i am desperate

[BBeingpatient]

hi i wonder if you could help?or if there is a fertility probs section that ive missed?

DH & i have been TTC for a year now, and have just managed to get my doc to do blood tests as i have had irregular periods for the last ten months, i have been pg before, and miscarried, had a non hormonal coil fitted during D&C, shortly after which my periods becam irregular. I was (ill)advised by NHS direct to go back on to the pill to give my periods a kick start. I did this and whilst on the pill i bled but after coming off...nothing, not a sausage....

to me this is both hopeful and not, what i am asking is does anyone know whether this would be symptomatic of a hormonal rather than more serious problem?
my reasoning is that as i have been pg before ( and fell pregnant easily) and as i bled as i was sposed to when my cycle was regulated in the hormones in the pill it seems to me to be a hormone problem? When i do have periods they are clotty,heavy and achey. also the cycles seem to be at least 60 days upwards...

I get the results of my blood tests tuesday but i just wondered if anyone knew anything/had been through this???

please help x

So sorry about all the problems you have experienced. I have no experience about the pill etc. I have found that 50mg of vit B12 helps to regulate my cycle plus some people find agnus catus(sp?) helps them.

I would suggest, if you haven't already, that you get Marilyn Granville's book about ttc as it may be of help to you. You can get it from the library.

Also, if you read some of the threads in this conception section you will read some good advice for similar problems.

I found this site helpful

Bump for further info / experiences x

Bbeingpatient,

What hormone levels were tested for?.

Think you were certainly given some very duff advice originally by NHS direct. The pill can mask symptoms of any underlying hormonal imbalance if such a thing is present to start with. It certainly does not kickstart hormones. A 60 day cycle as well is almost certainly anovulatory - it is certainly quite possible to have periods without ovulating.

You should be evaluated further by a gynae to see if thyroid problems or a hormonal condition called polycystic ovaries (PCO) are present. Both of these can cause irregular periods to arise.

With regards to the clott, heavy and achey periods both endometriosis and or fibroids are a possibility in this regard. However, endometriosis would not show up on any blood test - the way this is diagnosed is through a keyhole surgery op called a laparoscopy. You should also be checked further by a gynae for fibroids as these can also cause heavy bleeding.

Regardless of how the blood test results come back (make sure as well that they compare the level of LH against that of FSH if both these hormones were tested) would insist to them that you are referred to a subfertility unit at hospital.

hi attilla,

they have tested (on your previous advice on my other thread) for PCOS, thyroid probs, diabetes, and also done a full female hormone profile, i am going to insist on a referral,based on the results on tuesday but am wondering what affect any of these conditions will have wrt to TTC? how would i go about getting tested for fibroids and endometriosis, is this easy to be tested for?

Thyroid imbalance and or PCOS would have a detrimental effect on ttc. Both can make periods irregular and interfere with the ovulation process.

An internal ultrasound scan could be done by the gyane re fibroids. Re endo though the usual and only way this is diagnosed is through a keyhole surgery op (laparoscopy). No other test will detect its prescence.

Your husband should also be tested at hospital as well to ensure he has no male factor problems. That should be done at the same time you are being further evaluated.

Good luck for Tuesday and do seek that referral. Do not take no for an answer!.

You need a diagnosis first and foremost.

Attila