I was diagnosed with PCOS approximately 2 years ago when trying to conceive my second child. I have had irregular periods since I can remember, but was never told about PCOS until I went to a RE after I was unsuccessful with Clomid. I had trouble believing it since I am of normal weight, no acne, no excessive hair growth, no hair loss, and no problems with my insulin levels. I guess that my labs, and I know my sonogram showed signs of PCOS. My OB/GYN says I have likely have a degree of it due to my lack of ovulation. I conceived my first son without even trying, and then had difficulty with the second. I took Clomid for 3 months with NO luck, didn't even ovulate. Then I took Metformin about 2 months, and did FSH injections and IUI and got pregnant.
So, I want another baby in a couple years, but I know I don't want to go the IUI route. My OB/GYN says he will oversee me on Metformin and Clomid if that's what I want. I was wondering if anyone else had luck with just Metformin and possibly changing your eating habits. I have done a lot of reading about following a diabetic diet to possible regulate my cycles and get healthier, and just wondering if there were any different ways of helping myself get pregnant again? Thanks for any suggestions! I'd be happy just to hear success stories with PCOS!
I also saw Dr. Goldstein at Presbyterian Hospital at Dallas. He is definately the expert here in Dallas. He sat down and reviewed everything with me. I was also trying to get pregnant so it was very complicated but he was the only one who could figure out what was going on.
A friend of mine has PCOS...went through all the Clomid and even IVF with the first child -- took quite a while to conceive. Low and behold, a year and a half later she turned up pregnant with #2 without all that intervention. Sometimes things just happen. She too is not overweight and has no other outward signs. She is also a vegetarian and keeps a healthy diet.
Best of luck with whatever you decide.
I am not quite PCOS but Insulin Resistant. I did the progesterone suppliments, clomid, metformin...... All the blood tests, ultrasounds, urine tests..... On and on and on. I, unlike yourself, am not of normal weight. I gained 80 pounds in 6 months. I have light acne and exessive hair growth. Anyhow, I didn't ovulate even a little bit even on max dose of everything so I stopped taking all of it. It took another 2.5 years after that but then I got pregnant. On my own. Nothing extra, nothing special... No injections or anything else. Just *poof*. I was supposed to be the mommy of my little girl and so I was. I carred her to 34 weeks and gave birth to a healthy, beautiful 9 pound preemie. LOL! Surprisingly, I did not have gestational diabetes either. LOL! Just a big baby. :)
So there is hope for sure. Watch your diet. Stay healthy & when you're supposed to be a mommy of another beautiful baby, you will be. :)
I have PCOS. For my first pregnancy I failed after 3 rounds of clomid and we then switched to an RE and used clomid, a trigger shot and IUI and were pregnant the first full cycle. For my second pregnancy, after 3 failed IUI cycles, we took a break. We stopped everything except Metformin. I was pregnant the first month...and we weren't even charting or anything. Just enjoying each other when we wanted, no timed anything!
Good luck!
I would see a specialist in PCOS. I saw Dr. Jerald Goldstein at Baylor Frisco. I was referred from my obgyn and she said that he see's a lot of cases of PCOS, especially complicated. I have never had anybody sit down with me and go over everything for PCOS. We wanted to take a minimalist approach and I got pregnant without the injections... I just wanted it to happen fast.
Without going into too much detail on my own journey for a family I have one recommendation for you...The OV Watch! Please, please look into it if you have PCOS. You will need to be on Clomid at the same time but it works. After 7 years of trying everything under the sun including failed IVF we finally heard of the OV Watch, gave it a try and on month 2 we were pregnant!!
Good Luck and feel free to write if you have any questions on PCOS or just to discuss it. I've been diagnosed for 17 years.
You know, adrenal fatigue and addisons has so many similarities to PCOS that I wondered if PCOS simply wasnt just adrenal fatigue!!
The adrenal hormone cortisol controls sex hormone levels and can really screw things up if it is low. The cycles will get unregulated.
Cortisol replacement is probably what you need. My daughter has addisons, and we give her licorice root to keep her cortisol in circulation longer. (of course if you dont have low blood pressure you may not want to use licorice root at all). We also use 1% hydrocortisone cream (HC) on her wrist, a small amount, 2 x a day . For example we use the licorice at 8am to keep her morning cortisol surge in her body longer. We give another (1/8 tsp) at noon, And also a small bit of HC . HC again at 3pm if she is showing low cortisol signs (nausea, shaking or cold)
1% HC creme can be purchased over the counter in drug stores or at costco.
Did your doctor ever give you a saliva cortisol test before she dx'ed you with PCOS? PCOS comes with some of those issues you listed because it presents with high testosterone. Well , low cortisol people also have high testosterone. I'd ask for the saliva cortisol test (NOT blood test which can give a false negative reading.)
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