I been takeing Dostinex for 2 1/2 months is to lower my prolactin level & pituitary tumor. But I been trying to get pregnant for 5 years,  what should I ask my endocronologist.
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I love this question!  I read in RedBook that swallowing after oral sex can help you conceive.  I know you are probably skeptical, but...  The article was written by a female OBGYN.  The idea is to help you body get accustomed to your husband's sperm.  Your body treats sperm like any other foreign substance in the body and will attack it.  By ingesting the sperm your body may be less likely to attack it thereby increasing your chances of conception.  Tell your husband he can thank me later.  As far as I am concerned that is the finest article ever published in a women's magazine.  I should have stolen it when I had the chance!
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There is a tumor called prolactinoma. It is benign and may cause lactation without pregnancy. It may also be galactorrhea. Or it could just possibly be idiopathic prolactinemia, which basically means lactating for no reason. Which is what I have. I have been tested through an MRI for the porlactinoma and galactorrhea and both came back negative. Also, my doc tested my thyroid. If she has hypothyroidism, it could also cause this. Hope this helps.
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Endometriosis and Natural Progesterone\nWhile the cause of endometriosis is unknown we do know that it is an estrogen driven disease. And the body's natural anti-estrogen is progesterone.\n\nControlling the Symptoms of Endometriosis with Progesterone\nWe know that when a woman falls pregnant, often endometriosis will disappear, only to return again after pregnancy. There is some very strong correlation between the two. This suggests that the sex hormones are involved and that high progesterone levels produced in pregnancy play an important part in controlling this disease.\n\nThat's why progesterone is recommended from days 8 to 26 (just before menstruation) or whenever your normal menstrual cycle ends, breaking from cream briefly to refresh receptor sites. This mimics a pseudo-pregnancy state, and facilitates healing.\n\nHigher than normal doses are required which appear to be well tolerated. Levels around about 60~80mg/day are usually required for pain management. You know you are taking too high a dose if you begin to feel sleepy after applying cream.\n\nMost women will find that they can reduce their dosage of progesterone after 7-12 months, however, attempts to go below 40mg/day progesterone often allows symptoms to creep back in.\n\nKeep in mind that a delayed diagnosis of endometriosis after numerous years of medication and synthetic hormone cocktails often leads to liver dysfunction, adrenal exhaustion, and chronic pain / fatigue which can compromise the uptake of progesterone.\n\nNo one is suggesting progesterone cures endometriosis but we certainly know, based on empirical evidence, that it appears to play a major role in controlling its distressing symptoms. We know that women who stopped progesterone felt great for a few months and then suddenly, after progesterone stores had washed from the body, the disease would flare back up.\n\nMost women with endometriosis remain on progesterone cream for maintenance and pain control, and adjust their dose when necessary, increasing when indicated such as in times of stress.\n\nCatherine Rollins\n\nNeed more info?\nE-mail me!\nBlessings~\nMichelle Jones
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I think that if a woman stops ovulating there would be no more menstruation, and estrogen levels change, to me this is part of a biological clock in women which indicates the conceiving period is over and pregnancy at a late age is risky.\nFortunately there are supplements that can be taken for the secondary effects such as hot flashes like black cohosh and flax hull lignans. Lignans are a type of plant chemical that can simulate and help balance human hormones such estrogen.
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If you are on the pill, skip the suger pills (last week) and go right into your next pack. If you aren't, then go to a doctor right away and get him/her to get you a script for something that might be able to prolong things.
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Breast secretion or your pituitary hormones should be tested to see what is going on.  Have you ever been pregnant or breastfed a baby before?  THAT is a KEY question, even if on an IUD right now. If so, some women can retain-continue to produce milk in breasts for a long time after weaning, but one year after weaning is average-OK, esp if you have lots of nipple stimulation with sex and or have lots of orgasms.  Longer than a year could be considered abnormal, and hormone tests would then be given by a doctor to see if there is a pituitary imbalance of some kind. Oxytocin hormone from posterior pituitary is the hormone of nursing-letdown and orgasm and will keep the milk letdown continuing even after weaning.  \n\nWomen who have breastfed before and ARE nursing do have spurts of OXYTOCIN and release of milk easier than other women and can letdown (leak milk) when thinking about or hearing or seeing babies, esp their own!!!!\n\nHOWEVER......Women who have never been pregnant or nursed a baby CAN make milk and can nurse an adopted baby, but it is REAL hard, definitely is a HORMONAL WONDER and takes a long time and MUCH dedication to get the breasts to develop this way, but it can be done, esp with the use of a LACTAID device the woman wears while she feeds formula to a baby.  Maybe you would make a great "wet nurse!" Find a lactation consultant in your area to help you?  Call local hospital L&D dept and ask for the list of lactation consultants available.\n\nLots of places are looking for disease free breast milk for babies who need it. If any of this sounds of interest, contact me.  I am also a lactation consultant, nursed my kids total of 5+ years and still had milk in my breasts 7 years after weaning without any pituitary abnormality. Odd, yes!\n\nBreast discharge is also a warning sign of breast cancer.  If not that, there are some women who have serious psychosomatic causes of breast leakage that have NOT been linked to hormonal abnormalities or pituitary tumors.  Quite a complex topic, but needs testing.  Best wishes!
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ask the Doctor what side effects if any there may be for you if you do decide to go for it anyway. You may need to go on HRT, this may cause you more pains if they are hormone related.\n\ni am 23 and would consider it, because my periods are few and far between but when i am on i can be on for months. so i know what you are going through. I to can't take the pill as it gives me chronic pains and i can't walk however my test came back normal and i went for a scan, apparently there's not much else they can do.
