tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10077755.post4036127945731180412..comments2024-01-04T11:28:58.940-05:00Comments on 16: "No period baby!" 30: "No period - baby?": HA and weight. Which turned into my entire ttc history.Nicohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08143624995056397789noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10077755.post-15990063058364112372013-06-23T00:47:39.960-05:002013-06-23T00:47:39.960-05:00Anon, I got my period back at around 10-11 months ...Anon, I got my period back at around 10-11 months postpartum with each of my kids, while still providing them milk to some degree. Most HAers, though, do not cycle while nursing, and it generally takes 6 weeks to 3mo to start cycling again. If your weight and exercise are at a reasonable level for you. Hope this helps!Nicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16391676406311335476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10077755.post-42525475616367686362013-06-20T15:28:40.805-05:002013-06-20T15:28:40.805-05:00Hi Nico, do you mind my asking whether you breastf...Hi Nico, do you mind my asking whether you breastfed your kids and if so how long did it take to get your period back after weaning?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10077755.post-48194123020982618472012-11-09T19:30:03.760-05:002012-11-09T19:30:03.760-05:00Hi Katie, I signed up to get a notice when a comme...Hi Katie, I signed up to get a notice when a comment was added to this post. I happen to be 30 years old, diagnosed with DOR at 29. Had my first son at 27 and my second after the DOR diagnosis. He was conceived on my second Femara cycle. Feel free to email me at suemagoo18 at gmail dot com.Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03128241447465336892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10077755.post-5742499339740515572012-11-09T19:25:44.301-05:002012-11-09T19:25:44.301-05:00Hi Nico - question - have you seen any gals around...Hi Nico - question - have you seen any gals around 30 yrs with DOR (depleted ovarian reserve) with HA? I finally got myself into an RE (surprise AF came 1 week before my appointment). Doc said I have HA along with DOR - and I'm scared to death. I want children badly and have been gaining weight like its no ones business. I'm 5 ft and my weight hovered around 95lbs...which I thought was fine. I'm now up to almost 110 and havent gotten my period yet - I'm hoping that it normalizes quickly and that I can get pregnant ASAP. My time is running out, rapidly. I could use ANY advice that you have. I feel like I have so many things that I'm up against now. Katie Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05680083122359637457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10077755.post-52901798422973156732012-10-17T15:05:32.699-05:002012-10-17T15:05:32.699-05:00The only way I differ is that I got my first perio...The only way I differ is that I got my first period at twelve, so, dead average. however, all through high school, when I would *guess* my BMI was around 23 or so? I still had very long cycles. Post college, gained weight to be borderline overweight. When I started dieting and exercising, I stopped ovulating completely, even though my BMI was still right where it was in college. My body just doesn't like surprises, I guess. Keeping my BMI around 22, my periods came back. Got very serious about running, BMI around 20, I did not ovulate. Period. Full stop. Was VERY lucky that the shock of going off the pill prompted me to ovulate four weeks later (not unheard of, according to my doctor) and I managed to conceive immediately. Did not ovulate at all while bf'ing. TTC my second, did not resume ovulation after weaning first child with BMI around 21. Added Vitex and started having six-week long cycles, and conceived on the fourth cycle. Again did not ovulate while bf'ing. Weaned that baby and resumed anovulatory cycles immediately. In spite of extreme emotional stress related to the health of my oldest child, I lost a great deal of weight, dropped my BMI to 19, ovulated, and got pregnant. My doctor's best theory is that, for some women, pregnancy and bf'ing can sort of "teach" the HPA to do its job, and I am one of those very lucky women.<br /><br />I will be done having kids after this baby is born, and to answer your question, no, the push to lose the weight and keep the BMI on the low end has never, ever, ever gone away, and I don't think it will this time, especially without the motivation of TTC. And really, I was one of the lucky ones and could tweak my body into doing its job relatively easily, which sort of doesn't help, because it makes 19 seem much healthier than it really is for someone with my frame/build/genetics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10077755.post-27243180423324609912012-09-28T19:23:28.983-05:002012-09-28T19:23:28.983-05:00I too was late to get my first period--a week befo...I too was late to get my first period--a week before I turned 15. What Sarah said sounds about right for me...sluggish pituitary, etc. Despite the fact that my height is genetic, I stopped growing entirely for 2 years, between the ages of 4 and 6...like, didn't grown even a half-inch and had to be evaluated by a ped. endo. <br /><br />My body has also ALWAYS been reluctant to lose weight, even from overweight weights. When you wrote "and boy, did the weight come off" that was definitely never my experience, even while anorexic. I would be eating 800 calories a day and losing a pound every 3 weeks. My body put up a fight (thank goodness!)