Thread: PCOS

Hi All,

Am' trying to get pregnent, but need to know more abt how to find out my fertile days..
I have irregular period (30-33)
Flow lasts for 4 days.
I have a 35*19mm retentio cyst in my right ovary (PCOS) and is taking the medinine Bigomet SR500 now as per my doctor's advice.

I want to know the following:

--> Is my cyst too big ?

--> Can anyone tell me how to find out my ovulation days ?

--> And, is it true that we need to have inercourse prior to ovulation and not after that ? If so, How till how many days before ovulation is ok ?

--> Also, I read somewhere that even if a woman doesn' ovulate, She might get period. Is it true ? How to ensure that am' ovulating ?

JoEllen, You are correct about the Basal Temperature but you dont need a special thermometer at all to check this. Basal is basically your body at rest, so if you were to take your temperature right when you wake up, before you set up or turn off alarms or even speak. Try to take your BBT around the same time each morning because your temp can very with the time. Also make sure you get atleast 5 hrs of sleep. Take your temperature with a regular thermometer. the change is very small. Some women but not all women will see a drop in temerature when they are ovulating so this would be time to have sex but like I said, Not all women experience this. A rise of .4 degrees over a 48 hr period. when the temp raises, that means you have already ovulated. If you do this over a few months you can but predict when you will be ovulating. Drs recommend you do not do like so many and have sex every day just to make sure you hit your ovulation day because it can actually lower your chances. The more swimmers in one shot is a way better plan.

also One thing to note is that women with ovulatory cycles but with irregular cycle lengths, the greatest variation from cycle to cycle should be in the follicular phase. The luteal phase should be relatively constant (within 1-2 days). So if one has a cycle that ranges from 28-34 days, and a luteal phase of 14 days, ovulation would occur somewhere between days 14-20 -- not the middle of a cycle, not day 14 . . . This is the biggest mistake women with long cycles make when trying to conceive