PCOS: First Response
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More Fertility Questions
Asked by A.J. from Seattle
on August 16, 2011
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So I have posted quite a few questions about PCOS, Infertility, and such. I am at a complete loss and I know that my Doctor went to school and is trained to advise me ...
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- I encourage you to find a Dr who can really address your PCOS. I also have PCOS and am a Nurse Midwife so I have educated myself on the subject so I could become a Mo...
- Change doctors!!! Now!! If your doctor wont listen to you and only wants to go one route with treatment and not take what you are saying into account then it is well p...
- Aw honey, okay first of all you need to cut your self some slack. Every person's body is so different. I went to fertility doctors and took clomid, the next step w...
Pregnant?
Asked by S.B. from Milwaukee
on May 7, 2008
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My husband and I have been trying to concieve for about 6 months now. I am extremly regular, I am anywhere between 26-28 days on the dot. I am now at 33 days. I took a...
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- If your inner voice is telling you that you are you probably are. All the symptoms sound like you could possibly be. I would wait another week & take another test or a...
- Hi S., You may have already been told this, but your best bet is to have a blood HCG test. So if you don't mind a poke in your arm for some blood, that is my best ...
- Yes. I was always coming up negative because i miscarried a lot so by body hid the baby. Also a funny tale is when a doctor who listened to his teachers got a...
Question on Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
Asked by T.L. from Houston
on February 25, 2007
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Hello, I have been reading a lot of info on PCOS and I really believe I have that. How can I find out for sure if I do? Do I go to a ob/gyn for a pap smear? I've been ...
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- You can start with a visit to your ob/gyn, but insist on a referral to an endocrinologist who knows about PCOS. It is worth getting checked out.
- You can get a transvaginal ultrasound. It is a solid imaging instrument that is inserted into your vagina to get closer to your ovaries. It is not painful, sometimes u...
- Yes you need to go to an OB/GYN and have yourself checked it is not normal to go without a period that long I just had a niece that thought it was all right to to go w...
I Am Mildly Freaking Out over Pregnancy.
Asked by M.K. from Los Angeles
on October 13, 2010
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Hi everyone
I am old (or at least I feel old), 36 years old, 2 kids, one is 8 one is 2. I was SOOOO done, I knew I didn't want any more children, the main reasons ...
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- The reason that they give that time is because that is the true result....you aren't supposed to look at it after the fact, as it may change. If it was 20 minutes lat...
- Reading a pregnancy test after the time you're supposed to can cause a false positive. Of course you carry on with your plans. Meanwhile, visit planned parenthoo...
- Stress might be giving you the false positive on that test. Go see your doc for a blood test. Since you dont want to be pregnant and you made love without protection...
Missed Cycle
Asked by J.F. from Milwaukee
on September 5, 2008
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This may sound like a strange question, but I need some help. I am nine days late with my period and have taken four (yes, four) pregnancy tests all of which were nega...
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- With my first child, I took 5 tests, (one was a blood test in the doctor's office!)and all were negative until I was 4 weeks along. I just felt really tired; no other ...
- When my husband and I were trying to get pregnant, I missed my period after the first month. Like you, I had never been late, so I just knew that I was preggo. But, ...
- with my first I was a month and a half late and still a negative pregnancy test so i went and had a blood test that was also negative so i went to the doctor and final...
Not Ovulating
Asked by K.K. from Denver
on July 9, 2009
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Hi Moms,
My husband and I have been trying to conceive for about 5 months now. I started to notice that my cycles were strange during the first month we were tryin...
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- There are fertility yoga classes offered through Belly Bliss in Denver. BB also has a number of great practicioners, accupuncture, rolfing, etc., all of whom are a gr...
- I had that problem as well - irregular periods and not ovulating. Luckily, my doctor said that would not enable me to get pregnant very easily and put me on Clomid. Go...
- Well, I don't have much advice, but if you haven't already, go to www.tcoyf.com and order the book on the website. It's full of very helpful information on charting yo...
Missed Period
Asked by S.S. from Phoenix
on August 30, 2006
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I have missed my period for almost 2 months. Last period was June 27, 20006. I have taken 4 home pregnancy test and each one has shown Negative. i've never been irregu...
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- When my first daughter was seven months old, I missed my period. About two weeks went by and still no period. During that two week period I took three different preg...
- I would definitly get a blood test from a doctor. Pregnancy test have been wrong. It will put you at ease to have a doctor tell you it's negative than keep wondering.
- Home pregnancy tests are not always reliable. When I missed my first period I took a pregnancy test and it said that I "might be" pregnant. It was the one where there'...
Please Help... Ahhhhh
Asked by C.K. from Burlington
on October 6, 2010
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i have done so much research on evap line omg its making me crazy LOL i took a test last night and totally forgot about it, about a hr later i went back and saw a blue...
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- Oh how I HATE blue line tests! LOL Ok...go out and buy a "First Response" PINK line test...they are so much more accurate. When my son was just 3 months old, I was w...
- Most Pregnancy tests are invalid after 10 mins.... So, I wouldn't wait an hour to read results. Good luck
- The first time I was pregnant, it was a faint blue line. In my humble opinion, if you're getting a line, you're probably pregnant. Call your doc!
87 Days (And Counting) Cycle
Asked by A.R. from Wichita
on August 8, 2010
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Has anyone every experienced a negative HPT for weeks, but to later get a positive HPT around 10 weeks after conception?
I have read that some women didn't get a po...
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- I'm sorry to say, that if HPTs are coming back negative, I'd say you're not pregnant. You need to call your OB/GYN and see why you're cycle is out of whack. Could be s...
- False negatives are very very rare. I've never heard of not getting a positive until 10 weeks, because HCG can ( a lot of the time) be detected 2 weeks after concepti...
- Dear A. R. There are many pregnancy tests that are not accurate. FIRST RESPONSE claims they have the highest accuracy which is 99%. The difference between 97% and...
My Skin Is Freaking Out!
Asked by K.J. from Boise
on December 10, 2009
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Ugh..I hate to even be having this conversation. I'm nearly 30 and for the past 18 months I have been having problems with acne and am also cursed with some additional...
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- I had the same acne problems too & I just turned 30. I noticed a HUGE difference when I started using the Clarisonic brush to clean my skin. It's expensive, but has ...
- KJ - My skin the same thing after I got pregnant and until just a couple months ago and my girls will be a year old next month. What I discovered is that if I used t...
- You might try the MD Skincare pads (step 1 and step 2). I love them.
