Is it possible to ovulate while taking Prometrium or just after?

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I have PCOS and 40-80 day cycles, so I take Prometrium to induce a period every 4-6 weeks or so and shed the lining. It has now been 15 days since I took the last pill, and I haven’t gotten my period. My temperature went up a few days after I stopped the last pill and has stayed elevated.

Is it possible to ovulate while taking Prometrium or just after you stop the pills (but before your next period?) I had always thought it was not possible to ovulate until after your period comes. I’m just getting a little worried about pregnancy since we are trying to avoid and my period hasn’t come yet. I know I wasn’t pregnant when I started the Prometrium because my temps were low and I had had no fertility signs. I also had no fertility signs while taking the pills or just after. It was dry every day.

I have three kids, all surprises while trying to avoid with NFP, and I am absolutely terrified of a fourth. I am using the Creighton method now because I heard it was better for PCOS. I have been completely dry every single day this cycle. No fertility signs whatsoever.

If I do get pregnant with no fertility signs whatsoever, I might get my tubes tied. I think it would be the last straw.
 
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Have you not taken this up with your physician?
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This. You need to speak to your doctor. (Incidentally, there are other ways of managing PCOS cycles besides Prometrium. If you don’t already see a NaPro doctor, I’d suggest finding one so you can discuss with him/her ways to make your cycle more normal and easier to interpret for purposes of TTA.)
 
I left a message for my doctor. It was Good Friday and they were closed. They won’t be able to answer my question until tomorrow.

I have been seeing a Napro-trained doctor for seven years. I have tried the sympto-thermal method, the creighton method, diet, supplements, metformin, a fertility monitor, and having an erosion on my cervix cauterized. Nothing has worked. I still had three surprise pregnancies (maybe four).

If I have been unsuccessful in managing PCOS and making NFP work after ten years of marriage, it is not going to happen.
 
sdeco said:
I left a message for my doctor. It was Good Friday and they were closed. They won’t be able to answer my question until tomorrow.

I have been seeing a Napro-trained doctor for seven years. I have tried the sympto-thermal method, the creighton method, diet, supplements, metformin, a fertility monitor, and having an erosion on my cervix cauterized. Nothing has worked. I still had three surprise pregnancies (maybe four).

If I have been unsuccessful in managing PCOS and making NFP work after ten years of marriage, it is not going to happen.
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Well, you didn’t mention any of that in your OP, so don’t get mad at the two of us who responded. You’re asking for medical advice in this thread. None of us on this forum can give medical advice – all we can say is, talk to your doctor. Since you have a seven-year patient relationship with a doctor, presumably that won’t be a problem once their office reopens tomorrow.

For what it’s worth, you should count yourself very lucky that you’re among the minority of PCOS women who don’t experience infertility. After 12 years of treating PCOS, I finally have my cycles under control and close to normal, but have yet to ever become pregnant. Count your blessings.
 
Where did you get the idea I was mad? I was just giving background info.

I may not have had to deal with infertility, but you haven’t had to deal with multiple surprise pregnancies. Grass-is-greener-ism goes both ways.

I was just wondering if what I described in my original post had happened to anyone else.
 
sdeco said:
Where did you get the idea I was mad? I was just giving background info.

I may not have had to deal with infertility, but you haven’t had to deal with multiple surprise pregnancies. Grass-is-greener-ism goes both ways.

I was just wondering if what I described in my original post had happened to anyone else.
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Based on what I know about PCOS, it is rare that a woman in your situation is able to become pregnant at all, much less have three or four surprise pregnancies that are carried to term. I have a relative who has basically given up on carrying a baby to term. She tried for years to get her PCOS under control. It seems like you have a really unique situation.

PS- I think it’s highly unlikely and probably even impossible that you are pregnant unless you concieved before you took the prometrium.
 
I have PCOS too. You cannot get pregnant while taking Prometrium according to my OB. However, you could have gotten pregnant prior to taking it.

I take Metformin to keep my PCOS in check-ish. I have heard people have good results with ZenChent, but I think that may be a birth control so I have never tried it.

