Past posts and PCOS conceiving again.

Yes, I have 3 children. Any specific questions?

I conceived 3 times after being told I had PCOS. I already had one daughter and then lost 2 and finally carried to term with my DS who will be 5 in october.

They didnt diagnose me till my daughter was around 3. There were issues around getting pregnant for her but somehow it happened without med intervention and back then they really didnt lknow much about PCOS like they do today. When she turned 5 I wanted another baby and due to lack of periods i had already been diagnosed with PCOS. So my ob went tight to chlomid and ulta sounds tomonitor ovulation then HCG shots to get the eggs to release.

I got pregnant the first try but miscarried around 7-8 wseeks. Waited a month and tried again. Got pregnant but miscarried this time around 5 weeks, very early. The test had just com eup + when I started to bleed and cramp. was devastaed and couldnt try fr a third. My marriage was very shaky dut to the stress of it all. I went on metformin and worked more on getting healthy rather then having another baby. Between the metformin and low carb somehow my hormones leveled off and I became regular and ended up pregnant on our own. I found out 2/16/01. I almost miscarried again because but by keeping on top of the dr I got on progesterone and was finally able to carry to term.


My sugar levels always looked great. It wasnt untill they ran my insulin level that they figured it all out. It was very high in order to keep my sugar normal. Also the levels from my ovaries were reversed. looking at them all individually everything was fine but when you put the whole thing together with the ultrasounds of my ovaries then it all fell intoplace. This was 7-8 years ago the this all began and I am not up on all the stuff now because knock on wood I seem to be doing good. so all the tests and tech terms are escaping me at the moment.

But I am happy, or not so happy , to say that I am regular and have been for 4 years and was able to loose 100 lbs. I do have days where I question weather or not my sugar is ok and I still get cystic acne from time to time but for having PCOS I think I am doing pretty good.

yes you should always tell your Dr about anything that could be a problem. I too have those episodes that is whyh I said something about still having issues. I dont eat regularly like I shuld though and sometimes if I dont eat I can feel my sugar is low so then I eat and sometimes it feels almost as if I am bottoming out and have the dizzy, light headed, messed up feeling. If I am home I will lay down till it passes. I try not to eat a large lunch because that is when if effects me the most. I notice it more if I eat alot of carbs. I know it has to do with me not taking the best care of myself. With PCOS you are more suseptiable to problems such as diabetes, high blod pressure and a lot of other stuff that I cant really remeber at the moment. Also I was told because of the lack of ovulation and periods that can increase your risk of ovarian and uterine cancer but as long as you got AF 4 times a year you would be ok??? But that seems odd to me because they have so many differant BC's that can stop your periods. But like I said I have not really sought treatment in over 4 years. As long as my weight is stable and the episodes after I eat are minimal and infrequect I can deal with it. Probubly not the best option but for now I dont have the time to worry about it

I agree about having trouble finding answers. There are a few others on here that have PCOS as well. it would be interesting to be able to check your sugar during an episode. They pass pretty quickly, usually with in 30 mins and dont happen every day so its hard to figure out. The metformin I think for me just regulated my insulin. I know if I ate high carb or high fat when on it I would be in the bathroom.

I am at work right now but if you want to chat about it let me know. I am hoping some of the other PCOS gals will hope in here but they are not on everyday.

I got pregnant with my daughter in 02/03 no problem. Then she was stillborn at fullterm. I passed my glucose tests during the pregnancy, no symptoms, etc. Afterwards my periods were really irregular/absent. My ob ordered a full workup and discovered insulin resistence. My levels were fine but they took a longer than normal time to go back to normal after going up. She started me on Metformin. I've taken it ever since--through pregnancy and breastfeeding. I did see a specialist to get pregnant with my first son after the stillbirth. We ended up doing 2 IUI's. We moved forward so quickly with the procedure b/c we were grieving the loss of our daughter and I just "had to" get pregnant. We had a healthy son in 04. My specialist said to come see him when I wanted to have another baby so I planned to as soon as I stopped nursing. Right before Zach's 1st b-day I called and made an appt to touch base figuring he'd wean soon. He weaned at 1 year 2 weeks and I showed up 2 weeks later for my appt already pregnant ON MY OWN! My doc was so happy, never mind us. We had our second, healthy son, this past May. My specialist is a researcher at Yale University on PCOS and he recomended that I stay on the met while prego and nursing. He said if it was his wife or daughter that is what he'd do. After Noah was born I talked to my ob about what to do and we decided I'd see an endocrinologist to see if the met was enough or too much (I take 1000, 2xs a day). My appt is at the end of Aug.

If you have PCOS or even ppelvic pain there shouldnt be a problem getting an ultra sound. I had to get prior med records about 9 years ago and they went back till age 20 I think and even back then I had cystic ovaries so it amazed me it took till I was 25 for them to figure it out. I get cysts but mine have never needed med attention. Meaning that they are small and usualy take care of them selves. When I ovulate on my right side it can be very paind full for 24-48 hours and I can tell when its more cyst then egg releasing. I am bad though I have been for one pap since my son was born in 01 and yes it was recent. I had a scare with that one so I will go regularly from now on and all of this talk has me wondering if I should remind them of my pcos and get all of that checked out. It seems as though once you are done having babies the dr's seem to let it go by the way side and you need to keep on them.

Oh and yes I would get into a DR. Call a few and see if they deal with PCOS. I did go to an endo for a consult but they felt my OB had a good handle on it. He was great. He deals alot with infertility and doesnt mess around if you are trying to get pregnant.

I have PCOS but never was able to get pregnant. After 5-6 long hard rollercoaster years of temping, taking Metformin, taking fertility drugs, and many trips to the ob-gyn or a fertility specialist I decided to go childless and started looking at the benefits of that.

I hate Metformin so I don't even take that anymore. I'm on birth control pills now to try to regulate my periods in hopes they won't be too heavy.