Ovulation Question

[givinguphope400]

okay, this is really dumb, but I'm trying everything. I promised myself that I wouldn't try this month because it was getting me down so much, but I broke that promise. I mean, come on, how can any of us possibly think that we can not try to get pregnant. It's there. It's right there in our heads the whole time. "This is it" "Maybe we got it right this time". AF arrived yesterday night right before I went to bed(what a way to start my night). It's three days early, which means my cycle was only 26 days this time. This throws my whole ovulation off for the month of december. For those who don't know, my husband is gone every other week for work. He just so happens to be gone during the time that I ovulate. It's not pratical for him to come home that week, because the gas alone would eat our lunch. I was actually going to be ovulating during the first few days that he would be home for Christmas. We just knew that it was a sign from God because during the whole year, I never had any ovulation days close to when he was going to be off of work, and now I was, and to top it off it was going to be Christmas. Okay, you're probably wondering, "I thought she had a dumb question?" I do. I want to know if there is a way to induce, change, whatever, my ovulation days so that they will fall during my husband's week off. I'd ask my doctor, but here's another blow to the gut, He's moving his office to fredericksburg, texas, which is about 3-4 hours away from me! My best friend who just got pregnant had her ovulation days induced right before they put her on a low dose of fertility meds. It wasn't clomid, but the way she explained it they were actually for women with breast cancer, but the doctors found that it improved the woman's fertility more than it help with the breast cancer. I don't know what she's talking about. My cramps are so bad right now that I've taken three baths since waking up this morning, my medicine that I take for it doesn't work. I stopped taking the advil which has always helped me, because I read that it decreases your fertility and makes your stomach bleed. So now I'm taking tylenol which has never ever worked for me. Midol doesn't work, pamprin, or anything else. I've seriously considered birth control to lighten my periods and my cramps, but that would defeat the whole purpose of ttc. However, I think that if I'm not getting pregnant, I don't want to have to live with the severe cramping that comes with my great AF every month.

[Latrice414]

Fertility drugs like clomid, which you have to take during your cycle would regulate the length of ovulation, but also, taking those drugs can cause m/c's (every woman's body responds different to drugs, but that is a fact)

Have you been checked by your dr for the bad cramps, sometimes bad cramps can be an indication of endometrious.

Unfortunately ttc is not easy, its only a 20-30% chance of getting preggo each cycle which is not a lot.

You might want to try and come up with a plan to be together when you are ovulating

[KellyA74]

I've never heard of anything that can change your ovulation other than fertility treatments....in which case, even if you were prescribed the treatments, there's no time to do it before Christmas....and I'm not sure that they would do it just to accomodate a work schedule.......How long have you been trying for?  If you have your period now, you may be ovulating around Christmas time...Have you ever tried using the Ovulation Predictor Tests?  If not, try them......I know that they aren't 100% but that was how I finally determined about what time in my cycle I ovulated.....Best of luck!