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Pilot Evaluation Of A New Urine Progesterone Test To Confirm Ovulation In Women Using A Fertility Monitor, Thomas Bouchard, Richard Fehring, Mary Schneider
Pilot Evaluation Of A New Urine Progesterone Test To Confirm Ovulation In Women Using A Fertility Monitor, Thomas Bouchard, Richard Fehring, Mary Schneider
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Background
Progesterone rises ~24–36 h after ovulation. Past studies using ultrasound-confirmed ovulation have shown that three consecutive tests with a threshold of 5μg/mL of urine progesterone (pregnanediol-3-glucuronide, PDG), taken after the luteinizing hormone (LH) surge, confirmed ovulation with 100% specificity.
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to a evaluate a new urine PDG self-test to retrospectively confirm ovulation in women who were monitoring ovulation using a hormonal fertility monitor.
Methods
Thirteen women of reproductive age were recruited to test urine PDG while using their home hormonal fertility monitor. The monitor measured the rise in estrogen (estrone-3-glucuronide, E3G) and LH …