Polycystic Ovaries and Falling Pregnant...

[Blondie]

EEEK! I am not the best with big tablets! I will look into my options.

Thanks for the info on Rubella. I think I might have had a vaccination for that when I was younger?? But I will get tested regardless...I will also have my hormones tested as Turkish Delight suggested.

Thanks again for your sound advice!

[BrightSparkles]

Hi Blondie,
I have PCOS and have been diagnosed since i was 20 and fell naturally with both DD and our our newest addition after being told it was unlikely.
My advice would be....
make sure you stick to a low carb/low GI diet. This helps to keep the weight part under control. Make sure you drink plenty of water and exercise regularly. This will help to keep your body healthy.
I suggest having the blood tests to ensure you immunity to all the various things (rubella etc). If you are concerned maybe get a refferal for an endocrinologist who will help you to keep all the various things under control and also give you suggestions on having a baby and other things you could be doing.


Me personally, I also had reflexology on a regular basis to help me keep things equalised within my body (some might not believe this) though I have a stong belief that doing this helped.

GL and HTH.
xx

[didispunk]

Personally I would go off teh pill.. at leat when you get married and want to TTC then you wont haev that time of going off the pill and getting your body back to normalish!!


Definilty low GI and plenty of water as well..

Hi Blondie,
I have PCOS and have been diagnosed since i was 20 and fell naturally with both DD and our our newest addition after being told it was unlikely.
My advice would be....
make sure you stick to a low carb/low GI diet. This helps to keep the weight part under control. Make sure you drink plenty of water and exercise regularly. This will help to keep your body healthy.
I suggest having the blood tests to ensure you immunity to all the various things (rubella etc). If you are concerned maybe get a refferal for an endocrinologist who will help you to keep all the various things under control and also give you suggestions on having a baby and other things you could be doing.


Me personally, I also had reflexology on a regular basis to help me keep things equalised within my body (some might not believe this) though I have a stong belief that doing this helped.

GL and HTH.
xx

[mitzy81]

I have PCOS, I am now 25wks pregnant, this was a natural pregnancy. I was due to start on clomid but found out I was pregnant the day before I was due to commence. I have 2 periods a year if I am lucky. I have been told by many people that you have the best chance of falling pregnant straight after you come off the pill, whether or not that is true I don't know. It took us nearly 12months to fall pregnant, I was diagnosed with PCOS a few years back and was told chances of falling pregnant naturally would be zilch, and we are very lucky considering I only ovulate twice a year! I was actually considering cancelling my appointment with the specialist becuase we had decided to take a break and I would go back on the pill for 6months and not think about it, but it seems it all fell in to place.
Just being healthy in general, if you smoke, quit, cut back/quit on alcohol, eat plenty of fruit and vegies, exercise. I lost 30kg to get to a healthy weight and it still made no difference to regulating my periods and ovulation, I think it all depends on the individual person and case. I also started taking vitex to try and shorten my cycles and when I had doubled my dose I found out not long after I was pregnant.

Good luck to you, baby dust your way when you TTC.

[BlackRose]

Hi Blondie,

I have recently been diagnosed with PCOS and my recommendation is to come off the pill ASAP so you can see what your body is doing naturally. Ok yeah, BD'ing won't be the same if you have to switch contraception methods but I think it will help figure out exactly what's going on with you down there. I would also start to chart your temps on Fertility friend and checking your CM as well.
I came off the pill in June and haven't had AF yet. we're starting to TTC and I have been given Clomid rather than waiting other year to see if my periods might regulate, because there is a good chance that they won't.
And I also had a lap band nearly 3 years ago, have lost 30kg but that hasn't done anything for my irregular cycles, so I guess everyone is different. I exercise and eat well which is about as much as I can do!
And my advice for the prenatal supplements is to get I-Folate (from blackmores) which is an iodine/folate combination supplement. Then, if you're concerned about other vitamins, get a good multi or start on Berocca Advanced. I have berocca advanced because of my lapband (I can't swallow big pills as they get stuck!).

Hope you have a wonderful wedding and good luck with your TTC journey!!

Erica xx

[Janie]

Blondie, you've been given some great suggestions here, I just wanted to reiterate what a PP said, that having polycystic ovaries is not the same as having PCOS. So you might just want to clarify with your gynae which it is that you have, as they will mean different things in regard to your fertility.

Oh, and although you have probably been vaccinated in the past for rubella, the immunity may well have worn off, so it's important to have that checked. If you don't have adequate levels and need to be vaccinated again, I'm pretty sure that you can't fall pg for something like 3 months, so you might want to go and get that checked ASAP.

All the best