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I have ovulatory dysfunction. How can I get pregnant?
Query: Hi doctor, I have had ovulatory dysfunction for about seven years. About a year ago, my husband and I decided to try starting a family. Not seeing any success, we visited a fertility doctor about two weeks ago, and she prescribed hormone blood tests. My test results are estradiol serum: 13 pg/ml, pr... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. Let me get a few facts straight in relation to the hormones and ovulation, thereby, pregnancy. Twenty-eight years is a very good age to get pregnant. Your weight is within the normal range. So, anovulatory possibilities are low. Prolactin and... Read Full »
Is the blood in urine periods or something else?
Query: Hello doctor, I am 18 years old female and sexually not active. A month back, I woke up and peed straight up blood. I went to the ER and was diagnosed a bladder infection or UTI. I was prescribed Bactrim and the next day woke up with a rash. It turns out I was allergic. So, the next day I started a ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. This is likely to be irregular shedding which can often occur in adolescence by mid-cycle in girls with secondary progesterone deficiency due to either delayed ovulation or stress-induced hormonal imbalances. You need to get a serum progesterone level done and if it ... Read Full »
I have PCOS and cannot ovulate even after taking tablets Metformin and Letrozole. Please help.
Query: Hello doctor, I have PCOS. Currently, I am on tablet Metformin and Letrozole. Still, I am not ovulating. My LH levels are 13 IU/L, and my FSH is 4.9 IU/L. Please help. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and can understand your concern. I can understand that you are worked up about not ovulating despite being on multiple ovulation induction medicines. Please answer the following questions. 1. Have you got an ultrasound done? 2. Did the ultrasound sho... Read Full »
I get irregular and prolonger periods. What is happening in me?
Query: Hi doctor, I am 24 years old. I am married, and I am not taking any contraceptives. I have prolonged periods without pain for more than two weeks. My periods are not consistent for a few years. Sometimes, I get my periods once in two months. Last year, I started to have lactation. But I was not pr... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. You are not ovulating regularly, and so you have irregular periods for years. If there is a lactation, then there is a deranged prolactin level. Check your serum prolactin hormone and thyroid profile. If there is an abnormality, correct it soon. If you are taking any an... Read Full »