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julia s.
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Posted: Feb 10 2009 at 1:59pm \| IP Logged

For the past three months I haven't had a period. When my son was born he nursed well for about three weeks and then he seemed turned off of the breast milk. I tried for four months to remedy this, but in the end I was so exhausted and my health was doing poorly (a reoccurring problem came out of a two year remission)and he was losing too much weight that I put him on formula. The thing is during the nursing I was getting what I presumed to be a period and when I stopped nursing it discontinued.
I haven't had a period since and I've taken four negative P-tests (I'm thorough

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I haven't seen a doctor because I'm afraid that they will miss something if I don't know what I should ask. Also my doctors always take my seemingly relaxed nature (I stress seemingly) as an indication that nothing is wrong no matter how badly I feel. I get so discouraged when I go there.

I figure they will test my hormone levels can you think of anything else I should be concerned of?
Has anyone had this happen?
FWIW I'll be 40 next month, but I'm sure I'd go through a peri-menopause before the real thing and noone in my family has had symptoms this young (not saying I couldn't be the first).
Thanks.

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LisaD
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Posted: Feb 10 2009 at 3:57pm \| IP Logged

They should also test your thyroid function. An underactive thyroid can make your cycles anovulatory and very irregular. Also, a lot of hypothyroid symptoms are similar to post partum symptoms (extreme fatigue, hair loss, etc.), so they can sometimes be disregarded as "normal" post partum symptoms.

Good luck--I hope you get some answers!

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julia s.
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Posted: Feb 18 2009 at 12:21pm \| IP Logged

Lisa,
Thank you. I'll take your suggestions with me to the doctor's office. I hadn't even thought of thyroid as a possibility.

Thanks.

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Posted: Feb 18 2009 at 1:50pm \| IP Logged

Are you still lactating? You might still have high prolactin levels which could also make you cycle MIA.

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