Getting pregnant with irregular periods.... success stories only!!!

[latinolover10]

Hi ladies. I have been sniffing around the conception threads, but I thought I would come here in the hope of hearing some happy success stories. I have been TTC since January (to no avail!) My consultant has told me with my irregular periods (can be anything from a 6 -9 week cycle) that it will difficult for me to conceive (no shit sherlock!!) ... anyway just felt a bit down in the dumps this week and need to hear some positive happy endings :)

I have just found out i am (at least) 4 weeks pregnant. (haven't had a dating scan yet)
Haven't had a period in 18 months since the birth of my LO and before that I had probably, 3-4 periods a year (although they were only for about 2 days.) that's been going on for the last few years. They thought i was going through early menopause as i started my periods VERY young (8 years)

Was a bit of a shock, we wern't trying, but i'm very pleased. this is my third baby

Highly irregular periodshere, anything from 19 day cycles to 54 days! Discovered I have polycystic ovaries, and didn't ovulate a lot of the time. Gave up and went back on the pill so I'd get a break from the irregularities.

Got a BFP this morning, against all odds.

Keep hoping! :)

waiting - I saw your previous post about Agnus Castus, but I, like you, had a bad experience with it. I had a 128 day cycle after taking AC (without consulting a herbalist, just bought it off the shelf in Holland and Barrett). Needless to say it has been chucked in the bin. My last cycle was down to 60 days (which is quite normal for me) so hopefully no long term harm done.

My periods are anything from 5 to 12 weeks apart. We were referred to a fertility clinic and were just waiting for DH's sperm appointment, a 6 month wait from our first clinic appointment. I had suspected PCOS but scan and bloods came back negative.

Got pregnant on an adventurous trip to Africa after 18 months of trying. I wonder whether having something to take our minds off ttc did the trick. Did the test 2 days before DH was due to take his sample in. You can imagine how delighted he was. Took several weeks of me feeling like death for the penny to drop as I'd convinced myself I couldn't get pregnant naturally. Was 15 weeks by the time I had my scan.

Took about 6 weeks of ttc with DD2 and we really weren't putting much effort in. In fact it happened a bit sooner than we really wanted as we were expecting at least a year!

Good luck.

we were trying for 5 years as i pcos we have had drugs to bring on periods every 6 months or so. last time we saw the specalist was 2nd jan also last af, we decided to stop treatment and start ivf in september on the 18th may i did a test coz my dp got payed and had not tested in a while and we got a BFP i am now 17 weeks 2 days pregnant! have faith hun it will happen. X

hi!
well it wasn't supposed to be easy for me to conceive, i was very underweight and had around one or two periods that whole year. I got pregnant in December after ONE time of unprotected sex much to our surprise. I thought that when we properly started trying for a baby it would end up being stressful and take awhile. I am very glad and am due in a month with no complications! Good luck, it is so possible.

Friend of mine has PCOS and thought it would be hard to have kids - she has 2 now. Her DD was conceived after trying for a year and during that year my friend only ovulated once and was lucky enough to get pregnant!

Haven't read all the posts but my story: Have never had regular periods as far as I can remember. I tracked my body temperature and used a clearblue fertility monitor (am a scientist so couldn't resist!). This combination allowed me to accurately predict ovulation and periods. I really learned to recognise the signs I had never paid much attention to. I got pregnant the 6th month of trying. You have not been trying long enough to indicate that you have a problem, probably just missing the right times. Incidentally, second time I became pregnant very unexpectedly 9 month after first child, having only had one period!! Best of luck!!

