Metformin & PCOS

[whitelights]

I don't have any personal experience, but wanted to wish you luck with your journey!

 

[Aein]

wc whitelights dear and thanks, might i get some precaution to control over it

 

[Bunny_Boo]

Aein - Im 11dpo and really want to test! Getting fed up of waiting. Been on met nearly 2 months now and the past couple of weeks my appetite and decreased so I'm happy its working!

I dont have any experience with your problem but Im sure its nothing to worry about, Keep us updated

 

[Aein]

ahaa thts cool bunny dear we are almost going on same phase and yes two months time counts for us, i can understand and will pray your journey ends with bfp very soon

 

[Aein]

hey Ladies just for a change, tricking upto this

https://www.babymed.com/tools/pregnancy-chance

 

[Aein]

ehhh wt a result

Cumulative Average Chances of Achieving A Live Birth


After 3 Months 8%

After 6 Months 11%

After 12 Months 16%

After 24 Months 25%

After 36 Months 28%

 

[Bunny_Boo]

Thanks Aein, might test tomorrow since I will be 12dpo. But I just know it will be negative

I done that test and my results are just a little bit higher than yours but around the same. Not sure if im happy with them lol!

 

[Aein]

dont feel negaive bunny dear before time, just be positive, try to be relax and cheerful

just think about your family, enjoy coming Christmas and be happy.... hugs

 

[Aein]

see Bunny dear u are feeling depressed after 2 months, so here i am and my journey just started, i really dun know how but i just want to change this asap, you are alk europe side ladies, m here from asia pacific from Pakistan, and i really dun wanna tell you how my motherinlaw, my sisterinlaws and other peoples treats me, talks with me ask me ... just all ridiculos

 

[Bunny_Boo]

Ended up testing bfn like I expected. Feels like I will never see two lines on a test!

Just going to concentrate on christmas and try not to think about it and just wait it out til af comes.

I'm sorry people aren't treating you right The pcos journey is hard enough without people being horrible. We will all stay positive because our time will come

 

[Aein]

hugs bunny, np its bfn this time will surely bfp next time ISA

yea u r right and i am positive too, i know my journey was sumhow changed from other females like in Pakistan

as when i got married, my dh was doing job in another city so he just came on saturday night and went back on sunday evening.... within 2 minths he came here in Saudi Arabia, so we hardly live 15 days after marry... after 10 more months on our first anniversary i came here also ... so now its gonna be 10 month we are together and i actual take it as my first year of marriage....

and when i came here i ask my dh to visit dr in firsg month but he and also my two elder sisters advised me to wait till 6 months aftertht visit dr, so i did ... and i think this was my big blender

my last visit to Dr she also said wait for one more month just we started Met from this month, so next cycle i will add up Clomid too...

so lets hope for best n positive always

 

[Aein]

Ladies some useful tips i read sumwhere

DO NOT
Keep carbohydrate intake low, no more than 80 grams a day. For many it may need to be as low as zero.

Avoid foods that you are intolerant to.

Avoid vegetable oils to balance omega6 and omega3.

Avoid dairy.

Avoid grains.

Avoid processed foods of all kinds.

Avoid artificial ingredients.



DO
Things to help ensure adequate nutrition and recovery:

Eat organs.

Drink bone broth.

Eat oysters and other highly nutritious seafood.

Eat eggs (if well tolerated).

Take cod liver oil, magnesium supplements, and B-vitamins.

Get sunshine.

Exercise lightly every single day.

Eat lots of saturated fat to avoid cravings and improve mood.

Don’t eat anything that will impair digestion.

Relieve stress.

Reduce fiber (helpful for some women).

 

[sandyhen85]

Hi ladies, many thanks for the responses. I'm feeling like I should start doing a little more research into all these different meds, I have only ever heard of Clomid and Met, and reading through this thread I can see there are various options to choose from...If only we all had a crystal ball that would tell us which route we each need to take.

JL1363 I am sorry to hear of your loss last year and that you haven't ovulated since......I've not done charting or Ovulation tests, so I have no idea if I ovulated before my cycle in October. Once I get my next I will start charting etc so I know where I am. I'll keep my fingers crossed that you start again soon.

