I've been on it since shortly after Sam was born. My rheumy insisted I be on it with starting the scary arthritis drugs and my OB chose it after hearing about the bleeding issues I developed with my old pre-TTC OCP during IVF.

I'm not sure I can help much as I never really had much of a hair problem with my PCOS. I think my current hair loss is down to post-baby and methotrexate. That said, the dark hairs I would have growing around my nipples have all but vanished. It might be the pill, it might be my other meds, but my pubic hair has also thinned quite remarkably.

I'll be interested to hear how others have gone with it in terms of PCOS and weight issues. I was down to my pre-baby weight by 7 weeks, but then ballooned ridiculously due to the amount of prednisone I had to start taking to keep my arthritis under control... I'm slowly getting that back down to reasonable levels and have my arthritis controlled to the point where weightloss and exercise can actually become a possibility again. I'm not on metformin, though. None of my doctors have suggested anything about going back on it after Sam.

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