TTCAL PCOS thread

[chocolate]

blimey - no wonder it's hard - that's a lot of mouths!! if we all had time to shop around I bet we could eat for loads less but who has the time!! I'm getting on to the nairn's - have had the plain ones before but wasn't a fan - the sweet ones will be great!!

Luckily 2 outta 3 arent picky and eat what we eat, the picky one being my ds lol!
Yeah I only have the Nairn plain with cheese or hummus as a snack with cucmber, mmmmmmm going to have to get some of those now!

 

[bumpyboo]

I think Tescos should do a special section for ladies with PCOS!!!!

 

[hb1]

here here Bumps - but imagine the chaos of all those overly hormonal women deprived of chocolate in one place - it could go terribly wrong!

 

[AngelSerenity]

here here Bumps - but imagine the chaos of all those overly hormonal women deprived of chocolate in one place - it could go terribly wrong!

lol, would be worse than a NEXT sale!

 

[bumpyboo]

here here Bumps - but imagine the chaos of all those overly hormonal women deprived of chocolate in one place - it could go terribly wrong!

Lol especially us lot, the Vitamins and ovulation/pregnancy tests aisle will be blocked and so would the "PCOS" aisle!!!

 

[hb1]

too scary!! on a positive note - 2lbs off yey!!!

 

[bumpyboo]

well done!!!!

 

[natp18]

too scary!! on a positive note - 2lbs off yey!!!

OMG your doing Fab hun............your weight loss is really going at full steam this month.BIG WELL DONE HUN....oh just msg you

Keep at it Hun

Hugs
Nat xxx

 

[bumpyboo]

Good Luck for today Natp18, fingers crossed everything goes your way! im thinking of u!xx

 

[natp18]

Good Luck for today Natp18, fingers crossed everything goes your way! im thinking of u!xx

Aw Ta Hun

Its so nice to get msg's of support from you lovely ladys. Just sent hb1 the following msg about whats been going on:

Hey Nat

Just wanted to say good luck for tomorrow - fingers will be well and truly crossed for you.

hx

Aww Thanks Hun

Just logged in and it was lovely to see that msg from you,more so when my own family and close friends dont get how important today is to me. My appointment is at 4 pm today so hope they dont rush me as it will be the end of the clinic. Well I stepped on to the scales this morning in my P.J's and my weight was 14.6 lb which is where I need to be at...just a few wo's:

1} My scales might be different to the hospitals,mine are digital they have them tricky ones.

2}I have to dig out a outfit that weighs nothing lol
still in P.J and just havent got energy to sort it out now.

To get that to 14.6 lb today ,as I was 14.10lb yesterday is good but I feel so guilty how I have done it....almost like I am cheating lol dont worry havent made myself sick or taken laxatives BUT I only had a chicken breast yesterday and fluids and again only having fluids today until appointment. I know its not great approach and I am gonna slow my metabolism down,I just felt it had to be done if you get what I mean?
I have a terrible head ache at the moment and just hope it goes by my appointment,as I am feeling I will need to be acsertive at this appointment.

How are you doing hun? Are you off work at the moment? sorry my memory is terrible. How is the wii going and the weight loss?

aww thanks again for the msg it def put a smile on my face

thanks
Hugs
Nat xxxx

 

[natp18]

Thanks for the msgs lovely ladys
Hugs
Nat xxx

 

[chocolate]

Hey Nat,
good luck for this afternoon, fingers will be crossed. I reckon the doctors will look at your over-all weight loss and be more than pleased with it, and even if you are 4 pounds out or something I dont think that will effect their decision. If they do mention being a pound away or something just say 2 days ago I was a t target weight but I suffer from water retention!

Hope you get the answers you are looking for xx

 

[hb1]

I'm with Chocs on this one!! if they say no we will go down to see them en-mass!!

 

[natp18]

Hello Lovely Ladys

I finally got my weight down to a BMI of 34 from 40 and they were happy with that,but want me to keep on with the weightloss. After waiting for nearly 2 hours to be seen it was very brief,the nursed weighed me and the Dr explained about clomid and the folicle tracking and the injections they ll do too.
I thought I would be estatic but I feel so so down,my OH dosent seem pleased and is pissed off at me because I wont go for a meal with his mates and there GF's tonight...main reason is that I aint seen them since loosing Lillie and one of the GF's is pregnant and I generally cant stand them as they are cocks sorry excuse the language.
My OH says that I depress him,god he pisses me off how hes got over our daughters death so soon and expects me to as well. Arhhh I should be happy as I have worked long and hard for todays outcome and now I am worried I wont even have a OH to try for a baby,because of some of his comments today.

