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I am 48 years old (yes that's old compared to some of you).


I have worked in nursing and/or healthcare management positions for 24 years. Primarily OB, Neonatal, Mental Health, Occupational Health and Geriatrics. In Jan 2008 I started my own business to board horses and do equine/human education. I am also a certified dog trainer.


I've been around the block so to speak and seem to be always helping others. I've been told that the reason people seek me out for advice is that I am approachable and caring. But on the same token even though I consider the person's feelings. I tell it like I see it. I've dealt with people in trouble with the law, dysfunctional families such as those with abuse & marriage problems. Not to mention problems with employees and employers.


I don't ever claim to know it all, and always keep an open mind.

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I'm 26/f and I'm still a virgin. I started my period when I was 10, but it has never been regular. Sometimes I'll go months without having one, and sometimes it'll be really heavy and other times I'll just spot a little. I've never been to a gynocologist. That's just how it's done in my family, no girl goes to the gynocologist until they either get pregnant or go on birth control. Since I'm not sexually active and I don't plan to go on losing my virginity until my wedding night, there's never been a reason for me to see a gynocologist. I guess I should also mention that I am extremely overweight, which I'm working on losing. I have a feeling that my weight has a lot to do with it, because I had lost alot of weight and my periods became more regular. But I had to go through shoulder surgery and had some steroid injections and I gained alot of weight. Anyway, I guess what I'm trying to ask is can my irregular periods mean that I won't be able to have kids. I'm really scared because I love kids. I really want to be a mother some day. Sorry this is so long.

If you don't want to see a Gyn. it would be a good idea to at least discuss your concerns with your family Dr. Irregular periods could mean that you are not ovulating one time a month and it is possible it would be difficult to get pregnant if you don't seek treatment.

However, I do know others who had very irregular periods and thought that they couldn't get pregnant, and they did, even without medical intervention. Their odds were lower, but it was not impossible.

A nurse that I worked with was over weight and had irregular periods and wanted to get pregnant so the gyn put her on birth control pills for a year in attempts to regulate her cycle, then she had to go off the pill for 3 months and use another method. On the 4th month she monitored her basal temperature each morning and discovered that she was in fact ovulating, and she got pregnant. She has three kids now, so obviously if weight is a factor it can be corrected in some cases.

http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/9443.html

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