YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for February, 2003: Re: birth controle problem

Re: birth controle problem

From: William McIntosh, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 18 Feb 2003 15:19:35 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 18 Feb 2003, melissa wrote: >
>For the last three years I have been on Depo. In Dec. 2002 I switched
>to Ortho Evra. On the 14 day of being on Ortho Evra I woke up in the
>middle of the night with a sharp pain in my lower abdomin. This lasted
>about 20 min and went away. As the day want on I felt brused in my
>lower abdomin where the pain had been. I went to a doctor that night,
>he said that it was probubly nothing and sent me home. Two days later
>it happened again so I called my obgyn and was directed to go to the
>hospital. He checked me for infections and sent me home with pain
>killers and had me come back two days later for an ultusound. The
>ultrasound didn't show anything unusual. Five days later the pain
>happened again. This time I let it go. On the 14th day of my next
>cycle the pain happened again. They ran blood tests and x-rays and
>found nothing. We decided to give it another two months to see if it
>went away. This month on the 12 day the pain came back twice this time.
>What concerns me is that my family has multiple births in both twins and
>triplets. Every multiple birth has been from multiple eggs. As I
>understand on Ortho Evra I shouldn't be ovulating although the doctor
>thinks that this may be whats happening to me. During the week of this
>pain my body produces more mucus than usual and my sex drive goes up. I
>wanted to know if you have any new ideas that I can bring up with my
>obgyn at my next appointment.
>
>--
>Thanks for your input,
>Melissa
>

this is an interesting problem. I don't have any sure knowledge as to what is happening, but have you considered switching to a regular birth control pill? If the problem is breakthrough ovulation, that will probably stop it.

-- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

This is for educational purposes only, and is not a substitute for consultation and examination by a licensed medical professional.

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