My dr. appt today.

[jeowen]

My exam went well. Everything looked great and "normal"

My bp was only 109/70 so she said that was good. Last time I was in it was 110/76 which was 2 1/2 yrs ago for my phyiscal. I went in b/t this time and last when I was sick and it was 120/80.

I was told I needed to lose wt and she recommended looking into Wt. watchers online. She thinks the wt gain is from stress. of my dad getting sick and dying. She also told me to cut carb intake.

As for AF.
She told me to go home and take a pg test and call her with the results. She said the pg tests they use are about the same as the ones in the store only the dr office charges like 3 times the price for one LOL. Well I took one and it's all funny looking. Not a + as the bottom of the plus didn't form and only part of the top of the plus formed...funny. maybe a bad test? the control line is fine though.  I'm taking this as a BFN.

Her reasons in the most likely order for no AF are
1)I didn't ovulate
2)pg
3)thyroid
4)wt gain.

So they took some blood for a thyroid check. and I'm to take another pg test in March if I miss my period again. Then they want to do a blood pg test if the test is negative. If it doesn't come & blood test is neg. then she'll call in a medication for me to take. and then af should start. then if this happens again it's more than likely due to not ovulating so she'll rx me metformin. She said it has less side effects of clomid and less chance of twins. Is that true???

I asked her why does this happen now and she just said that sometimes once you hit 30 your fertility takes a nose dive. :lol

Why do they want you to miss 3 periods before inducing? I forgot to ask her that. So now I'm curious about that.

[shell81]

Feb. 19, 2009 at 6:37 PM

Ok maybe its me but I don't see the top where it formed. I just hope everything is ok w blood work.

I bet it is stress with weight gain. Never thought about that w me for the past yr. One yr of dad dieing is coming up. I was fine with dealing with it you know that it seemed until last week I started to think about how one yr is coming up:(

[Triplestack318]

Feb. 19, 2009 at 6:40 PM

I had a similar situation with AF not showing up.

My doc sent me for an ultrasound and it turns out I have/had a cyst on one of my ovaries which could have been one of the issues.  She put me on BC pills to get it taken care of and of course AF (sorry for the TMI) showed up the next day.  LOL  I go back for a follow up ultrasound in a few months. 

Maybe ask your doctor about the possibility of a cyst.

(Oh and my doc too suggested losing weight and did a thyroid test)

Good Luck!

[Christinalt]

Feb. 19, 2009 at 8:59 PM

HUGS- while not a quick answer, at least you are taking steps to get things straightened out!

You know I'm here if you need me!

[azmomoffour]

Mar. 11, 2009 at 12:02 PM

sorry to hear things have been so up and down for you. i hope this month will be so much better for you guys. you just went through that process and its like the lack of AF is stepping in to it all. i hope you are ok.