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sdeco said:
I may not have had to deal with infertility, but you haven’t had to deal with multiple surprise pregnancies. Grass-is-greener-ism goes both ways.
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Um, what? I’m pretty sure that myself and just about any other infertile couple would gladly give just about anything to experience even one surprise pregnancy, let alone three. It’s not just grass-is-greener-ism. The grief of infertility is incredibly deep and long-lasting. Even IF couples who eventually have children (whether by birth or adoption) have many scars from the infertility journey – one recent study found almost half of women who’ve pursued IF treatment have PTSD-like symptoms afterward.

I’ll just end my post here, because I suspect that if I say more I’m going to end up saying something not nice.
 
I’ll try to be very kind here.

I’ve seen a troubling trend here lately. Whenever someone comes on CAF and complains about an intended pregnancy, pregnancy complications, or having to avoid for long periods, another poster jumps on and says, in a nutshell, “Well, at least you can HAVE kids.” This attempts to negate or minimize the genuine suffering of the OP while drawing attention to the other poster.

It’s not pretty; it’s not Christian; and it’s not helpful. This isn’t the Suffering Olympics. No one has the monopoly on human misery and it’s frankly unkind to suggest so.

Infertility is a terrible cross. If you’d like to discuss it, please start your own thread.
 
You cannot get pregnant while taking Prometrium according to my OB. However, you could have gotten pregnant prior to taking it.
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This is what I thought, too. I am almost certain I wasn’t pregnant prior to taking it. I don’t know why my temps are still elevated and I haven’t gotten my period, though.
I’ll try to be very kind here.
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I’ve seen a troubling trend here lately. Whenever someone comes on CAF and complains about an intended pregnancy, pregnancy complications, or having to avoid for long periods, another poster jumps on and says, in a nutshell, “Well, at least you can HAVE kids.” This attempts to negate or minimize the genuine suffering of the OP while drawing attention to the other poster.
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It’s not pretty; it’s not Christian; and it’s not helpful. This isn’t the Suffering Olympics. No one has the monopoly on human misery and it’s frankly unkind to suggest so.
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Infertility is a terrible cross. If you’d like to discuss it, please start your own thread.
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THIS!!! I understand that infertility is a terrible thing to have to deal with. But multiple unplanned pregnancies are incredibly stressful also.
 
Just took a pregnancy test and it was positive. 😦 My fourth surprise pregnancy, when I had absolutely no fertility signs whatsoever. I somehow ovulated just after stopping the Prometrium without getting a period, which my doctor and everyone else says is almost impossible.

I don’t know what to do anymore. NFP doesn’t work for me. I get pregnant when it’s impossible. 😦
 
I wonder if you conceived prior to taking the prometrium? I use Creighton, and sometimes fertile mucus can be masked by menstrual flow.

Please try to not become overwhelmed or discouraged by this pregnancy. I know it is overwhelming when its a surprise.:hug1:

I’ll keep you in my prayers.
 
No, I didn’t conceive prior to taking the Prometrium. I started it well after my last period was done. My temps were low. From my chart, it looks like I ovulated just after I finished the Prometrium.
 
I’m so sorry that this is not what you wanted right now. Babies are always a blessing, but they don’t seem like it all the time, do they? I’m currently in the same boat as you (we were not intending to conceive; my meds messed up my cycle and while we wanted another, this isn’t when). I am super sick with hyperemesis right now. And I’ll be honest: this isn’t what I wanted or planned on. I feel guilty and angry at myself sometimes for “messing up”. I feel stupid and sick and sad and isolated. I can’t parent the way I want to. I can hardly shower. I miss my boys desperately.
I just try to keep praying and remembering that this is the best good for me and for my kids, because God wouldn’t let it happen otherwise.
I’m so sorry, again. Change is hard and so is having your plans disrupted.
 
sdeco said:
I don’t know what to do anymore. NFP doesn’t work for me. I get pregnant when it’s impossible. 😦
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I know this probably isn’t what you want to hear right now, but when a woman becoomes pregnant when its impossible, God often has a really important plan for that baby.
 
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