PCOS Club!

[sunnysun]

So sorry to hear that sweetjennie, take your time to deal with things and have lots of rest it will help you.
Here to help if you need anything, I have gone through my second mc recently and it's just devastating when these things happen.

 

[pinkishgirl]

Hi there Pink

First of all dont worry, there are loads of things that the doctors can do to help you. Are you in the UK?? If so then GPs cant really do a lot so ask to be referred to a fertility specialist/gynecologist as they are better able to help.

I dont know your particular circumstances but they will possibly ask your busband/bf to do a sperm analysis just to make sure there are no problems there. The first step is usually to give something like Provera which will bring on a period and then give you something like clomid or femara which helps you to ovulate. This is the stage im at and it has really worked for me, after having up to 84 day cycles clomid makes me ovulate cd 18 and give me 32 ish day cycles!!

Quite a lot of ladies with PCOS also do things to help themselves .... a Low GI diet (google it!) can really help along with exercise, even if you arent overweight the diet can regulate sugars/insulin/hormones and help you produce the right hormones to ovulate.

How long have you been trying?? Good luck chick xxx

I've been trying since Ocotber so thats quite a lot of months without a period. I'm already under the hospital specialist so, if I can mange to move the appointment sooner, we can start trying to sort this out. I'm looking at the GI diet as you suggested but am not overweight at all to begin with and can't exercise much at all, except physio, due to a disability i have with my joints.
My husbands already been asked for a sample so I guess the next stage is clomid once I go back to the specialist. Is this correct?
Anything else I can do to help myself?

thanks

 

[Clobo]

Hiya

The Low GI diet isnt necessarily to lose weight, its just eating the right foods that help your insulin/hormones etc. Im not overweight and when i do it I definitely notice a difference, its worth checking it out if you are trying to help yourself.

Next step is probably clomid but i cant say for sure. Its good that you are under a specialist already and im sure they will get you sorted out and back to TTC properly in no time

xxx

 

[lolageorgia]

Well gals I am joining you again. I found out today that I lost my baby and had a MMC. Waiting for my D&C tomorrow and then right back at TTC. Feeling kinda destroyed right now.

Sorry to hear that hun Cant imagine how you are feeling xx

 

[wantanerd]

This is the third month in a row I have had a period and the second month in a row it came without the aide of medication besides metformin. While it means I didn't conceive, I don't have to wait around for AF to show up! I am taking this as a great sign my body may be regulating itself!

 

[MrS. MaBrEy]

:hooray: wantanerd! thats great news!

 

[Clobo]

Hiya

Wantanerd, thats really encouraging, brilliant news, being able to try properly without waiting months on end must be such a relief!! Good luck chick xxx

 

[yellowyamyam]

So today is CD4. I have taken Soy-iso for 2 cycles and still no ovulation. I read somewhere to increase dosage everyday for 5 days. I also read somewhere that Soy isn't for PCOS women due to the unpredictability of hormone levels. But I've read many women with PCOS had success with Soy...

I know everyone is different so question is do I give Soy another go (3rd round)? I am thinking day 5-9 which is tomorrow.

Also I've turned into a drug junkie this cycle -- B-50 complex 1 tablet a day + EPO 2X1000mg a day + Metformin 850mg 1 tablet a day.

 

[Clobo]

Hi Yellow

How are you chick??

Hmmm, i dont know much about soy really so not sure i can comment, but if its not giving you any side effects then why not carry on .... we only have a 20% chance of falling pregnant each cycle anyway just due to all the factors that have to be in place so it might just be that those two cycles it wasnt going to happen anyway .... if you know what i mean ... so why not keep trying??

Is there a reason why the doctors havent given you clomid??

xxxx

 

[MariaF]

You are right, so very confusing!
Were they able to get pregnant naturally or with meds? I'm hoping this first cycle on Metformin with be a lucky one for me. Is it better to have PCOS with normal hormone levels or harder to figure out?

Completely naturally. One took 10 months and other just 4 months.
But they both had regular-ish cycles (28-40 days)

Oh, and just remembered another friend who now has 2 boys. He cycles were 40+ days and it took her 18 months to get pg for the first time. Sadl she had a m/c. It then took her another 6 months to get pg again - even more sadl she also lost that baby. Then another 6 months later she conceived her eldest son. Then it took her less than a year to conceive her second and she didn't have any problems with that pregnancy.

So PCOS is like a russian roulette!

 

[MariaF]

Oh Jennie....I don't even know what to say. I guess there is nothing anyone can say or do - this is simply devastating!
It's shocking to go through a M/C but even worse so when you've been waiting for that pregnancy for sooooo long
I know this is not the right time for this yet and you need to take time to grieve but for the future - try, just try to see at least some little positives - YOU AND YOUR DF CAN MAKE A BABY!! This is huge! It's so important!

