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Re: # of days in cycle changed

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 9 May 2001 16:08:33 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 9 May 2001, anon wrote: >
>Hi,
>
>I have been off the pill for approx. 10 months now. I have been trying
>to conceive for 5 of those months. So far I have not been successful.
>This will be my first child and I am 28 years old. I have been tracking
>my cycles very closely since trying to conceive and I have noticed a
>gradual shortening of my cycles. Over the past five months my cycles
>have gone from 30-31 days down to 26 days. For the last two cycles it
>has been 26 days. I have used ovulation predictor kits for the past 3
>months and always seem to peak with them around day 12-13. Do you think
>the shortening of my cycle signaled a probelm or do I just need to keep
>on trying to conceive - we've only been trying for 5 months. I had to
>have cryosurgery for dysplasia 5 months ago right before we started
>trying for a baby.
>
>Thanks

With your cycle length of 26 days, combined with an apparent ovulation of day 12-13, this seems good. I would recommend continuing to try. Remember, the conception rate per cycle is only 20%, so one must keep trying and try to forget about the possibility of infertility... Lynn

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

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