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.
hun please don't hold your breath with the Met helping you lose weight - it's definitely not a done deal - the met only controls the insulin levels - for some, it's a welcome side effect but can come at a price (constant crampy upset tum etc).
you really need to make lifestyle changes - the BIGGEST one that i can suggest is changing your diet to low GI food - it makes all the difference. pre-pg i had some of the worst insulin resistance/sugar results the GP had ever seen (peak normal, insulin so high i was on the brink of hospitalisation for low sugars after 2 hour test) - due to changing to a low GI diet, and being really strict on this once pg, i've lost 20kg since before i feel pg. i automatically eat low GI now.
i'm not sure of your lifestyle - but make sure you make the food changes and up the exercise. weight loss doesn't guarantee you'll fall pg more easily, but for some PCOS sufferers even losing 5-10kg can be enough to help them resume a "normal" cycle and fall pregnant naturally
ETA - don't putundue pressure on yourself to have a weight reduction - getting yourself heallthy is more important than the number. if you fixate on the number, you'remore likely to go about making yourself lose weight in unsustainable ways (yo-yo dieting) - it has to be an overall change that you can sustain....
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