I really want a child, I am really irregular when it comes to periods.?!
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I have been on birth control and it never helped with regulating. I really want a child how would you go about having one with irregular periods.
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You sound as if you need to find out why your periods are irregular. PCOS or endometriosis spring to mind, although there could be other reasons. You can find out more about these on the babycentre.co.uk website.
You might also want to look into other lifestyle reasons why you aren't conceiving. I know that the pill can affect levels of certain vitamins and minerals, so you could see a nutritional therapist who can indicate how changes in your diet and lifestyle could increase the probability of conceiving. I don't know if you are in the UK, but I have friends who have had success with the Foresight program, or you could look for a nutritional therapist through the BANT register - many indicate a particular interest in preconception.
Finally, you don't say how long you've been trying but I would just like to encourage you to keep on going. The year before my first son was conceived, I went to my GP about my irregular periods and he absolutely refused to see it as any kind of problem at all. Anyway, I now have two lovely boys and I didn't have to take any drugs like Clomid (which some people have great success with). My periods never regulated after my first son, either, but I conceived my second son no problem. So try not to worry about it too much.
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no you don't
Some women with irregular periods can have children. Your doctor will need to run a battery of tests to determine why your periods are irregular. If you haven't ever had a pelvic exam, now's the time to start. As long as your reproductive tract is not damaged, and your ovaries can produce, and you don't have any immune disorders that would make you likely to miscarry then you should be able to conceive. Plan your family by seeing the doctor first to get your nutrition on track, get screened for diseases, and optimize your overall health so you can carry a baby better. If you don't conceive within a year, then call the doctor and seek a referral to a fertility specialist.
Have they examined you though.. I don't mean a pelvic, I mean have they run at a minimum an ultrasound? To see if everything is in the right spot and operating ok? :) Some women who have irregular periods have what's called PCOS or PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrome.. and it's where the egg doesn't quite make it out of the ovary and then it 'scars over'.. and then usually you don't 'bleed' because your body didn't finish the cycle. So you ovaries are not covered by little tiny bumps (or irregular shaped)?
How old are you? Before 30 is always best = especially for conceiving a first child.
How long have you been trying? How long did the docs say TO try before going for the first GENTLE round of fertility drugs (things like Clomid - rarely produce multiple births and when they do, it's twins)? I would think a year of doing this unless you are around the 30 year old mark - and they'd want to start trying other things?
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