PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for May, 2001: Re: crazy, obsessive questions

Re: crazy, obsessive questions

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 31 May 2001 21:49:30 -0500 (CDT)

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In reply to: anonymous: "crazy, obsessive questions"

If >my history is of long cycles, is it possible that I could begin now to
>have shorter cycles?

Maybe

Or is this cycle more likely a fluke or even >anovulatory.

Maybe

If anovulatory, do I need to worry?

Only if it persists for a few months.

I'm trying to lose the >15 Could that postpone or mess up ovulation?

Not likely.

>
>I have 3 children, all of which were conceived 1st or 2nd month of
>trying

Very unusual. It takes 6 months for 50% of normal couples to conceive and 12 months for 85% to conceive.

>I always thought we were in the category of if we just looked at
>eachother I'd get pregnant because each time, we got off birth control,
>waited 6 months, picked a time and bingo, got pregnant. I was so overly
>confident of our ability to control that, we even timed our last
>pregnancy to attempt for a boy with an October birth to coincide with
>our work schedules (got a boy, October 1st)

Lucky, Lucky, Lucky

If I have had a previous >history of excellent fertility, am I in the same general category of
>what seem to be dismal odds for getting pregnant at 37, or do I have
>better odds than general averages.

75-85% is dismal??? It might take a while though. I have patients who have had 3 "OOOPS" pregnancies and then when they planned one it took a year or more.

>
>Final questions:
>
>This cycle is the first time I've ever really paid attention to my
>cervix, and I've noticed that there is an irregular bump or ridge on one
>side. Is this something I should be worried about?

I wouldn't think so. Ask the next time you go in.

The genetics counselor said it was sometimes from a >pregnancy that started out as twins but didn't separate, or 3 sperm
>fertilize an egg.

OR a sperm that didn't split up like it should have. or a normal zygote(Fertilized egg) that duplicated the chromosomal material but didn't split the cell wall. The counsellor is just guessing on that like I am now. We don't know why, those are all theories that "could happen"

If 3 sperm fertilized an egg, does this mean >my eggs are damaged or have weak membranes that didn't do what they're
>supposed to?

Nobody knows, but I doubt it.

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R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG  FOG

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