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Aww, that sounds like a rough appointment My best friend had issues with ovulation, and she had treatments ( a few rounds of Clomid), and now has two beautiful sons. I know it seems dark and scary right now, and I am in a similar same dark and scary boat too, but I am sure that everything will be OK. Hugs.

Even though it might not have been the news you wanted to hear, it is good news that you can work on figuring things out and decide how to move forward. Being proactive seems like a great approach! I know it is tough not knowing what is going on, but at least you are taking control by getting things checked out and having your Dr. on board. I'm sure you'll get it all taken care of!

Sorry that it was not a good appt! If it makes you feel any better my cycles after coming off the pill were 35 days, 31 days, 45 days (pregnant but miscarried), 40 days, 34, 31, then 28. I do think it takes many women at least 6 months to regulate after going off the pill and I hope that's you!

@sslm: Not to totally dis the medical community (my husband is a doctor), but doctors don't learn about charting in med school or residency. Some may know the basics of how it works, but don't realize how many problems can easily be figured out by using it (short luteal phase, low progesterone, thyroid issues, etc.). My husband had absolutely no idea how it worked when we started trying.

Anyways, if you are having a 58 day cycle, you wouldn't be ovulating until day 40-something, so if they only test your levels on day 3 and 24, they will tell you aren't ovulating, even if you really are, just late. The chances of having a period without ovulation are pretty slim. I would at least have them check your levels again sometime after 24 days. If you want to be 100% sure whether or not you are ovulating, charting is the best way.

Hopefully everything is fine with you, but I hate to see people go through unnecessary interventions when TTCing. My husband does them on perfectly healthy women on a daily basis (because their OBs recommend it, not him).

So sorry to hear about your bad news! I have a friend who had the same issue, she wasn't ovulating and her doctor got her on some good drugs so now she has an adorable 3 month old baby girl. At least you are realizing there's a problem so you'll be able to fix it. Good luck!

sorry to hear, hope they're able to figure out what's going on and how they can get you back on the ttc track.

I'd just like to chime in in support of charting. My cycles were getting crazy - 50, 57 and 60 days. The only thing my doctors would tell me was that if my cycles were over 35 days, I probably wasn't O'ing. Also, after a year of trying they would send me to a specialist.

Well, I started SERIOUSLY charting, and by paying close attention to my CM, CP and BBT, we figured out that I was ovulating, just really late. I'm now 7 weeks pregnant, praying that this little one sticks around!