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....
That's what my doctor has asked me to do. Along with my partner he's been really strict on me. I recently lost my job but when i get a new job my partner wants me to join a gym and go atleast 3 times a week and he will go for walks with me.
I haven't told many people about it, i have only told my 2 best friends, my mum and my sister.
My partner wants to tell his family even though they hate me, we had a huge argument he doesn't understand that telling them isn't going to help me in any way i don't want their pity.
But one thing i'll be happy about is a regular period (well im hoping so). The last 3 i have had were awful i bled for 21 days with the first then 16 with the second and the most recent was really heavy and i had the worst cramping. I also hope the pill will help with my mood swings i have been such a cranky pants i constantly have a go at everyone. Has anyone else been experiencing that?
be wary of the pill helping mood swings hun - i've been on it once, for a month, as part of ivf treatment - and i was THE biggest HAG! hope that doesn't happen to you
can sympathise on the long AF's - my worst (well the worst i could recall) was just after DH and I got together - it last for over 5 weeks - would almost stop and then start again. post pg bleeding is easier to deal with!
Oh, i hope that doesn't happen to me! i havent been on the pill before i was always too scared too but since i have PCOS i have to go on it to manage it. I'm pretty sure my partner would leave me LOL i have been absolutely awful to be around, the littlest thing makes me go on a huge rant.
I haven't started the pill yet i have to wait until the 8th thats when im due, thats if i get it if not my doctor wants me to take it then anyway.
I forgot to mention that a 18 months ago i had a ruptured cyst as well as appendicitis. While taking my appendix out they cleaned up the area. I was supposed to be all healed after 6 weeks but i still had rotten pains. I went to my doctor and they did an ultrasound to see what was wrong they thought maybe another cyst had burst but it wasn't my ovaries were healthy nothing on them but i had fluid in my pouch of douglas (that made no sense to me but stopped me worrying) so when they did an ultrasound last week i was surprised to see so many cysts had formed in 18 months.. its actually scary. The lady who did it did my first and she was shocked.
I'm not wanting to fall pregnant just yet.. my doctor wants to wait until my insulin levels are down, or back to normal. And he also wants my cycles to be normal. So this time next year i want to be pregnant, so when im healthy and have lost atleast 10kgs.
I was diagnosed in 2004 with PCOS we were ttc our first child. It was soooo hard for me to come to terms with. My other half was ready to go, and I was still coming to terms with the diagnosis. In the end I went on clomid to conceive both our daughters. With Gemma we fell preggers 2nd cycle on clomid, Jasmine was first cycle.
And yep I have all the classic traits of it, including weight, especially around my middle. BUT I have in the last 4 weeks lost approx 8kg! Its hard work, but it is acheiveable!
Oh and the most telling signs that I had it when I was officially diagnosed was the blood test results and ultrasound. I was riddled with cysts and my hormone levels were horrible. I have elevated testosterone and really really low progetorone levels. And my period is non existent and I don't ovulate.
I wish you all the luck in the world hun......................I hope you have a bub of your own to hold soon...........xxx
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