going private???

oh and I conceived all 4 boys with out help and ds4 was conceived inspite of these long irregular af's but my LP was always 14days when i ov'd

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Hi Rorylex, sorry to hear your cycles are a bit out of whack!

I do have poly cystic ovaries, but not the syndrome. So I have cysts but I get no symptoms. For me, I was diagnosed by having an ultrasound as all my blood tests came back normal, including testosterone.

I went through my gynae to have the ultrasound, and it was covered by my medical insurance. I think without insurance, the appt with my gynae was $250, then another maybe $250 for the ultrasound.

Good luck, hope you get it all sorted soon. There are some natural things that can help sort out cycles, like vitex or Vitamin B6. Vitex is supposed to regulate cycles and B6 is meant to help lengthen the luteal phase. Hope that helps

Hey Rorylex, I have PCOS and are currently trying to TTC, my cysts come and go so won't necessarily get picked up - however I would have thought after 4 that they would have picked them up at some point.
I would suggest trying B6 as Lou said and if that doesn't work then go private.
Good luck!

I have pCOS but have ho cysts present, just all the other symptoms. Wacky cycles but i ovulate every cycle, have excess gair growth, weight issues and my hormone levels are excessive

There are a number of reasons for irregular cycles, but PCOS definitely is one. Like others have said, a scan is the way to know for sure if you do have them, and would probably be worth checking. I can't speak for Auckland, but in Hamilton it costs the same to self-refer and go privatly to FA as it does if your Dr refers you. In saying that, although I self-referred I went to my Dr first, and that was handy as she did blood tests to check where things were at.

I wouldn't have said charting with PCOS is a waste of time per se, but it's no use as a means of knowing when to BD if you're not ovulating to any pattern or not ovulating at all. I did find it very handy to see what was happening, though, as I was one of the unlucky ones who rarely if ever oved on clomid. I did find what lisa said about ov tests, they just always came back positive

oh thanks ladies, I have used opk's before and they do pick up ov and dont seem to give me false positive's and the give me very obvious positives only when i am oving but LH surge lasts 3-4days and LP is 6-9days.
have just bought more vitex and some b6 to try will take it til it runs out i suppose and see if there is any improvement. I will go to gp to get bloods done I am pretty sure i have ov'd I usually find when I do ov my ovaries surely let me know about it so af should be here in the next week, bfp would be better but not counting on it and quite honestly I want to find out what is actually going on before preg. this is the 1st time in a long time that there has been no reason for cycles to be so irregular, i was preg with ds2 too soon after ds1 to see a pattern and then I was bfing after ds2 until preg with ds3 but it was regular for a few months b4 ds3, b4 ds4 it was same as now really just no problem with LP so didnt take long even with long cycles. going on 13mths now, I am certainly glad I have 4 children already I cant imagine going through all this the 1st or 2nd time round.