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Re: Fertile or Infertile? Attn: Debbie
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Thu, 10 Apr 1997 21:47:58 -0500 (CDT)
Sorry to have set off a debate about BBT vs. OPKs, but the debate was
informative. Dr. Shanahan: thanks for your response...I will try an
OPK and see how things go. I have found this forum extremely
informative--the knowledge exchanged, and hearing about others in
similar situations has made me feel less like the incapable woman I was
feeling like, and more like a capable woman with possibilities. I'll
keep my fingers crossed and will keep watching the emails to learn
more....THANKS again!
-LLWard@ix.netcom.com
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At Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Kelly wrote:
>You are welcome to disagree, but don't bite my head off. Perhaps I
>should have said BBTs are a complete waste of time for me (a physician
>who frequently gets middle of the night calls) and for anyone else who
>doesn't have an extremely regular sleep-wake cycle.
>The temperature elevation, if it occurs, generally does not occur until
>the day after ovulation. To quote from Speroff, in his well known
>infertility text, "physical release of the ovum probably occurs on the
>day prior to the time of the first temperature elevation." In other
>words, it can be useful for seeing when you are most likely to ovulate,
>based on past cycles, but it is not predictive. And, since recent
>studies have suggested the "fertile window" is the 5 days prior to
>ovualtion and the day of ovulation, but NOT THE DAY AFTER, it's pretty
>important to know when that egg is coming down.
>I am very sorry you have been unable to bear a child after 5 years of
>trying. I have been dealing with my own infertility for just a year and
>a half, so I understand your frustrations. I also know how helpful the
>urinary ovulation predictor kits are for me -- I acheived a pregnacy
>(which I miscarried at 8 weeks) by timed intercourse based on the test
>results. OPKs are not right for evryone( yes, they are expensive), and
>neither are BBTs. Each individual woman should talk to her doctor and,
>together, choose the best method for her.
>Good luck to you. I hope you conquer infertility and acheive motherhood.
>
>--
>Kelly Shanahan, MD
>S. Lake Tahoe, CA
>
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