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Dr. Gordon has been named one of Washington's Top Docs and his clinical interests include IVF and recurrent pregnancy loss. He has written a popular book on infertility entitled 100 Questions and Answers about Infertility and his blog can be found at 100infertilityquestions.blogspot.com.
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Fertility Medicine
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A 26-year-old member asked:
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Unlikely: Only if you are too tired to have sex....But seriously there should be no long term impact on fertility from having mono. In the short run certainly y... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Need bHCG: Agree with dr chin. However, a blood pregnancy test is helpful to confirm the outcome of the cycle. Certainly bleeding is not a good sign but have bee... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Depends: If you are hoping to conceive then it is possibl esometimes to recover sperm from the urine if you are suffering retrograde ejaculation and use this s... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Seems unlikely: In general, implantation occurs about 7-9 days after ovulation. If you had a very short luteal phase then i guess this could be true but how would we ... Read More
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A 64-year-old male asked:
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Depends: Sperm retrieval can be done in office under local anesthesia in some cases whereas in other men the procedure needs to be done in the hospital. Total ... Read More
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Both: Both are good options but the key question is whether or not you ovulated in response to the medication. We usually monitor our patients undergoing ov... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Hard to say: One study demonstrated that the twinges associated with ovulation was not the actually egg being released but was the final growth of the follicle a d... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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No: See my answer to your other question. No way to know the count without a microscope (home tests are not necessarily accurate). Men who have had a vase... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Hard to know: Not sure why you are having the pain. I assume that it is related to endometriosis in some fashion. Oral contraceptives would be a good option to deal... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Depends: Implantation usually occurs around day 9 following ovulation. B-hcg may be positive a couple of days after this....
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Not necessarily: Usually the luteal phase should be 12-14 days so 9 days is clearly a bit short, but there is not a specific definition for luteal phase defect. In our... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Depends: In general the advances in treating male issues require your participation and treatments such as IUI or ivf. There are some urologists that treat men... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Depends: If you had normal cycles before Implanon then cycles should resume. If always irregular then not surprising. I would see specialist to make sure no ot... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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By getting pregnant: Of course that is an obvious answer. In general fi you have regular predictable cycles then you are probably ovulating . Other tests that suggest ovul... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
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Only takes one...: Sperm do not suddenly combust upon exposure to air so i guess theoretically it is possible to conceive although unlikely...
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Good job: Sounds like a true positive as you are 12 days after iui.
Good luck
drg.
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Can be difficult: Although imaging studies like ultrasound and ct are helpful sometimes the only way to rule out cancer is to undergo surgery. We are pretty good at fig... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Not very: We use IV sedation for our ivf egg collections and most patients have no recollection at all of the process. In the past year a couple of patients und... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Several Options: Well you can approach this finding in several ways. First of all, you could simply consider ivf and speak to a fertility specialist about your chances... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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IVF or IUI : In general, there are not a lot of treatments that can improve sperm count. However, that does not mean that it is hopeless. In cases of male factor i... Read More
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Cyst at IVF Baseline: Not uncommon to see simple cysts especially on the luteal gnrh-a protocol. If the estrogen level is low then we usually start patients. If the cyst lo... Read More
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A guess: If you typically have 36 day cycles then since ovulation is usually 12-14 days prior to menses that puts ovulation at day 21-22 or so...But if your cy... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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Maybe: A blood pregnancy test is always more accurate that the urine test. Although many patients will have a positive urine test on the day they miss their ... Read More
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A 30-year-old female asked:
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Depends: If this cycle is very unusual then perhaps this is not a big deal. However if your cycles are not regular then an evaluation is appropriate. Occasiona... Read More
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Depends: Peak human fertility is about 20-25% per month. However, if there are other issues such as blocked tubes or abnormal sperm count then your chances wou... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
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Could be : Well the proof is in the pudding so i would check a pregnancy test. If not pregnant and still no period in a week may want to consider increase to 150... Read More
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Could be: Many patients experience spotting following ovulation. We really don't know if this represents implantation but could be....So of course what happens ... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Maybe: Several other factors need to be considered such as the count, motility and previous pregnancy history. Also your factors must also be considered. At ... Read More
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Probably not: If you are really ovulating only 4 days before you bleed then something is not normal. I would review this with an re to figure out how you are dating... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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Not unusual: Although more than half of patients would have conceived already there may not be anything wrong. Daily intercourse may be causing a drop in sperm cou... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Maybe: Best test for ovulation is a blood Progesterone level of > 3 ng/ml. Other than pregnancy (which is proof positive) the other tests are less specifi... Read More
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Not uncommon: Lupron (leuprolide) works initially by causing your pituitary gland to release fsh and lh. This explains why it is used in certain ivf protocols. In p... Read More
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Seems unlikely: If you really had normal flow for 4 days then it seems unlikely that you were pregnant. A blood test would be definitive.
