Help Trying to Get Pregnate

my friend took 1000 mg of metformin for a week after IVF failed and she got pregnant. She is skinny and not diabetic.

I urge you to go back to your doctor. Something is going on with your periods and only a doctor can figure it out and treat it.

Why are you ttc at 22. My daughter was pregnant at that age and would seriously urge you to wait until you're established as an adult. Do not try to be a mom until you've experienced life as an adult. Do you have a job that you love? Are you prepared to financially take care of yourself and a child? Do you have a husband who is established in his career? Babies cost lots of money.

Then they need major emotional support. Are you ready to give up your own needs to meet the needs of your baby? Are you emotionally stable? Unless you've been on your own, working at a job you like, been in a stable relationship with a man who is also established in a career you own needs will prevent you from even knowing what your baby needs let alone knowing way to meet those needs.

Have you read about and studied child development? Do you know what that little one will be like and what they will need. They will need more than to be fed and their diaper changed. They will need you to be able to take care of those needs while you've had very little sleep. They will need you to be patient, calm, and able to walk the floor with them, to rock them until they're calm, to figure out why they're crying, on and on.

First, you need to know why your cycles are all messed up. You need to know if you have a medical problem. You can be sure that your hormones need regulating but this much bleeding can be caused by other serious issues. Make an appointment with an OB/GYN.

Go back to your doctor. If the pills you were prescribed didn't help, he/she will try another pill or another type of treatment.

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You are really young. You need to go back to your Ob/GYN and have tests run to find out why you are having two cycles in one month. You were on a STRONG birth control pill for 4 years - it will take it a while to get out of your system and back to "normal".

Find out WHY you are having two cycles a month BEFORE you try and get pregnant. Think LONG and HARD about the long term ramifications of some of the medications out there to "help" you get pregnant...if you are NOT a diabetic - DO NOT use metformin without consulting with an endocrinologist so you KNOW what you are doing to your body. The chemicals in metformin tell your pancreas NOT to work. Is this something you want to be on for the rest of your life? No. Not all women have to. However, you don't even know WHY you are having 2 cycles a month.

Keep in mind - you are 22 - I hope you have an education. I hope you have a way to support a baby. I hope you are married. Being a mom isn't always easy. Go into with your eyes open!!

Good luck!

I think that's what Clomid is for, from what I understand. I had fertility problems, but different issues. Your regular GP should be able to prescribe you Clomid, though, which helps with regulating your periods and getting you to ovulate regularly. Talk to your doctor about fertility in specific because he or she should be able to do a few things that will help before you need to see a fertility specialist. Your doctors should really be trying to figure out why you're bleeding so much as opposed to just throwing you on birth control. You haven't said, but have you been checked for cysts or fibroids? All of these things can deter a pregnancy as well as screw up your periods. If your GP can't help, then see a gynaecologist. Hope that helps.

You need to get help with WHY you have these periods like you do, BEFORE you try to get pregnant. Use condoms instead of any chemical BC, and get a doctor to help you figure this out. You could have endometriosis or a number of other things wrong.

If you were to get pregnant, if something is wrong with your uterus, you could end up with a miscarriage. That would be SO hard on you. At your age, you need to be fixing what is wrong instead of trying to get pregnant. Your health is very important to both you and a future baby. FIX IT FIRST. Then, under a doctor's care, attempt to get pregnant. Make sure that you and your HUSBAND are on the same page with this so you don't end up being a single mom.

Good luck.

Sounds similar to my problems. I have polycystic ovarian which means when not on BC I have very erratic periods & very low ovulation. Like everyone else, I suggest you switch doctors & figure this problem out before you get pregnant. Put the trying on the back burner for now. I'm sure you don't want to hear this again, but you are young & have plenty of time to get pregnant. Good luck!

I think that perhaps your doc is just not the one you should be going to. They don't sound too good at this job. I'd look into a finding a doc that is covered by your insurance that works with people trying to get pregnant.