Re: ?Luteal Phase defect

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once you first have a + result you do not need to keep testing! the LH will remain high enough to be detected for several days

>With my temps, this month i think my baseline is around 36.5-36.6
>exerience ovarian twinges when i think i might ovulate and this month my
>temp was 36.6c about 3 days prior to assumed ovulation then it dipped to
>36.4c the next day then peaked to between 36.75c-36.85 consistantly for
>about 12 days. However i started to bleed 5 days ago and started to dip
>slowly down to 36.7c and now back down to 36.4c.
>
>Looking at my chart, my luteal phase looks like to be 9 days and even
>though the temp did not drop dramatically when my period started and
>remained above baseline for four days during my period, it is now
>starting to drop down to 36.4c now that i am on day 5.
>
>1) Can PCOS cause Luteal phase defect?

lack of ovulation can caouse LPD and lack of ovulation is common wiht PCOS

>2) What treatment is normally used for this?

progesterone or clomid (the latter kills 2 birds with one stone if you are not ovulating) can treat LPD

>3) My last cycle was 6 weeks and 3 days and i had all the signs of
>pregnancy from about week 3. Swollen tender breasts, slight frequency
>of urine, bloatness, headaches, nausea, feeling of impending period with
>that dull achy sensation i normally get when AF arrives but it did not.

maybe your were pregnant. did you do a test

>When i then started that period, i passed two clots of which one did
>look like a very tiny embryo, could then that mean that i could of had a
>miscarriage due to low progesterone?

maybe, but without having done a preg test, or having the tissue examine,d we'll never know

>4) this cycle just gone was 5 weeks and 3 days and i did not experience
>the feelings i did from my last period before that. Apart from since
>charting my temps, it does look like the short LPD as mentioned. So can
>PCOS effect implantation as well if pregnancy exceeds beyond the start
>of implantation, is there still a risk of miscarriage?
>
>Sorry this is long winded, but any answers greatly appreciated.
>
>Regards

I suggest you see a gyn or reprodcutive endocrinologst to discuss gettign pregnant

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M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
S. Lake Tahoe, CA

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