Hi Ladies - hopefully with all the knowledge ad experience in this 'club' you might be able tohelp me...
I feel as though I have come to the end of the road and the toll for the next road is too expensive for me to take
A little history...
I have a gorgeous little girl who was 3 yesterday; I have been TTC for a little brother/sister for her for over 18mths.
Immediately I was given scan to see whether my severe PCOS had improved after having been pregnant twice within past 2 yrs (I lost my second baby at 14 weeks MMM), b it hadn't - in fact it was worse.
I was put straight on to a high dose of Clomid 200mg (which gave me over-active ovarian sydrome symptoms).
The clomid was then dropped to 100mg (days 2 to 5) and was also given provera to induce a period, as I only have around 3 periods a year.
I was only sent for a bloodtest to see if I was ovulating once and that showed my LH levels were low and that I might have ovulated.
I continued on Clomid until Oct this year and was taken off a doctor said it should've worked by then.
I was then sent for ovarian drilling at the end of November, I had a provera enduced period just before the surgery (surgery was very last minute as got a cancellation).
I normally have a very high pain threshold but I found the pain post surgery to be quite bad. I am now on day 40 of this cycle but no pregnancy and no period! I thought the drilling should have regulated my periods for 3 to 6 mths???
On a positive note, I feel as though the drilling has really helped with my PCOS symptoms - excessive hair/moods ec
I do not feel as though a period is looming and am now completely at a loss what to do...
My best friend wit PCOS i now pregnant and so many of my friends who started TTC at the same time as me have their babies now... it's killing me.
I am sooooo lucky to have my little girl but feel the same pain I did trying to get pregnant with her, I'm not being greedy in wanting another child I just feel like our family isn't complete yet.
SO WHAT TO DO NOW...
I need a plan to get me from one day to the next (it's how I function).
IVF is so expensive and the docs do not want me to continue on clomid, I forgot to mention I started on Metformin in July 2010 which has helped with PCOS symptoms but not ovulating -
So in a nutshell I am now on my own (obviously with hubby too)... I feel like giving up but I just can't (and if one more person says to give up and it will happen I my scream!)
Does anyone have pearls of wisdom or similiar experiences to mine???
Is IVF the only road left???
I would love your words of advice
xxxx