Pcos, periods (or lack of!) and a lovely bunch of ladies

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Right here's our new thread ladies:

Ella, moomin, Amy, robber, danika, trying, Eskimo and anyone I have missed or is lurking.

Thanks Boggle, things do feel positive.
That's great the Provera is working faster for you than in previous cycles. Are you having clomid this cycle? Xx

Yes, clomid this cycle. I got 3 more cycles at 150mg from the fertility unit so this will be my 6th round. Fingers crossed!

Hi ladies! Question from me - quite a few of you have taken Provera before but last month was the first time for me. I had good intentions of really ttc after I finished the 3-week dose of Provera but between both DSs and DH all having a horrible stomach flu, and then my aunt's husband dying last week, and starting back to work after the summer, it really has not been a great couple of weeks of DTD as you can imagine!

Anyway, when my cycles are normal-ish they are usually pretty long, about 32 - 34 days so the kind of crucial DTD days are CD 16 / 17 / 18. I'm on CD16 today and since yesterday I have been spotting a bit. No cramps, and it's not very heavy, but this hasn't really happened to me before - is this normal after Provera? Is it usually just some mid-cycle spotting or is this AF arriving after only 16 days?! I'm not really sure what to expect so any ideas / experience on this much appreciated!

Well CD52 I think, although I've been having a very light bleed (not even enough to suffice a tampon) since Sunday and it's annoying. I don't know weather to class it as a period or not, no cramps or usual signs. And negative tests

Also I've been sent stir crazy for the last few weeks at work, because of the slow recovery of my knee, I've not been able to return to my usual job. So I've been shoved in the same room as several pregnant women (as they can't do their usual job whilst pregnant either) all of whom haven't bleeding shut up for the whole time I've been in this office

Baby names
Symptoms
Scan pictures
Baby names
Delivery ideas
Clothes
Baby names

Although I've been rather jealous at first of their success, it's bad enough learning that someone else is pregnant, without having to live with the constant chatter of everything that comes with a baby. I've slowly got more and more pissed off and annoyed with the continuous topic of conversation

I'm sorry you're going through such a hard time amy. Hugs xxx

Boggle fingers crossed for a successful cycle! When do you start taking the clomid?

Snow I've not had Provera so couldn't say in relation to that but I did randomly have a but of spotting at my ovulation time (a bit pink when wiping, across 2 days) so I think it can just happen sometimes, just monitor it.

Amy so sorry to hear things are so tough for you. When do you next see the doc?

I seen my knee consultant on Wednesday and ive been given a clean bill of health so next week I'll be back to normal - thank God!!!

12th September is nexx gyne appointment, not looking forward to it because I know that they'll weigh me & I know that I've not been good mainly because for the last 6 weeks ive been slower with physical activity due to my knee 😣

snow I've not been on such a long dose of provera, just 7 days so I couldn't tell you if a longer amount gives spotting. I don't think it's unheard of to spot around ovulation and the extra hormones may play a part in that? Just keep an eye but if you're concerned, defo see your GP.

amy, try not to be too hard on yourself, you've got a valid reason that you haven't been able to exercise! Your knee has to be ok first and foremost. Chin up xxx

dani, I'm just waiting for AF to turn up and then cd2 I can start clomid. Got red/brown discharge so I'm sure she's not far away!

amy - That sounds like hell. I have had 3 mcs which I know is a bit different but it still seems that every time I have just lost a baby, everyone around me is pregnant, or just had a baby, or talking about babies, or asking me if I'm going to have another. And of course it's not their fault or anything, but it just makes you feel rubbish. Hope your knee is better soon.

boggle - Hope AF turns up soon for you so you can get your clomid started

dani - how are you getting on?

I am still having a little bit of weird spotting going on. I have never spotted around OV before - once before when I was TTC around May 2012 (and only that one time!) I had a tiny very thin trace of red blood in ewcm and I guessed that was an OV indicator and I did get PG that time, though subsequently had MC.

I'm just so confused and I wish I'd asked consultant more questions last month! But honestly I had been bleeding so heavily for 3 full weeks that my brain was addled and I was pretty anemic and the thought of taking a tablet that would stop that happening was amazing, so I didn't really think about what would follow that.

I finished course of Provera on 10th August, and I was provisionally counting 11th August as CD1. But actually I began bleeding on 8th August, not too heavy but a sort of normal AF amount. So maybe CD 1 was really 8th August and not 11th August. We DTD just once on 18th August (CD 8 I thought but maybe more like CD 11) but then our kids and then DH all came down with a bug so no more DTD and we thought we would just leave ttc for this month.

Then on 25th August (CD 15 or maybe CD 18) I started spotting / staining. It is very light and it hasn't gotten any heavier (seems to have stopped this afternoon?) and there are no cramps. The spotting is brownish in colour. And it appeared 7 days after DTD.

Today I am feeling EXHAUSTED and sick. Could I have OV that early after finishing the Provera on 10th August? I wasn't charting this month so I have no idea if there was a temperature spike and I didnt use OPK or anything. Is there any conceivable way this spotting could be implantation bleeding?

