Thanks for the lengthy reply Kiki!!
You're exactly right. Sometimes I end up ranting to DH about things that I have read and have been said to me on MN and he always says he doesn't understand why I come on. So I say that not everyone is like that and the girls I usually speak to are really nice. I don't think he quite understands how important it is for women to talk to others who are going through the same kinds of things. He also doesn't worry at all so he doesn't understand why I am worried. I just think it's a real shame that there are women out there who feel it's appropriate to make insensitive comments and try to unduly upset and worry other women.
Like you said and I said to her, if she said this is my experience and I found that often you have to push Doctors to do further tests etc, then that would be really useful. But saying your Doctor is clearly rubbish, I know better and there's definitely something wrong with you, is totally unhelpful and probably highly inaccurate. It's really awful if you've come across people who have been told that they have negatively affected their long term ability to conceive as well. I really don't know what would possess anyone to ever say something like that to someone.
I think the lesson learned here for me is to stick to threads where there is clear evidence that the women who write on it are helpful, supportive and respectful of each other. The last thing in the world I need right now is more pressure and worry!
So to ask you lot the question I was trying to ask on a different thread.... What do you think I should do about the irregular periods? My tests show that my thyroid levels are normal and the doctor was happy with my LH and FSH levels at the time of the tests- albeit it seems to be that these really need to be done on day 2 to make much sense. My BMI is 19.6, I have no problems with acne or any other 'typical' pcos symptoms. I had about 4 years of normal periods before going on the pill for 10 years. I've had 3 AFs since coming the pill in October last year. Two at 55 days and 1 at 29 days. I've been doing OPKs this month but haven't had a positive yet- but the month I did get a positive it was in the middle of the day and gone by evening, so I don't know if I am missing it by doing them first thing in the morning and in an evening. I've also had no EWCM yet. But last month I had loads and seemingly didn't ovulate, then if I did ovulate roughly 14 days before AF arrived, I didn't get any symptoms then.
Sorry for the rambling and the summary of stuff you lot already know, but there's been a lot of discussion in between all the stats so wouldn't blame you for forgetting! Reading it all back through, I think the obvious thing I need to do is relax and just wait it out for another few months. But it's really bloody hard!
Anyways ramble over!