WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for December, 1997: Re: wildly irregular cycles, trying to conceive and patience ...

Re: wildly irregular cycles, trying to conceive and patience ...

From: Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 30 Dec 1997 20:00:30 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 30 Dec 1997, Brienne wrote: >
>I love this forum and appreciate the advice and information relayed.
>I am 30 years old, normal weight, non-smoker, healthy, yada yada yada. I
>stopped taking Ortho Novum-777 in June after being on for about 15 years
>and am trying to conceive.
>
>My cycles are all over the place and the three periods I have had (late
>Aug, late Sept, mid-Nov) have been nothing much more than very scant
>staining of old-looking blood - I don't remember whether or not I was
>very regular before the pill, but my cycle is just getting longer (29,
>42, day 50 and still going this time!). My doctor suggested charting
>BBT which I have been doing and I appear to ovulate but there's some
>question there since my luteal phases seem to be all over the map too
>and that seems wrong (12 to 27 days between a clear thermal shift and
>menses?).

Bri,

I like your snappy, journalisitic style. This 12-27 days luteal phase sounds fishy to me. Without exogenous (big word for taken as medication as opposed to produced by the body) progesterone, more than 14-16 day luteal phase is unlikely.

>The crux of the question (after all that babbling and a hearty round of
>applause to anyone who gets this far)

Thank you, thank you. >is that my doctor and his staff
>are very dismissive about my concerns with this irregularity, unclear
>timing of ovulation and the relative absence of my periods and I'm
>wondering whether it's time for someone to pay some attention to me or
>not.

DEFINITELY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good girl. I'm proud of you for knowing!!!!

>They keep telling me to be patient, but I sort of feel like six
>months is patient enough and it's time to start checking out what is
>happening. I would appreciate any feedback. Thanks very much!

Good luck. Either another physician or a Reproductive Endocrinologist would be my choice.

Stop by any time! 8-)

--
Harvey S. Marchbein, M.D. FACOG
OBGYN.net U.S. Representative, New York
Great Neck, New York
http://www.obgyn.net/states/bios/marchbein.htm
http://www.obgyn.net/women/advisors/harveym.htm

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