How does dysfunctional uterine bleeding affect pregnancy?

Donna Hill Howes, RN

Family Practitioner

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding can affect your ability to become pregnant. 90% of women with dysfunctional uterine bleeding do not regularly ovulate, and therefore have great difficulty trying to get pregnant. If you wish to become pregnant and have dysfunctional uterine bleeding, your doctor may prescribe you with fertility drugs to induce ovulation and different methods of treatment for DUB may be used.

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Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding (DUB)

Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding (DUB) is irregular vaginal bleeding caused by changes in hormone levels. When this happens, your periods may come less than 21 days apart, or more than 35 days apart. Vaginal bleeding may be heavy, or last for longer than a week. Often times, DUB occurs when you fail to ovulate during your menstrual cycle, which causes abnormal levels of certain hormones. Sometimes this pattern of an ovulation continues for several cycles or more, which may warrant a visit to your health care provider. The most common treatment for DUB is the use of various hormone medications. Sometimes the doctor will just advise you to wait a few months before beginning treatment.

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