PCOS Club!

[jwelmel]

seriously..men.My Oh doesnt make any effort to eat healthy or try to take some supplement.Its a constant battle.Im fed up.If its only PCOS , they might put u on clomid and speed things up for u.I thought soy works for pcos.Diff results for diff people huh.

on this battle.Lets win!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jwelmel]

I think I will look into the PGX.....I think I may have seen them at my Inlaws house on the weekend actually.

How are people doing today?
I have been feeling kinda nauseous the last few nights and have been fine all day till now.
I am hoping its a good sign since it was last time for me

FX'd for u!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sounding good

 

[NGRidley]

seriously..men.My Oh doesnt make any effort to eat healthy or try to take some supplement.Its a constant battle.Im fed up.If its only PCOS , they might put u on clomid and speed things up for u.I thought soy works for pcos.Diff results for diff people huh.

on this battle.Lets win!!!!!!!!!!

yeah soy doesnt always work for everyone. I am one of those it doesnt work for.
I have talked to my Nurse Practitioner about Clomid. She cant prescribe it and thinks that my doctor may not either because they usually leave that up to fertility specialists to do, and I can be on a wait list for over a year......
If DH gets a SA done and its not good we will prob get bumped up on the list.

For now I am battling it with just weight loss and healthy eating till the end of summer. Then we will see about metformin.

 

[stellargaze]

I'm hoping to take clomid soon, hubby's going for his test on monday. I'm praying the GP can prescribe it though as I don't want to go on a waiting list and wait yet another year (already been two).

I am really bummed though as no af and definitely not pregnant. In fact, I think I'm on my period without any bleeding as I've hardly bled the last few cycles-- never more for two days, and last month was just one day. I had been regular for seven months --I really thought my body was finally figuring things out... I'm sad when I do get my period, and sad when I don't because I never know then when it will show up again. The last time it disappeared, I went 5 months before it came back. Think my progesterone levels are off again.

 

[MandyV]

Hey, my periods were regular for 6 months last month my af was only 2 days last month and this month I'm on my af now but it's seriously soooooooo....... Light this month I'm going full force to make sure I ovulate !!!! But I'm with you on the af issues

 

[Vee_Bee]

i find myself sitting there pulling hairs from my chin with my nails as they get so annoying, but then i clock myself doing it and wonder what peole must think if they see me
bet its like watching someone pick their nose
might look into that electrolysis then because im a bit mard when it comes to pain and to be honest they grow so quick now. thanks for sharing ladies x

I have tried this before.....then I just end up curling them LOL

Just read this at my desk at work and it made me laugh out loud! Oops...

 

[redrose27]

I am doing soy this cycle as well I just started today. I also take a lot of other things as well. Yes my doctor told me the same thing about losing weight. "If you can lose about 16% of your body fat you will return to almost normal" his words not mine. Since I have been taking PGX fiber for about a month now I am down 17 pounds. I just cant belive it.I also follow a low carb, low cal. diet. I don't to the GI diet although I do hear quit a bit about it I have found something that works for my self and that the key with PCOS finding those thangs that will work with you.

Hey ladies How is everyone today.

 

[redrose27]

Hey ladies

Have any of you tryed Femaprin. It helps with irregular periods. It has done wounders for me. When I started taking it I was on a 120 day cycle with in two days I got my period. I have had one every month since I have been on it.
I will let you do your own research.

You can google (Femaprin and PCOS) you should get results from there.

 

[MandyV]

What do u mean by doing soy ? Eating soy products ? Or supplements ?

 

[MandyV]

Also I'm such a chicken taking things makes me so nervous the pgx fiber sounds so interesting but I'm a chicken lol

 

[NGRidley]

What do u mean by doing soy ? Eating soy products ? Or supplements ?

I think they mean Soy Isoflavones. It is supposed to do what Clomid does

 

[MandyV]

O ya and with no side effects ? I'm thinking like soy products lol like a soy bean haha silly me !

 

[redrose27]

Don't worry hun I was the same at first. Now that I have been ttc for three years or more I really lost count I think it is more like four years now. I am whiling to do any thing at this point.

I am taking Soy supplements sorry I should have made that more clear.

 

[MandyV]

Thank you , you have been so helpful. This month I'm going to try an opk and see if I truly do ov and go from there and also eat way better

 

[MandyV]

What time of day have you found helpful to test using an opk the test strips ?? 1st thing in the Morning, mid day or like 5pm ?

 

[NGRidley]

What time of day have you found helpful to test using an opk the test strips ?? 1st thing in the Morning, mid day or like 5pm ?

you are not supposed to use them with FMU.
I read that when you get your surge, it is usually really early in the morning when you are sleeping so it may not make it to your FMU in time to be detected. I think many suggest around 2pm

 

[ineedaseed]

morning all!
hope we are all well and having good weekends?!

the best time for opks are between 2pm and 8pm, its suggested you do 2 per day so you dont miss your surge xx

 

[Courtney1020]

Hi all,

Thank you NGRidley for suggesting this thread to me!

For those who did not read my introduction post, a little bit about me.

I have been ttc for 3 years now and I have PCOS. I have tried Clomid, 7 cycles in 1 year, and successfully O'd but no . Since it has been over 1 year of ttc with assistance, my doc was finally able to send me to a specialist. So now I wait for August 13th for my first appointment at the fertility specialist.

I thank you:
I have gotten tired of talking to other people who don't have PCOS about my issues. None of them seem to understand and I constantly receive the commments of "you're still young...", "so-and-so gave up and they got pregnant right away", and "just relax and it will happen". Ugh, I am so tired of hearing that and so I decided to check out this site and I found that I have yet to read a single one of you ladies use those annoying comments.....I thank you

So anywho, after going through all 16 pages of comments that have been on here so far, I now have some comments and questions for some of you.

Redrose27- My question for you is if you have experienced the stomach issues with PGX as you would with Metformin? I tried the Met for a long time and even at 250mg/day of the ER, I had so much stomach pain and GI issues that I gave up

Jwelmel- My husband has a morphology of 25% and my doc said it was fine. I spoke to my GYN about it and he said it was low....so who knows

Emilybee- I was diagnosed with PCOS 3 years ago and I have pretty much all of the symptoms. Mine include: overweight, dark patches on the neck, hair growth on my lower belly, hypoglycemia due to insulin resistance, dandruff, oily skin/acne, high BP, and elevated androgen levels. Strangely, the only thing they did not find were cystic ovaries .

As of right now I am on CD42 with a +OPK yesterday and a temp spike of 0.8 this morning.

Sorry this was so long, I promise my other posts won't be as long. It is just the introduction posts are usually packed full of info.

 

[Courtney1020]

Oh and MandyV,

I have been told to take my OPKs between 10am and 8pm because you release your LH in the morning, but it will not be in your FMU. And just yesterday, I used the OPK from Dollar Tree and on the box it tells you to take the test between that time.


I hope this helped!

 

[NGRidley]

You're Welcome and Welcome Courtney