Can anyone please give me any insight?

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Registered: 04-12-2004
Can anyone please give me any insight?
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Tue, 09-30-2008 - 12:45pm

Hi everyone, my name is Pam and I am 34 years old. I have been having a problem for the past year. First off, to give a little history. I have a 5 year old daughter. I was on the birth control pill for a long time prior to becoming pregnant with her. My cycle was normal right away, had 2 months of normal periods, then got pregnant, then miscarried at 6 weeks, then got pregnant with my daughter right after that.


After she was born, I went back on the birth control pill and then in May 2007 I went off the pill again, and got pregnant right away. That pregnancy ended in a missed miscarriage at 8.5 weeks, and I had to have a D&C. I waited until October 2007 to start trying again. I have yet to become pregnant again.


Here is my problem, for this past year my cycles have been irregular. Not too bad in the beginning, had a couple 28 day cycles but alot of them were 29-31 days with one being 36 days at the beginning of the summer. I have also been experiencing bleeding with intercourse, not all the time, but most of the time no matter what time of the month it is. I went to the doctor and he did cycle day 3 testing for FSH, TSH and some other things. He said everything turned out normal, and they really have no real explanation for the bleeding during sex said that it is just normal for some people and since I bled during my pap smear (just this past one, have never bled with any before) that I just must have an irritated cervix or somethign to that effect.


Well here I now sit at cycle day 38 and no sign of my period and I'm not pregant. The last time I had sex was on cycle day 18 so the tests would be postive by now and they are not. I have a call in to my doctor but I already know he is just going to say he has no clue and to just go on clomid or something. I don't want to go on clomid until I find out why my cycles are out of whack and why am I bleeding during sex.


Anyone have any experience with this. Oh also not sure if it is related but I get hot really easily, and I have been suffering from cycstic acne that keeps popping up, this is a fairy recent symptom.


Thank you for any help !


 


Pam




Pam,


Loving Wife to James, Mom to Kaylie (8/9/03) and expecting baby # 2 (March 2011)

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Registered: 08-13-2008
Thu, 10-02-2008 - 11:39am

I was just about to post a rant regarding my own issues with irregular periods and why I can't get an explanation from a doctor when I saw your post.

Carey

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Registered: 08-16-2004
Fri, 10-03-2008 - 4:55pm

I would go over your last hormone test results and double check the numbers and make sure he tested for everything.

Are you charting? Are you ovulating? IF SO then consider doing a semen analysis.

D&C procedures can cause cases of infertility IIRC. You might want to have your doctor check for scarring.


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Registered: 11-23-2004
Sat, 10-04-2008 - 11:53pm

Hi Pam, I would agree that if you aren't charting your cycle, this would be a good place to start.


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