Re: cipro, flagyl and cm

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At Wed, 28 May 2003, Ellen wrote: >
>I am currently taking 500mg cipro 2x/day and 250mg flagyl 4x/day. Our
>ttc efforts are temporarily on hold while on these antibiotics and while
>I'm receiving remicade infusions. I've noticed that the last two cycles
>while I've been on the antibiotics I've had a noticable increase in
>cervical mucus during the fertile period. I don't know if this matters
>but I'm on the antibiotics because I have multiple perianal abcesses
>(fistulizing Crohn's disease) that I just had surgery on along with
>other rectal surgery. I conceived my daughter while on the same
>antibiotics and stopped immediately upon learning I was pregnant at 6.5
>weeks. She was born healthy.
>
>Three questions:
>
>Could the cipro/flagyl actually increase fertile cm? I'm not aware of any study with respect to this possibility.
>
>In the case of an RV fistula, could the antibiotics "neutralize" the
>drainage and create a more favorable environment for sperm? Definitely.
>
>I'm anxious to start ttc again and would like to know if it would be
>considered reasonably safe to continue on the antibiotics until I get a
>positive pregnancy test? Finish the antibiotic treatment before TTC.

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