PCOS Messages for May, 2003: Re: Is it possible to have a period and NOT Ovulate??

Re: Is it possible to have a period and NOT Ovulate??

From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 21 May 2003 18:24:31 -0500 (CDT)

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Your endo said that because of PCOS you don't have any eggs???? That's a new one on me....

Yes, you can have a period without ovulating. MOST periods do happen because of ovulation but it is possible. Sometimes the lining just builds up and 'overflows' enough for a period and some women I know here have had perfectly 'normal' periods but hormone testing showed they were annovulatory. So that does happen!

Fertility monitors are not accurate for many women with PCOS. They test hormones that are usually out of whack in those of us with PCOS. They seem to work OK for some women but many PCOS women find that the monitors say they ALWAYS ovulate when they don't - and so are useless :(

At Wed, 21 May 2003, anonymous wrote: >
>I thought the whole point in a period was that an egg was not fertilized
>and it is shedding the uterus. I have always had a what I call a normal
>period since I started having periods. They may be a few days off, true
>you can't do a calendar by it, but its basically normal. I was
>diagnosed with PCOS 2 years ago. I am 28. I have been on Metformin
>2000mg for 2 years as well. My OB/GYN says I ovulate if I have a
>period. My Endo says I don't have any eggs, cause of the PCOS. So who
>do I believe??? If I don't have eggs, whats the point in my period and
>why are they so painful? I will have a super plus tampon in for a few
>hours and a thick pad and I leak. I will wake up in a pool of blood.
>That is on my 3rd day, then after that it dies down, 4thday is ok. 5th
>its GONE, but comes back with a vengence on the 6th day and then GONE
>for good until basically 28 days later. I took a clear plan fertility
>monitor test and it said I ovulated. But in the book, it says anyone
>with PCOS, the results may not be accurate. So I am SO confused. So do
>I or do I not Ovulate with PCOS and normal periods?

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