PCOS Buddies (10 BFP)

[StarGazerRose]

No worries.

I was actually really surprised when they came back giving the "ok". I'm just really hoping that I see a result from this...
I've kinda dived full force into this cause, well, all that... I'm just tired of wasting time and no one seeming to care. So i'm doing what I gotta do to get results.

I've been on for most of the day, and haven't seen but 3-4 people. So I guess they are on other boards, or different time zones. (I'm about to be headed home [5p here] -- yeah I'm a lazy employee (not really ) I'm over qualified and done before they can even say anything, so I take me precious time getting things done -- plus this place is so low-key no one really cares)

 

[krissie328]

Haha, yea a lot of gals on here are UK so quite a bit ahead of me. It is barely 3 here so I still have another hour to go. I work for a school district and right now it is so very slow!!!

 

[StarGazerRose]

Different Office, but same network (if it's the same people i'm thinking from last time)
--- And if I hear that one doctors name, I will seriously tell them they need to change it before i step foot in that office.

The last endo doctor I saw (not the doctor I despise)(was for my thyroid) said that everything was a guessing game, and that if my levels were in range there was nothing they could do for me -- Sorry that isn't really an answer that anyone should have to take, that's an excuse for not knowing why i'm having issues when in range levels. [and btw they said that they couldn't diagnose me with it b/c of said levels, but on my chart it says "Hypothyroidism" ...but i'm not diagnosed....]
(So meaning in reality --- I don't know what I have cause I don't know if they just put it on my chart cause I "thought" i had it or cause I said I had it ...)


Well I'll catch you girls when I get home, gotta hit the road (so like 30 mins if Hubby doesn't want to go eat right away)

 

[krissie328]

Oh my goodness! I would be so frustrated as well. It does sound like they are being lazy about trying to figure it all out.

I hope they are able to get you ovulating and your bfp without much more intervention. A lot of pcos women do really well on femara so fx for you.

 

[KylasBaby]

Just had my third normal cycle with inositol! Onto the 4th!

So far since I've started inositol these are my cycles:
Cycle started May 16, O suspected cd19, cycle length 35 days, 16 day LP
Cycle started June 20, O suspected cd18, cycle length 32 days, 14 day LP
Cycle started July 22, O suspected cd17, cycle length 32 days, 15 day LP
Was hoping this cycle would be a day shorter since I O'ed earlier, but I'll still take a 32 day cycle. Also since I'm not temping or using OPKs I only suspect when I O. I was planning to start temping in September, so I should start this cycle. However, I've been having a terrible time sleeping lately. Benadryl and melatonin don't help, so might try unison or something.

But yay for inositol! Right on track for TTC come January! That's only like 4 cycles away!! Oh man!

 

[StarGazerRose]

I just hope that "we" can figure something out.
I've wanted kids since I can remember. I just don't understand why it has to be this hard... I mean I can go apply for my dream job and have better chances at getting accepted than getting pregnant right now!

I've seen a bunch of you girls talk about long cycles. I was curious how you all discovered that....
I'm so used to having a Provera only period, and waiting over 40 days with no period over and over. So I have no clue if I have a longer cycle because I've never seen the other side of it. The only other time I've had a period is with BC pill, which is 28 day cycle with a 5-7 day period.
I'm a failure at taking my temperature [I forgot last night and thought about it as I was running out the door] and I've only just started to track my CM (which most of the time is either not there or creamy)

 

[krissie328]

Kylas that is fabulous!! Fx this cycle is even better. But even at that it is looking good.

Star- I am pretty sure you are considered to have long cycles. Even though you don't get a natural period. My guess is if you waited long enough you would get a bleed. My understanding is if you did not o it is not considered a proper period. I believe the lining just builds and builds until it sheds. That is what happens to me. I could go up to six months with no period because my cycles are annovulatory.

 

[StarGazerRose]

That makes sense.
But I don't think I should wait for a period to show up on it's own. I'd rather get them out a much as possible to get an ovulation time.

Hubby is trying to be supportive, but I just don't know what to say to him to help him understand how I feel. He's curious and amazing at wanting to know what he can do to help. So I'm trying to include him, but he doesn't need to know every time I check/chart myself when I'm still learning...