Stay Hopeful I really hope that Met will be able to help you and that you might not need to go down the IVF route. I've only been on Met for 2 weeks, so I am still waiting for it to kick in for me....hopefully soon though

babyjla that's so sad that you had to go through your 2nd m/c whilst travelling, I know that all I wanted to do when it happened to me was curl up in a ball in my bed and sleep, so can imagine how awful you must have felt stuck in a car. Im glad that you think the BFP can take 8+ weeks to appear as well.......although, it does concern me because I have been told I will need hormone injections for the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, so If it happens, but I don't find out until 8+ weeks does that mean I could have another m/c because I haven't had the injections in time - I really hope not.

As I mentioned in my last post I have been testing eery few days for the last 5 weeks because I am worried I might miss another pregnancy. I did a test yesterday morning before work, the control line appeared, but after 5 minutes nothing else did so I went off to work. When I got home later in the day the test was still on the side and there was actually a pink line in the 'test' window - I have no idea how long it took to appear though. I am still taking it as a negative, because it wasn't there within the first 5 minutes. I am going to test again tomorrow morning and see what happens - I won't be rushing off to work so I will be able to see exactly how long it takes to appear if it happens again.

 

[Bunny_Boo]

I hope you get the result you want sandyhen Keep us updated!

 

[babyjla]

Hey ladies, sorry I've been so quiet. My dog had her puppies on Thursday, she had 9 & we've been super busy with them & family. Just wanted to stop in & say hello! I'm waiting to O, should be any day now. dont be down ladies, your journey has just begun!!! I have high hopes that you will get the bfp's soon!

 

[StayHopeful]

Sorry about the bfn, bunny!

 

[Bunny_Boo]

Definitely feeling out this month but now I'm really hoping I did O so that af comes on time. I'll be very annoyed if I waited this long and I didn't even O! It is only my 2nd month on met so I'd consider it an achievement if my cycle is regular this month

 

[Aein]

Hey all Young & Sweet Ladies...

get rid of all tensions n worries this time

be Happy Smile, Cheers n say .., Happy Christmas to everyone

spend ur event very happily with your family, lots of hugs

do share event pics with us

 

[malgor]

Hello,
I think this seems like a good thread to join in if newbies are welcome? I am 29 and was diagnosed with PCOS at 17 (after badgering my GP about my irregular periods) My main symptom has always been weight problems, I struggle to control my weight even with diet and vigorous excercise and have been taking metformin 200mg off and on for 3 years ( came off for a year after breaking my shoulder as had too much else to concentrate on with recovery hat year). Through constant vigilence I manage to keep myself below the obese barrier and the metformin helps with this weight control. My partner and I are together 6 years in February and decided to ttc in 2013, so I got my mirena coil removed on 21/12/12, and we are starting to try. I guess I'm nervous that I'll struggle, I've taken my diet back to a more controlled level (well apart from this month wth xmas and all but back to vigilance as of boxing day) and we walk our wee dog for an hour a day usually covering 3-5 miles and I rollerskate regularly so I'm trying to keep to the moderate excercise everyday. I'm hoping that this with the metformin will be enough, certainly when I keep my lifestyle at this level I have regular periods (usually a 30 day cycle so a bit long). Anyway we are just getting started and it would be nice to have some people to share the experience with, also my partner had an undecended testicle as a child which had to be removed when he was 12, no reason to believe the remaining one isn't in full working order but we do feel a bit like a 3 legged pony in the grand national. still, fingers crossed and my GP has a gynae specialism and is brilliant, when I discussed my weight concerns (worried about starting a pregnancy overweight) she was really helpful and not remotely patronising, saying that given my lifestyle, as long as I remain vigilant during any pregnancy I shouldn't struggle overly much, and offering a ob/gyn referral if I struggle after as little as 2 cycles. I'm so excited and filled with trepidation and can't wait to get started but also terrified I'll find out I'm too broken, I've only had 1 scan of my ovaries when I was 19 and was told my right ovary had distinctive PCOS appearance and was the size of a satsuma (nothing like a graphic radiographer ) so I worry it's worsened, but well I guess until you try you don't know.

 

[malgor]

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