Hi everyone,
my name is Sam. I've never been on a forum like this before but i need some advice and thought this might be the place to try.
Some background i guess. When i was about 13 i was put on the pill due to very very heavy periods, pain and sickness with it. I stayed on it for around 2 years and my periods settled. Then when I was 17 I went back on it for contraceptive reasons. I stayed on it for around 8 years and finally came off it and began to try for children shortly after getting married.
I'm now 27. I've been off the pill for almost 2 years. At first my periods were very heavy and irregular but now they have settled to a 35day cycle. However my periods only last a day or two at the most and are pretty light, sometimes almost none existant. I still get some pretty severe cramping though for a few days either side.
With regards to ovulation I have the egg white mucus at appropriate times and each month i also get some pretty severe ovary pains, like this month i'm actually off work because the pains in my right side mean i can't straighten up. These pains have been happening for around a year now.
So me and my husband have been trying for 2 years. We try to time things right and i would say out of the last 2 years we've probably had 7 or 8 months where we should have had some sort of success.
I've had a lot of stress in my life especially over the past few years and i do suffer from some mental health problems and have been on medication which has made me put on a large amount of weight but this hasn't been the case the whole time we've been trying.
I'm starting to get worried now that its never going to happen.
I did once mention it to a nurse but i didnt want to go too much into it because i was scared that she'd think bad of me for having mental health problems and trying for a child.
So any advice? Am i doing something wrong? Is 2 years a normal amount of time to not fall pregnant?
Thank you
xxx
my name is Sam. I've never been on a forum like this before but i need some advice and thought this might be the place to try.
Some background i guess. When i was about 13 i was put on the pill due to very very heavy periods, pain and sickness with it. I stayed on it for around 2 years and my periods settled. Then when I was 17 I went back on it for contraceptive reasons. I stayed on it for around 8 years and finally came off it and began to try for children shortly after getting married.
I'm now 27. I've been off the pill for almost 2 years. At first my periods were very heavy and irregular but now they have settled to a 35day cycle. However my periods only last a day or two at the most and are pretty light, sometimes almost none existant. I still get some pretty severe cramping though for a few days either side.
With regards to ovulation I have the egg white mucus at appropriate times and each month i also get some pretty severe ovary pains, like this month i'm actually off work because the pains in my right side mean i can't straighten up. These pains have been happening for around a year now.
So me and my husband have been trying for 2 years. We try to time things right and i would say out of the last 2 years we've probably had 7 or 8 months where we should have had some sort of success.
I've had a lot of stress in my life especially over the past few years and i do suffer from some mental health problems and have been on medication which has made me put on a large amount of weight but this hasn't been the case the whole time we've been trying.
I'm starting to get worried now that its never going to happen.
I did once mention it to a nurse but i didnt want to go too much into it because i was scared that she'd think bad of me for having mental health problems and trying for a child.
So any advice? Am i doing something wrong? Is 2 years a normal amount of time to not fall pregnant?
Thank you
xxx