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- From: george@ibmpcug.co.uk (Michael Veltman)
- Newsgroups: sci.med,connect.audit
- Subject: Re: the Pill & fertility
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.203057.6440@ibmpcug.co.uk>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 20:30:57 GMT
- References: <5658@nosc.NOSC.MIL>
- Sender: george@ibmpcug.co.uk (Michael Veltman)
- Organization: The IBM PC User Group, UK.
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- In article <5658@nosc.NOSC.MIL> derion@VAX309.NOSC.MIL writes:
- -Can anyone tell me how likely a healthy 37 yr old female is to
- -become pregnant after having been on the "pill" for a year? Assume
- -this female has no undiagnosed problems with her reproductive
- -machinery, and her husband is fertile as well.
-
- If she is still taking the pill, about 1% chance per year.
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- If she has stopped it, then her chances should not be much lower
- in the long run than had she never taken it at all. (Anyone know
- exact figures on this one... I can't quote any{_).
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- Bear in mind that a large percentage of couples are infertile
- irrespective of contraception.... About 10% from memory.
-
- If she is not pregnant and wishes to be so, then it would be worth
- seeing a gynaecologist or specialist in fertility. Beyond that
- its hard to say from the details you have left.
-
- Michael.
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