Re: Provera and getting pregnant
From: Deanna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 17 Jan 2003 08:10:45 -0600 (CST)
Thanks so much Sam and BJ for your help.
You both answered my questions. I feel more at ease now and if my
bleeding doesn't start in the next few days I will take a test. Since
the doctors tell me that I won't be able to get pregnant without drugs
or inv and who even knows about those options without complications or
disappointement, I guess it would be a welcomed miracle if I was to get
pregnant without planning and from taking Provera.
Take care,
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Deanna
At Thu, 16 Jan 2003, =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi wrote:
>
>Hi Deanna,
>
>This is a very difficult question, and very few in the gyne community could give you a detailde answer on this.
>You are righ, Provera (or the depo form of it) is a contraceptive. But according to my research, if you take it at a point of time, when a mature follicle is present it would not block ovulation, it even enhances it. So I have been using it instead of the usual HCG shot to induce follicular rupture with ultrasound timing.
>Naturally if you get your bleeding after ceasing Provera, you can't be pregnant.
>For your info
>
>Sam
>
>> Does anyone know the chances of getting pregnant while on or after
>> taking Provera for the 10 day cycle?
>>
>> It seems to me that it wouldn't increase my chances since they use
>> Provera for contraception (depo-provera). I asked my doctor months ago
>> and I believe he said that I shouldn't worry about it and that it will
>> be very hard for me to conceive naturally.
>>
>> I think I have a pretty severe case of PCOS. I never have my periods
>> without taking provera or the pill. It has been this way my whole life
>> and I am now 32. I have the weight around my stomach area, hair growth,
>> anxiety, etc.. All the classic symptoms of PCOS. I have sex with my
>> fiancee' without birth control or condoms and never get pregnant.
>>
>> We are getting married Nov 2003 and I don't want to be pregnant before
>> we are married. I don't think that I am going to be able to conceive
>> without medical help but I am curious about what Provera does to my
>> chances of conceiving.
>>
>> If I was to get pregnant while taking the provera would I just not have
>> the period that normally comes 1-5 days after I take the meds? If I do
>> have a period does that mean I am not pregnant? I get so confused on all
>> these meds and what is or will happen.
>>
>> Any advice would be great! :)
>> Deanna
>>
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