LTTTC #1 w/pcos - Buddies?

[karenh]

I am glad the new regimend is working well for you. I may have to look into it.

AF is here, I started my 5th round of Femara Sunday. DH and I had a talk last night. He isn’t sure if he can try any more. We are going to try and figure out what we are going to do. He is thinking maybe take a month of in between each month we try. I am not sure if I can handle one month Femara, one month BCO, back to Femara, then BCP. Personally, I hate the BCP, and I don’t know if my body could handle the back and forth of the different hormones. Also, that means we are dragging out how long we are trying. My thoughts have been we do 4 more IUIs with Femara and then if we still aren’t pregnant then we are just done. That would mean in August either we are pregnant or we are learning how to live child free. This plan would push that all the way out to November. Obviously we still have more talking to do. We will see what the Lord has in store for us I guess.

 

[Praying4bump]

Hi ladies! Can I join? Congrats to ALL the BFP's! and I'm sorry about all the BFN's...I know how you feel.

I was Dx with mild PCOS a couple weeks ago. They saw many cyst on my ovaries during an ultrasound and I then I was diagnosed with insulin resistance. They were surpirised because I don't have a weight issue, I've always had an issue with being underweight in the past, now my BMI is normal.

I started on 500mg of Metformin last week and I have to increase it this week to 1,000mg a day. I was supposed to start letrozole this month with a trigger shot but my RE wanted to postpone that until we get everything regulated or until he is happy with my numbers. He also put me on synthroid for my thyroid. My number was a 2.8 which isn't bad but they like it to be under 2 when ttc or going through treatment. Last week I had to do a follow-up test for my prolactin levels. They were slightly higher then they would like it to be. Once they have the results they will call me and schedule an appointment to discuss. So we aren't starting treatment until May or June.

Good luck ladies! I love seeing LTTCers get a beautiful BFP and have beautiful babies.

 

[karenh]

Welcome, you are free to join us. None of us have BFPs though.

I am on 1500 of met, I also have insuline resistance. I had a A1C recently and it was 6.5 so I have to go back fasting on wednesday and try again. I am worried. We will see how it goes though.

 

[KelliGal]

Hey ladies, Can I join?

I got the dreaded "PCOS" diagnosis... ugh.. Kind of expected it because my sister has it too.

I am taking a more natural approach to things, I have gone on Paleo and I take certain vitamins at certain times of the day. It has been helping me a ton!
I actually did get preg but it turned out to be a chemical... Pretty sure the same thing is happening right now as I got a positive then it went to negative and now i've got some spotting/light bleeding.
I also am happy to see AF because for a while there, I wasn't sure I would ever see her again!

The weight has been slowly coming off, I haven't been exercising much either, but i've lost about 3 lbs and more importantly about 5 inches off my belly. !!

Im havent tried any Clomid or anything, I want to try Soy before I do Clomid...

 

[karenh]

Hey ladies, Can I join?

I got the dreaded "PCOS" diagnosis... ugh.. Kind of expected it because my sister has it too.

I am taking a more natural approach to things, I have gone on Paleo and I take certain vitamins at certain times of the day. It has been helping me a ton!
I actually did get preg but it turned out to be a chemical... Pretty sure the same thing is happening right now as I got a positive then it went to negative and now i've got some spotting/light bleeding.
I also am happy to see AF because for a while there, I wasn't sure I would ever see her again!

The weight has been slowly coming off, I haven't been exercising much either, but i've lost about 3 lbs and more importantly about 5 inches off my belly. !!

Im havent tried any Clomid or anything, I want to try Soy before I do Clomid...

Welcome! I am glad the natural route seems to be working so far. I have heard of people trying soy. I don't know many though, so good luck! PS. I prefer Femara over Clomid like 100 times.

 

[karenh]

How is everyone doing? I am getting geared up for my follicle check on Thursday!

 

[pvsmith12]

Hey Ladies!!

Sorry I have been MIA for so long, adjusting to new work hours and house maintenance is never fun! Haha.

I left my original Obgyn and am now going to a more helpful Dr. In one appointment he did more for us than the old one did it 2 years! I have been diagnosed with hypothyroidsim... which could explain why the drugs weren't working. It makes me beyond mad that the other Dr did't diagnose me two years ago when it was discovered through my initial blood work.

Hope your follicle check goes well Karen, and so sorry to see about your ectopic pregnancy.

 

[sugarpi24]

starting Femera tonight and possibly doing the Gonal this cycle...found out we can do a mail in rebate for the money we spent on the injections saving us $110!!! which is awesome! I really hope it works! figured Gonal and the ovidrel might give us more follicles and give us more of a chance on catching one on our own!....doctors office is going to call me later to verify everything. Oh and U/s showed NO cysts! which I was quite surprised!

 

[karenh]

Hey Ladies!!

Sorry I have been MIA for so long, adjusting to new work hours and house maintenance is never fun! Haha.

I left my original Obgyn and am now going to a more helpful Dr. In one appointment he did more for us than the old one did it 2 years! I have been diagnosed with hypothyroidsim... which could explain why the drugs weren't working. It makes me beyond mad that the other Dr did't diagnose me two years ago when it was discovered through my initial blood work.

