Women are programmed to menstruate when they reach childbearing age. Whilst a majority of women do not have any problems with menstruation, there are some of them who will find a sudden cease in menstruation due to several factors like illnesses, weight loss or weight gain, lifestyle changes etc.
In the absence of a period, it is difficult to identify if you are ovulating or not and many women believe that in the absence of a period it is impossible to get pregnant.
However, it is entirely possible to become pregnant even if you do not get your periods. This could be with the help of assisted methods of reproduction. Assisted reproductive methods can be as simple as the use of pills like Clomid or invasive procedures like IVF. Check out the facts associated with pregnancy without period.
Ways To Get Pregnant Without A Period
Clomid
Clomid is clomiphene citrate which helps in regulating your ovulation in the absence of ovulation or when your periods are irregular. Intake of Clomid can help induce ovulation when your period has stopped.
Clomid is normally administered for five days, starting from third day of your menstrual period until the seventh day or from the 5th day of menstruation to the 9th day. This will induce ovulation which can be checked by assessing the basal body temperature or the cervical mucous.
Once the ovulation starts, intercourse must be planned during the first two days of ovulation when the chances of pregnancy are very strong. Clomid can cause mild side effects like breast tenderness and hot flashes. It is dangerous to take Clomid for more than six months as it can lead to health complications.
Injectable Fertility Drugs
Medicines like Gonal F are directly injected into the stomach or buttocks in order to induce menstruation and ovulation by stimulation of the ovaries.
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Injections are given once or twice every day until the woman starts menstruating. The injections are continued every day with strict monitoring of the doctor to assess the follicle growth. Once the ovulation starts, the couple are advised to make the most of it and have timed intercourse to conceive naturally.
Injectable Medicines With IUI
In this procedure, abdominal injections are given to produce a period each day. Once ovulation starts, a trigger shot is administered in order to release the egg. The sperm is then washed and injected into the uterus to fertilise the egg.
IVF
IVF involves the use of injected medication into her stomach to stimulate her ovaries into producing multiple follicles. Once the follicles are gown, a trigger shot is given and eggs are removed under anaesthesia. The eggs are then grown in a lab environment and fertilised with sperm before placing them back in the woman’s body.
Donor Eggs
In the absence of ovulation in a woman’s body as a result of medical complications and when all methods of stimulation have failed, an egg donor can be considered.
The donor will be given medication to produce multiple eggs and after fertilising the eggs with the sperms, the embryo placed in the woman’s womb to attain pregnancy.
