Metformin club

[betty14]

Aww bebe that's great,

I don't take vits apart from folic acid.... I take this last thing at night before bed

I am day two of max dose 3x 500 and boy have I felt today! I keep reminding myself it will ease soon!!

X x x

 

[bebehope]

wow!! I was taking 3x500 during my whole pregnancy...for TTC im taking 2x500.
Its a heavy duty drug but it is so worth it!!!
Good luck sweety!!!!!

 

[betty14]

Thanks Hun

And to you too!!

Maybe we will get to be bump buddies

X x x

 

[Maurie]

Hi ladies,
It has been a while for me on here due to a very busy month with family events and such.

I am on month 2 of met and I am not insulin resistant. I have not been diagnosed with PCOS. I am of a 26-27 BMI. My weight has gone up (about 25lbs) since I entered the LTTTC phase of trying.

I am currently in my tww, testing next Wednesday, hoping to hold off until Sunday but I am impatient.

Hope it gives you ladies Tons of success!!

 

[Cat_f_08]

Hope you don't mind me posting, I've been on met since June when I was told i had pcos, only on 500g once a day as only have cysts on one side. Extreme tiredness is the only real side affect I have had currently 7dpo so still a week till testing this month x

 

[TryingTimes]

Hi ladies, I've been on Metformin for about 5 months and it is making me ovulate and I've lost around a stone and a half. However..... I've stopped losing weight this past couple of weeks, is this normal, will it start again?

Thanks all x

Hope you don't mind me asking, how what is your BMI now? I keep thinking that I shouldn't expect to ovulate before I loose enough weight, but still hoping that maybe Metformin would make it possible already.

How are you cycles now, regular?

Sorry for the delay in replying! I'm about 35 BMI, it's not good at all but it's better than it was!
My cycles used to be around 34 days, now they#re 28 which is much better. Plus I wasn't ovulating (my readings were very low) and now they're right up where they need to be!

 

[Missus_L]

Hiya all! I've been on met since March and take 1500mg once a day as I forget :/ I have never had any side effects and it hasnt made my cycles any regular either nor has it helped with weightloss. Do you think there's a possibility it's not doing anything for me?

 

[betty14]

Missus, do you take the slow release ones? Im no expert on met as I've only been taking it a month...... Do you use opk? Or chart bbt?

X x x

 

[honeybee2]

i was on metformin for a month but stopped because it made my IBS worse. I'm now on the slow release ones and hoping for a bit more success. Im on 750mg twice a day.

 

[betty14]

Just wanted to give you all some news, I have been on met for a month and yesterday I got my first pos opk in 16 mths!!! And It was on cd 56!!!

X x

 

[Soili]

Betty, that is BRILLIANT!!

I've been taking Met for almost a month now too. I'm on CD64 today and 8 days since I finished Provera and so far no AF, so I'm hoping beyond hope that it means I ovulated sometimes while I was on Provera (wasn't charting or using OPK while on it). Usually I would start period 3 days after finishing Provera and this time nothing at all.

 

[betty14]

Thanks soili, I am amazed by it!

I don't know much about provera, can you ov while taking it and catch it?

Fx'ed you get some answers soon!

X x x

 

[honeybee2]

Im not sure of your background betty, but i thought id say that that is great news

 

[mommy2be1003]

I'm new to metformin. Got diagnosed with pcos a little while ago and the doc put me on 500mg two times a day. I don't have any side effects really.. Just an upset tummy now and again and loss of appitite. I am not overweight.. My hormone levels were all fine.. Only symptoms I have of pcos is irregular cycles and 6-7 cycts on both overies which the doc saw on transvaginal ultrasound. I terrified that when I do get pregnant I will mc. I heard from several people to take metformin all the way through a pregnancy if you are insulin resistant and not to take it once you get pregnant if you are normal weight. Does anyone know what is right?

 

[Soili]

Thanks soili, I am amazed by it!

I don't know much about provera, can you ov while taking it and catch it?

Fx'ed you get some answers soon!

X x x

Apparently it's possible, a few people reported ovulating while taking it! I don't know if it's likely to get BFP, as progesterone is supposed to thicken your CM, so it wouldn't be very sperm friendly. Well, we didn't really BD much anyway, as I wasn't hoping for any quick results from Met. But at this point I would just be thrilled to find out I ovulated It's been almost a year without ovulation for me.

 

[Soili]

I'm new to metformin. Got diagnosed with pcos a little while ago and the doc put me on 500mg two times a day. I don't have any side effects really.. Just an upset tummy now and again and loss of appitite. I am not overweight.. My hormone levels were all fine.. Only symptoms I have of pcos is irregular cycles and 6-7 cycts on both overies which the doc saw on transvaginal ultrasound. I terrified that when I do get pregnant I will mc. I heard from several people to take metformin all the way through a pregnancy if you are insulin resistant and not to take it once you get pregnant if you are normal weight. Does anyone know what is right?

Mommy2be, I heard various opinions. Some girls took same dose until 14 weeks, because they say with PCOS you're more likely to miscarry early. Some took it throughout the whole pregnancy, but in lower doses. I think you'll need to discuss it with your doctor and maybe run some blood tests to see if your insulin levels are not too low on Met. Alternatively, I would think cutting out sugar (and other high GI products) completely should lower your chances to miscarry in a similar way as Met does.

 

[betty14]

Thanks soili, I am amazed by it!

I don't know much about provera, can you ov while taking it and catch it?

Fx'ed you get some answers soon!

X x x

Apparently it's possible, a few people reported ovulating while taking it! I don't know if it's likely to get BFP, as progesterone is supposed to thicken your CM, so it wouldn't be very sperm friendly. Well, we didn't really BD much anyway, as I wasn't hoping for any quick results from Met. But at this point I would just be thrilled to find out I ovulated It's been almost a year without ovulation for me.

I know what you mean... I know for sure I haven't ovulated for 16 mths! It's so disheartening! Keep going with the met It will be worth itin the end!!

X x x

 

[Missus_L]

Betty, I don't think I am, just regular met... I don't opk as they have never shown that I OV and my temping is not the best, my lines were like zigzags Glad you got your 1st pos opk!!! Fingers crossed for you! Honeybee, I haven seen a change in my ibs with it. I will ask the docs to see if I can get slow realise ones... What's the difference? (is that a stupid question?)

 

[betty14]

Missus, the slow release ones are all taken together usually with evening meal I think and the break down slowly over 24 hrs and the result is they arent so harsh on your tummy!

X x x

 

[Becci_Boo86]

Hi Ladies can i join please.

i found our i had pcos about 4 years ago but since we werent TTC i was put on the pill.

i can off the pill Jan 2009 and got preg the March 2009 but i had a MMC in the May/June. i then MC in the Oct 09 and then again in July 10.

i was then told i was going to see a FS which i have been doing i went in Oct 2010 and was told about all my problems and was told i have a slight heart shaped uterus aswell.

i then went back in jan 2011 and was told to lose weight which i did i lost 2 stone but my bmi was still 31. went i went back June he said he was happy with my weight loss but still wanted more like half stone i was so upset i had done so much to then be told no more more!

i went back today and saw a different FS and she was Amazing! she was shocked at how much i new about everything she just sat there with her jaw wide open lol.

she said since i havent lost the half stone as i find it really hard now to get the rest of the weight off that she has put me on Metformin and that i have to go back in 3 months after OH has his sperm test done and if i not pregnant and his stuff is good then i should be given Clomid.

i'm so HAPPY that after the 3rd time of going i get something thats going to help.

its so nice that there is a group where everyone knows whats everyone else is going through.

thanks becci xxx