Irregular periods DO NOT mean you're infertile! 

I feel like we all personally know someone who got pregnant after believing they were “infertile”!!!!!!!!

I was diagnosed as infertile by 3 different drs (because I just couldn’t believe it and kept looking for a new opinion). I finally accepted it and let it fully sink in… and then suddenly got pregnant a few years into my marriage. It was an incredibly difficult pregnancy that my body didn’t want to accept, but me and baby both made it out safe and sound 🥰 Life is just a lot of guessing and sometimes a few of those guesses are wrong 😅🤣

I miscarried when I was 25 and the horrendous ER doctor (who wouldn't send me to L&D) told me that something in me must be damaged and that I won't be able to have any pregnancies to full term. I believed that sh*t for 8 YEARS, until I had a long conversation with my obgyn's nurse who straightened me out. She was SO angry for me. I never did get pregnant, and now my health has declined to the point that I'm too high risk to chance it. I feel like these lies & myths steal so much time from people who want kids, and from those who didn't but ended up pregnant anyway. We need better reproductive education!!!

There is so much information about periods and pregnancy and I was just thinking how awesome it would be if you did a series on menopause…. What it means in terms of hormones, cycles, what to expect, tips….

Why would someone only use birth control *some* of the time and not all? ❤

Dude I was so worried about this when I wanted to try for a baby. I've always been irregular and figured that me and my partner would have to try for so long to have a kid. Then BAM. Pregnant first cycle after we started trying

I have PCOS and it’s so hard for me to get it pregnant. It’s been a battle because I have 1 or 2 periods a year and then they are random so I never know when I have a chance to conceive. I understand the mindset women get in, I’ve been there and personally saw how the unexpected happens myself in 2009

I've always been very irregular, but when I wanted to get pregnant I got off birth control, had one period and then got pregnant. Although, I wasn't usually going months between periods or anything, but my cycle could be anywhere from 3ish weeks to maybe 6 or 7 on the long side.

I'm wondering what birth control she was "sometimes" using. Because other than condoms you generally have to keep up your birth control constantly for it to be effective.

My brothers fiancé just assumed she couldn’t get pregnant. Citing irregular cycles and that a few encounters didn’t make her pregnant. Never went to a doctor. Never had safe sex. Now they have a kid. They’re 22.

Just a technical remark: on the android youtube app your burnt-in text is totally covered by youtube's view count overlays. Idk if you care about this platform or not, but if you do, maybe raise the burnt-in subtitling by 20% or so.

Can you please talk about women/girl athletes who have an irregular cycle because of the strenuous activity. Not a lot of girls/women understand, especially younger athletes, and think there’s something wrong with them.

I have always had irregular cycles and it took us 18 months to conceive our first (we were 20 when we started trying) and 2+ years for our second that I'm currently pregnant with (we're now 25) . So it's weird and hard to explain but I'd say I'm infertile but that doesn't mean I can't get pregnant 😅

I got pregnant four times (2 on purpose and 2 bonus babies in my late 30s😂) with highly irregular periods. I averaged about 10 periods a year for about 20 years, but my fertility was A+ most of that time.

My period is totally irregular, 21 to 30 days long. I was able to get pregnant twice (monitoring ovulation). I took anticoncepcional until 2016abd than the birth control was always condoms. Worked very well.

Lol, what?? I have very irregular periods (they come anywhere between 32 and 76 days apart, they're free spirits!) and I was not expecting trouble when trying to conceive. If you have sex two or three times a week, eventually you'll get the timing right! I charted my temperature for the years between trying to conceive my first until after my husband got snipped after my last, because it gave some idea of what was going on. One of the ultrasound technicians was panicking about the baby being way too small for the age calculated by the last period, but I wasn't worried, "no, I ovulated on this day, it's fine" and the other tech was all "irregular periods, it's fine". When I took a break from tracking for a few months and conceived my middle child, I was DELIGHTED to learn that instead of 6 weeks along, I was 10 weeks! That's a whole month less of puking! The blessed child didn't trigger any morning sickness until week 8 or 9, unlike her siblings. Temperature tracking was aggravating for my non detail oriented mind, but was helpful for both conceiving and prevention. (After going off hormonal birth control, which regulated my periods but messed with me in many other ways, I was NOT going back. I didn't realize how bad it was until I stopped.)

I hope I get pregnant my periods were normal even when I was first trying and still nothing now they are acting really weird 😢😢 I’m very doubtful but still hopeful

lol. my sis would months between periods. She has 5 kids and never had an issue getting pregnant.

