PCOS Buddies (10 BFP)

[GoldenRatio]

Ohhh interesting!!! I really think ill try Vitex.. before I found out that I had PCOS i tested with slightly high Prolactin, 47 was my number so not too high, but then I got pregnant and had a miscarriage unforuntatly and I really think it was because of my hormones...

Ask ur endo about ur LH first if its not high then def try vitex.
For me LH is high so i wont be using vitex for sure.

 

[Betty.Rubble]

My LH was elevated so I won't be trying vitex. I did buy some as my prolactin was slightly elevated but was normal the second lot of bloods I had.

Got a positive OPK on CD 126 (2 days ago) but spotting brown/red EWCM on and off. No idea what is going on. I just want this cycle to end! Does anyone else get brown/red stuff in a long cycle? X

 

[May55]

I have... My doctors just always refer to it as mid cycle bleeding even though it happens random times in my cycle.. they said its normal with PCOS

 

[GoldenRatio]

I dont get mid cycle bleeding, but heard its common.

Went to give blood today CD21 for my appointment next week. He had thyroid, LH, FSH, prolactin, progesterone and one more thing that i cant remember lol

I wonder why he is checking thyroid all the time even tho he said my thyroid is normal.

Also, i found pcos friendly cream cheese, mozeralla cheese and yogurt at supermarket.

Yogurt is coconut yogurt and tasted like coconut, will be nice to mix with fruits as dessert.
Cheeses tasted pretty good, soy free/gluten free/casein free/ lactose free

 

[klabro]

Hello ladies, just back from my appointment today. Even though I have gotten pregnant on first round of clomid both times my doctor has decided to try femara this time just because she thinks it will give me less chance of conceiving multiples again. We'll be doing follicle screening this time around too so that we can further monitor my chances of multiples. Excited to start it and hoping that my cycle doesn't decide to be 40 days long this time again...Now to start reading up on femara success stories.

 

[Betty.Rubble]

Hope the Femara helps klabro

Cycle 3 finally finished on CD130. Light AF but definately more than spotting now. I'm assuming it was an annovulatory cycle.

Fx'd I get ovulating this cycle x

 

[krissie328]

Betty- happy to hear af finally arrived. I would also assume it was annovulatory.

Klabro- fx the femara works just as well as the clomid.

How is everyone else doing?

Afm, I'm doing okay. I'm feeling so crampy but I'm only cd 11. I'm also pretty tender on my left ovary side. So not sure if I have a cyst or possible follicle over there. I'm still temping and doing opks in case I do o on my own.

 

[GoldenRatio]

Klabro, famara works great too from what I read. Fx!

Betty I'm glad af started! 130days s crazy long, let's hope u ovulate this cycle n it will be a short one.

Krissie, if u started feeling cramps then start opks, cd11 s not that early.

I'm 11dpo I think but don't feel pregnant so not gonna test. Af s coming Thursday n that's the day I hav my appointment with endo.

In my dream I got af at cd24 and I was devastated! I was like what happened to my cycle lol I was trying so hard to figure out what went wrong

 

[klabro]

Betty, fx that you do ovulate. Before I got pregnant with my DD I went 8 months with no period and then got pregnant on the first ovulatory cycle I had (with clomid).

Krissie-I'm CD 13 now and was noticing symptoms on CD 11 and 12. Yesterday I had some really dark OPK's that are light today. Fx for both of us ovulating!

Golden-I really hope the femara works as well as the clomid. I'm feeling super anxious and need to figure out a way to calm down. I had done zero research on femara prior to my appointment Friday so I am trying to fill my head with as many statistics and useful information as possible. Hoping your appointment with the endo goes well. I'm still keeping my fx that despite not feeling pg you are I was convinced I didn't feel pg at all either time and I was and when I do feel pregnant I never am. I must say, your dream about a 24 day cycle would be a dream for me right now...anything short of a 40 day cycle sounds good to me haha!

