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Dr Randy Morris MD-The BOARD CERTIFIED fertility expert with weekly TTC tips on InfertilityTV

Hello this is Dr. Randy Morris. I am a Board Certified Fertility Expert and the Medical Director at the world renowned IVF1 fertility center in Naperville, Illinois. And this is Infertility TV

There are many apps and websites that have calculators that supposedly help women to conceive. But do they help? A new study suggests that most fertility calculators are inaccurate and may actually hurt your chances for getting pregnant.

The concept behind online fertility calculators is simple. A woman typically needs to know the date of her last menstrual period, and the average length of her cycles. The calculator then tells her which days she'll have the best chance of conceiving.

Researchers from Cornell Medical College studied twenty websites and thirty-three apps that were the top results in an online search. The researchers put the same information into each fertility calculator: the same date for the last menstrual period, and an average menstrual cycle length of 28 days.

We know that given those numbers that ovulation is likely to be on day fourteen. Peak fertility would be on days twelve through fourteen. The next best days would be day ten and eleven.

What the researchers found is shocking! Only one website and three apps correctly predicted the peak time for fertility. Several did not even predict the day of ovulation correctly.

Our advice, do not rely on online fertility calculators to help you achieve pregnancy. They might actually have the opposite effect.

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Dr Randy Morris MD-The BOARD CERTIFIED fertility expert with weekly TTC tips on InfertilityTV

You have all been there before. You are at the office of your infertility specialist. The doctor goes over possible options for treatment and you ask -- What is the pregnancy rate? The doctor throws out some number and you smile secure in the knowledge that you know what your chances are for getting pregnant if you do this treatment.

Only, maybe not. If you have ever watched a commercial for an investment company, they will always have a disclaimer that states “Past performance does not guarantee future gains” In other words, just because that stock made 30% profit in the past, does not mean that you will make the same profit.

The same can be said for pregnancy rates. If a doctor used treatment X 1000 times and 500 of those attempts resulted in pregnancy, then he would state he has a 50% pregnancy rate.

However, many many variables can affect that rate. For example, younger women generally have a higher pregnancy rate than older women. Make sure your doctor gives you a pregnancy rate based on your age. Numerous other variables, such as results of hormone testing, whether you have a blocked tube or your partner has lower sperm counts may all impact your chances for success.

As a fertility expert, I would like to give you a pregnancy rate based on as many variables as possible. This becomes increasingly difficult however, because the more specific you get the fewer people there are in that group and the less accurate your pregnancy rate becomes.

So if there is one patient who did treatment X who was 37 years old, had one blocked tube and an abnormal AMH level and husband has 1 million sperm and she got pregnant - this does not mean you have a 100% pregnancy rate.

Never take pregnancy rates literally and be sure to understand that your particular rate may not be an accurate prediction of your chances for pregnancy.

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Endometriosis is a common problem which can cause both infertility and pain. Doctors grade endometriosis based on how much is present in your body. The grading goes from stage 1 or minimal to stage 4 or severe. If you have stage 3 or 4 then you have these cysts in your ovaries called endometriomas.

If your doctor sees these cysts, should you have surgery to remove them? The answer is complex. On the one hand, some studies do show an improvement in your chance to get pregnant by having surgery. On the other hand, ANY surgery on the ovaries will cause the loss of some of your valuable reserve of remaining eggs. Women with decreased ovarian reserve have a lower chance for getting pregnant.

Endometrioma cysts can be difficult to remove and it’s common to have some bleeding in the ovary which the doctor has to stop. To do that, he or she will often use electricity to cauterize the bleeding. Its very effective, BUT is more likely to cause the loss of eggs.

So this question is probably best answered by having a consultation with your physician after close review of all of the variables in your case. Here are some general guidelines. Consider leaving those endometriomas alone if

You are older You already have borderline or low ovarian reserve You have previously responded poorly to fertility medications You have large endometriomas or have them on both ovaries You have already had ovarian surgery in the past

If you and your doctor have decided that surgery is best for you then make an agreement that less traumatic methods to stop bleeding like suturing or gels be tried before resorting to electro cautery

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