Hoping someone here will have some ideas for me!
The last couple of months that I was on the bcp, I was having really intense early-pregnancy symptoms in the last 2 weeks of each cycle, including nausea, dizziness, extreme fatigue, breast soreness and enlargement, etc. Doc thought it was because my metabolism was revving up after an illness. Stopped bcp at end of Nov, and had withdrawal bleed early Dec. Since then, still having these symptoms, but my cycles are now around 47 days long. I have only bled twice since the Dec withdrawal bleed, and the symptoms are so bothersome, with cramping, nausea, tenderness, etc, for weeks before I do. I'm at approx cycle day 26 today, and feeling awful, but surprisingly not like af is impending. I keep testing and getting bfn. I've had at least some definite signs of ovulation, including one episode of ov bleeding for a few days in my first cycle, although I did not get af for weeks after that, which is confusing. It is almost like my body is trying to O multiple times in a cycle. I initially went on bcp when postpartum with #3, because of the ovulation bleeding and pain which was bad enough to be like getting af twice in 5 weeks (my previous normal cycle length was 35 days).
My primary care doc doesn't know what to do. I have a Gyn consult for something else at the end of May, with a doc I've never met. I don't know who to go to for help, what to ask for, what to look out for.
I've resisted posting, because I don't like to make these issues public, but I'm desperate. I am not charting, because I was waiting for af, but I have insomnia, so I'm not sure how reliable temping would be, anyway.
We are ttc.
Can anyone suggest ways to deal with this, or who to go to for help? I was hoping to use midwifery care if I did get pg, but I don't know if the midwives in Ontario will see a woman who isn't pg.
The last couple of months that I was on the bcp, I was having really intense early-pregnancy symptoms in the last 2 weeks of each cycle, including nausea, dizziness, extreme fatigue, breast soreness and enlargement, etc. Doc thought it was because my metabolism was revving up after an illness. Stopped bcp at end of Nov, and had withdrawal bleed early Dec. Since then, still having these symptoms, but my cycles are now around 47 days long. I have only bled twice since the Dec withdrawal bleed, and the symptoms are so bothersome, with cramping, nausea, tenderness, etc, for weeks before I do. I'm at approx cycle day 26 today, and feeling awful, but surprisingly not like af is impending. I keep testing and getting bfn. I've had at least some definite signs of ovulation, including one episode of ov bleeding for a few days in my first cycle, although I did not get af for weeks after that, which is confusing. It is almost like my body is trying to O multiple times in a cycle. I initially went on bcp when postpartum with #3, because of the ovulation bleeding and pain which was bad enough to be like getting af twice in 5 weeks (my previous normal cycle length was 35 days).
My primary care doc doesn't know what to do. I have a Gyn consult for something else at the end of May, with a doc I've never met. I don't know who to go to for help, what to ask for, what to look out for.
I've resisted posting, because I don't like to make these issues public, but I'm desperate. I am not charting, because I was waiting for af, but I have insomnia, so I'm not sure how reliable temping would be, anyway.
We are ttc.
Can anyone suggest ways to deal with this, or who to go to for help? I was hoping to use midwifery care if I did get pg, but I don't know if the midwives in Ontario will see a woman who isn't pg.