 

[Betty.Rubble]

Definately AF now thank goodness. I'm trying one more cycle with just multi-vits, temping and a better diet/exercise then will consider black cohosh I think?! Dr isn't interested in doing anything until I've been TTC for 12 months. Got together with new partner in Jan this year and we planned to start TTC next year but we decided to NTNP/TTC now after my diagnosis. I was going to use the FAM method prior to diagnosis so we weren't preventing anyway but hey ho! So counting TTC from Jan.

Golden - Fx'd for a bfp for you x

Hoping you ladies did ovulate klabro & krissie x

 

[krissie328]

Betty- I have done extensive research on black cohosh and it is a good alternative to clomid. Many studies show it is even more effective due to the fact it doesn't thin lining.

I'm currently taking lydia pinkham which contains black cohosh. So I'm hoping it helps me o.

My opks today are darker than normal today so I'm excited.

 

[GoldenRatio]

I heard about lydia pinkham, i hope it works since they call it baby in bottle

I had a latte on Saturday! yes i cheated and enjoyed no sugar but with milk latte Since yesterday my stomach is so irritated

Im 12dpo today and i got acne everywhere since 8dpo! usually i get one or two before af but this time it looks cystic and i have on my cheeks, forehead, nose and back. I know hormonal af acne comes out on my chin usually. Cant be due to latte because i got the acne before drinking the latte. So confused

 

[klabro]

I have never heard of lydia pinkham, googling now! I understand you with the acne right now Golden, I have no idea what is going on with my skin lately. Beginning to wonder if the B12 isn't causing me to breakout since I have read that it can do that. My skin was pretty much clear up until recently and now its just going a little crazy!

 

[GoldenRatio]

I have never heard of lydia pinkham, googling now! I understand you with the acne right now Golden, I have no idea what is going on with my skin lately. Beginning to wonder if the B12 isn't causing me to breakout since I have read that it can do that. My skin was pretty much clear up until recently and now its just going a little crazy!

I don't think it's b12, I hav been taking b12 for a month now n just got acne couple days ago. Biotin causes acne if u got biotin in ur prenatals

 

[Sophm88]

I heard about lydia pinkham, i hope it works since they call it baby in bottle

I had a latte on Saturday! yes i cheated and enjoyed no sugar but with milk latte Since yesterday my stomach is so irritated

Im 12dpo today and i got acne everywhere since 8dpo! usually i get one or two before af but this time it looks cystic and i have on my cheeks, forehead, nose and back. I know hormonal af acne comes out on my chin usually. Cant be due to latte because i got the acne before drinking the latte. So confused

No harm in a little cheat now and then! I has sugar free marshmallows the other day, just not the same as the real thing!

Any chance it could be I had awful acne when I got pregnant with DD!

 

[Betty.Rubble]

My skin is awful now AF has finally arrived. I think I remember being quite spotty when I was pregnant with DD

 

[KylasBaby]

Hey ladies can I join?! I'm not currently ttc we are waiting till January, but I'm trying to get my cycles under control before then as we use a donor so need to pinpoint ovulation. I used vitex to conceive DD and tried it again, but it didn't work. So Currently on inositol and it ended my cycle at 67/68 days and AF is currently kicking my ass! Hopefully it does good things

 

[krissie328]

Welcome Kyla.

Betty- fx this is your cycle.

I am always very spotty before af shows. That was one thing that pregnancy cleared up for me.

Afm, I had a big temp spike today. However, all of my opks have been negative and no fertile cm so I don't think I ovulated. I'm interested to see what tomorrow does.

 

[Betty.Rubble]

Done some research on inositol and considering trying that? Can anyone recommend where to get it from in the UK and what dose to take? x

 

[KylasBaby]

I'm currently taking it. Started it a week and a half ago and AF started yesterday! I take 1500mg currently, but will be moving up to 2000mg. I took 1500 for a little over a week so will start the increased dose today probably. For PCOS I've been reading it's most effecting at 2-4000mg. Though I was reading people having success at 1500 so I started there. It hasn't helped anything but AF come (which is great!) but I'm hoping it will help my skin and mood as well hence increasing the dose. Not sure where you can get it. I went through Amazon