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Re: Pink discharge after starting Metformin for PCOS+TTC? Please help!

From: William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 2 Feb 2002 15:58:47 -0600 (CST)

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At Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Pandora wrote: >
>I started metformin therapy for PCOS on 1/9/02. Prior to that, I had
>not had a period for over a year. Yesterday and the day before, I
>noticed a very faint pink discharge on a couple of occasions, when I
>went to the bathroom. Yesterday, I had a brief period of minor pelvic
>cramping, accompanied by a bit of nausea. At first, I thought that I
>was getting a period, but it really didn't seem like a period -- more
>like tinted-pink mucus than like blood. I have not yet noticed it
>today. I took a pregnancy test just to check, and it was negative, so
>I'm assuming I'm not pregnant.
>
>Is pink discharge a sign of ovulation? If so, what causes it, and does
>the pink discharge occur prior to, during, or following ovulation? If
>this is not a sign of ovulation, what might it be? Should I be
>concerned? I am hoping to conceive, and I'm wondering, if this happens
>again, if there is anything that pink discharge tells me about exactly
>where I might be in my cycle.
>
>Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Pandora

Could be ovulation, menstruation or something in between. You should be using a bbt chart or some other means of detecting ovulation to aid you.

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William F. von Almen, II, MD, FACOG
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Private Practice
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