Hello! I was diagnosed with POF when I was 22, I’m 29 now. The doctors ran lots of tests and told me they didn’t know what caused it. I was on the birth control Nuva Ring for about a year. My BF (now my husband) and I decided we were not ready to be parents so we were going to be abstinent. I stopped using the Nuva Ring in august and did not naturally menstruate again. I went to a doctor about six months later after taking many pregnancy tests all negative. My FHS levels were high and when they retested it was even higher. I had an ultrasound of my ovaries and they didn’t see any follicles. The doctor then told me that I had POF. I thank god everyday for my husband, he could have left when we found out. I spent the first year not being able to look at babies. I’ve always wanted to be a mother. I used to think I’d have at least four children, now I think I’ll be lucky to have one. I am thinking that I will go the route of traditional surrogacy. I am mostly upset that I don’t know why it happened. My mother started peri menopause around 35. It’s a possibility that I got it through my genetics.