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Re: PCOS: Infertility - PCOS correct diagnosis????
From: Pat Sonnenstuhl (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 27 May 2008 16:04:02 -0500 (CDT)
Are you also on Metformin ? It is an insulin sensitizer that helps to
improve how your cells use insulin. Have you been seeing a Reproductive
Endocrinologist ? They usually are up on the current management of PCOS.
It sounds like you have several factors affecting your fertility. The
best treatment is to get everything into as normal a balance as possible
and that improves the use of Clomid and other medications. ...
At Tue, 27 May 2008, TK wrote:
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>For a few years now I have been living with the diagnosis of PCOS. I am
>now 29 and my partner and myself have been actively trying to conceive
>for 2 years now and have had unprotected encounters for 6 years before
>that without the use of birth control, etc. During that time I was
>monitored by a gynecologist for ovarian cysts, anovulation and abnormal
>cycles. A few years ago I was finally told that I had PCOS. My
>progesterone levels where low and my FSH:LH levels are 1:4. No other
>hormone levels are outside of the normal range and my weight is in the
>middle of the normal range(5'5", 125lbs). I had a tubal X-ray and
>everything presented itself as normal aside from the fact that I have a
>retroverted uterus. I have undergone a 6 month treatment of Clomid with
>IUI, as my partner has also been diagnosis with low sperm count and low
>mobility(smoker and 1 undescended testicle operated on at 12 years of
>age). During that time the ultrasounds showed I was ovulating each
>month but pregnancy was never acheived. We are now moving to a short
>course of superovulation with IUI(1 month on 1 month off for 6 months).
>If ovulation was acheived is it possible there was some underlying issue
>of egg quality? Is it possible PCOS is the wrong diagnosis? Should we be
>scheduling a laproscopy before starting the new treatment? Any insight
>that can be provided given our history would be greatly appreciated.
>
>--
>TK
>
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