Still not pregnant..boo!

I had been on the pill for the past 5 years and had irregular periods. After I got married last year, my hubby and I tried for babies but no luck so far. We thought it wasnt happening because my period is irregular and having taken pills for many years...?


After reading few threads here, I went to do check-up at Catherine Cheung and she did an ultrasound to check my uterus which is fine and asked me simple questions. She gave me some pills and told me that my period will be regular after taking the pills and told me to try conceiving again.


I was happy that my period was back to regular after taking those piills but still after 8 months, I still have not been able to get pregnant.


Do we still keep on trying to conceive (naturally) or is it better to go back to the Doc and check what's wrong and maybe get another magic pill to make me fall pregnant....? What would you do if you were in my shoes, ladies?

I've had 2 miscarriages since my son was born 5yrs ago. We;ve also been unsuccessfully trying for No 2 "diligently" for the past year. Despite also taking the pills to regulate my menses (hence my ovulation) and monitoring the "surge" days using the ovulation tests.


My doc says next step would be for my hubby to get tested and for me to also go for daily scanning (during my probable ovulation days) to monitor the ovum.


Guess these would be the "final steps" before we'll have to go for the next "leap" ie assisted IVF. (or something like that).


What's pressing us particularly is the fast widening age gap from our 1st child. Another major factor is my age. I'm now 39 and we all know of the growing potential dangers of having babies once you;pve past 35yrs.


So I guess my thoughts for you would be dependent on how old you are. If you;re in your early 20s, guess you still have time on your hands.


If finances are not so much of an issue, guess there's no harm in going back to the Doc since it;s been 8mths already. But your hubby has to be OK too about taking his tests if not then going back to the doc might just be a waste of time and $.


Meanwhile, good luck and yes, also definitely do keep trying and never give up cos personally, having my son was definitely a blessing and the best thing that's ever happened to me and my hubby. :)

Thanks for the reply, pandatorres! I'm happy for you. :)


Going to the Doc again is not a problem but I was just confused whether to let her check me again (most prolly she'll prescribe me with more pills!) and also my hubby or just wait for a year to conceive naturally. I'm in my late 20s and not in a hurry to conceive but after my past of taking contraceptive pills and having irregular periods made me worry if I will be able to conceive at all. Maybe I will wait till end of this year and we will keep on trying and if nothing happens till then then we'll go back to the Doc. Think I have just solved my own problem. :$


But I still wanted to hear other peoples' similar experiences of trying to conceive naturally with the history of contraceptive pills and irregular periods.

Hi kissy.missy, I was not on the pills nor on irregular periods but I did go through a pre pregnancy test which I thought might be some additional info to you.


When my husband and I started talking about starting up a family, I went to go get a pre pregnancy check up/ consultation at the ladies clinic. It was quite expensive but worth every dime as they did a thorough check up concentrating on the basics of conceiving, hormones via blood test, echo to see if your female organs are in good shape, bone solidity test, breast consultation for breast cancer and breast feeding, etc. They found me in good shape but they also advised me enormously.

- one was to make my blood circulation well as blood circulation was very important for the body to function normally(healthy body). They suspected that many woman are suffering from female problems because of too much air conditioning which makes your blood circulation mal. I know this is incredible but, come to think of it, 18degrees inside and 30 degrees outside, the temperature difference must have an impact to your body, so I believed it and changed my life pattern.

- two was, even if you do have a regular period, it does not mean that your ovulation cycle is predicted so take body temperature every day, you will know when you will ovulate from the difference of the temperature. This, a lot of my friends had done and succeeded in conceiving.

- three was, be happy. ( they did a stress test on how stressed out I was on belief that it is easier to conceive when relaxed)


They sent me back saying that so far, the very basics of conceiving are OK, so do the temperature thing, make sure I have enough blood circulation going on, do sports and give it a try for a year and a half. In 1.5 years time, if I am not pregnant, come back and we will proceed to step2, finding out why pregnancy is not happening.


I think the fact that I was clear of the basics totally relaxed me and it did not take a year to conceive. I know that I am really fortunate but, I just thought that maybe it's worth a try!!!


Good Luck!!

Hi Xshoequeen, thank you for your reply and sharing your experience/tips.


I will wait for another couple of months and if I still dont get pregnant then I will take my hubby and self back to the Doc for a pre pregnancy test.


Fingers Crossed xx