I am so confused and all I seem to be able to find online is ladies who were prescribed a much shorter dose of provera to induce AF rather than people who were prescribed a longer dose to sort out very heavy bleeding. So I don't know what's going on at all

Hello everyone!

New on here...

I'm 25 and I was diagnosed with PCOS between 2-3 years ago because I was having periods too frequently and too long in duration (lasting at least 3 weeks with maybe 5 days break inbetween). At that point I wasn't given anything to keep it under control or regulate the bleeding.

So I get to the point where I am now 3 years down the line that my periods are totally bonkers and actually I am just constantly on a really heavy period which I've been on for 4 months now. My doctor put me on Micronor (Norethisterone) to try and stem the bleeding but it's actually just made it even worse ie. heavier periods, mood swings (much to my DH's displeasure(!) and feeling generally depressed.

I rang my GP on Tuesday and they said to try and wait it out and I'm being called on the 5th to see if the bleeding has stopped...she did say that it doesn't work for everyone though and if it doesn't work I'm going to be referred to a gynecologist...she did say that the positive thing is that if I'm on my period it means I'm almost definitely ovulating because it's rare to get a period and not ovulate.

I've been married for just over a year now and within the next year me and my DH are going to want to start trying to have a baby which is going to be really difficult if this continues (ideally we'd like to start sooner than that but I'm just starting a new job so it's a bit tricky). I'm a teacher and the thought of potentially not being able to have children scares me a lot (and makes me angry when I see kids at school not being looked after and given the love they deserve).

Decided to join the thread to get advice from people that are going through/ have been through what I may encounter in the next couple of years and share experiences with other people that understand what it's like!

Nice to meet you!
Kellers

Hi kellers! This is me too - very heavy irregular bleeding and I'm also a teacher I finished taking 3 weeks of provera 3 weeks ago for heavy bleeding and so far, so good. I have two DCs, somehow conceived naturally despite the weird periods. Hope you get a quick referral to gynae! !

So I am on either CD22 or CD19, depending on whether I count from AF starting or from finishing the Provera. After the patchy spotting last week that may have been but probably wasn't implantation bleeding I cracked and poas this morning. It's way too early to test so that was stupid! But BFN. It's interesting in that DH who has been a little cautious about ttc #3 was very excited yday and pleased when we discussed it maybe being a possibility and I surprised myself by being a little nervous and freaked out. But either way, BFN for now so I'll just have to wait and see if AF arrives next week and take it from there.

Hope everyone is well!

LittleMissSnowShine: Oooh awesome, primary or secondary teaching? I teach secondary maths.

Back to work on the 5th... Kind of frustrated that the bleeding still isn't being stopped by the Norethisterone and that I have to wait it out to the 5th to even start being referred to the gynecologist and I think there's a 14 week waiting list or something! I can't believe they've not tested me for anaemia given the amount of blood I must have lost!

Can someone possibly enlighten the novice (me) on what the abbreviations everyone keeps using are?

Morning ladies, well AF turned up this morning (crampy last night) so tomorrow night I start clomid! Fingers crossed for my 6th round...

Hi kellers, sounds like you and snow have a lot in common with long long bleeding.

Ttc - trying to conceive
DH - darling husband
DC - darling children
AF - Aunty flow - period

Any others you'd like to know?

CD - Cycle day
POAS - piss/pee on a stick (pregnancy test)

BFN - big fat negative (pregnancy test)
BFP - big fat positive (what we are all aiming for!)

Welcome Kellers i think that I was the one who suggested our group?!

Well i'm booked in for my scan this cycle on the 12th... My second Wedding Anniversary! JOY!

Hi ladies,

Back to reality for me after a lovely surprise trip to Edinburgh. I got my test results while we were away and they came back 'normal.' Not really sure how to feel about this. I feel I'm suppose to be happy my hormones are all ok ... but disappointed that I'm still left in the dark. I'm going to ring up for another appointment today and see what's next.

Anyone else gone through this? What was the next steps for you?

Thanks!

The AF from hell has finally finished hurrahhhhhh if there was some kind of dancing emoji I'd put that - maybe the norethisterone did the trick after all! Think I'm still going to insist on being referred to the gyno when my GP rings on the 5th Sept though.

Yes AmyC86 - thanks for that!

Haha I'm happy AF has started kellers and you're happy it's stopped! Baha

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you boggle xx maybe this is going to be a lucky day for more ways than one xxx

As for me I've been experiencing this daft light bleeding (not enough for a tampon/towel) for the last 7 days 🤔

I've had some upheaval last feels months and am ashamed to say i had unprotected sex with 3 different people one onThe 26th of July (no proper ejaculation) one on the 5th of august and one on the 11th august I know its disgusting but im here for advice so please no judgement. I thought my period was due on the 12 a maybe 13 the of this month (august) and i took 5 tests over the course of the month all came back negative until the 25th of august when i got an almost invisible positive.. I took another test on the morning of the 26th which came back as another light bit more visable positive..could someone please help me figure out with os the more likely time of conception. Im so ashamed i thought about termination but i cant go through with it and waiting for a dating a can will shred my nerves ..thank you in advance

False call - celebrated too early! AF is back but daft light bleeding similar to what AmyC86 talked about.