Re: Fertility for women with history of eating disorders
From: Alicia M. Lapidus M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 21 Nov 2002 13:22:25 -0600 (CST)
Most probably you are not ovulating related to all your disorders
including hormonal ones, you deserve a full workup.
At Thu, 21 Nov 2002, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>I have a history of EDs(compulsive overeating, and anorexia,
>alternately). In an anorexic stage about two years ago, I became VERY
>sick, near death, all my organs shutting down, heart failing...serious
>stuff. I didn't really get my period at the time but that wasn't
>uncommon for me. I got it late in life anyway and have always been
>active so i'd get it once every five months or so. So in the past two
>years I have had it twice i think, maybe three times...but I defiantely
>do not have a period...for all intensive purposes. I have been
>otherwise recovered and at a good weight for quite some time now. I
>mean, this is not the only problem I have from it...it left me with
>irritable bowel, heart palpitations, and a tendency to pick up whatever
>little virus is going around...so i'm not 100%. Anyway, I have always
>had infrequent but debilitating periods and my last one (about five
>months ago) left me bedridden and doped up on narcotic painkillers for
>over a week. I've been on the pill before and it was SLIGHTLY
>better...i mean SLIGHTLY...not enough to warrant going through it every
>month! So in a sense, i'm not sad i don't have it. But I am starting to
>get a little concerned about fertility. I never used to care...used to
>want to adopt...maybe its because a lot of my friends and my cousins
>have all been having babies and my maternal instinct is coming up. I
>want to know if you think i'll be able to have my own babies soon (i
>mean, like within the next 8 years or so ;)). Would somebody with my
>history typically be able to conceive?
--
Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital Fernández
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Barcelo University
Vicepresident of Argentine Society of Hypertension in Pregnancy
Director Latina Obgyn.net- http\latina.obgyn.net\espanol
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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