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Marisa Geller M.D.
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Specialist on Obstetrics and Gynecology
Specialist on Fertility and Sterility
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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>----- Original Message -----
From: Jay <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list PREGNANCY-BIRTH
<pregnancy-birth@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 1:12 PM
Subject: Any comments on ability to conceive but having chemical pregnancies
greatly appreciated??
> Hello
>
> [I will discuss this with my RE...but because she hasn't been doing any
> monitoring of my clomid cycles I would like to have your opinion as
> well!]
>
> I am 37 yrs old...TTC#1...this is our 11th month. (did chart
> temperatures) ...my FSH levels at CD3 were 8 - 9 - and 10.3
> ..all other tests were normal
> ..Sperm Analysis was great
> ..HSG - tubes were clear
> I ovulate on my own every cycle...
> have 12-13 day luteal phases
> ..have very light periods.
> Not overweight...exercise...
>
> After 9 months of trying I tested positive on a HPT...had a chemical
> pregnancy (betas were very low...didn't reach 50 at 16dpo!...my period
> started a few days later.)
>
> I was given clomid...50mg to boost ovulation...on cycle 2 of clomid
> (last cycle) I had another chemical pregnancy (betas pretty much the
> same as the 1st one!)
>
> Here I am at clomid cycle 3...RE will be doing a midcycle ultrasound
> next Wednesday...cd12...to check lining and follicle development.
>
> So...it looks like I can conceive on my own...but can't manage to make
> it last!!
>
> ..what do you think could be causing these chemical pregnancies? And
> what, realistically, should be the next step??
>
> Thanks!
>