Re: Dr. Sam: Do I have PCOS???
From: =?iso-8859-2?q?Zalányi Sámuel ?= (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 14 Sep 2001 18:24:23 +0200
Hi Barb,
You failed to mention any usual symptoms of PCOS, but if you got pregnant, I do not see the reason why to bother about it. You can still be IR and this has to be adressed. Yous should add 800 mcg of folic acid to minimise the risk of neural tube defects (caused by metformin)-
For your info
Sam
> I have never missed a period in my life. They are like clock work. We
> went to get help to find out why we weren't getting pregnant after 5
> months of trying. For 2 months the ovulation kits didn't change color
> but I got a cramp like always around the 13-15 of each month. (one
> day). The month we went in for test results the ovulation kit turned
> colors and we tried again. We got fortunate and got pregnant! When we
> went to our doctor said my husband is very low and slow and I am IR. He
> gave us a 10% chance of getting pregnant without treatment. Then we
> told him we were pregnant. (We decided this baby is already very
> strong!) He also said I was PCOS and put me on Glucophase to lower the
> miscarry rate. Our first scan of our baby (at 5 1/2 weeks) shows
> everything in the right place, but it also shows my overies are clear.
> Can he still be right? Could I still have PCOS? I ask for other tests
> but he said it would be a waste of money.
>
> Thanks,
> Barb
>
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