Hi there i'm another PCOS sufferer. I was diagnosed June 2009 after having the most horrible pains in my stomach and after blood tests and then later on confirmed with an U/S i was told i have PCOS. I found out i also have an insulin resistance which isnt uncommon. I was put onto Metformin and the Yasmin pill. The pill gave me migraines and i was only put on a 3 month trial of metformin. I was told that it is used as a fertility drug as it makes women very fertile and was told to be careful not to fall pregnant but i ignored that advice and in November 2009 i fell pregnant after one accident. I too have a very irregular cycle i can go 3-5 months between periods and i don't ovulate as often as other women so to pin point when i do i was told would make concieving very difficult. I lost all hope in believing id be a mother but the most important thing i have learnt is to be positive.
Well done on losing weight. I lost 9kgs which i believe increased my chances of concieving.
Hey PB&J - another person with PCOS (I don't like being a sufferer )
I knew I had PCOs but as I was on the pill it masked the PCOS symptoms until we decided to TTC. After months of nothing (no periods), I went to a FS who triggered AF and did 4 clomid cycles (I didn't have any reaction to the clomid). After that I had an ovarian cyst so had to have a cycle off before trying IUI, then it was Christmas, so I decided to take myself off to a naturopath to get my body right. Suffice to say with herbs we were pregnant on cycle #1! Went back to her to trigger AF when DS was 13 months old and again - first cycle! Unfortunately that was our angel baby and we're now back trying with her in the first proper cycle post m/c.
I still have long cycles 40+days but a good luteal phase. Working on losing weight and taking some herbs to try to shorten my cycle.
So basically I'm saying it's worth trying naturopathy. There are herbs that help with insulin resistance if you have an issue with that - certainly helped me lose weight! Weight loss is awesome - good on you for doing so much of that already!! My naturopath is also a nurse who used to work in IVF so she's happy to work along side the medical people if you want to do both, I'm sure you can find someone like her.
Good luck! As my FS said to me on the first visit "you will get pregnant, don't worry, it'll happen".
Wow... I never heard any negative stories about Clomid. I didn't have any issues with it - I got pregnant on our 2nd cycle with Clomid. For me, it was a god send!
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