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Me and my fiance try to have kids but my periods only come around maybe 4 times a year and i've tried birth control to help regulate it what can i do?
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See an ob/gyn doctor: You are not ovulating regularly, this is the cause of your abnormal periods.
Answered 1/2/2013
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