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Re: Testing for Ovulation?
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 12 Aug 2003 07:41:54 +0200
Hi Amy,
There is a method called Basal Body Temperature (BBT for short) that is very reliable to test for ovulation and costs nothing but a little attention.
For your info
Sam
> Hi everyone,
>
> I would like to begin to try to conceive in October. My doctor has just
> put me on
> Metformin with the hopes that it will allow me to ovulate. She also
> recommended using an ovulation predictor kit. If I get a period that
> could be an indication that I am ovulating, but it is possible to
> menstrate without ovulating, so I'm told. The kit only comes with 6
> tester strips, so I want to use them somewhat sparingly. I tested 14
> days after my last "period" when I was finishing up my last pack of
> birth control pills. Of course I have stopped taking them now. The
> test today said I was not ovulating. I'm not sure if I missed it
> already or if my cycles are really long and it hasn't happened yet. I
> would prefer not to test everyday, as that would get really expensive!
> Does anyone have any ideas about how I can go about this without
> spending hundreds of dollars for ovulation predictor kits. I think
> after I get some baseline reading, the subsequent months will be easier
> to monitor, but I am just having trouble getting started.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Amy
>
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