No Ovulation this month? should I be worried

[mumtolittleD]

Hi - Advice needed please! I've been ttc for about 6 months - and have been using the ovulation kits - I'm on day 17 this month and no signs of ovulation - should I be worried about this. Its never happened before - usually it shows up around day 12 or so. I'm 38 - could I be starting menopause early. Sorry if this sounds overly dramatic - just worried that this means nothing will ever happen!

[birthdaycake]

Apparently 1 in 10 cycles are anovulatory so you don't need to worry unless it happens more frequently than that. Hope this puts your mind at rest.

[mumtolittleD]

thanks for your reply - I guess I will have to wait and see what happens next month....

[digitalgirl]

Hi mumtolittleD, I'm also doing opk's and been obsessing about ovulation, my cycles are irregular so I have no idea when I'll be ov'ing. There could be three explanations for not testing positive on the opks so far:

1. You started testing too late and missed an unusual early one.
   
2. A change in routine could have upset the hormonal balance in your body which means you'll either not ovulate (anovulatory as birthdaycake suggested) or your body may still try and ovulate later on the cycle in which case you'll get a later period.
   
3. You had a short surge in LH which means you might not have caught it during the time you tested e.g. you tested a 3pm the day before and you got your peak surge at 8pm and it fell by 2pm the next day.
   
   Either way, if you're keen to 'catch' a late ov just in case, you sholud just keep having sex every two to three days until AF arrives.
   
   HTH

[mumtolittleD]

thanks Digitalgirl that's really helpful.... I had some really awful news on the day that I would normally ovulate - I wonder if that could be something to do with it?

I didn't realise that you could 'miss' a surge - as as you suggest I think I did do the tests at different times of day and that is certainly possible.

God ! - so confusing and expensive!