My periods are very irregular, once went 18 months with nada. My sucess story is now 2 and a bit. Conceived withing 2 weeks of trying! It can work. Good luck xxxx

Just wanted to add that I think your consultant was a bit on the negative side. Please don't take him too much to heart. I obviously don't know your full story but I know someone with three wombs who was told they would never have children and now has three. Keep your head up! xx

I just found out that someone I used to know is expecting a surprise baby. His wife had very irregular periods so they weren't using any kind of contraception (fools, I know!) and she got pregnant without them even trying.

i have PCOS so since a teenager had periods ranging from bleeding for 4 months continually to no bleeding for 11 months...

with DD i got pregnant unplanned on honeymoon (we assumed it would take ages!!), with DS it took years but it did happen. i started reflexology with someone who was recommended locally as being good particularly for fertility issues - i was pregnant after 2 sessions with her (5 years of trying).

because of the PCOS i wasn't a fan of the TCOYF book - most of the indicators weren't relevant so it was of little practical use to me, but it was an interesting read and if you don't have PCOS it probably will help.

good luck!

I am with the "assumed it would take ages" crew. Dd coming along so quick was a hell of a suprise, the best suprise in the world, but dear god it was a shock!

Hi - hopefully my story will give people hope. I know I needed something to hold on to recently.

I had been on BC pill from 18-31 (I'm 32 now) and when I came off it July 2010 I got AF after 6 weeks, another after 8 weeks, and one last one after 7 weeks. That was my last AF: 8 February 2011. I seriously thought I must be pregnant a few weeks after that because there was no AF but I was feeling rather hormonal. By April nothing had shown up and I was getting lots of BFNs, so I went to the doctor and I was diagnosed with PCOS.

I was pretty distraught, imagining that it would be almost impossible to conceive since I wasnt' having any periods at all! I changed a lot of my diet (to low GI) and my doctor prescribed me metformin. I did gentle, regular exercise (I didn't need to lose weight), and took up yoga. We even took the drastic step to move counties to a more IVF friendly area.

However - no sooner had the holding deposit on our new place (we are renting) was signed, I noticed some 'signs' of ovulation (egg white anyone?), and grabbed DH who happened to be at home relatively early on a week night, and well...

2 weeks later I had several (because I'm obsessed) BFPs! I'm now 7 weeks. Doing a dating scan on Weds because my last period was 8 February... even though I know I ovulated when I did. SO HAPPY.

By the way, this happened in exactly the same way to my best friend who now has a bouncing 1 year old boy. She kept telling me not to give up, stay positive, it will happen. Oh, and look out for that egg white! My doctor also swears by metformin for PCOS. Make sure you treat yourself really kindly, get as much relaxation as possible and stay positive. Love to all xxxx

I'm a bit late to this but just wanted to say thank you so much for starting this thread latinolover10! I've gotten all teary reading the stories! I've got irregular periods and have always had the niggling feeling that something was wrong with me and that I'd have trouble conceiving. DH is from a large Catholic family and assumes they'll be popping out by the dozen any day. Went to the doc and he's recommended the tests, but since the cycle is so erratic I have no idea when to go in for these. galwaygirl on another thread suggested charting, so I guess I'll do that first and then hopefully manage to figure out when to go in for the tests. Just desperately want to get it all checked out as soon as possible so it's something tangible one way or another that can be dealt with and not just shadows and paranoia. This thread really gives me hope.

I'm afraid my advice is a bit crap but... this is literally what I'd say.

-Stay calm, try not to think about it too much.
-Have sex. A lot. It doesn't matter when you're ovulating, just have lots and lots of sex. My god it's embarrassing to say that.
-Just enjoy yourselves, get caught up in the moment, try different positions, and relax.

It will happen eventually, for us it was after a month, sometimes it can be shorter, sometimes longer! That stork will arrive sometime. :)

I was diagnosed with very severe endo at 18 and PCOS more recently. I was ttc for over a year with my ex-fiance, with cycles of 42 days plus. Nothing. We split up (not ttc related, it was an abusive relationship that I finally had the sense to get out of).
The consultant who diagnosed me with PCOS said 'You will definitely not be able to have children without intervention. Your chances of having children with intervention is quite good, however.'
Fast-forward a short time, to June last year and I met my absolutely wonderful OH, who made me see what a relationship would be like. I was happy and secure instead of tense and scared. We didn't use contraception - I can't take the combined pill because of migraines, and the mini pill gave me terrible mood swings, so I didn't see the sense in feeling like that if I couldn't get pregnant anyway.

