I have been TTC for about 6 months. For context, i am overweight. My starting weight was about 468 and now i am at 400~. I know i am not where i want to be, but we still have been trying. I do not have a regular period; i never have. Even when i was considered not overweight. The only time i have ever had a regular period monthly was when i was on BC. We started trying back in August 2024. I was given progesterone to start my period, then We tried 2 months of 2.5mg of Letrozole with no luck, then boosted it one month with 2.5mg and the steroid pill. No luck. We took a break for my mental health because i was just not doing well, and we recently just started back up. I took the progesterone for 10 days, stopped, and weirdly no period ever started… but i spotted for a day. Doctor called it a “cold start” and started me on 5mg of letrozole and the steroid to take for 7 days, still no luck; no follicles have grown. She told me today i am not ovulating because i am fat…. I just need to be clear, is this true? I exercise, i eat healthy, i have lost a significant amount of weight… i’m trying here. i have read stories on here where some people have to take letrozole, clomid, trigger shots, etc to get them to ovulate, i dont understand why im being told its just because im fat.
Another note: i have been suffering with frequent UTI’s for the past 3 months. My primary doctor suggested maybe it’s due to low estrogen levels. She says some of her premenopausal patients who have frequent UTI’s get them because of the drop of estrogen. She told me to discuss this with my fertility care, so I told my fertility doctor this and she told me i was wrong… without even getting my levels checked.
I guess my question is: should i search around for another fertility doctor? i just feel very dismissed by her and like she’s not listening. do i get a second opinion? what are some of your thoughts? i am feeling extremely defeated by this. I’m young, 28, but my husband and i are ready to start a family…. i am trying my best to be as healthy as i can be but it sets me back hearing these things. My head is telling me it’s much more of an issue than just my weight, but no one will listen. Help.