Hello all ~

I've been on ehealthforum.com before but I can't remembr if I ever posted a question or not. Well I have one now and I'm hoping that I can get some answers.....I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this or if I should have posted it in the menopause board.

Short background....

I'm 35 and in 2007 hubby and I were expecting our first baby. I went in for my first preggo appt. At that appt my gyno found a mass on my right ovary and sent me to a womens hospital. At that hospital, I saw another gyno and also a ob/oncologist. They both looked at the mass and could not for 100% say that it wasn't cancerous so surgery was performed when I was 21 weeks pregnant. The surgery went well and baby survived. The dr told us that the mass consumed the ovary. So that day I had my last ovary removed. She told me that as soon as I delivered the baby that I would need to be on HRTs since I would be in surgical menopause immediately. Well, I delivered a healthy beautiful baby girl in December. My gyno told me that she wouldn't put me on HRTs until I was done giving the baby breast milk because the estrogen would dry me up. Well, four months ago I started getting periods. They are very regular and last 5 to 7 days and are like a normal period. I went to my OB/gyn and she told me that I should be in full menopause and that I should not be getting periods. She is sending me in for a vaginal ultrasound to see if there is any part of an ovary left. She told me that if they even left the smallest little piece of the ovary it will function as though it was of normal size. She didn't seemed concerned about the fact that I was getting periods to the point of something being wrong, she just wants to see if everything is gone that was supposed to be gone. She is said that if she can't find anything with the ultrasound, then she will send me in for an MRI. Of course I can't just let myself get my hopes up....(hubby and I want to have another baby and if I can do it without IVF/egg donor that would be better and cheaper) I am immediately thinking something is wrong and have put off making the appointment for the ultrasound. I'm such a chicken when it comes to anything dealing with my health.....I have a friend that her daughter is an OB/gyn, she too said that with what was described that she too thinks that there is a piece of an ovary left in there.

So, I guess my question is has anyone experienced anything like this? I know periods are supposed to stop when the ovaries are gone. What about the fallopian tube? If there is a piece of the ovary left but no fallopian tube, will I still get periods? (I'm not sure what the status is of the fallopian tube, no one can remember if she said anything about that. My guess would be that they removed it as well, but again I'm not sure. As far menopause symptoms, I haven't really had any. I had a couple of hot flashes and cold flashes but my doctor told me that those aren't uncommon when you are breastfeeding. I have had some irritable spells but those seem to be right around the time that I am getting my periods. This month I actually had a lot of the PMS symptoms and just a slight sensation of some cramps right before I got my period.

Well, I guess that is all, if anyone can give me any insight, please share your stories or advice. Thanks for any and all. Have a great day and God Bless.