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| Thu, 09-09-2004 - 4:43pm |
I had been on birth control pills for over two years and me and my husband decided to get off of them (yasmin for a year and alesse for a year). We are wanting to get started on our fourth and final child. So the first day of my last period was Aug. 6th and I stopped taking my new pack of pill after just a few days. So my last pill was on Aug. 9th. I have not even had the slightest sign that my period is even going to show up any time soon. I took a blood test to see if I was pregnant yesterday and it was neg. So what, do I just keep waiting? Do I need to talk to a doctor? I am not sure. Does no period mean no ovulation? Any advice would help.
Thank You
Catrina

If you don't have a period after three months, then it's time to get ahold of your doctor to see what's up, until that time they may just tell you that you need to wait. It's a good time to make sure you're taking prenatal vitamins and reduce the bad stuff in your diet.
Good luck! Remember--if you want help charting your temperatures, just ask us or get the book "Taking Control of Your Fertility" by Toni Weschler. It can make conceiving a whole lot easier if you know when to try!
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I know this uncertainty is why a lot of docs recommend using condoms for a few months so your cycle can settle back into a pattern and you know just when to expect AF and thus when to test!
Good luck!! Hope it goes well and that you get pregnant easily and quickly!
Susan
Thanks,
Catrina
Thanks,
Catrina
Your basal body temperature is the lowest temperature that your body will see in the course of a day. It is taken as soon as you wake up, before you get out of bed. You would use a special thermometer, it's calibrated differently than a regular digital thermometer to be more accurate. If you leave the thermometer and a note pad and a pen on your nightstand, it's a 30 second task. Take your temperature, write it down, and go about your day. When you go to take a shower, you might check the position of your cervix. Some women need to squat down to find it, some can find it standing with one foot on the edge of the bathtub. During your cycle, the cervix will change position and texture depending on where you are, from an infertile state to a fertile state. And at some point in the day, you might pay attention to how your cervical mucous is (observing your underwear), if you're not near ovulation, it might be dry, sticky, pasty, etc. and closer to ovulation it may be more plentiful, it should be clearer, and it might resemble egg whites. All of these things might take you 2-3 minutes a day, and once you get a better picture of how your cycles look, for planning conception, you might need only one fertility indicator to tell you when to try.
More? Just ask!
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