<br /><br />For me, the most interesting part of my HA Journey Round 2 was that I stopped exercising and gained weight in order to cycle. Once I started cycling, between Dec-August, I lost the weight I gained and was actually the lowest weight I'd been in years, but wasn't exercising at all. So Kristoss's comment was true for me as well...eliminating exercise proved to be the critical factor for me, rather than weight.<br /><br />And as for those feelings, of course I'd rather not still be hanging onto these 5 pounds! But my perspective is 100% different now. I'm pretty proud of the fact that my body rallied and carried two babies to term. For me, I can't get to a very low weight without doing it unhealthily, and I mistreated my body enough in early adulthood. I have the osteopenia to prove it! I'm not sure if we will have a third child or not, but whatever happens, I don't plan on returning to a no-period state again!Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03128241447465336892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10077755.post-32213769620691709332012-09-25T15:56:11.918-05:002012-09-25T15:56:11.918-05:00HI Nico, i totally identify with these feelings. d...HI Nico, i totally identify with these feelings. definetly think you never lose the mindset completely.<br /><br />I was happy to gain the weight to try and fall pregnant and did lose it all nursing and got down much below pre preg weight which made me happy I must admit. <br /><br />My husband unsure if he wants a third (I do i think) and with that, i am happy to keep the weight down. <br /><br />Interestingly I am cycling at a weight below my pre pregnancy weight (where I had HA) and i atttibute this the to the absence of intense exercise (I only walk in the pram).<br /><br />thanks for your blog <br /><br />kristosskristabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10867071978936597945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10077755.post-68254307135591327132012-09-17T21:31:58.700-05:002012-09-17T21:31:58.700-05:00Thanks for posting on this blog again! It's so...Thanks for posting on this blog again! It's so hard to find HA stuff on the web. I really appreciate all your information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10077755.post-86444957547048381682012-09-12T09:07:26.552-05:002012-09-12T09:07:26.552-05:00(oh, and i got my period at 15 1/2 years old - qui...(oh, and i got my period at 15 1/2 years old - quite late. i think this is common among HAers -- probably part of that genetically more sluggish hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadotrophin axis)sarah (SHU)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09785177204149427781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10077755.post-51283223404084445042012-09-12T09:05:39.598-05:002012-09-12T09:05:39.598-05:00hmm, an interesting post. right now, i am finding...hmm, an interesting post. right now, i am finding myself somewhere between my "definitely HA" weight (BMI 19ish) and my "fertile" weight (BMI 21ish) and it's completely natural -eating everything in sight, pretty much, and exercising to a degree that is fun for me but nothing over the top. i do worry about the return of my cycle at this weight (just don't know - gray area?) but i am completely ready to gain back to fertile land when it's time for #2 (and i don't see us waiting TOO long!). <br /><br />i feel good and . . .healthy and confident. is it wrong that i don't want to literally force feed myself back up to a BMI of 21? personally i don't think so! plus, it may happen naturally when the BFing calories stop coming out at such a fast rate! <br /><br />that said, i understand your feelings. i know it will be really hard to motivate myself to keep a 'fertile' BMI when i'm done having kids. part of me questions if it's even that important -- not sure studies have really looked at HA patients who are at a normal-range BMI in terms of osteoporosis risks.sarah (SHU)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09785177204149427781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10077755.post-45317608278371790742012-09-12T00:33:15.425-05:002012-09-12T00:33:15.425-05:00I haven't had HA, but as someone with a histor...I haven't had HA, but as someone with a history of anorexia and bulimia, days when the numbers on the scale go down will always be happier days than the days when they go the other way. But I have found that infertility helped put it in better perspective for me.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564075022074996137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10077755.post-69976791671543421382012-09-11T14:03:15.175-05:002012-09-11T14:03:15.175-05:00Nope. I'm better, much better, but there will ...Nope. I'm better, much better, but there will always be a part of me that struggles. Always, and I've come to accept that.Joshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13423295019681051881noreply@blogger.com