anyone got pregnant after ovarian drilling?

[Kyla]

no regrets. I was a similar weight to you and I have PCOS but I am lucky in that I have a 6 year old son. I was about 230lbs with irregular periods and I lost 42lbs prior to getting pregnant by following The South Beach Diet which was recommended to me by my Dr.

I can highly recommend it for PCOS, it follows the low GI idea and the weight is immediately lost from your tummy area so you see results quite quickly. It is quite strict in the first two phases but so worth it as it seems to work well with PCOS. I am currently TTC#2 and I had OD on 29th December, in fact I'm starting back on the South Beach Diet tomorrow in an effort to shift a few (and hopefully more) pounds.

AFM: The has arrived. I'm not disappointed as I'd written this month off really, and I feel quite pleased that AF is here as it means something is happening with my body. I had OD on 29th December, so it looks like a 33 day cycle....but I'm not sure when to count CD1, perhaps you ladies can advise? TMI alert: I started with very, very light pink spotting on Friday night, which became very light pink and intermittent yesterday and today is still light but with a red tinge. My feeling is that I should count today as CD1, but I am not really sure. Did anyone else have a light period after OD?

I started temping too yesterday - which I hope will give me better clues as to what is happening.

to everyone

 

[snflwrgrl9]

Hi No Regrets. Welcome! I have been over weight for about 5 years and on the verge of being plus size. It is so hard for me to lose weight because of the PCOS. Working out and eating right, didn't seem to help me much. I didn't start losing any weight until AFTER my OD. It came off very slowly and I only lost about 10 pounds within 5 months, but then it started to creep back on. It took us 7 months after the OD and we finally conceived - with no medication. I was kind of "taking a break" from TTC or just the monitoring of it. I wish you luck with your appointment with the re. Keep us posted. You can get alot of GREAT information from the girls on this thread.


Cridge - now that AF found you - I hope this is a great cycle for you!

 

[Tella]

Welcome no regrets! GL with the weight loss, hopefully you will be able to loose it quickly and have OD done and get a BFP.

Cridge > Almost time for the doc appointment and meds. I cant remember if you have explained what you will be doing but im gonna ask anyways Are going to be doing IUI with the GonalF or just timed BD?

Kyla > Yay for a natural AF, i was so happy when i got mine wiht out inducing meds Fx'd for this new cycle and a quick success rate for you after OD!

Good luck to all the other girls.

 

[Princess1712]

Hi everyone sorry I havnt been on here for a few months.
I was really struggling with it all, I think with Christmas and all it got a bit to much.
How is everyone I havnt had time to read all the posts yet so has any had any good news, how is it going.
Xxx

 

[scerena]

all! I hope everyone is well? I havent had a chance to look throiugh all the posts as of yet sorry I havent been on I kind of gave up with my cycle until today...

Well ladies, my opks were not positive according to my oh and he said todays DEFINATELY is so fingers crossed... I did opks the last few days and there was a barely there line... This is todays and I really wasnt expecting this I thought af was on her way from the pains on my side I have had today... Definately my darkest opk this cycle irl the test line looks darker than the control line.

First pic- taken at 4 minutes
2nd pic- taken at 7 mins
3rd pic- taken at 10 mins
And the line is getting darker still I keep looking

OPINIONS please ladies

princess1712 we havent met, ttc can be emotional at times I have times like that too... So how long has it been since your OD?
x

 

[NIKKIA]

Hi Scerena. Def looks positive to me. Quick get to it. xx

 

[scerena]

thanks NIKKIA!
Well we bd yesterday, hopefully if oh is here earlyish then we can bd tonight and tomorrow too if possible fx'd I just hope I can get enough bd in!

What are your plans on your new cycle hun?x

 

[KatCrazy]

Scerena- that definitely looks positive to me, yay! What cd are you on? X

 

[KatCrazy]

Kyla- yay for AF! That's great news, a bit strange saying that but you know what I mean!

 

[scerena]

Thanks kat! Cd30! Verrrry long cycle but i was cd3 on time of the op so maybe it has just taken my body time to adjust, i am going only get my hopes up when my temps show I have ovulated but thats the darkest opk this cycle even oh was like yes its definately positive...

What cd are you on kat?

Kyla yay for af your first natural cycle! I say cd1 is red blood or full flow most docs will say full flow. Good luck! is it your first month temping?

Noregrets- welcome everyone is lovely on this thread

X

 

[Princess1712]

Hi scerena you are defiantly right about it being an emotional time.
My OD was 5 1/2 months ago got to see the consultant on feb 24th if nothing by then and them he will refer us to a specialist clinic for further help.
So keeping my fingers crossed this week For a BFP
When did you have you OD?
X

 

[scerena]

I really hope you get your bfp this week hun my fingers are crossed tightly!
I had mine done on january the 3rd...
I have my follow up fs appointment on the 21st feb so we have our appointments around the same time x

 

[KatCrazy]

Thanks kat! Cd30! Verrrry long cycle but i was cd3 on time of the op so maybe it has just taken my body time to adjust, i am going only get my hopes up when my temps show I have ovulated but thats the darkest opk this cycle even oh was like yes its definately positive...

What cd are you on kat?

Kyla yay for af your first natural cycle! I say cd1 is red blood or full flow most docs will say full flow. Good luck! is it your first month temping?

Noregrets- welcome everyone is lovely on this thread

X

I'm on cd19, no positive OPK as yet but like you say it may take a while for things to kick in. X

 

[scerena]

I hope you get your positive opk soon! x
X

 

[Cridge]

scerena - I think that's definitely a positive! congrats!!

