as, like you felt that at some point you need to draw a line under it, accept it and prepare an alternative life for you as a couple.

We were lucky and the first cycle was successful. But honestly, my husband was so supportive during the cycle, in fact more supportive than when we tried the other treatments because it was much more obvious to him what I was going through. With the other treatments, they are more subtle, less in your face. It is easy for guys to forget how emotionally affected you are by these little pills and injections. But faced with injections several times a day, numerous scans, anaesthetics, etc etc it is much more 'real' just how much a woman's body goes through.

Having IVF was the best decision we ever made. I was reluctant initially and kept hoping hoping that the drug therapies would work, and now I wish I had actually put my foot down sooner and said enough of the drugs, lets get on with this! I finally decided to go for IVF as I didn't want to always wonder. It turns out now, that my issue, despite not ovulating regularly or quality eggs, wasn't really the ovulation issue, it was actually implantation. My body was producing too many antibodies due to an inflammatory condition I have. Once the doctor physically forced my body to implant the egg, we were all set to go. I would have always wondered if IVF would have worked if I hadn't had it.

It is of course a choice that is individual for everyone, but I just wanted to make sure that people know that it is not a terrible roller coaster for everyone - well no more so than any other fertility treatment is. Yes it is a strain, but again not always worse than the other treatments. I actually think part of the strain is the prolonged trying - the longer you try without success, whatever method you use, the harder it is.

Good luck to all you triers out there, whatever method you are using. 16 weeks pregnant with twins proves that there are success stories out there!

Hollywood130

Hello Lady, can I ask where you went for your IVF treatment? And did you go abroad because it was cheaper than here in Ireland? I'm in limbo land at the moment with doctors, it's a bit of a nightmare, I've heard of others going away for IVF well I've read it on the internet but it would be nice to know where to go really?

Hello Lady!

Hollywood130 wrote: »

Hello Lady, can I ask where you went for your IVF treatment? And did you go abroad because it was cheaper than here in Ireland? I'm in limbo land at the moment with doctors, it's a bit of a nightmare, I've heard of others going away for IVF well I've read it on the internet but it would be nice to know where to go really?

Hi Hollywood130

We went abroad for a few reasons, cost was a bit cheaper but it wasn't the main concern and overall when accommodation and other expenses are taken into account it wasn't that much cheaper. One of the main reasons was that my IVF doctor here was having trouble getting a rheumatologist to work in tandem with the fertility treatment. My sister lives in Turkey and had a friend who had similar issues to me so on a visit to her we decided to meet with the consultant just for a second opinion. The holistic approach to the treatment really impressed us and in that visit I saw the fertility specialist, a rheumatologist and am immunologist and they devised a plan of treatment in consultation with each other. For me that was the big clincher.

Having said all that, had we not had my sister's sister-in-law to translate it would have been very difficult because although they do speak English, at times with all that is going on it is easy to miscommunicate with the team.

Our treatment would have been cheaper if we had had a prescription before heading to turkey so a good idea is to either use a clinic with local consultant here, or go for an initial consultation and decide a drug protocol and then come home with the prescription and get your GP to write it up again for you - that way you can use the drug payment scheme to help pay for it. We didn't know to do this so paid for all the meds in Turkey which were about €600. That said we will claim a lot of the cost of the treatment back on our med1 form at the end of the year so we will get about 20% back

Here is another thread on our experience you might find helpful
http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056713715/2/#post84452141

bobskii

Hello Lady that sound's very similar to my situation!I have recently found out i have an inflammatory disease that wasn't showin up in my blood a couple of years ago.we are back up to hari tomorrow to find out which treatment we will be going for,your story gave me a little bit of hope:)

and i just realised you have rheumatioid too!

Hello Lady!

bobskii wrote: »

Hello Lady that sound's very similar to my situation!I have recently found out i have an inflammatory disease that wasn't showin up in my blood a couple of years ago.we are back up to hari tomorrow to find out which treatment we will be going for,your story gave me a little bit of hope:)

and i just realised you have rheumatioid too!

Best of luck and I hope things go well. If you haven't already get tested for the HLAB27 genetic marker. They weren't able to order that test is hari for us but gave me a letter for my GP to be referred who in turn referred us to a rheumatologist for the test

I don't actually have rheumatoid, but my mum did. I have spondylopathic inflammatory arthritis, with mild psoriatic arthritis and mild Fibromyalgia. Inflammatory diseases often consist of a few combinations of several arthritic diseases, there are literally thousands!

Don't accept half answers or be fobbed off. Take charge of your own care. We were under Dr Mocanu and I really liked him and he was very responsive to my theory of the inflammation having more to do with my fertility than was being acknowledged.

Good luck!

Hello Lady!

Oh and by the way, the good news is the natural changes to my immune system while pregnant has calmed all my inflammations down and I only had two very mild flare ups of my eye inflammation so far in pregnancy. And the second time the flare up was a good thing as it was a pre cursor to my blood pressure going a bit mad, so I was more alert than I probably would have been. Have had no joint/muscle pain except for a flare up of sciatic pain and some tendinitis which I think was more due to mechanics of pregnancy than my normal inflammation response

So pregnancy is generally good for us immune disorder gals! (Bad news is you may experience a bad flare up within a few weeks of birth as your own immune system returns to normal (abnormal!?) But any reprieve is welcome in my book!).

Hollywood130

Thanks a million Hello Lady that helps alot!

bobskii

My rhuematoid has showed in my blood earlier in the year.im sittin here waiting to see fr mocanu as I type.i had to put off my ttc until I got my arthrits under control and after many arguments I got the go ahead again.there was only two types of drugs I could take in pregnant so one I was allergic too and im on the other one now.hopefully ill get some answers today,fingers crossed!

Hollywood130

I still have no idea what my problem is, had Endo removed in 2011, had 3 cysts removed in 2012 had dye test carried out with this surgery and tubes were clear, doctor told me I was good to go still no joy, have been on chlomid more times than I care to remember and nothing happened, don't think I'm ovulating off chlomid, did ovulate on chlomid and no pregnancy. Semen analysis was tested in 2011 and that was fine.
Had an app in Aug with consultant who now wants to repeat Semen analysis, dye test and bloods, my doctor thinks it's ridiculous having to repeat the tests, especially the dye test as they want to do it by x-ray and they should be avoided for those ttc. Worst is for all these tests I have to travel 2 hours which means a day off work... My pharmacist recommended Glucophaze in addition to Chlomid, she reckons they have seen success with it, anyone try that?

bobskii

I'm just out.recommended ivf.we've to an information evenin and then from there we'll b starting ivf.he said we could do iui but the success rate is better with ivf.

Hollywood130

The information evening should help. Glad you got an answer, maybe an expensive one but if its successful who cares about the costs right? Good Luck with everything!