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Periods Stopped, Ovarian Failure, Heavy Periods Resumed. Do I Need Donor Eggs To Conceive?
My daughter is twenty six. When I was pregnant with her in the very early stages I ate some undercooked chicken and got opoisioning. Then when was on holidays I contracted thread worms from children we were travelling with. My duaghter was born a healthy seven and a half pounds. When she was sixteen and an avid ballet dancer her periods stopped for five years. she was underweight but then her periouds resumed. A doctor when she was sixteen said she had suffered ovarian failure, yet her periods did return after a few years albeit quite heavy and about every five weeks. I am now worried that as she is a good relationship that this episode has rendered her infertile. I might add I have tortured myself for years over this question and she had to have counselling as she felt like a freak. I feel the doctor should not have told her at sixteIen she would need donor eggs . Was this premature of him considering that her periods did eventually return? I would be so grateful for a response as I spent years worrying about this question. Thanks so much. Siobhan Shine
Mon, 15 Oct 2012
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Thank you for writing to HCM
I do understand the anxiety going through your mind but:-
1. You child was born normally, got her period normally and then stopped at the age of 16
She resumed her cycles after 5 years and found to be heavy, but regular
2. At the outset its important to understand that unless proven with blood tests - we cannot confirm ovarian failure
In athletes and women doing heavier exercises like dancing and underweight, the periods might stop.
It will be suggested that you meet your GP and get a few basic tests done like an Ultrasound of the pelvis and hormones if needed to see that everything is normal
Hope to have answered your query
Dr Nandita Thakkar
Thank you for writing to HCM
I do understand the anxiety going through your mind but:-
1. You child was born normally, got her period normally and then stopped at the age of 16
She resumed her cycles after 5 years and found to be heavy, but regular
2. At the outset its important to understand that unless proven with blood tests - we cannot confirm ovarian failure
In athletes and women doing heavier exercises like dancing and underweight, the periods might stop.
It will be suggested that you meet your GP and get a few basic tests done like an Ultrasound of the pelvis and hormones if needed to see that everything is normal
Hope to have answered your query
Dr Nandita Thakkar
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