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Go to your GP first for blood tests, depending on the results of these they may recommend you go for a scan etc.

Have you tried charting. TBH 4 months isn't very long, unless you have some underlying conditions like endo or PCOS, they will probably tell you to come back after 6 months.

Were you on the BCP before TTC, it can take up to 6 months for the pill to exit your system.

I'm the same as you and have always said there is no way I'm gonna sit around and wait if it could be something that coud be fixed easy.

I came of BCP in early October and went to see my GP in Feb, she too told me that it is probably a bit early and it is generally recommended to try for 12 months before taking the next step! BUT she was very nice about it and ordered the blood tests for me.

Go to your GP for piece of mind if this is what you want but be aware that you may have to look for a GP who is willing to listen to you and do what you ask him/her for.

I also felt like you in regards to charting - to comlpicated, and I was worried I'd get to obsessive.
Well its actually really easy and fun, but yes I did get quite obsessed with it...

Thanks heaps for your feedback - it is very much appreciated!! Yeah, I think I will book an appt with GP and take it from there. It is just such a pain in the butt as I feel I know the right times etc, but there is no guarantee that I am actually ovulating!? I could have it totally wrong.....For all I know, I could have either PSOS or Endo. Are the symptoms for these fairly obvious? Would I be aware if I have either of these issues or should I get tested for these as well? Thanks again:)

Yep, what Minik8e said and on the other side of the coin endo and PCOS don't necessarily mean that you will have problems conceiving anyway. My SIL has PCOS and gets pregnant at the drop of a hat. Easy things to test for will be to make sure you are ovulating via a blood test and to check out your husbands sperm and both of these things can be done via the GP.

As my gyno said even if both of you are 100% it is a roll of the dice each cycle anyway, so 4 months isn't a long time in the grand scheme of things.

Hey there, I know you said you don;t want to obsess etc, and can completely understand that. Mucus, cervical positioning and all the associated blahblah does seem a bit overwhelming. Personally I'd recommend temping alone, like someone said above, as if you are getting the biphasic pattern you know when you are ovulating, and over the months (hopefully not too many of them) you should know pretty much whats happening.
Its really not that big a deal - I set my alarm at 7 (cos I would get up at different times depending on whether work, at school or on weekend) and stick thermometer in gob, then roll over and go back to sleep. the thermom stores the last temp, so I don;t even need to remember it. the secondary fertility stuff, I've only done if I've noticed.

I only started temping in the first place cos I wasn't sure whats going on with my cycle.

Not sure if you know, but the progesterone one at 7DPO (also known as day 21, provided you ov on day 14) will tell you/GP whether you have ovulated for sure.
The day 2 (or 1-4) should look at oestrogen, FSH, TSH and Iron I think, maybe some more too. If your GP can get the full thyroid panel (T3 T4 antibodies and I think, free T4's) that would be good, to rule out hypo/hyperthyroidism, as that affects fertility. The TSH isn't always the most reliable indicator of whether theres anything thyroidy underlying, but not all GP's seem to push for these, and I might be being a bit too pernickety here!
I didn't know any of this stuff a year ago, thats why I'm posting it for you, but if you've been dipping into these forums you might already know it!

Thanks! You ladies are brilliant - so friendly and helpful:)

OK, I think that I will start the whole charting thing and take temps so I at least know if I am ovulating or not. Is anyone able to help me out with where to start? Is there a website that I can use? Are the charts calculated automatically, or is it a mission and super time consuming?

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks again!

Morning Girls:)

Thanks again for all your suggestions which in turn helped me make up my mind to go for the initial blood tests. I had the first on CD21 and got the results back today - so super stoaked that progesterone levels were all fine - I am ovulating!! so I guess that is good news so far:) I will do the next on CD2-4 and lets see how that goes. DH is off for his sperm test Saturday so that will be most interesting indeed!;)
Wish us luck and thanks so much