Pregnant + PCOS - stopping metformin. What would you do?

[belle75]

LMS - when did you stop the met?
Artechim - don't know if I have GDM yet (only 5 wks preg). I am more concerned about the higher rate of mc when stopping met in first trimester. Technically I'm not stopping, but I'm concerned that halving the dose before 12wks may make my IR worse and possible mc???

[minniemouse]

With my first pregnancy I stayed on metformin all the way through and was fine, with the second I got gestational diabetes at 26 weeks and had to go onto insulin then.

Since then I have had 4 miscarriages and I don't why, I have been on metformin just the same for those 4 as the first 2, anyway my point is my drs were happy for me to stay on it as long as possible to try & reduce the need for insulin in the pregnancy

Good luck, I wouldn't stop

[Liz]

I have PCO, so not quite the same. But I was on metformin for my 1st and 3rd pregnancies in order to conceive. I stopped taking it both times at 12 weeks.