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Not sure: Ovulation predictor tests are helpful for some women but studies have suggested that all they do is increase anxiety. If you have regular cycles then ... Read More
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Maybe: See my recent answer. Hopefully everything is just fine but "the proof is in the pudding." a sonogram will be very helpful.
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If you conceive: But seriously, i can't think of why your menstrual cycle would change because of sexual activity unless you get pregnant and miss your period.
Good l... Read More
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Depends: I usually perform some sort of follow up evaluation after the surgery to make sure that the whole fibroid is gone. That can be done with hysterosonogr... Read More
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Possibly: No real way to answer this question. Theoretically i guess that the cryotherapy could affect the odds of pregnancy given that you would have already o... Read More
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20 minutes: But seriously should not be an issue if you stop prior to ovulation or at the time of a positive pregnancy test.
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A 41-year-old female asked:
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5 to 6: Although we usually aim for 2-4 follicles in patients int their 30 s, i would aim for more in a patient that is 41. The data from pgs in patients doin... Read More
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Depends: Certainly there is some variation in cycle length between patients and not everyone has a 28 day cycle. If you have a 25 day cycle but ovulate on day ... Read More
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Not uncommon: Lupron (leuprolide) works initially by causing your pituitary gland to release fsh and lh. This explains why it is used in certain ivf protocols. In p... Read More
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Maybe 10 days: A good rule of thumb is that the beta is about 100 on the day of missed menses which is 14 days after ovulation. If the beta doubles every 2 days or s... Read More
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Not always: Although some women have some spotting before their period and end up being pregnant, this is not universal. Typically it seems that patients who blee... Read More
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Unlikely: If you were placed on ocps because of irregular periods then when you stop your cycles may be irregular as before which could make getting pregnant a ... Read More
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Treatment needed: The current recommendations regarding TSH levels and pregnancy are for the TSH to be <2.5 in patients seeking fertility. Since normal is usually up to... Read More
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Depo-provera : Depo-provera can delay the return of full fertility so it is not usually recommended in patients who want to conceive in the next 12 months. However, ... Read More
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Depends: We schedule patients for blood test 14 days after iui. However, all practices have their own protocols...
Good luck
drg.
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Check pregnancy test: Although home pregnancy tests are pretty accurate there can be both false positives and false negatives. Some pregnancies are lost at such an early st... Read More
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No: Although the embryo does start making HCG (pregnancy hormone) very early, in order for it to be detected in the blood the early placenta needs to be d... Read More
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! The info you gave was very helpful. I have been asking myself n playing the guessing game the whole time. wIll keep trying then. Thank you!
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! thanks a lot ! I am planning to get pregnant and so bought the ovulation kit to check and it shows negative during my ovulation time.
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Thnx. Does dat mean my lh surge becomes low after I ovolute. And there is greater chance that i can be pregnant if i had sex 2 nights befor
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Duke University School of Medicine, NC
Graduated 1989MD
Residency
Stanford University Medical Center
Awards
Top Reproductive Endocrinologist, First Place, Virginia - Winter
2013
Top Reproductive Endocrinologist, Second Place, Virginia - Summer
2013
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