PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for March, 2001: Re: eggwhites and infection as well as anov, cycles

Re: eggwhites and infection as well as anov, cycles

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 28 Mar 2001 22:28:26 -0600 (CST)

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At Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Aimee wrote: >
>i read in taking charge of your fertility about trying eggwhites when
>trying to conceive. so i did, as well as a couple of friends. we used
>the ones from the egg, not pasteurized. after using them , we read all
>about salmonella risk and all, and we're now scared!! what would the
>signs of infection be? none of us have any symtoms and it's been almost
>a month since we last tried. are we out of the woods? also, this month
>i'm on cycle day 50 and no ovulation or period yet. is it just a
>coincidence that happened the first month i used eggwhites?
>thanks for responding and putting 3 women's minds at ease!!

Salmonella is primarily a gastrointestinal pathogen, but I am not sure in "taking charge of your fertility" where you used the egg whites. If you ate them, then there is no problem one month out. If, God forbid, you used then in another unimaginable way, then you are likely OK, other than having to live with that thought the rest of your lives. As for the cycle length, you likely did not ovulate. If this is a pattern, I would discuss it with your physician-but don't tell him/her about the egg whites... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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