When to expect period - Provera

[EllaMenoPea]

As above really. I finished 5 days of Provera on Saturday to induce a bleed to start Clomid. When should I expect a period? Just wondering if anyone has any experiences. Google is telling me lots of different times. Getting impatient

Welcome Oranges as everyone has said, the more the merrier on this tough journey. This thread has been a saviour in my lowest/darkest hours. It can feel very lonely when you know no one else in RL who can understand the pain.

I am on round 4 of clomid. So far 50,100 and 150mg haven't worked but i've just been put on metformin which is supposed to help so fingers crossed 4th time is a charm!

Do keep us updated on your journey and ask any questions you like!

Ella starting taking provera on Monday 7th March if AF doesn't turn up before. Which i don't think she will xxx

Evening everyone. Friday at last!

Boggle are you on NHS? Do they know why you're not ovulating? (Sorry if you've posted it up thread - on my phone.)

Ella I'm NHS, and in my area they only scan you on clomid if you have abdominal pain. So I just do CD21 and CD28 progesterone bloods.

This might make you laugh (TMI alert): I'm CD8 today, and for the first time since I came off the pill I have something resembling CM. DH has been to A&E today, having damaged his shoulder in a freak work accident. (It isn't permanently damaged and it was entirely his fault, hence lack of sympathy!) We're now trying to work out how we can DTD, given his arm is in a sling and he's supposed to be totally resting it...

Hi Oranges, yes i'm on the NHS. We are lucky. I'm not ovulating because I have PCOS. Think i've had it a long time but didn't get diagnosed until 2011 (at that point it didn't matter). We've been trying for just over 18 months with no success. Can be totally heartbreaking sometimes.

Did you find a way of DTD??

Ella and Moomin how are we? xxx

Hello everyone I am here, just had an unexpectedly busy weekend, so didn't get a chance to post. The painters turned up on Friday, so I should start stabbing at the start of April. Welcome Oranges it's sounds like you have the same condition as me - hyperthalamic amenorreah (lack of ovulation caused by an energy deficit). I got my diagnosis in January 2014 and did one round of Clomid last August but had a bad reaction so have done two cycles of injecting Menopur. Hope the Clomid works for you - I've read loads of success stories

Evening all

Hello Moomin. I'm really sorry you're in the same boat as me, but it is nice to meet someone else with a similar issue - it has felt very lonely at times in the last 18 months. Did both your cycles of menopur make you ovulate? I'm trying to follow the anti-HA regime (eating lots of fatty, protein heavy foods with almost zero exercise) in the hopes that 150mg is the dose that will work for me. Zero clomid symptoms this round - I know this is a blessing, but it also feels like my ovaries are just kicking back, laughing at the clomid!

Boggle we did, the least romantic dtd of our lives. It was a terrifying insight into what dtd will be like in old age!

Ella hope you're doing ok?

Well at least you know you can Oranges! That must be something!!

I was looking in my green drug bag on Sunday and it turns out i've got 2 lots of 150mg clomid but only 1 lot of provera. Seems they're hoping AF turns up on her own...

Hi everyone.

Oh you've just reminded me to phone for more Provera boggle. Nearly the 7th!

How are you oranges? When's your blood test?

Has AF arrived yet moomin?

Yes Ella the painters arrived a few days after stopping the fanjo bullets (the clinic said to ring if they didn't arrive within a week, so I was dreading another delay). Planning appointment booked for this month and if this round doesn't work, I may have the option to not bother with another three rounds of injectables and go straight to IVF. Super scary stuff :(

Like you Oranges I'm sorry you are suffering with HA but it's great to have a buddy, and on this thread too! I stopped the pill in July 2014 and it took 381 days for the painters to arrive. I was shocked when my consultant said I was over exercising as I was only going to the gym three times a week, but I am very bad at counting calories and restricting what I eat I have massively cut down on sugar and eat loads of protein, but struggle with fats. I did manage to cut exercise, eat more and put on some weight, but I end up losing it again as I hate the numbers going up on the scales and my jeans feeling tighter. I've never been underweight (BMI around 19) but I guess my body isn't getting what it needs as otherwise I'd be ovulating on my own. I know I'm an idiot and I should just eat more and do less, but it's very hard to change my habits as being able to control what I eat and stay slim is the only thing I feel good at and in charge of at the moment. Also, I am a worrier, so I think being stressed doesn't help. What a mess!

