Metformin & PCOS

[babyjla]

I'm going to call this morning to reschedule. But they don't open til 8:30am & its 6am lol, so I have to wait.

In other news my nephew was born yesterday! My SIL waited to be induced on Valentines Day since thats the fathers bday as well. She was in labor from 9am yesterday morning & my nephew was finally born at 11:59pm on Valentines Day. He BARELY made it in time its kind of bitter sweet, very excited & happy for them...but on the same coin, wishing I could have that joy for myself too.

 

[Aein]

woow Congratulations,: my love and hugs for the new born baby

yea i can understabd the excitement, i am hopeful you will get it fixed as early as hospital timing start

 

[Bunny_Boo]

Wow thats good timing, congrats! But I understand how your feeling.

Woke up yesterday with a blocked ear! Cannot hear a thing out of my right ear! and can't get a docs appt til march 5th going to see how it is on Monday and see if I can get an emergency appt. So weird having one ear

Also still no cramps and am due tomorrow, I have no hope

 

[Aein]

Bunny, be hopeful dear.... abt your ear why its blocked, any water gone inside during bath or what?
if you have any hair oil with you, slightly warm it and pour 2 to 3 drops in ear, hopefully it works

so tomorrow is my second scan date and so nice of DH he remembers Dr said to do sex on Friday, he just done very nicely ... hope for the best for tomorrow

my motherin-law told me to ate Poppy seeds with almonds every morning for some days.... will do this too
and very amazing i was reading about poppy seeds and get it know its used to induced pregnancy and 10 times better then going to IVF... any idea ladies, do you heard about poppy seeds oil??

 

[Aein]

lol network error, post published two times

 

[Bunny_Boo]

Good luck with your scan! Update us as soon as you can I haven't heard about poppy seeds but it does sounds very interesting!

Well I did go swimming the night before my ear blocked but it was fine when I got out of the pool and all night and I just woke up with it completely blocked Hope its not an infection, I'm already dealing with a sore throat and thats bad enough

 

[Aein]

ohh it might be causing ear problem, i think so but hopefully nt any infection
try to drink ginger root tea for sore throat, it will helps you, good luck

Yes i will update you Ladies, i also discuss with DH... if no ovulation till this scan so when we do BDing next day will try egg-white too for a check

 

[hippiekinz]

Hello Ladies!

I know it's been MONTHS since i've been on! I thought i'd stop in and say hi

I had my follow up with my GYN and she wants me to be a certain weight before really trying. So I need to lose 23 lbs. For now, she bumped my Metformin up from 1000mg to 1500mg for 1 week then 2000mg. I go back in 3 months for a follow up. I re-joined weight watchers and have lost almost 20lbs. So i'm going to be pushing myself to get down that other 23 to make my GYN happy. She told me to use protect until then because with my PCOS and weight I have some high risks, which I understand, but at the same time annoyed a little.... I told DH screw the condoms. I HATE them! They feel all weird and just bah.

Anyway I hope everyone is doing well. ^.^v

 

[babyjla]

Great to hear from you Hippie! Congrats on the weightloss!

Bunny, sorry to hear you ear is bothering you. I'm right there with ya on the cramps! I'm on CD 23 & I've been having cramps & back ache all day. So I'm guessing the witch is coming soon.

Afm, I'll have to call monday to reschedule my doc appt. Since my nephew was born last night I just havent remembered to call. I'm in my own world these last few days, I'm stressed & have so many emotions going right now. Ughhh.

 

[SweetMel]

AlyCon, did you test?

Poppy seeds? That’s curious. I just bought some not long ago. I will have to look into that one.

Congratulations on the weight loss hippie. You go girl. I hope the next 20 lbs just falls right off! I don’t blame you for tossing the condoms. Blah.

Bunny, I hope your ear feels better soon.

Baby, I hope your appointment is productive.

Afm, AF got me Wednesday evening right before bed. I had a 30 day cycle this time. I’m cd4. You know how I’ve been on a low carb diet, well the diet is going great, but I think I have figured out that I have an allergy to wheat (gluten). I have been reading about it (Celiac disease) and I had no idea. I thought it was only a digestive problem but it causes so many other symptoms throughout the body. It is also responsible for male and female infertility. The Celiac website I was reading said that a gluten allergy can be what is behind unexplained infertility. I knew from past experience that avoiding grains helps my fertility but I wasn’t sure why because I always have low blood sugar. Do any of you know about this stuff? Why didn't my doctor talk to me about it? You would think that they would know.

 

[Aein]

WB Hippie... great with the weight loss journey , m sure you will reached towards target very soon... best of luck

baby, i hope you appt turns for a new thing and good one plz share little baby'c pic

swet, thats crazy about this allergy, i'e no idea wts the cause and all but i hooe soon you will get a satisfactory reply from others, hope the witch ends with positive result this time

Afm, CD15 tdy..,, day started in evening will visit hosp for re-scan

 

[Chasity09]

Hi everyone I'm Chasity my husband Michael and I have been together for 6 years and have been married 3. We started trying right away as we both want to be parents after no success we decided to see a specialist and he started with the test ( previously had an hsg which showed left tube blocked) done an ultrasound to find I definitely had pcos 30 cyst on right 32 cyst on left then was put on metaformin 1 a day for a week with supper increase to 2 with meals then 3rd week 3 a day with meals and go back in 6 weeks and hopefully it helps if not then surgery :/ also on prometrium to induce af also had to cut out sweets and caffeine drinks because I might have diabetes they said still have hope though!!

