Re: INFERTILITY: Am I ovulating?
From: Garry Siegel, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:07:54 -0500 (CDT)
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Key information would be how far apart your cycles are from day 1 to day
1.
Thanks,
Garry Siegel, MD
Roswell, GA
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At Wed, 19 Mar 2008, Cindy wrote:
>
>I am 32 and became pregnant w/ my daughter 3.5 years ago the second
>month of trying. Then in December 2006 was pregnant again the first
>month of trying. I miscarried somewhere between 6 and 10 weeks (saw
>heartbeat in ultrasound at first appointment, nothing there four weeks
>later) and had a D & C. I'm also hypothyroid managed w/ synthroid.
>While pregnant w/ my daughter my synthroid dose was upped and then back
>down after she was born. It was upped again w/ the second pregnancy but
>at my check-up after the D & C my OBGYN said to keep it up to help with
>conceiving again. About three months after the D & C I started having
>occasional heaving bleeding during intercourse, not my period. I went
>in and my OBGYN did not know the cause. This continued for several
>months and I narrowed it down to only happening the week before my
>expected period. I did ovulation predictor kits in October and November
>and all signs were that I was ovulating. In late October I saw a new GP
>for a physical and my bloodwork came back hyperthyroid. She adjusted my
>synthroid and the bleeding stopped. In January I started charting my
>temps, cervical fluid, cervix position, etc. In Jan I think I ovulated
>around day 20, but did not have alot of cervical fluid as I normally had
>in past months. This month I'm on day 24 with no change in temp. I had
>slightly egg-whitey fluid around days 15-17 w/ a change in my cervix,
>but no change in temp in the days following. I did just fly within the
>past week and have read that travel can delay ovulation. Any insight or
>help is greatly appreciated. I'm wondering if I'm having a progesterone
>problem. Also, This month I started taking red raspberry leaf and maca.
>I have chasteberry that I was going to start once I knew I ovulated as I
>read it acts like progesterone. Is this true?
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