I have my cd3 appointment tomorrow - hoping to start gonal-f in the next couple of days.

I've decided that I have seen all the benefits from OD that I am to see, so I feel like I shouldn't be posting my status updates on this thread anymore. I'm not going to leave you gals, but I think I'm going to start a journal to post my own updates. I'll post the link once I get it going.

So others can possibly benefit from my experience, I thought I'd sum up my OD experience:

OD on June 27, 2011 to lower testosterone and stimulate ovulation.
4-6 weeks later, still no ovulation and testosterone level had doubled
Brought on af by NPC and started taking Femara
about 8 weeks post op, testosterone level was in normal range - lower than it has ever been Still not ovulating - even on femara.
3 failed femara cycles, finally ovulated on the 4th round (10mg) Femara, then almost failed the 5th cycle (10mg again) - finally ovulated after adding an additional 25mg femara.
6 months post op, testosterone back up to levels higher than pre-op. I have a feeling I have the femara to thank for my levels going wacko again, but there's no way to know for sure.

So that pretty much sums up my OD experience. I would do it again if I could and next time around I wouldn't use Femara (or clomid) at all. I could tell each femara cycle that it was messing with my hormones and although I'm glad I was able to ovulate a couple of times on it, for my overall health, I wish I had just gone natural. I think the OD would have kept my testosterone levels down longer had I let it be.

So ladies - I'm on to gonal-f. The link to my journal is in my sigi. I'd love for you to stalk me if you're interested, so stop by and say hi!

 

[Tella]

scerena > what you doing on BnB, you need to get down and DTD that is definitely a + OPK girl. Fx'd you catch that eggy!!

Cridge > don’t leave the thread, we love having you here with us. And you never know if it is definitely your last benefits from the OD. None the less I will stalk your Journal untill a BFP and a healthy little baby comes around.

AFM > Thanks girls, I just got back from the FS. I have one follicle that is 22mm and ready to be triggered. There was some smaller ones but he didn’t measure them. So im doing my injection tonight at 8pm and then going on Thurday at 8:00 for DH and the IUI at 12:30. Im super excited. He said my lining looked great and everything else also looks great!

I've also started temping again on Monday, so I will also confirm O along with the monitoring of the IUI!

Good luck to all the other girls

 

[MariaF]

Cridge - congrats on starting your own journal Ill sure be stalking it

Tella - wow, this cycle is just flying by I can't believe IUI is just 2 days away Ill have everything crossed that it works first time. Tons of to you

I have been quite lucky I think in seeing benefits from the OD. My skin has improved greatly! My back, chest, shoulders and face used to be covered in huge, nasty looking acne. Those got cleared up within a couple of months after the OD. I also noticed that losing weight became a little easier. I also started ovulating on my own a lot more regularly. Still not on CD14 and some months I helped myself with Clomid but much better than before! But it still took us 8 months and 7 ovulatory cycles after the OD to catch the egg I know in my siggy it does say that DH's morphology wasn't great but doctors never paid too much attention to it saying that his others parameters were good so low-ish morphology would be compensated. But still...7 ovulations after the OD. And I also ovulated on Clomid and Menopur before the OD at least 8-10 cycles. So altough it seemed like everything was OK it still took a while!

 

[scerena]

Cridge- please do not go hun you have helped me put alot since my journey! Stay as we will all miss you far too much!!! Sorry af got you hun I havent read back through all the posts as there are so many, good luck with this cycle

Tella- i wish i did hun oh worked late last night and I was crashed out so no bd'ing im cd31 today we bd on cd29 and will bd again tonight cd31- i have a feeling it wont be enough as do not know when the positive opk statted as I missed doing opks on sunday- i had a very light one saturday then this on on monday... How exciting is the size of that follicle clomid never gave me a good lining or follicles I might ask for femara goodluck hun keep us updated

Maria- you definately do give is hope! In a hoping in a few cycles I can too ovulate naturally! Your bean is a sweet potato yay! Getting bigger and bigger not long until your scan
X

 

[Princess1712]

MariaF - hi I havnt been on here for a while but i see you got got BFP I'm so happy for you.
It is now 5 1/2 months since my OD and we are keeping our fx'd for our BFP tommorow.
X

 

[arza786]

Hello Ladies,

I do check in from time to time on this forum - and try to keep up to date, but by golly this site has exploded (In a good way)! So it is really hard to keep on top of everyone.

I just thought that I would let you ladies know that I am now a new OD graduate! I got my this weekend on Sunday, I did 1 test on Sunday with the lines and it was a nice dark + sign and another yesterday, the digital types and got a Pregnant on the display. Went to see the doctors, he said to register for Antenatal clinic but that could take up to another 8 weeks! I am excited nonetheless, I have waited so long for this.

I would like to wish you all great success, and I know that there are most of you are desperate for this as I was, and still am, I would just request to you all to wish me well, and wish me a H&H 9 months, and to say a prayer that it all goes well, and likewise I shall be praying for all of you!

You will all graduate - or get what you want very soon. I said the last time that I was just giving up, as it was really taking a toll on me all this TTC, and I know that helped me, just being happy in what I have and the life I am living was a key player in my

The doctor scared me because he said people who have been on Clomid can get fake positive results, I wanted to throw something at him! However I hope it all goes well, I have no symptoms except the sore boobs, and maybe wanting the loo every half hour! Oh I did get GAS like no one's business and that is so unlike me! TMI - I Know!!!!

So goodluck and I will frequent this site when I can and be your support as you are mine, and if you want to ask me anything feel free to message me, or ask on here!

XXXX