 

[krissie328]

Yes, when ttc I think its better to kickstart your period and try to ovulate instead of waiting. Waiting is just a waste of time then. I have been using progesterone to bring on af when I have had an annovulatory cycle.

My dh tries to be supportive as well. I think he just listens when I am struggling and right now that is the best thing. There isn't much either of us can do at this point. I follow my protocol and wait to see if I o. We try to bd every two-three days.

I am coming up on the due date for my first miscarriage and that has really been hard for me. I thought there was no way we wouldn't be pregnant by then, but here we are. It doesn't help that I am sure af is on her way. I am due tomorrow or Thursday and I have been super crampy and achy last night and today.

 

[StarGazerRose]

Yeah I'm done waiting, I'm gonna do what I can get to results.

I hate hearing about losses, it breaks my heart and I don't know how I would deal with it myself.
My SIL lost her baby at 25 weeks because of preeclampsia. She posts stuff all the time about her little baby. They celebrate every year on the due date. She did end up having another baby, and she's doing well. The two dates are actually a month apart.

I think going through something like that helps you learn to deal with struggles. And I also like to think of the idea that it's better for the child, because if they would have made it, something could have been wrong and they would suffer, and loosing them at that stage is much easier to handle than loosing them after they've been born, or farther along in the pregnancy. It sucks, but that's the best way I can think of how I'd deal with a loss.

(take me with a gain of salt ok, cause I've not been there, and I'm not trying to dismiss your hurt)

 

[krissie328]

I understand Star. I never had a loss until that one and then again in May. I try to look at it as early as they were it was likely a chromosomal issue and I am grateful it was an early loss. But it is so hard when I want this so bad and now we can't seem to get pregnant.

 

[Betty.Rubble]

Great news Kyla! I've had one month of inositol but not sure if I ov'd or not but cycle seems to be regulating.

 

[StarGazerRose]

Yeah it's tough no matter what stage. Wanting it to work out makes it even harder.

The other night I was laying next to DH rubbing his back and i got choked up thinking about "having his children" ...and he's just snoozing away ... I wish I could just fall asleep when my head hits the pillow!

One of these days girls ... we'll get there!!! Positive thoughts

 

[krissie328]

Haha, right!! My DH comes to bed and is out. I lay there for a good 45 mins before I crash usually. It is so not fair. He also never hears DS in the night. I hear every little cough and whine.

 

[StarGazerRose]

DH likes a movie or series playing while he "tries to sleep". I
'm fine with that, normally I had some music playing (but he's weird and isn't into music as much as I am) so whatever. Noise in the background so I don't hear every creak of the house is awesome.
He watches maybe 5-10 mins and is out. I'm up (tossing turning, staring at the ceiling, window, tv) and I watch the whole thing, restart it and get through about 30 mins before i'm out. The next day he'll bump up the show to where he left off, and once again, I"m left watching it til the end ...He'll bump up the show til he gets to the end or feels like I've watched it enough haha
[I've seen some movies so many times I quote them while they are playing just cause it's the only thing interesting and new about watching the millionth time]

 

[KylasBaby]

Great news Kyla! I've had one month of inositol but not sure if I ov'd or not but cycle seems to be regulating.

I have no proof I'm ovulating as I'm not doing OPKs or temping yet, just going by signs, O pain mostly, so I'm not really sure I am either. Just hoping haha. I'm glad yours are regulating!

 

[krissie328]

The fact your cycles are coming more frequently is a great sign you are oing.

Star- we always watch documentaries in bed. I know a lot about our universe and volcanos.

 

[sarah2211]

We got all our results today.

DH's SA, all normal.
Mine not so great. Free androgen slightly high, LH slightly high, oestradiol low, prolactin slightly high.
Progesterone (done on CD 30), 3. Should be over 8 to confirm ovulation.

Ultrasound showed a large right ovary (14.4ml), left was smaller (6.6ml). Lots of small follicles but a corpus luteum on the right ovary. Cervix and endometrium normal.


So DH is all fine, but it looks like it is PCOS that's making things difficult for us.

 

[Betty.Rubble]

Glad PCOS is the only issue Sarah - so what's the plan from here? X

 

[sarah2211]

I guess that's a good way of looking at it Betty. Ringing up tomorrow to make an appointment with a different specialist at a private clinic. Hopefully they'll help us sooner rather than later because it's likely we've only got 3-4 more months until DH will probably be deployed