 

[Aein]

Wc Chesity on the board

its sad to hear about your diabetes , but good you've diagnosed and treating well
so did you observe any change after taking Mat....

wish you best of luck dear

 

[krissie328]

Hey mel I have read similar stuff about gluten. I subscribe to the idea that most people have a gluten allergy to some extent. I am working on eliminating gluten and grain in general from our diet. I do occasionally eat rice or quinoa. I feel a lot better ans so does my hubby so I guess those are good enough reasons. I believe I found the research when looking up male factor infertility. Where we have a double whammy I figured it is worth the shot. Plus wheat seems to be the trigger to my blood sugar as even things like ice cream don't spike it that high.
ATM, nothing is happening. My period never came after my three weird days. I wonder if that was my period? I doubt it given my past ones. In other news it looks like we are moving in a few weeks so I am pretty excited. We will be moving into a cute little house which is way better than this apartment. And I have room for a garden.

 

[JL1363]

Hi Ladies, it's been a little while since I've posted, but I wanted to wish everyone and good luck with their cycles!

Hippie - awesome job with the weight loss!!! That's really inspiring! Keep it up

Aein - how did your scan go today?!?

Baby - that's a bummer about missing your appt. Hopefully you won't have to wait too long to get another!

SweetMel - a friend of mine has Celiac disease and I know she manages it pretty easily through diet. Having said that, when she does eat gluten she bloats an unbelievable amount - it LITERALLY looks like she has a baby bump, but it goes away within 24 hours. I had no idea about the association with infertility (my friend does have 2 kids tho, so don't get too down, it is still possible!), but it is definitely something to ask your doc about!!

Krissie - congrats about buying a house!! That's so exciting!!

Bunny - any sign of af? Hopefully your ear and throat feel better soon!

Chasity - welcome to the thread :wave: Fx metformin will work well for you, both for ttc'ing as well as managing your blood sugar levels! Prometrium is an interesting choice to kick start af - I've only ever heard of Provera (medroxyprogesterone) being used for that. Prometrium is a different form of natural progesterone that is usually used to sustain a pregnancy / help correct a progesterone deficiency in your luteal phase). In my experience, the side effects of provera are much less than prometrium. Are you finding you're experiencing any side effects - if you are, you may wanna ask to switch to provera? Fx your cycle will regulate soon!!

Afm - I'm officially in the dreaded tww. I swear I'm the most impatient person ever!! My RE confirmed O through ultrasound on Wednesday, so I'm currently 3dpo. For those ladies who chart their bbt - I O'ed by Wednesday, but my temp didn't spike until Friday morning - have any of you had a late rising temp before? I have no idea why that would happen. I mentioned it my RE and she said not to worry about it, but it's just strange. I've also started my progesterone (vaginal) suppositories three time per day, which are kind gross and a pain in the butt, but a necessary evil I suppose. If it helps me get a bfp then I'm happy to do it!! Lol.

 

[Aein]

Krissie, woow good news and i felt buying new house may give you a new baby child too,

Jl, good luck dear with your journey... we are on same track sumhow
and for thw BBt, i heard that its not accurate many times and showed up Oing with 1-2 days difference, so your Dr is right you dun to worry about it and also we Ladies on Metformin.. our hormones level gets up down so very difficult to get accurate result many times

Afm - scna goes very dfine tdy

Right ovary Follicle - no change same as on CD11 5.3 x 4.9mm
Left Ovary Follicule - enlarged by 22.7 x 18.3 mm
endometrium thickness also increased from 8.1 to 10.5mm

so Dr was happy with the follicle size and scan showed no Ovulation occured till yet

,they also give me a shot of Pregnyl 5000mg, and dr said to do BDing tomorrow and come back for scan day after tomorrow...

this is quite a new thing for me Pregnyl... have to study about this now,.. any idea you Ladies give me ??

 

[Bunny_Boo]

Welcome Chasity! Hope metformin helps and you don't need surgery. Keep us updated with your journey but I hope it's a short one and you get a lovely bfp!

Aein - Hopefully ovulation isn't far away now! Good luck! I've never heard of pregnyl, maybe one of the other ladies have.

JL - That's great that you've O'd!! How exciting! Tell us any symptoms you get good luck for a bfp!

Well today is cd41.. No af and bfn.. really upset. No cramps so af isn't even near. So disappointed as my first cycle was 27, 2nd cycle 41 and now my third is 41 and counting.. Oh and my ear is still blocked. Bleughh is how I feel Plus me and the other half aren't getting on so well. The past couple of weeks he's been funny with me and we've barely even dtd, its as if he doesnt even want to touch me or be near me, hardly speaks to me either. Just having a bad time I think!

 

[AlyCon]

Still having symptoms. Bought a digital test today and will be trying to work up the courage to test before the end of this week! FX!

 

[Aein]

Aly, good luck dear... fx'd for you

Bunny, hopefully soon you come out from this bad phase and also you ear just open like a trumphhhhh

Dr said to me this inj is to induced Ovulation, i read on webmed after this inj Ovulation occuepred between 24Hrs.., hope for the best

 

[Bunny_Boo]

Hopefully won't be long now then for ovulation!

Think I'm going to give up properly ttc at the moment, can't exactly try for a baby when my body isn't working!