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What you are describing is called galactorrhea. The most common cause is a benign prolactin-secreting tumor (prolactinoma) in the pituitary gland. Prolactinomas usually are very small. Overproduction of prolactin and the development of galactorrhea may also be induced by drugs, including phenothiazines, certain drugs given for high blood pressure, opioids, and even licorice. There are other causes of galactorrhea that do not involve high levels of prolactin, such as an underactive thyroid gland (hypothyroidism).\n\nAlthough breast milk production may be the only symptom of a prolactinoma, many women also stop menstruating (amenorrhea) or have less frequent menstrual periods. Women with prolactinomas often develop hot flashes and vaginal dryness, which causes discomfort with sexual intercourse, because of low estrogen levels. A high prolactin level can cause infertility in both men and women.\n\nWhen a prolactinoma is large, it may press on the nerves of the brain that are located just above the pituitary gland, causing the person to have headaches or to become blind in specific visual fields.\n\nSee your doctor. He can diagnose the problem with a simple blood test. The treatment usually involves taking a pill every day to regulate the hormone causing the problem. Although surgery may be necessary in extreme cases, that is rarely necessary.
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Oh, honey, I am so sorry!  This is exactly why I had to go off the pill.  You would think it would make you more even-tempered, but NO.  At least not in my case, and apparently not in yours, either!  That's not to say I don't still have PMS ... but one thing that helps is being able to know what it is.  When you know you're reaching that time of the month, prepare yourself & your family!  As soon as I can tell myself (and my family) that I'm in a foul mood due to PMS, I feel like I can better control it.  Other than that, I would say you can ask your dr. if it's okay to take things like St. John's Wort, or if he has other suggestions.  He may suggest a lower dose of the pill, but it sounds like you've already tried that.  But he may have other suggestions as well.  I feel for you ... it's not fun for anybody!
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talk to your gyno. you maybe able to take BC to regulate.
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I was on it about 3 months ago for 5 days and had a normal period when it was over (actually alot lighter than normal). I would get in to see your dr. immediately! Don't let them give you the run around!!
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Depo-Provera\nHow it works:\nEvery three months, your doctor gives you and injection of progestin, a synthetic hormone that suppresses ovulation and interferes with implantation.  \nIt is 97% effective. You only have to think about birth control 4 times a year.  It contains no estrogen, so you don't have to worry about blood clots, and other risks associated with birth control pills.  There is a new version called Depo-SubQ Provera104 that contains one-third less progestin than the original Depo, so side effects have been drastically reduced.  \nYou may have irregular periods during the first three to six months of use, and it takes an average of 10 months for your periods to return after your last shot, so this method is not ideal if you want to become pregnant within a year or so after discontinuing use.  \nWeight gain:\nWomen put on an average of 5.5 pounds during the first year of use.  (Which does not calculate to "massive  weight gain")\nThe shot is also associated with bone loss because it shuts down ovulation, resulting in low levels of estrogen, a hormone that protects bone.  As a result, the FDA has restricted the use of Depo to no more than two years at a time.
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I am assuming that you have not had sex yet and that you are breastfeeding.  wait one more week and start the pills on sunday.  sounds like you do not know much about birth control.  micronor is the minipill, it only has one hormone in it-it is not the same as the regular birth control pill.  the only women who use it are breastfeeding moms.  if you are not breastfeeding, you should not be on micronor unless there is some other reason for you not to take hormones.  morning, evening doesnt matter. whatever is easier for you to remember it every single day sex certainly doesnt matter-you do know you have to take it everyday right, not just when you have sex.  it is VERY VERY important that micronor be taken every single day at approxiametely the same time of the day.  micronor is not like the regular pill, you cannot be late or miss pills and then take 2 later.  taking micronor late will greatly increase your chances of becoming pregnant.  use condoms for the first month, but you really should not be having sex for another 3 wk or so anyway.  when you see your doctor at your next visit, be sure to discuss your birth control with them.  if you are not breastfeeding, ask your doctor for a different method
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Yasmin is Birth Control! It stops your eggs from maturing; it is not breast enhancement! Read up on stuff before you make decisions.
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If your hormones are out of whack,  Your period will tell the tale.\nI would tell your doctor that you want answers.  You could be early menopause.  \nDid your mom or dad's mom have early menopause?\nI WOULD NOT sit by and be passive about this. \n \nTell the doctors you want answers.  Be even more aggressive if they are men.\n\nI hope they checked the thyroid.  I hoped they checked your ovaries.  I hope they did a bunch of blood work to test levels of all the chemicals in your blood.  \n\nAre you taking anything that could cause this?  a possible side affect.  Maybe your birthcontrol is the wrong dose if you take any.\n\nGood luck and bless.
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I've been on the ring for about 3 years.  I love it.  I actually chose not to get my period at all so I cange it the 1st of every month.  My OB said it was fine to go without getting my period at all or I can go every three months...at the end of my third month I would take it out for a week then put a new one in on the 1st as usual.  But I had stopped using it back in April since my husband and I had decided to try to have another baby.  I noticed that my sex drive has increased a bit since I am no longer using it...I had realized during the 3 years of using it, that my sex drive had slowly decreased,  I thought it was because I had a baby and I was tired and stressed with work, my daughter and keeping up the house.  But I think now that the birthcontrol had a little to do with it too.  But other then that the Nuva-Ring was GREAT...at first my husband felt it...but after a few times he didnt even notice it.  Good Luck!
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A doctor that I have been seeing for other medical conditions besides anything to do with pregnancy was telling me about a study that a doctor in Penn. was doing for women who had been going to all kinds of trouble trying to get pregnant. They had tried every drug known to man out there and went to the best specialist when he decide to use Metformin a common drug used for people with diabetes. \nThis doctor even suggested the same thing for her own daughter and she was pregnant within two weeks of starting the med. So just a thought!