Re: Ovulating.... or not?
From: Lenora (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 13 Aug 2002 22:59:51 -0500 (CDT)
Joy,
They say there's nothing new under the sun. While that may be true, I'm
certainly discovering things that I never knew!! So, my suspicions
appear to be founded, that ovulation can attempt to happen, may seem to
happen, but may never happen. Hmmmm...
Thanks for this info. Just what I was looking for!
-Lenora
(By the way, my middle name is Joy!)
At Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Joy wrote:
>
>Lenora,
>I have the same problem, only I always have "borderline" progesterone
>which indicates that I ovulate and a perfect luteal phase. But, I don't
>think I am shooting out an egg. I am researching LUFS, Leutenized
>Unruptured Follicle Syndrome. They say the only way to truly test for
>ovulation if someone has that problem, is a positive pregnancy test. Yay
>Yay. Sounds encouraging, doesn't it. Good luck, I hope you get some
>answers, because I want to know too!
>
>At Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Lenora wrote:
>>
>>Okay, I've got another question for you ladies.
>>
>>As I said in my most previous post, I had tests done today (Day 4) to
>>test for PCOS, including a 3 hour IGTT and a lipid panel. Hopefully I
>>will get the results back on Friday and will let you know how those turn
>>out.
>>
>>In the meantime, another interesting piece of the puzzle has been turned
>>over, and it doesn't look exactly like I thought it would. I have
>>regular periods (every 22-32 days), and I have been using the OPK's on
>>and off for about 4 years now, almost exclusively for the past year,
>>with an LH surge almost every month (maybe once or twice in all that
>>time I haven't gotten a surge, but it's normal for the healthiest of
>>women not to ovulate on occasion). I have 14-15 periods a year, so I
>>have ample opportunity to do this. I have the surge, then I almost
>>always have twinges, pain or downright cramping the day of and/or the
>>day after the surge, which would make sense. Sometimes it's on one
>>side, sometimes the other -- never on both sides at once. Then my
>>period always starts 8 or 9 days later. So I have a very short luteal
>>phase, indicating luteal phase defect and low progesterone.
>>
>>Last Thursday was Day 7 after ovulation, and I had a blood test done to
>>check my progesterone level. Of course, my doctor and I both expected
>>the level to be relatively low, but today I found out the results, and
>>they indicate I did not ovulate this month (2.7). I was already
>>beginning to spot, fairly heavily, so I don't know if my progesterone
>>had already dropped or if that was the highest level it had reached
>>since I ovulated (or thought I had ovulated). I do think I should do
>>this test again -- I'm sure one month isn't enough to be conclusive.
>>Maybe my progesterone should be checked on Day 5 or 6, what do you
>>think? What I find puzzling is that I always get a surge for one day,
>>then I always (almost) have twinges or pain around the same time, and my
>>periods always start 8-9 days later -- everything is like clockwork,
>>which to me indicates that I ovulate. Could this mean my body is TRYING
>>to ovulate, but it doesn't actually happen?
>>
>>Do any of you have any insights on this? Thanks for your input!
>>
>>Anyway, like I said, another interesting piece of the puzzle, and
>>hopefully the tests I had done today will reveal more about the complete
>>picture.
>>
>>-Lenora
>
>--
>Joy 29
>History of Endo and Infertility
>Maybe PCOS
>1 child 10-25-00
>TTC # 2 one year and counting....
>
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