My husband and I have decided to start
trying. I only have two or three
menstrual cycles a year is it still
possible that I am ovulating with out my
period?
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Replies(4)
Kiareplied on January 4th, 2007
Supporter
Very unlikely.
When you ovulate, the follicle that the
egg "popped out from" is now what is
called a "corpus luteum". As this dies
off your progesterone levels drop and your
period begins.
Without ovulation you don't get the rise
and fall of progesterone and without the
rise and fall of progesterone you don't
get a period.
Are you currently using any form of
hormonal birth control that may be
affecting your cycles, or is this a normal
cycle for you?
If this is normal for you, my advice would
be to visit your doctor for a fertility
work up, it maybe you have a simple
hormone imbalance which needs looking at,
or you may need further assistance in
trying to conceive.
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Liz78replied on January 4th, 2007
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Thanks! That is what I figured. I think
it is just a hormone inbalance because the
pill always helped.
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Liz78replied on January 4th, 2007
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Thanks! That is what I figured. I think
it is just a hormone inbalance because the
pill always helped.
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Kiareplied on January 4th, 2007
Supporter
When you use the pill you don't actually
have a period - it's just a withdrawl
bleed from the placebo pills in the
pack.
Ask your general/family doctor to refer
you to a fertility specialist.