I can't believe this is happening to me :(

[atomic sagebrush]

Your metabolism will adjust over time - when I lost a lot of weight and was exercising a lot, I had three months where my ovulation was screwed up but then it fixed itself. I ran out of weight to lose and I plateaued, and over time my body worked to fix things.

Now, I know you don't want to wait that long and that is fine. What I would have you do to try and fix things is to up cals to 2000, continue the cardio 4 days a week, and make SURE you are getting the upper level of fat. 60 g a day, and Omega 6 fats may be better for your sway than Omega 3/saturated fats (so margarine, corn, canola, soy oils and NOT animal fats or fish oil or olive oil). You do NOT need to gain the weight back. You need to give your body time to adjust and the minimum of raw materials it needs to fix itself and it will.

You may want to also add in 8-15 mg zinc 3x a week and 150 IU iodine because if you've been dieting quite strictly you may be depleted in these. I don't know that it will help restore your ovulation, this is meant to be better for your overall health.

[atomic sagebrush]

Thanks! I use dollar tree opks which I have always used with no problems and I do temp, but now that I have fallen underweight my cycles have gotten wonky ;;( I have long 35-45 day cycles with no pattern in ovulation. My ferning microscope picks up sometimes but then the next day there's nothing ;( I really don't want to try Clomid yet and I certainly don't want to give up I've gone too far to just quit cold turkey!! When you conceived your dd where you doing LE or something similar...no meat/chicken? Did you Dtd on certain days or patterns?

OK so what I think people ought to do in the case that they are not detecting ovulation but are still seeming to have some kind of cycle (as evidenced by AF coming at somewhat normal time) is to start DTD unprotected, every 4 days. Then in addition, ALSO do OPK and if you get a positive OPK, you have a decision to make...if you are at the outer limits of the every 4 days (so you had DTD 3 or 4 days before), then have another attempt. If you JUST had an attempt (so you had DTD 1- 1 1/2-2 days before) then stick with just that attempt. if you're in the middle range (had DTD 2-3 days before) then you can do either - if you felt like your attempt was not so good you might want to have another attempt, if you felt like you had a great attempt then you might want to stick with the one. And if you can't decide, then flip a coin!!!

[Adia]

Thanks Adia and Missmegrn, for your input can you all send all your pink dust to me and I'll send you my lovely blue dust lol WOW!!! I can't even imagine how you feel Adia you have been ttc longer than I...are you having issues with O? Or is it other issues too? I can't believe Clomid didn't get you a bfp! I wish I could gain some weight back, but atomic has advise me that is best not to...it sways blue

Yes girlie, I will send some pink dust your way, you should get it soon as we are both in the Lone Star State! ;o)

I only suggested gaining weight IF you were going to take a break but once we are swaycessed, its hard to take a break.

I have no clue what my problem is. I saw a fertility doctor for testing, and she said everything was fine...but insurance won't cover treatment. I think i am just old and thyroid, progesterone, etc are off.

I've given up a bit, but we're still trying, just not holding my breath during the 2ww every month!

Good luck, I have had episodes in my life where I was very thin, (not many mind you!) and it has messed with my cycle a bit so maybe a month or two with the suggestions Atomic gave you will help.

[lovemy2blessings]

Ah! Thanks for replying atomic! I just went into myfitness pal account and realized that I'm hitting at 30-40g of Fat. I'm always looking into protein, 1800 calories and sometimes sodium...never fat until now! Well now that I look back I'm going to aim at hitting the 60g any suggestions on what will help without going over my protein intake? I will also switch my olive and vegetable oil to corn oil only. I will stick to the dtd 4 days like you previously advised and continue w/ opk's. Thanks for brining sanity back, I will continue to have faith and stay positive

[atomic sagebrush]

mayo
margarine
butter
salad dressing
dip
sour cream
whipped cream
avocado
baba ganoush or punjabi eggplant spread
hummus and cream cheese have a pretty miniscule amount
nut butter does have some but just use it sparingly

[lovemy2blessings]

Awesome suggestions, thanks!