Wantbaby, thanks so much for asking your friend and tammara I wish I knew if this affected bub, but I can't find conclusive research...I have read the classification of the drug and how it affected animals, but as far as humans go, no solid info...
I did see that they said that babies born to mothers who took met throughout their preg sometimes have the risk of having low blood sugar...which is why I'm stopping as soon as I am out of the first trimester. Also, I read that mothers with Type 2 and IR who DID NOT take met have a problem with their babies gaining too much weight in utero due to the mother's blood sugar issues...
Here are a few articles that sort of discuss the issue...
"a recent study from Cairo University in Egypt suggests that metformin may actually be beneficial by reducing the risk of miscarriage. The study included two groups of women with PCOS.
The first group stopped metformin as soon as they discovered they were pregnant. The second group continued with metformin throughout the pregnancy.
The rate of early pregnancy loss in the group that continued with metformin was 11.6% compared with a 36.3% loss in the non-metformin group.
A probable reason why metformin is beneficial is that it improves the performance of insulin in your body by reducing "insulin resistance" http://www.ovarian-cysts-pcos.com/news39...
And some articles saying that there is not enough research or saying it is safe for fetus....
I am also a member of forums like soulcysters, for PCOS and I see a lot of back and forth on the issue. From my research I see more people suffering from MC when stopping abruptly (which is why I am choosing to wean myself off) as well as many cases where nothing really happened because of the met - for example women who have miscarried on, off and while stopping, so not really strongly linked to the met.
I just get scared because if the met is regulating the insulin and I just stop, won't that throw my body out of whack too fast? That's what scares me...so I'm stopping slowly. I am lucky to only be on 1000 and not 2000 a day so cutting back should be easier and stopping should not be as hard on me or bub...
This whole issue is so confusing! But I am following my gut. I really believe the met is sustaining this along with the prog. so I refuse to risk mc by jolting my body out of the habits it has...I will do it slowly and I hope that into the second trimester I will have miore energy to be able to excercise more in order to compensate for the met...for the moment, I have a hard time excercising due to extreme fatigue
It is a bit frustrating to stress to get preg and once we do to stress about every thing we put in our mouths and not know what decision is the right one. I have to trust my gut on this...I have no other choice...
Anyway, I am not complaining because for now everything is going well and that is the most important thing.
I am leaving tomorrow to see my sister for 5 days in Spain so I will get some sun and medidate and talk it over with her...I think my mind is made up though.
Have a great weekend girls and lots of relaxation and BD to everyone!!!
and tammara I wish I knew if this affected bub, but I can't find conclusive research...I have read the classification of the drug and how it affected animals, but as far as humans go, no solid info...
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