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Well I'm still waiting on the lab to give me results but I had blood in my urine so I'm assuming some sort of infection had a fever and was in a lot of pain. But they gave me antibiotics. Can you believe that I think I may even be feeling ovulation pain today 6 days after we last DTD. It would happen now wouldn't it, after all of this crazy month
It could be, but I think it's also possible that it's post-O pain or related to the infection too. I hope you're feeling better soon!! :heart:
Hi Atomic..hopefully you see this!
I will probably make an appt next week but any advice is appreciated.
I'll attach my wonky chart but I'm just feeling so confused. I guess I can chalk it up to a crazy cycle trying to get regulated or maybe starting menopause..:(.
According to FF I'm 14 dpo, not sure I even ovulated or maybe later.
Still no AF, I tested last night and it was negative but decided to randomly take my temp this am and it 99.1. Definitely not normal for me. Ive been on antibiotics for 10 days and feeling better. Was so exhaustedlast night though and had dry mouth. I had d&c 3 months ago already. I'm just so annoyed.
I'm sure thereis no possible way I'm pregnant now based on our lack of bd patterns and from before becausea test would surely be positive by now.
Well, the thing about the FF chart is we really don't have a lot of data points in it (I"m not faulting you, I'm saying the crosshairs they're giving you are really not reliable due to the lack of temps)
It's fairly clear to me that you have had at least some sort of illness going on and the temps are reflecting that. The 100 degree temp is likely due to the infection, and let's say that today's temp is just high in a flukey way. FF can easily be tricked into detecting ovulation when it hasn't occurred.
It's possible you haven't even ovulated yet! Or that you have and it was later than you thought, or that you have and it was exactly when you thought but you're having one of those weird cycles where the lining hangs on for another couple days (I've seen the occasional 16 day LP, not often but it is possible.) I just don't think we can base anything on that chart, it's too misleading.
yes the 100 degree temp was definitely my Illness. I'll see what it says tomorrow but either way I'll see my OB this week. I just don't know what the norm is post mc.
I just posted the chart to show bd pattern. That s really all I enter these days.
Thanks
yes the 100 degree temp was definitely my Illness. I'll see what it says tomorrow but either way I'llk.see my OB this week. I just don't know what the norm is post upmc.
I just posted the chart to show bd pattern. That s really all I enter these days.
Thanks
Oh ok I'm glad you posted the chart, it really helps me envision what went on, just that I couldn't really sign off on those crosshairs, that's all.
I am not convinced you've ovulated - BD when you can.
My temp was 98.5 today. negative hpt. Is it possible antibiotics make your temp rise? Yesterday was the last dose. I felt like I had strange possible o.pains yesterday but my temps aren't even normal. I got an opk that was just about positive yesterdayand a few hours later negative. I think I just should go into OB and maybe take the meds to start AF. Is that probably the best thing to do?
oh and I think I have a yeast infection from the antibiotics. lovely right!! I'm so over this whole longgggg cycle
The "beta-lactam" antibiotics (the "cillins") have seemed to cause low grade fever for some people. Lots of mixed info about this though!
If you've gone for sure 14 days without having unprotected sex then it's ok to kickstart your period. At least it would end your limbo!!!
So sorry about the YI! BUT sometimes I do get them in the 2ww (in fact that's the only time I get them) FX this means AF is on her way!
I went in yesterday and she did bloodwork, thyroid, hormones, etc...so....hopefully soon I'll be out of limbo and maybe kick start things.
Oh I'm so glad - hopefully you get some answers soon. And please keep me posted - this is how I learn things is from you guys telling me about your cycles! :)
FSH 8
Progesterone 6
LH 6.6
thyroid was 1.5
does.this all look normal?
Progesterone indicates you haven't ovulated yet most likely, but could be on the way up or on the way down (if on the way down, expect AF any time)
The LH level indicates you are either in the FP or the LP which means that it's really unlikely that your prog levels are on the way up. If they were on the way up (say, ovulation had just occurred) we would expect your LH to be higher than that at that time.
The FSH is not super helpful and doesn't really tell us much here.
So these results indicate to me that most likely you have not ovulated. It's distantly possible that you are about to get your period but much more likely you haven't ovulated so far.
so I'm still in limbo!! Haha
Yep, unfortunately. All the more reason to kickstart it if they're willing to let you do that.
I asked the nurse on the phone and she said she wanted me to wait it out for now. So I guess I'll just wait and see what happens. I mean is it really even possible to ovulate now, and even be healthy?
