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Expert: Bob Kambic - 6/10/2007


Question
I was on the "shot" for about a year. Three years ago, I still haven't gotten my periods back. Planned Parenthood tested my thyroid and prolactin they were normal. Do you think I'm infertile?  

Answer
Do you have any bleeding at all ever? You need to check your basal body temperature and mucus which will tell you if there if your body is trying to  cycle. An endocrinologist would also probably check other hormones called follicle stimulating and leutenizing hormone.

Infertile is the inability to become pregnant. Have you ever been pregnant before the shot?

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Bob Kambic

Expertise

Natural Family Planning, Periodic Abstinence, Rhythm, Catholic Church Method of Family Planning, Withdrawal, Condoms, Abstinence, Breast Feeding.

Experience

On the faculty of Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health for 22 years.

Publications
AJOBGYN, AJPH, Fertility and Sterility, Advances in Contraception, International Family Planning Perspectives, America, etc.

Education/Credentials
Duquesne University BA, University of Pittsburgh MSH, Johns Hopkins all but dissertation for PhD (ABD). Over 50 peer review articles on these topics, advisor to Planned Parenthood and to Vatican.

Past/Present Clients
Planned Parenthood, Family Planning Clinics, Womens' Reproductive Health Clinics, The Vatican, US Conference of Catholic Bishops, WHO, USAID, programs in Asia, Africa, Europe, South America, and the USA.

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