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Re: Long term family planning
From: jwang, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 30 Jul 2001 21:14:08 -0500 (CDT)
It is good that you are planning for the future. When depends mostly on
what you two want. A good idea would be to dee a gyn and review your
questions with her/him. Knowing more specifics would give you a better
opinion.
At Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Siobhan wrote:
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>Hi :-)
>
>I'm thinking about the long term planning of having children - I am 23,
>and have been married for 3 years to my husband (36). We are very happy
>together and plan to have children at a later stage - my question is,
>when should I start planning to get pregnant? I'm not in any hurry at
>the moment as I am a student (so not for 2 years at least) and my
>husband is extremely fit (despite larger age difference), however I can
>forsee us having problems getting pregnant at all - I have extremely
>irregular periods: they sometimes do not come for months at a time, then
>regularly for two months, then they miss again, and so on. They always
>have done this since menstruation started (at 12 years old). My husband
>has only one testicle (does this automatically suggest a low sperm
>count?) as one of them did not drop when he was a child and it had to be
>operatively removed. I do ovulate apparently, as the last time I had an
>ultrasound check up at the gyneacologists, the site of ovulation was
>visible on one of my ovaries (which pleased me no end).
>I also have lymphedema, so pregnancy would no doubt be quite taxing on
>my lymphatic system - and I am somewhat overweight - 95kg and 180cm
>tall.
>Hence the long term planning..
>Is it likely that we would need quite a while to get pregnant? i.e.
>should I perhaps not leave starting to try for children not too late? -
>I would like to have a first child between ~ 25-30.
>Is infertility likely with my husbands problem?
>How long should one wait after a larger reduction in body-weight before
>trying to become pregnant?
>erm.. anything else? ;-)
>
>Thank you
>Siobhan
--
J Wang, M.D
Assitant Clinical Prof.
Tufts University School of Medicine
statements are informational only and should not constitute a medical plan or treatment recommendation.
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