Has this happened to anyone before - missed period

[winkle2]

I last had my period Saturday 9trh June. That's 40 days ago. I have done pregnancy tests and they are all negative.

I went to the doctors about it and, because we have been trying for a year, he referred me for all the usual tests but he didn't have an answer for why my period didn't arrive.

My cycles over the past year have been as follows:

33
34
32
32
27
34
30
35
33

and now this flukey long one at 40 (and counting?..)

I have decided to act like my period came and went and start DTD again for this cycle but I was wondering has this happened to anyone before and, if yes, what was the reason for it?

My periods have always been shockingly irregular - I think the shortest cycle was 21 days, longest was 46. Weird. But yes, I think it is 'normal' to have the odd missed period. It can be caused by increased stress levels, weight loss, extreme exercise, v limited diet or other things. Would any of these apply to you?

nope, none of those apply to me :(

I've had a couple of weird ones like that, winkle, and still not PG.

Hi W can't believe you don't have an answer yet. I've had a couple of weirdly long ones; usually 31-33 but 41 days in March 10 (and infer nothing from this but I got pregnant in April 10) and 37 in Dec 11 (again, infer nothing but pregnant again in Jan 12). Our bodies just don't play ball sometimes, do they?

I'd guess your period hasn't come because you haven't ovulated or ovulated late.

You can just have a random anovulatory cycle (which is normal) but ov can also be delayed by illness, travel etc. so if you were unwell a few weeks ago, that may be the cause.
Your cycles are a bit irregular, although not massively so (they seem a bit like mine). Is your gp going to send you to a specialist?

I was ill at the beginning of my cycle - around CD10-13 so maybe this has had an effect?

Docs has sent us for all the fertility tests: checking thyroid, 21 day bloods etc.

Rue where have you been?! Missed your face!

Hello Love, I've been here, lurking here and there but not being so involved with a TTC thread.

Too fucking depressed about it all TBH Had I not MCed in the new year I'd be thinking about heading off on maternity in a couple weeks. It's all just so shit that I haven't wanted to talk about it all. Still trying, still not successful.

Good news on the referral front, hopefully you'll get some answers soon.

My DP is due to give a semen sample in the next couple of weeks so perhaps we'll get some answers too but, I know I'm being very negative here, I doubt there'll be anything wrong with it and we'll be back to square one.

Oh honey I feel the same but what can we do but hope? X

It's rare but you could be like me. I don't get positive tests until I'm at least 6 weeks pg. This time I had a blood test at (what turned out to be) 5 weeks, that came back negative. I finally got a positive at 8 weeks but they didn't believe me and made me wait four weeks for a scan. When I had it the sonographer said "oh good, this can be your 12 week scan too).

I have had long cycles and then a very heavy period before a couple of times. I think they were chemical pregnancies.

Thougt I'd update this thread to let you know I finally got AF after a 43 day cycle!

That was a bit of a mammoth one, wasn't it? Better luck with the next one

I took epo last month which I'm worried lengthened my cycle. So Im ditching it this month.