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" What is interesting to me is that we have all of these monitors

to help with achieving pregnancy (add this new one to the list) and none

that are approved for avoiding pregnancy. "

I think the reason for this is simply that few, if anyone, will sue a

company for not achieving a pregnancy but not vice versa!

When I was at the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne many women brought

in flowers and chocolates when they had a baby they had worked for. Fewer

came in and said thank you for your help, I did not get pregnant this

month.

"

If the research is based on women with normal hormone profiles (i.e.,

normally fertile women for the most part) it seems that the monitors

would be more applicable for women with normal cycles that want to avoid.

"

It is always easier to deal with normal cycles. My colleague says

that women with irregular cycles are the forgotten women. The Ovarian

Monitor can deal with all types of cycles but the perception is that it

is too difficult to use. The Ovarian Monitor was so-called because by

measuring two hormones directly related to function (ovarian activity and

corpus luteum competence)it is possible to " eavesdrop on the

ovary " . Thus the window of fertility and the most fertile day can be

identified accurately whether the cycle is irregular or normal.

My point is not necessarily to promote the Monitor but to say that use of

the Ovarian Monitor has shown that hormonal monitoring is possible and it

is of immense value to NFP particularly for women with

" difficult " cycles.

" If you were conducting a monitor study for achieving

pregnancy, it seems that it would be hard to find a large group of women

with normal cycles and normal hormones. "

Another colleague always said that all of her women were normal they

just cycled differently at times. The database of hormonal data we have

was based on the women of Melbourne who did not go on the pill. The NFP

women therefore potentially provide the data but what is needed is easy

access to accurate urinary hormonal assays to go with the symptomatic

data. I am not sure what data has but I would love to see

it.

Regards from down under.