PREGNANCY-BIRTH Messages for July, 2001: Re: Another post coital test question

Re: Another post coital test question

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 25 Jul 2001 12:51:06 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Michele wrote: >
>First of all I would like to thank you all for your time in answering my
>question(s) :o)
>I just had my post coital test this morning. The results came back poor
>with just a few motile sperm but no dead sperm. The dr also said that
>there were a lot of "cells" in my cm (but good quantity). He said not
>to worry that it was not related to infection - but of course I worry.
>He said that maybe all the sperm already went up to where they needed to
>go even though they like to see lots of sperm in the cm (the test was 10
>hours after intercourse). I also ovulated last night by the way :) I
>just had a thought that I never discussed with the dr. I have group b
>strep...could this have been the cause for the abundance of "cells"?
>Should I be hopeful that there were no dead sperm even though there were
>not many (my hubby has a ct of 162million)?
>Thanks!
>Michele~

Michele~, The timing of the test was a bit further removed from intercourse than I like to see. Given that and the fact that your husbands count is good, things look promising. I would not be concerned about the "cellularity" in the CM... Lynn

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

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