My cousin says she was told by a Dr that she was infertile & also by a psychic but then had twins! I have low fertility as a result of PCOS & a chromosomal abnormality but my fertility Dr never said I was infertile, just that I had a much lower chance of getting pregnant, like a 20% chance of getting pregnant & successfully carrying it to term.

Can you please do a video about more information on the timing of taking a pregnancy test? There is so much different information you get on the at home pregnancy tests (you can take the day you miss a period) vs nurses and doctors saying “Yeah that might be too early and you might not know until 3 weeks after your missed period”. What gives on the different information? This is coming from someone who is potentially 5 weeks pregnant, keeps getting negative at home tests, but has a lot of pregnancy symptoms, and the dr wants to wait another week to do a blood test

People always say "The chanses of getting pregnant". As a woman despising the risk of ever getting pregnant (I have no partners, have never had and dont want to have any) so I wont have that problem but I feel like people always refering to it as a chanse rather than a risk is just forcing it as something good and something we as women should want.

Irregular cycles here. I had 3 kids with years of gap between them: 1st to 2nd have 7 yrs difference, and between 2nd and 3rd there are 9 yrs difference. All 3 kids while I was using some kind of birth control method. Condoms, pills, and Nuvaring. It can happen more often than it is taught.

My periods are so irregular and I don’t know why. Birth control regulated them but I stopped taking it because it made more anxious and depressed. But I’ll go months without a period (but I think I’m still ovulating?) then randomly get it. Or I’ll be consistent for like 4-5 months then skip 2, then have it for 2, then skip 3 etc.

i hate that this excuse is so common. then they’re shocked when they pregnant!! like girl!! unless a medical professional told you that piece of information you should always assume you can get pregnant just like everyone else !! edit: by excuse i mean an excuse to not use birth control consistently Another edit: i know some people still get pregnant even though a doctor tells them they can’t. i was trying to say that the reasoning behind not using birth control is more understandable if a doctor told you personally that you are unable to conceive. i don’t blame those who believed doctors when they were told this and ended up pregnant anyways. I tried to exclude them from the conversation.

I have an irregular cycle that doesn’t remotely follow the norm. In the cycle which I conceived my daughter, I did not ovulate until day 35.

I remember seeing this one gyno say that if she was not the one who gave you a total hysterectomy then you can get pregnant no matter what. She said to drop any doctor who claims that you can't become pregnant unless you have a hysterectomy

I had my yearly appointment to see if I was fertile like three months before I got pregnant. The doctor told me at that appointment I was still infertile. I was insistent on going yearly to check because I knew that there was a possibility it would change. Still was an interesting appointment to confirm what four pregnancy tests had already told me.

I kinda love and hate having a super irregular period. It’s usually at least 3 months in between them, but I literally cannot predict them. I’ve tried, there’s no pattern. It’s kinda nice now to not have to worry about having a period every month, but I know I’m gonna hate it once I actually WANT to have kids and it’s harder to do so

I’ve always had an irregular cycle so I rlly did wonder if I was infertile and I’m sad to know that I’m not 😐💔

My Parents were both told that they would not be able to get another Child after they had me (different reasons and times). I have a little Sister.

Here's my philosophy. And it hasn't failed me yet. If you don't want a baby, wrap it before you tap it. My wife and I have been married for almost 9 years. Condoms were our only birth control. And the one time we had unprotected sex, we got pregnant. So yes, for us condoms have a 100% success rate

"Still uses birth control MOST of the time"? That 'most' sticks out to me lol. Wouldn't irregular birth control use also cause irregular cycles? Also the obvious fact it'd make the "birth control" bit less effective...

Let me applaud you for talking about and correcting the misinformation put out about the women's body. It so nice to see this. So many myths are put out and encouraged in this world. Thank you

I drove my friends daughter to the doctors appointment who told her she was very unlikely to have kids I had a young woman in her 20s heartbroken in my car that day and yesterday she announced her pregnancy to her 2nd baby

I was told because of my PCOS and weight it was nearly impossible for me to get pregnant. I literally threw my birth control away and starting doing stuff when I was ovulating- took me two months to get pregnant. 2 MONTHS. I WAS EXPECTING YEARS

Can you give a little information on bilateral MTR? I just want to know what is normal

"You heard you can't be just a little pregnant, but if you think you might be JUST A LITTLE pregnant..."😂😂.

No period does not mean no cycle a lot of the time too

MDJ, RU-vid did you dirty in the screenshot they chose for this short! What a face! Lol Wtf RU-vid???

This was informative and so many questions

And using the pill irregularly, probably causes the irratic cycles in the first place, and she's certainly at high risk of unplanned pregnancy!

slim chances isn't zero chances

If you have overies and have not gone thru menopause or using birthcontrol, you could get pregnant, even if you have PCOS. I have PCOS myself and I have few friends with PCOS who got pregnant just because their body happened to ovulate.

