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Question about BCP, PCOS and fertility treatmentsFrom: Rucia (anonymous@obgyn.net)Sat, 4 Dec 1999 10:08:29 -0600 (CST)
I am currently suffering from hormonal imbalance and abnormal bleeding, which could be blamed on possible PCOS. I'm currently on a treatment for regulating my cycle by using BCP. I don't quite understand how the BCP are supposed to regulate it if they actually stop you from ovulating. I thought that one needed to ovulate in order to have a period. I didn't think they were separate processes but appartenly there is something else going on because people get their periods while using BCP! I am wondering how using BCP will help me ovulate if the follicles that have not matured and are accumulated in my ovaries, will still be there after I'm done with the treatment. What I'm asking is how can BCP help me get rid of all those unmatured follicles in my ovaries, help me to control PCOS? May be a silly question for the doctor, but I'm totally clueless of what goes on in these reproductive/hormonal processes! Are fertility drugs such as Clomid used to induce ovulation for PCOS patients who are not interested in being pregnant at the time? I've read that in many instances fertility drugs can induce ovulation in all the follicles, so for someone who wants to get pregnant is really NOT recommendable to have 20+ eggs fertilized! But for someone who is not planning to get pregnant, could Clomid (or whatever drug) help on decreasing the amount of unmatured follicles in the ovaries, and later regulate the process where one could ovulate naturally? I'm guessing this is not as simply as I've described it here (too bad I'm used to methodical thinking being an engineer!) But I know the body doesn't react methodically in most occasions, so I would greatly appreciate any inputs to these questions. Thanks in advance!
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