Sorry if I sound like I am moaning and I do know how lucky I am for todays outcome and I am greatful just very very down.Whens the happieness gonna come

Oh well at least he has pissed off out with his mates now,gonna listen to some old music ,nosey on here and relax lol

Thanks for all your comments and support

Hugs
Nat xx

 

[hb1]

You're probably both a bit emotional - you maybe need to spend some time doing the stuff together you used to do before and re-awaken that spark - you're focus has been so much on the weightloss he probably feels a bit left out and is really feeling how sad you've been feeling - it's so tricky to get the balance. And although you'll still be aiming to lose weight you can relax a bit now - it's no longer a race. I'm sure if you sit him down and explain that the pg girlfriend would have really got you more down then he might understand - ask him out on a date - just the 2 of you could go to the flicks and have a lovely meal and have a romantic night of it he may really appreciate it.

And absolutely well done - bmi 34 is AMAZING - so proud of you

hx

 

[hb1]

Oh and Chocs!! Good luck for tomorrow!!!!!! Go gettem!!!! PMA to you hx

 

[chocolate]

Hey Nat,
TTC let alone a loss of a baby puts a lot of pressure on a relationship and I think men naturally deal with things like this in another way.


Im in a pissy mood too today, spotting this am on checking cm and just feel so fing crappy. This is our 2nd cycle now and I fell pregnant on 1st cycles before so Im wondering what else is wrong, seeing as Im ovulating! Going to ask them to check oh's sperm.
I thought I saw a faint line on a hpt today too but its my eyes I think, then I got my hopes up and checked cm and found the blood. Just hope it stays as spotting as expect Ill have an internal scan today!

 

[chocolate]

Hi, saw the specialist and apparantly all my hormones are all within the normal ranges, my progesterone was 'as good as it gets' at 54 (this was the first ovulation after miscarriage where I had quite bad ov pains, but I didnt get those this cycle) and basically he said Metformin use is now up in the air with PCOS, the studies conflict each other and basically that also applies in pregnancy - he said it does seem to help with weight loss but thats not applicable to me.
He basically was dismissing metformin but said I can carry on with it ........ however there was no clear answer on pregnancy and using it so Ill ask my doctor about that one ......... but I just find it odd how he said metformin wont reduce my miscarriage risk, something to do with studies......... so what the heck will then?!

So we are to carry on ttc as normal and go back in October if still not pregnant. He said on average it can take over a year more alot of couples and seeing as we have been pregnant twice before, once with ds and once with mc cycle, then he's hopeful well get pregnant again.

No extra monitoring in pregnancy and nothing extra they can do.

Anyhow, I am having a scan around the next ovulation and a progesterone test again, and they said if cycles go to 40 days then to call them and get clomid.
But he said clomid and metformin together have been shown to be 'detrimental' to pregnancy.



So my question now is ........ if all my hormone levels are within the normal range then why the hell do I have skin like a teenager?!

 

[chocolate]

Blimmin heck - just did a first response and got 2 lines within time limit! I only did it cuz it was bogof and Im so out of breath and boobs ache!

Not getting excited as had a tiny bit of blood this am when checking cm and just feel pre-af! But at least I know we can get pregnant quickly even if this ends in a chemical!!

 

[hb1]

I do think that a lot of the real research in to this is relatively new and they don't know a great deal around the subject of PCOS. There are a lot of differing views on all the treatments within the medical community and here we are stuck in the middle.

Do you find that one thing or another improves your acne Chocs?

I have been searching and searching and can't find anything about probs taking both together - I would go with your consultant tho as he is the one treating you - am sure if you were on clomid they would monitor you properly.

For me I am sticking with the Met - not willing to take the chance and not on clomid.... Now I'm monitoring my ovulation tho who knows what I'll be on in a few months - fingers crossed I'm ovulationg ok!! I have seen much more positive info about met an pg/prevention of mc on searches and looking at discussions on soulcyster than not so I am sticking with that - plus my consultant was all for the met - can't they all bang their heads together and come up with the right answer!!

Hope you feel more positive for your appt
hx