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When is it best to concieve?
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puppylove
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Summer
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When is it best to concieve?
I'm sure that this has been posted a million times, but is better to try and get pregant before of after your period? I'm so new to the whole TTC thing.
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Posted 10/27/05 12:35 PM  |
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redstar
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Michelle
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Re: When is it best to concieve?
You ovulate, after your AF....noone can tell you when for sure, unless you 'chart' your waking temperature every am.
I will explain how it works ...since I think this question is something so many people really don't know ....and I must admit, neither did I, a few years ago.
Basically during your AF, your follicules in your ovaries start to grow, they grow at about 1mm to 2mm a day. When they mature at about 18mm they are just about ready to rupture. Sometimes it happens when they are a bit smaller than 18mm but usually between 18mm and 28mm. When the follicule ruptures, out comes a tiny egg, that falls from the ovaries , gets caught by the tiny finger like ends of the fallopian tubes and passes through. Hopefully sperm is waiting in those tubes for the egg, and then it gets fertilized and travels to the uterus (this trip takes about 6 days) where it can implant, burrow and a baby can grow.
During "ovulation', the egg, is released and the leftover part of the follicule (the shell so to speak), remains in the ovary, this is the corpus luteum, and it secretes progesterone.
The corpus luteum can do it's job about 12-16 days.....and then, if there is no pregnancy, ...it dissolves....and the the uterine lining is shed, and you get AF....and the process starts all over again.
Basically, if you know how long your cycles tend to be, and count back, 18 days.....that's when you should start to try to conceive.
If your cycles are 28 days and you subtract 18 days you end up with cd 10. You should start bding cd 10....and continue, for about a week.
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| Posted 10/27/05 12:46 PM |
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babygirl28
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bride
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Re: When is it best to concieve?
Posted by redstar
You ovulate, after your AF....noone can tell you when for sure, unless you 'chart' your waking temperature every am.
I will explain how it works ...since I think this question is something so many people really don't know ....and I must admit, neither did I, a few years ago.
Basically during your AF, your follicules in your ovaries start to grow, they grow at about 1mm to 2mm a day. When they mature at about 18mm they are just about ready to rupture. Sometimes it happens when they are a bit smaller than 18mm but usually between 18mm and 28mm. When the follicule ruptures, out comes a tiny egg, that falls from the ovaries , gets caught by the tiny finger like ends of the fallopian tubes and passes through. Hopefully sperm is waiting in those tubes for the egg, and then it gets fertilized and travels to the uterus (this trip takes about 6 days) where it can implant, burrow and a baby can grow.
During "ovulation', the egg, is released and the leftover part of the follicule (the shell so to speak), remains in the ovary, this is the corpus luteum, and it secretes progesterone.
The corpus luteum can do it's job about 12-16 days.....and then, if there is no pregnancy, ...it dissolves....and the the uterine lining is shed, and you get AF....and the process starts all over again.
Basically, if you know how long your cycles tend to be, and count back, 18 days.....that's when you should start to try to conceive.
If your cycles are 28 days and you subtract 18 days you end up with cd 10. You should start bding cd 10....and continue, for about a week.
that was very helpful almost answered all my questions and im sure it did for everyone else...i do have another question and i hope some one can help me...ever since i started to get my period it is very irregular...im not on any medication and the gyno said theres nothing wrong with me...ovary wise and everything...im not sure when my cycle starts and ends. the last time i got AF was may 25/2005....i havent got it since...it is very hard for me to know when im ovulating...can somone help me out with this...thanks girls
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| Posted 10/28/05 9:10 PM |
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Gertyrae
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Re: When is it best to concieve?
Ok, I'll try to help you with this one. It is most likely, but not certain, that you have PCOS. This is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, and it means that your follicles are forming little cysts so they don't get a chance to grow as readily as someone who doesn't have PCOS. This means that you will get one follicle to mature every few months instead of every month as Michelle explained.
If you definitely want to TTC and are looking to start right away, I would highly recommend seeing your Gyno and explaining this. He/She will probably put you on Provera to bring on AF and then put you on Clomid to "make" you ovulate. If that doesn't work after six months or so, you gyno will probably recommend you to an RE.
Definitely see your Gyno though, if you really want to TTC now...She/he will explain it all over to you.
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| Posted 10/29/05 9:07 AM |
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redstar
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Michelle
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Re: When is it best to concieve?
Posted by Gertyrae
Ok, I'll try to help you with this one. It is most likely, but not certain, that you have PCOS. This is Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, and it means that your follicles are forming little cysts so they don't get a chance to grow as readily as someone who doesn't have PCOS. This means that you will get one follicle to mature every few months instead of every month as Michelle explained.
If you definitely want to TTC and are looking to start right away, I would highly recommend seeing your Gyno and explaining this. He/She will probably put you on Provera to bring on AF and then put you on Clomid to "make" you ovulate. If that doesn't work after six months or so, you gyno will probably recommend you to an RE.
Definitely see your Gyno though, if you really want to TTC now...She/he will explain it all over to you.
I completely agree with Gerty, that's what may be happening. I am not sure why your doctor isn't looking in to it though. It could also be your thyroid preventing you from ovulating, or your prolactin levels etc.
I would get thorough bloodwork done....see what the cause is, and see if the dr can treat it. For instance if it's your glucose level, then metformin is prescribed, if it's your thyroid, then synthroid or ptu is presribed, etc...
As far as clomid goes, I would try to not stay on that med for more than 3-6 months. I would make sure I saw a dr. who could find the cause...
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| Posted 10/29/05 9:12 AM |
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