Thanks for your reply. I'm still getting my head around everything, i'm on a 3 month trial of metformin and yasmin. Hopefully my body takes to the both of them if not my doctor will suggest further treatment. I keep thinking why is this happening to me? i do everything right i don't do drugs i dont smoke and i don't drink very often. Do you have any problems with weight? What symptoms do you have/had when you got diagnosed?
im so sorry you are feeling down. I too have PCOS. The weight gain sucks but hay, the way i look at it, is its managable. Its not like we have cancer, its just a hill in our road so to speak. I went on clomid to fall pregnant after 2 years TTC. I fell pregnant on the first cycle, so it can be done!!
Thanks mumma mia for your reply. I'm doing alot better now, i can go a whole day without bursting into tears. PCOS was always something that a friend of a friend had, i never thought i would have it myself. And the fact my insulin levels are really high and that if i hadnt of found out it could have turned into diabetes it was like being smacked in the face. But i am glad that there are other women out there who are like me, and i am glad that its not always doom and gloom and i will be a mother one day.
well now u know sweety, why u havent been falling pregnant. Do you fully understand what PCOS is? If not, u may want to visit the website. Ill head off and find it for u.
Hang in there ok. Most of us who have PCOS are going through some pretty crappy side effects of having it too. The acne is what drives me nuts and the weight gain. Or not to mention excess hair in places hair should not even grow. lol.
some good sides are : www dot posaa dot asn dot au (dot meaning . )
and
www dot managingpcos dot org dot au
I forgot to add before, i also lost 12 kilos before falling pregnant. Most PCOS sufferers find weight loss increasing their risk dramatically for falling pregnant. N it did for me.
i was diagnosed with PCOS when i was 25 under similar circs to you - irregular "cycle" (if you could call it that) since i'd had my first AF at around 17. hormones all up the creek, heaps of cysts etc
i started metformin and had surgery to make my ovaries more responsive to the drugs. i found the met helped me with the weight gain (halted it - didnt make me lose any though). i used clomid and, unfortunately it didn't work
it took us 3.5 years or a bit over to finally fall pregnant with our beautiful 5 week old DD - but it did happen - we just needed help. as much as PCOS sucks, as mummamia said, it IS something you can work around. it's not fun having to have help, but if the alternative is no child, you just do what you have to....
good luck with the treatment - if you and your partner are wanting to have a child soon, don't let the GP keep you on the pill too long - it helps to regulate cycles when you're not trying, but is pointless if you are...
Thank you mumma mia your really sweet! When i was being tested for it (they also tested me for endometerosis) i researched both of them so i know a little bit. I've been talking to my doctor as well. I don't have many of the symptoms i dont have acne only the normal pimples, as for the hair i have lots of hair on my belly which is gross ill resemble my partner soon! and the weight gain sucks!
Briggsy's girl. My GP is certain the metformin will help me lose weight, he wrote down what i weigh now and in 3 months he will weigh me again. I was told that to fall pregnant i will need to lose weigh which is not a problem for me i will do anything. Although we dont want to TTC until my partner gets a promotion that way he will earn enough to support the 3 of us. My doctor just wants me on the pill until my cycles run regularly. Congrats on your little girl. That's what im worried about that it will take years to fall pregnant. But i guess its something i will have to come to terms with.
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