Hope your follicle check goes well Karen, and so sorry to see about your ectopic pregnancy.

Welcome back! I have been wondering how you are doing. I am so glad that you got a new doctor and that he is helping you so much! Now that you have identified the thyroid issue you should be able to take meds to manage it and tet on your way to a baby right?

 

[karenh]

starting Femera tonight and possibly doing the Gonal this cycle...found out we can do a mail in rebate for the money we spent on the injections saving us $110!!! which is awesome! I really hope it works! figured Gonal and the ovidrel might give us more follicles and give us more of a chance on catching one on our own!....doctors office is going to call me later to verify everything. Oh and U/s showed NO cysts! which I was quite surprised!

Yay for no cycsts! That is awesome! Also, that is exciting about the rebate. Good luck this cycle!

 

[Natashaa1]

Hey everyone, I've also been MIA but still stalking we have our IVF appoint next Tuesday!! V. V. Scared about the whole process..... Nice to get an update from everyone. Karenh let is know how you get on tomorrow. We will be going for a scan and SA tomorrow.

 

[karenh]

Yikes! I can't beleive you appointment is here. That is really exciting though. Let me know how it goes tomorrow. I will definetly give an update!

 

[KelliGal]

This is so annoying. Spotting for the last 10 days.. it happened on CD 12 last month and again on CD 21(counting from the last spotting, which I don't know if was a real AF or not) I can't track anything, I don't know where in the cycle I am. The OPKS are ALWAYS dark. Im getting irritated!

 

[karenh]

This is so annoying. Spotting for the last 10 days.. it happened on CD 12 last month and again on CD 21(counting from the last spotting, which I don't know if was a real AF or not) I can't track anything, I don't know where in the cycle I am. The OPKS are ALWAYS dark. Im getting irritated!

That is really frustrating. I am so sorry. Are you under the care of a doctor? I was having really weird bleeding and i didn't go in for months. By the time I did I needed surgery and the dr said another month and I would have had uterin cancer. PCOS can really screw with your body. I would suggest bringin it up to a doc, if nothing else they should be able to help regulate your cycles so it isn't confusing.

 

[karenh]

I am ovulating on my own with out the ovidrell trigger shot! I can't believe it! Now I am just waiting for the RE office to open so I can know what they want me to do. I have been waiting an hour and a half and I still have and hour and a half to go. I hate waiting. This is crazy, I am freeking out a little bit. Sorry.

 

[Praying4bump]

That's Awesome Karen!!

 

[karenh]

So my IUI will be tomorrow morning. They aren't sure if I should do my Ultrasound still or not. They are having me come in at my 3 pm appointment and we will decide then if I will do an unltrasound or just a blood draw to check for ovulation.

 

[KelliGal]

This is so annoying. Spotting for the last 10 days.. it happened on CD 12 last month and again on CD 21(counting from the last spotting, which I don't know if was a real AF or not) I can't track anything, I don't know where in the cycle I am. The OPKS are ALWAYS dark. Im getting irritated!

That is really frustrating. I am so sorry. Are you under the care of a doctor? I was having really weird bleeding and i didn't go in for months. By the time I did I needed surgery and the dr said another month and I would have had uterin cancer. PCOS can really screw with your body. I would suggest bringin it up to a doc, if nothing else they should be able to help regulate your cycles so it isn't confusing.

Oh geez, that scares me... No I'm not, any doc I've been to just tell me I've got really long crazy cycles and they can put me on bc (I was on it from age 15 to 21) no one will help me, the closest I've gotten is finding the PCOS but now it's up to me.

I have been making changes to my diet and taking vitamins (after not having a period for 97 days) and so I'm hoping it is just clearing itself out..

 

[karenh]

This is so annoying. Spotting for the last 10 days.. it happened on CD 12 last month and again on CD 21(counting from the last spotting, which I don't know if was a real AF or not) I can't track anything, I don't know where in the cycle I am. The OPKS are ALWAYS dark. Im getting irritated!

That is really frustrating. I am so sorry. Are you under the care of a doctor? I was having really weird bleeding and i didn't go in for months. By the time I did I needed surgery and the dr said another month and I would have had uterin cancer. PCOS can really screw with your body. I would suggest bringin it up to a doc, if nothing else they should be able to help regulate your cycles so it isn't confusing.

Oh geez, that scares me... No I'm not, any doc I've been to just tell me I've got really long crazy cycles and they can put me on bc (I was on it from age 15 to 21) no one will help me, the closest I've gotten is finding the PCOS but now it's up to me.

I have been making changes to my diet and taking vitamins (after not having a period for 97 days) and so I'm hoping it is just clearing itself out..

I hope that can help you. Are you ttc? There are other meds other than BCP that can help. I hope you can find some answers soon.

 

[karenh]

I got my positive OPK early Thursday morning. I have my ultrasound 3 pm that afternoon and a blood LH done. I have a beautiful 22mm follicle and confirmed positive LH. My iui was Friday morning at 1015. Now just trying not so get my hopes up too high and bide my time until my BHCG on the 15th.

How is everyone else doing?