Bit of background info: I'm 33, DH 40 and I came off the pill in May of last year. No luck with TTC yet. My cycles were consistently 34/35 days with visible signs of ovulation (slight pain, CM) until December, when I had a 49 day-cycle. Went to GP who said no big deal and basically sent me away and told me to come back in the summer if no BFP by then. I then had another 34 (normal for me) cycle, and now I'm on CD 52 with no sign of AF.
I'm guessing this means I'm not ovulating (not really surprising as lots of fertility issues in my family linked to not ovulating, although no PCOS found in anyone to date).
My question is whether a specialist will push me to take clomid? Is it the only option or can anything else be done? And, setting TTC aside (having a baby isn't really the "be all and end all" for me and DH - we're more a "let's see what happens, we'd be happy about a pregnancy but not the end of the world if we stay child-free), do gynae specialists tend to push to get the ovulation issue sorted for other reasons?
I only say because apart from the unpredictable nature of my cycles, I actually feel really good compared to the first months after stopping the pill: no mood swings, light periods with very little pain compared to the pill, no bloating, good skin. I'm worried about the prospect of being pumped full of stuff and prodded and tested (I freak out big time about smears and have needed vodka to get me through them in the past ).
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Is clomid a must if not ovulating?
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