https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 13 Nov 2026 20:07:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-advice-needed-please#post-1003890 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 11:38:54 +0000 mrs. 64 1003890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Also thought I should add that I was initially on progesterone for several months to try to treat suspected endo. Apparently most people handle the progesterone treatment well, but I had a lot of side effects and my pain worsened while I was on it so we discontinued and went the lap route. Anyway, that is another option you might consider but the progesterone therapy for endo means you will probably be out of the TTC game for 3-6 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-advice-needed-please#post-1003879 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 11:34:48 +0000 mlm2934 1003879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say sounds like you O'd late (maybe stress from moving?). My periods sound a lot like yours and I always worried maybe there was some deeper issue, but everything is perfectly healthy per my GYN. It seems like your doc is jumping pretty fast to doing a procedure, I'd prolly get a second opinion. But based on what @mrs. 64: maybe it's worth just going for it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-advice-needed-please#post-1003858 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 11:26:51 +0000 mrs. 64 1003858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@puppylove: 1. Like pui said it is pretty rare to get multiple negatives on hpts and blood tests if you are actually pregnant, unless you O'd much later than you thought.<br /> 2. I had suspected endo and had a lap 3 weeks ago. Keep in mind that endo symptoms can present differently in different women and some don't even have pain. As I'm sure your doctor told you, endo does not show up on an ultrasound and the only way to officially diagnose is the lap. My lap did not show endo but did show something else, so I'm glad I had it done instead of suffer through more pain. I was terrified to have the lap but the surgery was fine and the recovery was not as bad as I thought. Feel free to ask if you have any more questions.<br /> 3. I haven't gone to an RE yet, so no advice there. I do think that if you don't like/trust the new doctor that you should either see your old one or find someone else. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-advice-needed-please#post-1003853 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 11:26:17 +0000 Mrsbells 1003853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@puppylove: Wishing you good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-advice-needed-please#post-1003822 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 11:13:46 +0000 pui 1003822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It is possible that you just O'd late or are having a longer cycle than normal for no apparent reason. It happens to every woman every now and again.</p> <p>Getting negatives on multiple HPTs while pregnant (1 week after a missed period) is extremely, extremely rare. It is even more rare to also get a negative blood test if you are pregnant. You are almost certainly not pregnant.</p> <p>I don't know much about Endo, but I'm assuming like any other condition that it can vary from person to person. You might have a less severe case.</p> <p>Have you had CD3 betas done? Have you ruled out PCOS? Has your Thyroid and Pituitary glad been checked?</p> <p>I recommend that you start charting and tracking CM along with using OPKs. </p> <p>I think if you can see an RE, do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/new-advice-needed-please#post-1003581 Fri, 09 Aug 2013 10:08:00 +0000 puppylove 1003581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hello,</p> <p>I have been a lurker on here for a little bit, but this is my 1st post, so please forgive me if it is really long and rambling:)</p> <p>DH and I have been "seriously" TTC for 7-8 months now, using OPKs. Sometimes it seems (according to the kits) I am not ovulating at all, but had still been getting my period regularly. We recently moved into the suburbs (only about 25 mins from the city we were living in) so I went to see a new gyn and discuss with him. He suspects it may be endometriosis due to my sometimes heavy, painful cramps and period, although I am not convinced since they are bad, but I have heard endo pains are pretty much unbearable. So, he scheduled me for an ultrasound which showed nothing except a tilted uterus, which is supposedly common and no big deal, and he feels a laparoscopy is in order. However, I am now a little bit over 2 weeks late on my period, which is EXTREMELY unlikely for me, have never been more than 2-3 days late. I have gotten 3 negatives on home tests, and a negative on the blood test from my dr. He now wants me to take Provera to kickstart my period. So, here are my questions: </p> <p>1. I have read online that sometimes people get negative tests and still turn out to be pregnant. Has anyone had any experience with this? Should I hold off taking the Provera? Of course this is the one month we decided not to use the OPK.</p> <p>2. Any thoughts on the suspected endo and/or the laparoscopy? I am really nervous about general anesthesia, and am reticent to do this since I don't feel that my symptoms are bad enough, but also don't want to miss any potential issues. </p> <p>3. I am not really loving this new gyn, but in my gut I really truly feel as if there is some sort of problem going on that is preventing us from getting pregnant. Do you think I would be able to see a RE, or is it still too early? Should I see my old gyn for a 2nd opinion? I am 29 as a reference. </p> <p>Thanks SO MUCH in advance for any help or advice :happy: -this is all so overwhelming and upsetting, esp. since we also have so much else going in our lives right now. </p>