Re: Provera and getting pregnant
From: Deanna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 21 Jan 2003 11:39:18 -0600 (CST)
Just to let you know. I got my period so I guess I am not pregnant. I
guess that Provera doesn't do anything to start ovulation or help you to
be more fertile.
Oh well, when the time is right it will happen if it is meant to be.
Thanks again for everyones advice.
--
Deanna
At Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Deanna wrote:
>
>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,
>
>--
>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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