PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for July, 2001: Re: Dr Shanahan

Re: Dr Shanahan - Re: # of follicles

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 21 Jul 2001 09:43:14 -0500 (CDT)

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At Sat, 21 Jul 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote: >
>I had the u/s done because I will be having an HSG done in a couple of
>days and that was part of their workup. They are talking about putting
>me on clomid if my tubes are open to help with low progesterone. I am
>not taking any fertility meds now. So is 5 follicles a lot? What is
>normal or should I say average? She (my RE) didn't say one way or the
>other. Thanks again!
>
>At Fri, 20 Jul 2001, M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, wrote:
>>
>>At Fri, 20 Jul 2001, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>>>
>>>I had an ultrasound yesterday on cd8 and it showed that I had 5
>>>developing follicles in my right ovary. I just read on the net that the
>>>number of follicles relates to the possibility of mutilples. Is that
>>>true?
>>
>>yes -- if you ovulate more than one egg there is a higher chance of more
>>than one being fertilized and therefore having more htan one baby
>>
>> Do I have a normal amount?
>>
>>are you on any fertility drugs?
>>>Thanks!
>>
>>--
>>M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
>>South Lake Tahoe, CA
>>
>>author, Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide
>>available in all major bookstores and on-line at amazon.com
>>
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>>
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>>

Anon

5 follicles on cd 8 sounds ok to me.

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William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
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