PCOS Question from Lady TTC#1

[ByHisGrace08]

Hello Ladies,

So I tried posting this in TTC & TTC#1 but didn’t really get much of a response so thought maybe I should move it over here to women who are currently expecting. Congrats to you!!!

Since I was dx with PCOS I have been doing lots of research on the disease itself and also treatment plans that have been tried. Lately I have been really focused on rates of m/c and what is being done to combat it.

I have had two m/c one when I was really young and honestly I only have really admitted it here on Bnb and once to my husband. The other m/c was when I was still young but I was engaged to my now husband and I am able to talk about it more.

So that got me to thinking why was I able to get pregnant but not stay pregnant twice is it the PCOS?? The research I found seems to be leading that way. The articles I have read claim there is a 30-50% chance on 1 tri m/c in women with PCOS. But that it can be combated with Metformin. The debate right now is stay on Metformin just until second tri or take it for whole pregnancy?

Studies have been done on abnormalities in babies and there is no difference between babies where Mom took Metformin and babies where Mom didn’t take metformin. Also it doesn’t effect if babies are born pre term or past term.

So I am wondering who here has PCOS used Clomid to conceive only to m/c but when added metformin to Clomid conceived again and carried to term? If you did metformin and Clomid how long did you stay on metformin?

Or who has PCOS started Metformin conceived stopped metformin only to m/c but came back on Metformin stayed on Metformin and carried to term? How long did you stay on metformin?

(if you have had a m/c please know my heart aches with you)

Sorry if this sounds like a science project but I am a Nursing Student and need to do some hands on research as my Dr. wants to move on to the next step in my TTC journey.

I firmly believe in being educated and your own advocate, luckily my PCP and OBGYN also support that theory.

Thank you,

Blessings & Babydust,

 

[Claudia83]

I don't have experience in either cases; I have never been diagnosed with PCOS (but it runs in my family and I have irregular/long cycles), and I was able to conceive both times naturally, but I have read a lot about women who need progesterone to sustain a pregnancy.