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Re: Its would be an honor to get your opinions here, Doc!

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:26:57 -0500 (CDT)


At Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Beth wrote: >
>Hi! If a woman miscarries really really early, before even most women
>would know they are pregnant, like say getting a +HPT at 11 days post
>ovulation and then almost a week later its negative and you miscarry, if
>this happens a couple times in a row, does that mean that a woman might
>have a problem or that the odds are that since up to 40 or 50% of
>conceptions never go on to be completed into lasting pregnancies, that
>its more likely to be a case of that?

My money would be on the 50% anticipated pregnancy failure when you are looking that early.

>
>Also, my doctor put me on Clomid since my cycles are 26 days one month
>and 35 the next, even though i ovulate, he wants to give me a more
>regular ovulation. However the CLomid has dried me up completely. No
>cervical fluid whatsoever, if i were your patient, would you find it
>prudent to add a little Estrace 1mg for 5 days once the clomid is done
>to take up til ovulation before then going on to suggest IUI, or would
>you just suggest IUI? My insurance, Blue Cross, wont cover anything,and
>i would like to try a little hormone therapy before having to spend $400
>a cycle on IUI.

I don't think I would recommend estrogen, but I might recommend Robitussin.

>
>There is one other rather graphic question, that i have, but i cant go
>to my doctor about this due to my natural shyness. Here goes: If a
>woman appears dry at the beginning of intercourse (during her fertile
>time) and then thru the act of intercourse gets very wet, could it be
>that the cervical fluid around the cervix is being brought down thru the
>act of intercourse, or would it be arousal fluid, because it gets very
>wet. Now you can probably see why i cant ask my long time doctor this
>question! lol Thanks! Beth

My bet is arousal fluid.

--
William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

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