Awe, want2bmum, youre such a sweetheart for asking. Thanks!
I am doing better today thanks. Went to work, had a manic day and going to head out for dinner tonight with hubby and my cousin who is staying with me for a while. It's my bday this weekend- ripe ol age of 31! DH is treating me to a break away somewhere in England - surprise destination
Thanks for the info on the free androgen index. I was fretting a bit earlier today wondering whether I do actually have PCOS but just at that time, no cysts were hanging about in my ovaries. I thought that cysts can come and go with PCOS?
What were your periods like?
And more importantly, how are you doing?
hello
PICOS is used to refer to a syndrome and it can affect individuals at various degrees, many times it affects the ability to conceive.
having elevated free androgen may be a consequence of picos but a slight elevated value without any other symptom is unlikely going to cause infertility. When you see a slightly increased value, tests have to be repeated the following month and with more accuracy as there are higher chances of mistakes. what I have noticed here in the uk is that GPs are very quick to diagnose picos in the majority of women without really doing all tests to confirm, I find this annoying and distressful. There are many cases in which ovary cysts are not present even in the picos population, this is a good news as it means that ovulation is going well and follicles are not being trapped in cysts... still, i think that many more tests are needed to give such diagnosis.
here they never test for insulin levels which is one of the indicators of picos, they just give metforming (which lowers insulin) without knowing if the person needs it... metformin isn't toxic at all, this is why it's given so easily in over weight women, they figure: she doesn't have regular period, she is over weight, it's picos for sure... but many times it is not!
my periods were never regular, spanning from 30 to even 60 days. I didn't know if i ovulated on my own, had initial blood tests at the gp here in london 2 years ago and he said there was some indication of picos but we didn't explore further as i wasn't ttc at the time, then i did the blood tests in my country few months later and everything was fine, everything back to normal and it has been like that since. Done again blood work few months ago and still everything perfect.
The only thing is that I have elevated basal insulin, which is not diabetes as my blood sugars are fine, now, this could have been an indicator of picos but since i don't have any other marker then it is clearly not. on this matter doctors have different opinions, some view it as a predisposition to diabetes, some to picos.... either way i do not present any of the 2 diseases as for now.
in the end, by charting and paying more attention, i discovered that every time my ovulation was delayed i also reported stressful situations in my chart, so putting all pieces together we understood that my late ovulations are due to my perceived stress. because i cannot tell to my brain not to stress (actually the more i try not to stress the more i stress
) the specialist in my country decided to help me with clomid, at least i will have good and on time ovulations. she prescribed clomid only after repeated and specific blood tests over the months and even years. i find it much better than in the uk, nhs specialist wouldn't have done all this in depth blood work to try to understand...
i also think that charting gave me a much better insight on what was going on in my body, so i would advise everybody on doing so....
i wouldn't worry too much if i were you, you are still in the average time ttc for age, have regular periods and only 1 value was a bit elevated, no cysts and no other problem
i am sure you'll have your bfp very very soon
i am cheering for you
I am 4 dpo today... this waiting is killing me
. I've also got a Zita West book & she recommends the man getting checked after 6 months x