My last period was in December. I got pregnant in March to my utter shock! Because it was a new relationship and I wasn't trying, I hadn't done any of the things that I did when ttc - ov sticks, legs in the air, grapefruit juice..EVERYTHING! We just had lots and lots of sex! I saw that same consultant. 'Well I never!' he said.

I'm due on December 7th.

Good luck latinolover. I hope it happens for you soon. x

And good luck to others following this thread too. I wish I had some good advice for you, I know how hard it is. x

I have PCOS and since I was a teenager I only ever has 2/3 periods a year and they were always really bad so I was on the pill for a while to control the problems. I am also fat which doesn't help with PCOS after having loads of trouble concieving I went to my doctors for help with weightloss. My mum had been given a diabetic drug which made the weight drop off her so I asked for it to regulate my periods and see if it helped with the weight loss. In 6 months 2 and half stone disappeared without me having to change my diet (as I already had a healthy diet from a dietician which had not been working for the previous 18 months) and anyway DS1 was concieved and born in Jul 09. Then recently we decided to try again and on Jul 28th this year I started Metformin by 11 Aug I was pregnant - miracle drug for me. I also know three other PCOS sufferers who were helped to concieve using this.

I have a success story, that I can't quite believe myself.

I came off the pill in September 2010, my periods were all over the place. Weeks apart, lasting upto a month at a time, it was awful. I went to the Doctors and had an ultrasound and was diagnosed with polycystic ovaries. I had blood tests weekly from December to April to see if I'd ovulated... nothing. Then my periods stopped all together.

I had to have a HSG to see if my tubes were blocked, which luckily they weren't. This was in August. I had a period that month which I wondered if the HSG had kickstarted.

I was then given Clomid to take to make me ovulate, the only thing is that you have to take it during your period, and mine was absent again. I went to the Doctors to beg him to help me start a period so I could start my fertility treatment. What do you know, I was pregnant. I had ovulated for the first time in a year and somehow managed it!

I am now 9+1, I've had an early scan and seen the baby's heartbeat. I know it can seem like it's taking forever, but don't give up hope, because it will happen xx

I'd had irregular periods - anything from 22 days to 98 days - for 2 years when my GP referred me to a fertility consultant as I hadnt had a period for 12 weeks. I'd tested for the first 7 weeks and then given up. Had the appt through quickly and was given some tablets to induce a period but was told I must do a test first - to my surprise it was positive. It had been 15 weeks since I'd last come on so I wasnt sure how far along I was, was referred for an early scan and when I found out I was 5+3 x

sorry, haven't read the whole thread - but since I've had periods they've been irregular, in fact went on the pill specifically to try to regulate and even on the pill sometimes I just wouldn't have a bleed in the one week gap!

DS I came off the pill (having not had a bleed the previous 3 months) and fell pregnant straight away.

DC2 (due in the next month) took 9 months but DH was travelling a lot which I think was more the reason than my irregular periods - in those 9months I think I had about 6 periods.

I never tracked ovulation or temps, just had as much sex as poss - figured there was no point in trying to work out when I was fertile as I can go 30-60 days between periods!

Sorry I haven't read the whole thread, so apologies if this is of no interest to you...

A year after stopping the pill my cycles were between 2-4 months. My (v.unhelpful) GP told me the only thing they could do was test to see if I was having an early menopause (I wasn't) and to come back when I had been TTC for 3 years.

I then read an article in the paper about some women who had irregular cycles, but had all fallen pg within a few weeks of having acupuncture.

So I had some. She told me to take Agnus Castus, and to start charting (do read [[http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0091887585/ref=redir_mdp_mobile TCOYF it will help you identify your fertile times without spending a fortune on OPKs) and 2 weeks later I got my period - a cycle of "only" 5 weeks! I carried on seeing her & my next cycle was 5 weeks too! The following cycle would have been 5 weeks too, but I was pg with DD1
I started taking Agnus Castus, had more acu & charted again when DD1 stopped nursing (around a year), I also discovered I had an under active thyroid, which can cause irregular cycles, but I never got chance to see if the meds for that made any difference as I was pg again with DD2!

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