Re: Is it possible to have a period and NOT Ovulate??
From: Anna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 21 May 2003 20:10:42 -0500 (CDT)
First of all for a second I thought I had written that initial posting!
I have exactly the same case as you. Yesterday I met with a high-risk
OB.
He told me that ovulation kits are more predictable than "soft things"
like cervical mucus change.
Sonnet, okay could you explain this one to me. I have a 24-day cycle
and on day 9 & 10 my ovulation kit (clearplan - they are so expensive
for testings for a few cycles!!) showed negative. On day 11 it showed
two similar lines. Does this mean that the kit is working for me?
At Wed, 21 May 2003, Sonnet wrote:
>
>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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