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Specialist on Fertility and Sterility
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>----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynn" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list PREGNANCY-BIRTH"
<pregnancy-birth@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 8:41 PM
Subject: Ovulation & Provera?
> Hi,
> My doc recently put me on Provera with the hope that it will 'jump
> start' my period. My son is 3 mos. old and I'm not breastfeeding. I'm
> curious though...I assume the reason I've yet to have a period is
> because I haven't ovulated, is that correct? And from what I've read in
> the archives, Provera causes menstruation but not ovulation, correct? So
> if I do begin to bleed after I'm done with the Provera, would it truly
> be a 'period', and would my cycles theoretically resume with some
> regularity after that? I thought you had to have ovulated in order for
> it to be considered a true menstruation.
>
> I hope this makes sense. I guess the bottom line would be, is Provera
> actually resetting my cycle so it will resume regularly (I have always
> been very regular), or is it just going to make me bleed once and then
> perhaps not again for a while?
>
> Thanks for any insight!
> -Lynn
>
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