Yes, the loss must be beyond words...I can't begin to imagine what you must be going through. But always remember, you CAN and WILL be a Mummy. You are a Mumm already - you have an angel baby Sending you massive

 

[TurboTurtle80]

SweetJennie I am so sorry for your loss. Hope you feel better soon so you can get another bfp. Thinking of ya hun.


Ladies, how do you feel about soy and pcos? Not looking into supplements or anything, but I loooove pasta and the only noodles I've found that help me keep a low GI diet are the shirataki noodles. Are they bad for us?

 

[Mamaof4angels]

Lol I wanna join, I also have PCOS...hubby and I have been ttc for 10yrs now...3 bfp's during that time, but all ended in m/c....Im still hopeful tho...I know God wants us to have a baby, so Im tryin my best to be patient lol even tho its nerve racking....baby dust and fx for all of us pcos sisters

 

[racheybabe84]

hey ladies i'd like to join please. only got diagnosed with pcos in may but always 'felt' something was wrong since i was younger.

I'm 27 now and me and my bf have decided to ttc, have been off bc for nearly two years without using any protection!
Waiting for my bf's swimmers results back this week just to make sure.
Been taking vitex since may so just trying to regulate my cycles.
not on any meds yet as have to wait till new year to go back to the doctor but i'm thinking i'll be going back sooner if nothing happens in a few months!

Be good to stay in touch and talk about our journeys.

 

[Clobo]

Hi Turbo, ive never heard of those noodles, i think as long as you stick to the main principles of the diet a few odd things here and there arent going to hurt. You can have pasta just make sure its wholewheat and thats absolutely fine!! Balance it out with some chicken or turkey and lots of veg and tomatoey sauce, yum!

Mama, wow chick you have been trying a long time, i really admire you for keeping going I really dont know how you have coped with so many losses, massive for you, are you on any medication or getting any help??

Rachey, hi there :wave: really hope the sperm analysis comes back ok and that the vitex works in regulating you, i tried it for a while and believe it helped me and ive heard good things from friends and on BnB about it. Id just go to the doctor anyway, the GP cant really do a lot and if they refer you to a fertility specialist then an appointment could take months to come through sometimes, may as well go on the list ... that what i did, ask to be referred straight away, waitied 13 weeks for an appointment but they put me on clomid straight away and now i have more normal cycles!! Good Luck

 

[sunnysun]

Welcome girls, you're in the right place here, lots of tips and info!!

Pinksh- I waited over 10 month for an AF and only managed to get it back with acupuncture and drinking chinese medicine, if you have one near you it's worth trying them. However, never mix chinese medicens with western wedicines like clomid as it won't work.


Yellow- Soy does its magic, if you take lots of soy, take instead of clomid as they can have similar affects, I woulnd't take both together, you can either take the soy pills or eat/drink lots of eat at the beginning of your cycle.

 

[johnson4]

Ok ladies needing advice, my cycles are finally coming closer together after m/c, went from 45 days to 32 days and now 28 days, but OPK still not showing ovulation (although I'm not out this month yet) what gives??? I wanna know if it's showing I'm not ovulating, then how am I still having periods? Times like this I just wanna go back on BC pills, atleast then I was able to conceive on them lol

 

[ann89]

I was just diagnosed with PCOS last week when my cycles and ovulation completely stopped. Before my daughter my cycles ranged from 26-46 days. And it only took us two months to concieve. Now ttc the next we started in April and we're having to luck since I wan't even getting an af. Went to the dr and she ran some tests to find out I have pcos. I've always been spotting for about 20 days now.. :/

Has anyone else had problems with your cycles completely stopping? And spotting for long period of time?

 

[johnson4]

I was just diagnosed with PCOS last week when my cycles and ovulation completely stopped. Before my daughter my cycles ranged from 26-46 days. And it only took us two months to concieve. Now ttc the next we started in April and we're having to luck since I wan't even getting an af. Went to the dr and she ran some tests to find out I have pcos. I've always been spotting for about 20 days now.. :/

Has anyone else had problems with your cycles completely stopping? And spotting for long period of time?

For years I would have 1 or 2 periods a year, but wasn't diagnosed with PCOS until May 2011(previous tests never showed), I was already 13 weeks pregnant with my 3rd son when I found out with him because I had no clue, I always expected no periods lol. After him I had a 1month depo shot and spotted for a year then went back to irregular periods, even with provera(?) they didn't show up, but metformin seems to be helping now, but still no ovulation (no luck by September will add on Clomid) Best of luck to ya

 

[MommyMel]

sweetJennie,

i am so so sorry for your loss ,,,, i cant begin to imagine how you must be feeling,,,, take comfort in knowing that pregnancy is very possible....
i wish you all the strength and love during this time....
we are all here for you ,,,,,, much love !!