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Fertility / Infertility (Expert Forum)
what's the best tool for O while on Clomid?
Answered by
Elaine Brown, MD - Pregnancy, Gynecology
Elaine Brown, MD - BLOG
Billings - MT
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what's the best tool for O while on Clomid?
by redBlues, Nov 02, 2009 01:47PM
I will be starting my first round next month with Clomid and I 'd like to know as to what's he best O tool..I've bought expensive Clearblue fertility monitor ,but I'm readling all over the internet that it doesn't work accurately with clomid..
I will be charting BBT and will be using OPKs as well.
How did everybody manage O while on clomid and what was the best tool for you?
I will be charting BBT and will be using OPKs as well.
How did everybody manage O while on clomid and what was the best tool for you?
Doctor's Answer
by Elaine Brown, MD, Nov 07, 2009 05:26PM
, Nov 07, 2009 05:26PMTo: redBlues
Hi!
The ClearBlue should work fine. The BEST approach would be ultrasound--if my patients can do it, I like to ultrasound them at about cycle day 11 or 12 to see if there is a follicle(s) developing. I then like to follow it to see how it matures and to be sure that it does get ovulated and a corpus luteum forms. Then to confirm it all I like to do a progesterone level about 14 days after ovulation.
Any of the predictors should work--they detect the LH surge and then ovulation typically occurs about 24-36 hours later.
Hope this helps!
Dr B
The ClearBlue should work fine. The BEST approach would be ultrasound--if my patients can do it, I like to ultrasound them at about cycle day 11 or 12 to see if there is a follicle(s) developing. I then like to follow it to see how it matures and to be sure that it does get ovulated and a corpus luteum forms. Then to confirm it all I like to do a progesterone level about 14 days after ovulation.
Any of the predictors should work--they detect the LH surge and then ovulation typically occurs about 24-36 hours later.
Hope this helps!
Dr B
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Oh I'd love to be ur patient.My OB doesn't monitor me..Most OBs don't...RE does....
thanks for the reply