Hi Susan.
I surely appreciate your reply. I realize what I wrote about only applies to a small portion of women, it seems, so the thought that there is some kind of something of knowledge about it somewhere is comforting.
I was on Provera for a good month and a half. If it did anything, it initially lightened the bleeding a bit and then it ramped back up to normal toward the end of me using it. 6 weeks, to me and to the second opinion doctor I saw, is enough for us to think it won't do much for me. I already have problems with depression which is why I was apprehensive to get on the pill.
Something you said made me curious - "it would appear that getting pregnant may be quite difficult since gauging ovulation will be tricky and having constant heavy bleeding and clotting would make sex itself not exactly pleasant". I've been under the influence, either by something I read or just assumption of my own, that the prolonged bleeding meant for the most part that I didn't ovulate. While sex while bleeding, especially heavily, is particularly unpleasant, my biggest concern was that ovulation was not taking place at all, or that the bleeding (which we've come to assume is a hormonal imbalance for lack of anything else) meant I had something wrong with me that would prevent it. Is this perhaps not the case? Can ovulation happen and fertility actually exist amongst such a condition?
My mother had me after paying several thousand dollars for fertility treatments. I don't want children badly enough that I'd pay through the nose to have them. It's just not worth it if it's not meant to be naturally for me, if you know what I mean.
Again, I surely appreciate the advice and I'll see about the HerOption that you linked to in the future should things continue to not work properly.
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Hi Susan.
I surely appreciate your reply. I realize what I wrote about only applies to a small portion of women, it seems, so the thought that there is some kind of something of knowledge about it somewhere is comforting.
I was on Provera for a good month and a half. If it did anything, it initially lightened the bleeding a bit and then it ramped back up to normal toward the end of me using it. 6 weeks, to me and to the second opinion doctor I saw, is enough for us to think it won't do much for me. I already have problems with depression which is why I was apprehensive to get on the pill.
Something you said made me curious - "it would appear that getting pregnant may be quite difficult since gauging ovulation will be tricky and having constant heavy bleeding and clotting would make sex itself not exactly pleasant". I've been under the influence, either by something I read or just assumption of my own, that the prolonged bleeding meant for the most part that I didn't ovulate. While sex while bleeding, especially heavily, is particularly unpleasant, my biggest concern was that ovulation was not taking place at all, or that the bleeding (which we've come to assume is a hormonal imbalance for lack of anything else) meant I had something wrong with me that would prevent it. Is this perhaps not the case? Can ovulation happen and fertility actually exist amongst such a condition?
My mother had me after paying several thousand dollars for fertility treatments. I don't want children badly enough that I'd pay through the nose to have them. It's just not worth it if it's not meant to be naturally for me, if you know what I mean.
Again, I surely appreciate the advice and I'll see about the HerOption that you linked to in the future should things continue to not work properly.
Thanks again,
December 21, 2010 - 6:06amBird/Rachel
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