Thank you that’s nice to know

I had erratic cycles and only knew I was ovulating because I used OPKS. Both kids I tracked using opks and both times I got a positive, boom pregnant. I got lucky af ❤

I dont have periods at all been about 2 years since I've had one. I still take pregnancy tests about every month or every other month because i know theres still a chance that it could happen

And what's the case of a woman who has month long periods? Is she fertile?

Yeah irregular cycles suck last year mine stopped for about four months and I wasn’t sexually active and I’m still not and now I’ve been bleeding for a month and a half

👋🏼 mine would come every three months.. got pregnant

Oh no no no no I had four periods a year until I got treatment for fibroid and polyps During that time (before treatment) I got pregnant four times, with three live births (miscarried the first one d/t RH status) My children are 4 1/2 and 5yrs apart d/t my long cycle gaps

This doesn't count if you got your tubes tied right? Like the big procedure, not just tied

My cycles last 35 days and my doctors believe I’m not ovulating because I don’t ovulate in the first 21 days. It’s very frustrating.

What about peri-menopausal women? I am 50 and got "issues" age 47/48. Age 48 my periods suddenly just stopped. For good. My family doctor did some bloodwork and turns out my hormones are still there, just "lower". How about discussing the risks here? 48, and now 50 is still relatively young.

Sometimes

My cycle is regular. Me and my husband are healthy. Been trying for almost 6 months. No success. 😔.

Menstruation does not equate to ovulation!!! Please specify this bc even gynos/OBs don't know or acknowledge this

I don’t ovulate when I menstrate. I have PCOS

What makes a human egg cell unique? I mean, almost every cell in our body has our 23 chromosomes. But a fetus ain't going to happen just by mixing spit😂. So what gives an egg cell it's ability

How long does it take after having an IUD removed before you can get pregnant if it can take upto 3 months before you get a “regular” cycle again

Omg the thumbnail 😭

I’ve got pcos and my body does things I can’t find anyone else talking about. I’ve given up trying to understand wth is happening. My hormones are nuts and they really affect who I am and what kind of things I’m doing at different points in a cycle. If it’s a longer cycle the crazier I get and the more my body acts like it’s pregnant and I have crazy high LH for like weeks at a time if it goes past 35 days. Then I ovulated this cycle and proceeded to bleed lightly for five days straight. I’m like…. Okayyyy that’s weird and discouraging for my chances of getting pregnant from this cycle. I think a cyst burst during ovulation and it hurt pretty bad. Which from what I’ve read and heard means it’s highly unlikely there was an egg. And idk how the bleeding affects things either.

Having irregular cycles made me so much more diligent about birth control. Then I had my tubes tied and the problem was solved 😂

I have not had a period in years. I take no medication for it. Am I at risk?

Is my cycle considered irregular if my period comes every 28 days and on time every month. But only lasts 2 days?

I know this is a very important conversation to have; I'm just thrown off by kakashi's dub being the narrator.

I had not had a cycle for the last 16 months and randomly got it the other day! It only lasted 2 days VS my old regular of 5-6 days so I was kinda happy. Question though! Does that mean I didn’t ovulate for the entire 16 months prior???

It comes in a month package at a time. If you can't keep track of that and stay on the pill, then please get an IUD or Implanon Is that easy?

What do you mean " most of the time" do you use it or not. That's not how it works

I knew a girl who got pregnant because she used to be on the pill and believed that had made her infertile...

I'm sometimes not ovulating

My period were from 28 days to 44days and still get pregnant :/

“Of the unplanned pregnancies, about 52% occur in women who were not using contraception, the institute reporter, while 43% occur in women who used contraception inconsistently or incorrectly and 5% were in women whose contraceptive method was used correctly but failed.” www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2386600/

Can using birth control inconsistently like that lead to irregular cycles?

I know so many women, whose first child was conceived because their cycles were so erratic, they decided they would have a hard time getting pregnant. Oops! Guess not.

Human life begins at the moment of conception.

My doctor could tell me that I am infertile and I would still use a contraceptive, I'm not taking a chance haha.

Hey its been about 2ish months since my last period. Is it normal for it to skip this long? I just turn 21. And i never done it with anyone.

Uuuuuuuuuhhhhhh. Sie wird sehr überrascht sein wie schnell sie schwanger werden kann.

Baby roulette

at "risk"...😒

sometimes 😂

i wonder why she has an irregular cycle. lol

Got it 👍

Im sorry, "at risk" for pregnancy? Its not a disease. Wtf.

What vid is this