Not Ovulating Regularly

M. - If you haven't already, I *highly* recommend that you get the book "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" by Toni Weschler and using that resource (or some other method), chart your cycles for a few months. It will be a lot less expensive and invasive than seeing a specialist, and will help you either pinpoint the problem or at least rule out some issues. It's really amazing and empowering to have this insight into what your body is doing every month, and you will have that much more knowledge when and if you do need to see a specialist.

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I highly recommend my fertility dr and his staff:

Dr. James Douglas
http://www.ivfplano.com/

After 8 years of trying, 6 miscarriages, and a divorce, I found a great guy a few years later and we were able to get pregnant with the assistance of Dr. Douglas. Previously I was going to the Doodies in the HEB area. I went through 2 laproscopsies with them, the second of which I do not believe was necessary. They did not catch my condition. After only 3 months with Dr. Douglas, I was able to achieve pregnancy and maintain it. I have a beautiful miracle in my 19 mo baby girl.

Don't lose your sanity. If it is possible, he can get you there.

Good luck and God bless!

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Are your irregular cycles too short, or too long? I had the problem of them being really long, like 38-50 days. Turns out I had PCOS. Once I realized this and knew when I ovulated with ovulation predictor kits, pregnancies were conceieved naturally. It was VERY frustrating at first because all around me at church, work, and my best friend too were all pregnant. I did have the HSG test to make sure that my tubes were open. Then the next month I was pregnant with my daughter and now again I'm expecting a little boy in May. With both of these pregnancies I didn't ovulate until cycle day 31! So for the first year when we were trying, we were just trying at the wrong time b/c I didn't know that my follicular phase was so long. Good luck!

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Hi M., I have been in your shoes and I am now pregnant. I really recommend you join fertilityfriend.com it's free for the first 30 days but I recommend paying the fee because then you get to join community groups that are very supportive during your conception time, I've made some great friends. Also I used ovulation sticks and you can buy these online at a very low price on earlypregnancytest.com

Good luck and hand in there.

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M.,

I was having fertility problems after my 1st daughter was born. We tried for a long time to conceive again, but to no avail. When to Texas Healthcare on Rufe Snow (they have an infertility specialist there who I was referred to). Upon examining me they knew exactly why I wasn't getting pregnant. After two rounds of treatments, I was able to conceive again. I saw Dr. Martin Read during my pregnancy and to this day, I still miss him and the staff. They were amazingly sweet and even though they see babies born every single day, they still make me feel as though my baby was the most precious thing they'd ever seen. I highly recommend this facility. (Just watch out... I had twins!).
I pray that you will be successful in getting pregnant and that God will guide you to being the best mother you can be.
-K.

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LOVE my dr. have been w/him for 16 yrs now and would recmd him to anyone!

Dr. Brandon Charles
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He is in Coppell, Plano and Las Colinas. Tell him D. Nystrom sent you:)

Have you tried an ovulation kit fm the pharmacy? Don't stress, just get in to a dr you trust and get some blood tests done and go fm there. I went thru a miscarriage and tried for 12 mo's after that. I now have 3 beautiful children all 3 yrs and under!!! God decided when it was time for us and He blessed us pretty quickly:)

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Dr. Doreen Mosier in Grapevine is a great doc to see for women with infertility problems. She will probably meet with you and suggest starting an HCg shot regimen. Relatively inexpensive... about $150 dollars for the shots.

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Hi M.,

I totally understand what you are going through. You have received some great advice. I got pregnant with my first son very quickly. One year later got pregnant again to lose it after 13 weeks. After about a year of trying and going through depression and you name it I switched doctors and she suggested I go see Dr. Lee, a fertility doctor in the Los Colinas area. I thought his office was great very personalized and he is awesome! He is in Los Colinas and if you would like his info let me know. To make a long story short I am now 20 weeks pregnant with twins and everything is going good so far. The fertility treatments were suprisingly inexpensive. good Luck and let me know if you have any questions.
R.'

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I have the same problem. My husband and I tried for 2 years to get pregnant. My doctor told me that he would have to help me get pregnant. He told me to start taking prenatel vitamins. So I did that and I told my husband that maybe we should wait awhile. I wasn't ready to go through all the stuff. That was in April 2007. In may 2007 we got pregnant on our own. Stop trying so hard and it will happen. I was so shocked!! We have a beautiful baby girl. I know how you feel about being around your friend. I was like that with my own sister. My doctor is Dr. Randal Burt. He's at Plano presby. Good luck and I hope you get pregnant soon!

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I too experience highly irregular ovulation. We just used ovulation predictor test strips from the drug store and git pregnant. it sounds simple, but it was the only way to know when I was ovulating.

Hang in there.

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I stopped ovulating b/c my cycles were too short. Clomid fixed that and my son turns 4 on Sunday.

My cousin had very irregular cycles. She tried Clomid, IUI, and finally got pg with IVF. Good news is that she got pregnant on her own about 2.5 years later her son was born.

Knowing you had irregular cycles, I'm surprised you waited a year. I was lucky that my doctor let me start infertility stuff after 6 months.

Find a doctor who will help you ASAP. I'm sure there are women who can give you a great recommendation.

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M., my sister is 30, and has been trying to have a baby for a year. She is very irregular just as you are. She recently went to a fertility clinic and they discovered endometriosis at its very early stages, and were able to remove it. They also prescribed her a pill that helps with ovulation. She just went in last week to the dr for a check up after receiving a shot that would help to release an egg,and she was informed that 2 of her eggs were released and its possible she could be pregnant with twins! She will know for sure at the end of the month. I highly recommend going to a fertility specialist. I would recommend my sisters, but she lives in San Antonio. Good luck!! I can give you her email address if you'd like to talk to her about it.

You might see a fertility specialist. Mine had me on Clomid for 3 months, which was unsuccessful, but then he did an ink test to see if I had blockage, which I did. But, the ink must've cleared one of my tubes, because about 3 weeks later, we found out that we were pregnant. It took us 14 months, but now our little angel is 15 months old! I thought the day would never come! Stick with it, and try not to get too stressed until you've seen the doc.

We struggled to get pregnant aswell, and at a year decided to see a specialist (rather than my regular OB/GYN) at a friend's recommendation. Were we glad! If you are close enough, I highly recommend any of the doctors at the Center for Assisted Reproduction in Bedford. Not only were they kind and professional, but their goal is to try to figure out what the problem is as quickly as possible. Many tests later, they figured out our problem and were able to conceive through a procedure. We heard our firstborn's heartbeat there. After our experience, I heard from different doctors how well respected they are in the community. Blessings on you! You are not alone!

Hi M.-

I had the same problem as you and was diagnosed with (PCOS) Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome. I would strongly suggest you see your OBGYN and they may refer you to specialist(usually and reproductive endocrinologist). Your issue may be a simple as popping a pill to help you ovulate or more complicated and the specialists deal with this all day so I'm sure they can help. Don't get frustrated there are soooo many things that can be done. I combined modern medicine (injections for infertility) with Accupuncture and that's how I got pregnant with my 1st child and baby #2 happened by itself so you never know! I wish you the best of luck!!

Have you tried using an ovulation kit? I have also always been irregular. After months of trying on our own and trying to guess when I would be ovulating, we used the ovulation kit for 2 mos and I was pregnant. The first month we actually had to use 2 kits before it showed I was ovulating, but it did work. Hang in there. I know it is hard and frustrating when everyone around you seems to be pregnant. Good luck! :)