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I have an unusual situation that’s kind of hard to explain, but I’ll try. It will probably be easier for people with knowledge of NFP to understand.
My husband and I use NFP. My menstrual cycles are extremely long and extremely irregular, ranging from about 50 days to 80 days. Most women with cycles this long don’t ovulate, but I ovulate in every cycle, because in every cycle I’ve charted my temperature has gone up, indicating ovulation, even in my 80 day cycles. I even got pregnant (unexpectedly) a couple years ago and have a 2-year-old daughter.
I go to an NFP-only doctor who prescribed me Provera to induce my period during a particularly long cycle. For those of you that don’t know, Provera is a medication that makes a woman get her period. It doesn’t make her ovulate.
I often have long periods of confusing fertility signs, and I’m really, really tired of them. Sometimes I honestly don’t know if I’ll ovulate tomorrow or a month from now, because my cycles are so irregular and my mucus signs are not always clear for a good portion of the cycle.
I’m thinking about just taking Provera at regular intervals to make my cycles regular. I would take it at the same time every cycle so that I would have a period every month or every couple of months. It seems to me like this would basically prevent me from ovulating at all, since when I ovulate it’s always much later in the cycle. For those of you familiar with NFP, it would be like going straight from phase 1 to phase 3 and skipping phase 2. Therefore, would it be “birth control?” Or is it ok since I’m making my body do what it’s supposed to do anyway?
I get my period naturally about 6 times a year, and I ovulate every time, but leading up to ovulation is always a long period of confusing signs, abstinence and frustration. A woman should get her period at least 4 times a year, otherwise she’s at risk for endometrial cancer. I get it about 6 times, not as much as I should but I think from a health perspective it’s ok. I admit my main motivation is making NFP easier, since my cycles would be predictable and I would bypass the time of my cycle that’s very confusing. We are trying to avoid pregnancy right now, btw.
I hope this makes sense. Maybe I’m just being scrupulous. Let me know what you think. Thanks.
My husband and I use NFP. My menstrual cycles are extremely long and extremely irregular, ranging from about 50 days to 80 days. Most women with cycles this long don’t ovulate, but I ovulate in every cycle, because in every cycle I’ve charted my temperature has gone up, indicating ovulation, even in my 80 day cycles. I even got pregnant (unexpectedly) a couple years ago and have a 2-year-old daughter.
I go to an NFP-only doctor who prescribed me Provera to induce my period during a particularly long cycle. For those of you that don’t know, Provera is a medication that makes a woman get her period. It doesn’t make her ovulate.
I often have long periods of confusing fertility signs, and I’m really, really tired of them. Sometimes I honestly don’t know if I’ll ovulate tomorrow or a month from now, because my cycles are so irregular and my mucus signs are not always clear for a good portion of the cycle.
I’m thinking about just taking Provera at regular intervals to make my cycles regular. I would take it at the same time every cycle so that I would have a period every month or every couple of months. It seems to me like this would basically prevent me from ovulating at all, since when I ovulate it’s always much later in the cycle. For those of you familiar with NFP, it would be like going straight from phase 1 to phase 3 and skipping phase 2. Therefore, would it be “birth control?” Or is it ok since I’m making my body do what it’s supposed to do anyway?
I get my period naturally about 6 times a year, and I ovulate every time, but leading up to ovulation is always a long period of confusing signs, abstinence and frustration. A woman should get her period at least 4 times a year, otherwise she’s at risk for endometrial cancer. I get it about 6 times, not as much as I should but I think from a health perspective it’s ok. I admit my main motivation is making NFP easier, since my cycles would be predictable and I would bypass the time of my cycle that’s very confusing. We are trying to avoid pregnancy right now, btw.
I hope this makes sense. Maybe I’m just being scrupulous. Let me know what you think. Thanks.
On the other hand, treatment of my thyroid wouldn’t necessarily result in my getting my period every month, I guess. And it might make my charting easier.