I have had very heavy and irregular periods, combined with headaches, painful breasts, vomiting, stomach cramps, night sweats and a low-grade fever. I feel weak and worn out. She has assisted at over 1,000 births and is currently teaching in the nurse-midwifery program at the University of Minnesota. The term secondary infertility refers to infertility after a successful pregnancy.
Primary infertility is that which occurs without a prior term pregnancy.
There are different reasons for both, but some overlap as well. I would recommend a visit to both a reproductive endocrinologist and an internist. A thyroid study, a test for autoantibodies, and antiphospholipid antibodies, including the lupus anticoagulant and anticardiolipin antiodies, could be done. Your difficulties with your cycles could be related to hormonal imbalances or ovarian cysts. There is so much that should be checked out.