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Re: Whoops! was Re: Ovulation? Pregenancy? Now what?From: jodi (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu, 6 Jun 2002 14:10:44 -0500 (CDT)
Don't know what to tell you... the only sure sign of successful ovulation is a pregnancy! :-) Have you had any ovulatory symptoms? I've never had ovulation induced, so I don't know if you get signs with it or not. I would imagine so... Generally, though, pregnancy tests are accurate "the day of your missed period," something like that. I think PCOSers might have a higher tendency to have a false negative, due to the fact that our screwey hormones make keeping a pregnancy as hard as achieving one... I'd think we tend to produce less pregnancy hormone for testing than is normal, but I don't know. Home preg tests can work for us though, and as I said, they are supposed to be accurate starting when your period is late. Of course, with PCOS, if you don't know when you ovulated, or IF you ovulated, how do you know when your period is late??? Luteal phases can last anywhere from 10 to 16 days. If you are charting, you notice an increase in temperature after ovulation, and if this lasts 18+ days, you can assume you are pregnant. Based on that, I would say it is safe to begin testing 18 days after you think you ovulated... the only problem there is, the sooner a pregnancy is caught in a women with PCOS, the sooner complications can be looked for and attended to, such as low progesterone. So maybe if you can find one of those two kits for one price deals, or something, test on day 14 and day 18? That's what I might do. HOWEVER... do you happen to know if clomid can cause false positives? I think there is some fertility med that can, I just don't recall which one... How long have you been on metformin? The met/clomid combo is effective for many women with PCOS... but met alone also works wonders. If you have the option, and if you haven't tried it already, I'd do the met alone for a few months and see what happens... then add the clomid again if you need to. I say this because, as I said above, our problem is not merely GETTING pregnant, it's staying pregnant. Clomid helps you to get pregnant, which is all well and good, but not exactly ideal if your body is screwed up from PCOS. Metformin works to correct the abnormal hormone levels and reduce the chance of certain complications that clomid alone fails to address...
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