Well....went to the bathroom and it seems AF has appeared!!
I guess I'm happy....lol
Now hoping for a normal cycle!!!!!!
I just started my period today too after a miscarriage / D&C at the end of July. Trying to decide if I should take Clomid (for swaying purposes) this month.
Glad you got your AF back. Good luck!
Sorry for your loss. If you are taking Clomid, maybe it would be best to wait a cycle? I'm sure Atomic will chime in. Best of Luck toyou. Hoping for a miracle rainbow baby!
I think I had a period about two weeks after my D&C. I wasn’t totally positive because I was still having spotting. I wasn’t temping or using OPKs.
Just to answer your question, yes it was still possible for you to ovulate and for it to be healthy. The whole thing people will tell you that "long cycles mean bad eggs" is completely untrue (and I have a long explanation for anyone interested)
But - looks like it was Option B, prog had dropped and AF was about to arrive!
The only bummer element of that is that we can't know if you did ovulate or if this was anovulatory because progesterone had already dropped!! But can you think back about two weeks - any signs or symptoms of O at that point??
Either way, it doesn't matter because it will still act like a reset button on your cycle.
I think you're ok to go this month K. That's been the first bleed and now a second after the D and C. If you feel ready.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kjoseph09
Remember about 2 weeks ago I felt O pain when I had the bad uti with fever and pain. I didn't do any opks because I was miserable but I "could" have ovulated. Hoping I do this time and we catch up because time is running out for meQuote:
Originally Posted by atomic sagebrush
Thanks for answering my question
I'd love to read about it if you have a link :)
Oh yeah I do remember and we were thinking it was probably the UTI. I find people often get VI of various sorts around ovulation (because pH rises) so that actually makes sense.
Ok. atomic scootches out soapbox from under the couch.
The explanation is that people who have really long cycles are often in other categories where they may be more likely to have losses and birth defects. Anorexics, PCOSers, older moms - and so when scientists first studied the notion "do long cycles lead to unhealthy eggs" they didn't take any of this into account and they did find a small statistical correlation between longer cycles and issues with pregnancies. Online, this became this "OMG long cycles mean unhealthy eggs, miscarriages, birth defects, etc."
But it's never been real. The eggs are dormant till the body intends to ovulate them and the ones that do begin to develop but are not ovulated are simply reabsorbed (and this process happens to all of us every month, it's what ovaries do with eggs that don't get released) Women frequently will get pregnant after having not ovulated for months or even years due to having been on birth control, pregnancy/lactation, after a loss, due to PCOS or hypothalamic amenorrhea (being too thin or exercising too much) and have perfectly normal, healthy babies! (I did!) Young girls sometimes get pregnant the very first month they even ovulate! And while we think "going several months without having a cycle" is strange/abnormal, not very long ago that was the norm and not the exception. Women were pregnant/lactating or so thin/working so hard they weren't ovulating regularly, all the time. Not ovulating regularly is actually way more normal than constant 28 day cycles (and some evidence indicates that the advent of regular, monthly menstrual cycles may be part of the reason why modern women are now more prone to breast and ovarian cancer than we historically were.) The body by its very design has a natural system that keeps eggs dormant till your body is ready to ovulate and then developing and releasing them as needed, and reabsorbs the ones that don't get released.
but unfortunately, you can still read this misinformation (that long cycles = unhealthy eggs) tons of places online because it's one of those things "experts" like to do to make losses and trouble conceiving be our fault and our problem. It's just an endemic mindset in the fertility community - doctors and herbologists do not like to tell people the truth, which is just that sometimes, losses happen for no better reason than bad luck and some of us are more slightly prone to that bad luck than others. They would rather portray women's bodies as these fragile, broken things that are always in dire need of a doctor or an herb bottle to "fix" things that are there by design.
Wow, such great information!! And thank you for that. That is exactly what I have read, so the reason I asked. It's very interesting. I actually suffered from anorexia in my early 20s and did not have a period for years. The first cycle TTC we got pregnant! Our bodies are indeed so strong and amazing!!!
They really are and once you start looking at the menstrual cycle through that lens, a lot of things that we have always assumed are "wrong" with us and have been told we need to "fix", we really don't! It is natural and normal for our female bodies to always be in this state of hormone flux and our eggs, ovaries, uterus, and tubes all know how to handle that a LOT better than a bunch of old men who run medical schools. :)
love your response!!
So true!!
I just have to reply to this - made me smile at a very dark time in my life - thank you
Can I help you with anything, RF?
I answered your post!