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Fertility Medicine
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. James Donahueanswered
34 years experience
Amenorrhea PCOS?: A pelvic ultrasound may show a large cyst or pcos. Be sure to rule out pcos with blood work. Take Provera (medroxyprogesterone) to get the cycle start... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
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Fertility at 37: You should see your doctor. If more than 6 months have passed you have a fertility problem. They will check hormones, see if your tubes are open, and... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Pregnant fertile day: It is very possible to get pregnant if you have intercourse around ovulation. It may be wise to use birth control pills or a condom. If you are fert... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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Possible pregnant : If you do not want a baby, you may want to consider a better form of birth control. It is possible to get pregnant if any sperm are present in the pr... Read More
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A 20-year-old female asked:
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Egg release 36 hrs+: Good question. They probably all do not release at the same time. Usually about 38-40 hours later, but it is highly variable. We do egg retrievals at... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
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Zero Count Not PG: You will most likely not get pregnant. The evaluation of a 'zero' sperm count involves repeating the test (you may have had a collection problem or ba... Read More
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A 24-year-old female asked:
Dr. James Donahueanswered
34 years experience
HCG and implantation: It is not likely. You release the egg and it fertilizes in the fallopian tube. Implantation may not occur for 5-7 days later. When the embryo implant... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
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34 years experience
ICSI safety: Icsi is used with ivf for male factor or unexplained infertility. More than 50% of ivf cycles in the us utilize icsi. The cdc reports that babies ar... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
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34 years experience
Prolactin and cycle.: When you breast feed, the hormone prolactin is secreted by the pituitary glad to aid in milk let down for the baby. Prolactin causes the secretion of... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. James Donahueanswered
34 years experience
Bartholin's cyst: Sounds like a bartholin's cyst. It is benign.
If you take some sitz baths in warm water it should resolve. If it gets bigger or painful, see your do... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
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Vaginal pain clomid (clomiphene): Clomid (clomiphene) blocks estrogen receptors which may cause decreased cervical mucus or vaginal dryness. Alternatively, you may have an ovarian cys... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
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34 years experience
Uterus carries baby: No. A pregnancy is the result of a sperm and egg getting together forming an embryo. Fertilization of the egg by the sperm occurs in the fallopian t... Read More
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Dr. James Donahueanswered
34 years experience
Possible cyst: You may have a corpus luteum or luteal cyst.
After you ovulate, the ovary secretes Progesterone via a structure called the corpus luteum. It can be ... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Dr. James Donahueanswered
34 years experience
IUI helps Clomid (clomiphene): Good response to stimulation. If your baseline pr is 5%/month without treatment (i.e. Infertile), this probably moves it up to 15%-20% (the normal fe... Read More
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University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, FL
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