[steph_e]

I have been trying to get pregnant for 6 months now. I have been charting my menstral cycle to pinpoint my fertile days but have been unsuccessful. I also have an irregular period which makes it harder to know when I'm ovulating. At what point should I go to check my fertility and my husbands. I am 24, so I figured it would not take very long to get pregnant. My husband is 35. And also does anyone with an irregular period have any advice on how to figure out when your fertile.

[SabbzR]

It is not unusual for impregnation to take a long time. If you want an answer HERE and NOW, go to your doctor and have a checkup to make sure that a) you can have children b) your husband can have children and c) you are both BIOLOGICALLY compatible.

(it occasionally happens that two people, although able to have children, are incompatible with each other.)

[mellymel21384]

Hello. Have you had a fertility workup? I used to work in an OBGYN clinic and we saw this concern very frequently. Something that always came up between the patient and doctor was -Try not to let it stress you out so much! Some of my patients, whom I could joke with, I'd tell them 'You and your husband/boyfriend go get a six pack and pretend you are in high school-it will surely happen!'
I know this is a very serious matter and I'm not trying to make light of your situation so I would definitely recommend a fertility workup.
Best of luck to you!

[macksmom]

It can take most healthy couples a least a year before becoming pregnant.

I have had irregular periods since I first started, and now I'm 25 and they still are out of whack.

My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for some time now...

Here are some tips that may help...

It's great that you are tracking your cycle, here is a site they may further help you know when you should ovulate.
American Pregnancy Association : Getting Pregnant: Ovulation Calendar

You could also use ovulation predictor kits. With you having irregular periods, you may have to use them quite frequently (as I do) so I would suggest buying them on the internet at Early Pregnancy Tests and Ovulation Predictor Kits for Home Use. That is where I get mine, they come in all different combo packs and are MUCH cheaper, and work just the same as the ones in the store.

You could also start tracking your BBT (you can Google this to get all the info). But basically when you do in fact ovulate, you body releases progesterone which is a heat-emitting hormone. This hormone causes your normal "waking" temp to rise. By charting, you will know that you certainly ovulated (as ovulation predictor kits only PREDICT that you SHOULD ovulate, they can not tell you that you actually did).

I also highly recommed you getting the book, Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler. It is a great book! It tells you all kinds of tips of how to tell by your own body signs when you are most fertile, amond other things. It is a great resource!

I would visit your doctor and let them know you are trying to get pregnant. Most will do some bloodowork to make sure all your hormones are at the right levels to achieve pregnancy. My doctor also started me on Prometrium to regulate my periods to help.

If in about 6 months you still have not been able to get pregnant, your doctor will probably at this time be ready to step in and help. But all your tracking/charting will be great tools for you doctor to look at. By charting my BBT and using ovulation kits, my husband and I discovered that I wasn't ovulating every month. So my OBGYN is running a test on my husband, and sending me for a test to make sure my fallopian tubes aren't blocked. If all those tests come back fine (which she is expecting they will) she is starting me on Clomid, a hormone that makes you ovulate.

You are off to a great start... don't give up... just give it time :)