carol1988
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HI!!! I am back after about 4 months! I have been on here before but have gave up hope but now Im back with a whole new attitude lol 
..So heres a lil history. Im 24 years old. I have one son who is 6 yrs old. I have been with my current husband for 4 years who also has a child but we both have a child with another person. We have had sex unprotected and with me not taking birth control since we been together. Couldn't get pregnant for nothing! I finally had the nerve to ask for help. I seen a gyno who didn't care really much about me not having a period since I got pregnant with my son. But he was real nice and helped me out with clomid after my husbands semen analysis came back normal, my hsg showed no blockage and I was not premenopausal)... I had my prog level tested for every dose prescribed on clomid (50mg-100mg) and my levels were horrible~!! (like 0.02 one time and 0.05 the other time) The doctor finally said to give 150 mg one try and if that didn't work then ..well..I would have to be sent to a specialist. Which, I know before you have a baby you should be financially ready... but specialist costs an arm and leg and I just gave up hope...I didn't even take the 150mg yet because I just gave up! I was so down. Anyways. so I went to the health dept for my annual and I met the best doctor I have ever seen. She was great! She actually cared that I was trying to conceive and cared that I didn't have periods! She prescribed me provera and told me that I need to have a period once every 4 months. I mentioned Metformin to her not thinking that she would care because its the health dept and they usually do not help with TTC. But low and behold she became my angel. ITs like God was telling me to keep going. Like he has something in store for me bc I know his timing is the right time. Anyways she asked me some questions and told me I had PCOS( which I figured). She then prescribed me 2000mg of metformin. She told me to take provera ASAP as well and to take just 1000mg of metformin for a week til my body gets used to it. well Today is my 4th day. Only side effect I had was (tmi) diarrhea and cramping like in the middle of the night and lately I have been craving everything!!! Did anyone else experience that? before that I had went on a calorie restriction diet and lost 9lbs and I Read that most ppl lose a lot of weight on it and so Im scared I will gain! So Im trying to force myself not to eat a lot. Im scared to let the dr know cuz I think she will take me off it and I do NOT want to. She also said that if I do NOT get preg in 3 months then she will want me to do clomid with it as well. But she sounded SO positive that I WILL get pregnant..anyone have any success stories or any additional info on metformin? Thank you so much (sorry for rambling on)
..So heres a lil history. Im 24 years old. I have one son who is 6 yrs old. I have been with my current husband for 4 years who also has a child but we both have a child with another person. We have had sex unprotected and with me not taking birth control since we been together. Couldn't get pregnant for nothing! I finally had the nerve to ask for help. I seen a gyno who didn't care really much about me not having a period since I got pregnant with my son. But he was real nice and helped me out with clomid after my husbands semen analysis came back normal, my hsg showed no blockage and I was not premenopausal)... I had my prog level tested for every dose prescribed on clomid (50mg-100mg) and my levels were horrible~!! (like 0.02 one time and 0.05 the other time) The doctor finally said to give 150 mg one try and if that didn't work then ..well..I would have to be sent to a specialist. Which, I know before you have a baby you should be financially ready... but specialist costs an arm and leg and I just gave up hope...I didn't even take the 150mg yet because I just gave up! I was so down. Anyways. so I went to the health dept for my annual and I met the best doctor I have ever seen. She was great! She actually cared that I was trying to conceive and cared that I didn't have periods! She prescribed me provera and told me that I need to have a period once every 4 months. I mentioned Metformin to her not thinking that she would care because its the health dept and they usually do not help with TTC. But low and behold she became my angel. ITs like God was telling me to keep going. Like he has something in store for me bc I know his timing is the right time. Anyways she asked me some questions and told me I had PCOS( which I figured). She then prescribed me 2000mg of metformin. She told me to take provera ASAP as well and to take just 1000mg of metformin for a week til my body gets used to it. well Today is my 4th day. Only side effect I had was (tmi) diarrhea and cramping like in the middle of the night and lately I have been craving everything!!! Did anyone else experience that? before that I had went on a calorie restriction diet and lost 9lbs and I Read that most ppl lose a lot of weight on it and so Im scared I will gain! So Im trying to force myself not to eat a lot. Im scared to let the dr know cuz I think she will take me off it and I do NOT want to. She also said that if I do NOT get preg in 3 months then she will want me to do clomid with it as well. But she sounded SO positive that I WILL get pregnant..anyone have any success stories or any additional info on metformin? Thank you so much (sorry for rambling on)
wish i had knew that at the time. So im still trying a year later.. On the positive side metformin also helped me shift 2 stone in weight. I was a size 16 and now a size 10. So gynae is referring me for ivf as i am now meeting bmi standards for ivf. Fingers crossed. Best of luck in conceiving your baby and if you are succesful please talk to a trusted gp about if you should continue the metformin in your pregnancy. I wouldnt wish what i went through on my worst enemy 