I seem to respond reasonably well, if a little slowly, to ovulation induction, but I'm not sure if I've ovulated... I've grown follies and taken the trigger shots, but no BFP. Last time I had terrible stabbing pains in the area where my ovaries are hours before the trigger, so I'm not sure if that means I ovulated on my own?

Sorry I'm rambling on. It is strange writing this stuff whilst sitting in an open plan office If only people knew I was writing about my dysfunctional lady bits!!!

How do you feel about that moomin?

Scary thought that is do you think it's the better decision? I take it IVF will still be an option if you decide to go for 3 more rounds first?

Hope everyone's Ok.

Moomin don't beat yourself up. I've been reading a lot about HA, and it sounds like many women need to get to a BMI of 23 to get their period back. My BMI is naturally around 19.5, but at my lowest when I came off the pill it was around 18 (I'd lost weight due to stressful job, which I've now changed). My consultants told me they wouldn't treat me with clomid til my BMI hit 20, so I had to put on a stone over about 3 months. Despite the sudden weight gain, which I've maintained for six months now, I've still not ovulated. I feel so weird at this size, so I can empathise with how you feel. I just keep telling myself I'm giving my body the best chance, and try to ignore how my jeans feel. Do you have blood tests to check if you've ovulated? It sounds like injectables are doing something for you, if I was you I'd probably do another 3 before IVF.

Ella my blood test is a week on Thursday. This month is dragging!

Boggle I love that you have a drug bag! We've got a shoebox, which is a lot less classy.

Does provera work for all of you then? It doesn't work for me, I have to take the hideous norethisterone instead.

Oh good luck oranges!

I've only taken Provera once at the start of this thread and it worked after a few days, I (think) I've been ovulating on the clomid so periods have been coming but no BFP

Provera has worked for me the 3 times i've taken it but it's taken 7-10 day for my period to turn up, not the 2-3 days I was told it would take.

I can't wait to get on the next cycle. 4th time WILL work!!! xxx

Have you started Provera today boggle?

How's everyone else??

Hi Ella,

I haven't... I have a job interview on Friday... If it's positive then I need to hold this cycle until April so I can qualify for SMP at my new employer... I'll know either way in a couple of weeks so thought it best to hold fire for now. xxx

Ohhhh good luck!!!

I remember you saying you didn't enjoy your job, really hope this is better for you xx

Thank you Ella :)

Quite nervous to be honest because I know if I leave, my Boss won't be pleased. Need to do what is best for me though. xxx

I gotta a feeling AF is going to turn up on her own... Metformin is doing it's job!

Yay that's great boggle....will you start clomid regardless of the job?

DD has chickenpox so quite glad I'm not pg for once!

Hello Everyone Sorry I've not been keeping up.

Ella you asked how I feel about IVF - I will definitely do another round of injectables as they say it usually works the third time (not that my body ever follows convention!). I don't want to go down the IVF route if I have to sacrifice my remaining three rounds of injectables - if I can go back to them if the two rounds of IVF don't work then fine, but if not I may see them through. I did say to my DH recently that I didn't know why they don't just crack on with IVF, but now I have the option it's rather scary. My consultant was convinced that Clomid would get me upduffed, so it's terrifying to now be talking about IVF as that's last chance saloon

Oranges thank you for understanding my HA struggles. I too have read about having a BMI of 23 but I'm no-where near that. My eating is OK at present and I haven't been to the gym for weeks - good for my barren status but bad for mental health and bum/thighs There is no guarantee that putting on weight will help (plus my consultant hasn't told me too - just instructed me to lay off the exercise) and I'm responding reasonably well to ovulation induction, so I'll carry on as I am for now.

Sorry phone playing up so wanted to post before losing everything I'd written!

Boggle best of luck on Friday :) My job is likely to change and may involve an interview in the next few months which is exciting but also unnerving, particularly as it's hard to be on top form when pumped full of hormones.

Ellla I hope your DD gets well soon. How old is she?

Shout out to Eskimo

Sorry me again - just wanted to say good luck with the blood test tomorrow Oranges

moomin I can completely understand how scary IVF sounds. In your shoes I would finish the three rounds too....especially with what they have said regarding round three. However it's great to know that option is waiting for you, even though you won't need it!

She is 2!

Yes good luck oranges for tomorrow.

And you for Friday boggle

Thanks Ella

Thanks Ladies. The feeling AF would come has kinda worn off now. Guess we'll wait and see if anything happens.

I wouldn't sacrifice the injectables either Moomin. I'm in the same boat with Clomid. I know i'm allowed 6 rounds of it so I might as well use them and see if they work.