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Re: Conceived with Glucophage--??
From: Dona (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 16 Jan 2002 14:50:34 -0600 (CST)
HI Julie,Congratulations! as long as your progesterone level is being
montored and it has been fine...then you should be ok!!Glucophage has
been shown to cause birth defects (nueral tube) so in your case since
the risk of taking it does not outweigh the benifit I wouldnt take it
eigther.
If you had said your hormone levels were low...then I would definately
take it during pregnancy...but seems there is no need to! Congrats
again!Dona
At Wed, 16 Jan 2002, Julie wrote:
>
>Everyone told me that I should take the Glucophage through the first
>trimester also. I asked my doctor about it and he said that since my
>hormone levels were so healthy, he didn't think that it was necessary. I
>hope he is right about this. I will be devastated if I lose this baby.
>
>At Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Penhead wrote:
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>>Congratulations!! I am so happy for you. My DH and I are TTC for baby
>>#1. This is the first month I have ovulated and I just started the
>>Glucophage a few months ago!
>>
>>I do have another question. I think I read somewhere on here that it is
>>reccommended that you take the Glucophage through the 1st tri-mester to
>>decrease the risk of miscarriage. I notice you said that you are no
>>longer taking it. I am just wondering b/c hopefully we'll be pregnant
>>soon!
>>
>>Again congratulations!!
>>
>>--
>>Penhead
>>
>>>At Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Julie wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Great News! This is for all of you out there who are trying to conceive
>>>>and are very frustrated. My husband and I have been TTC for over a
>>>>year. I got very frustrated last week when the medication they gave me
>>>>to induce a cycle didn't work. The last tests they did several months
>>>>back showed that I was not ovulating at all. I had been on Glucophage
>>>>since early summer 1500mg. I lost some weight, but noticed no
>>>>difference in my cycles at all. I still was not having them. I called
>>>>the doctor and asked where we go from here and they told me to do a
>>>>pregnancy test just to see and then we would try another medication. I
>>>>told my doctor that I was 99.9% sure that I was not pregnant but I would
>>>>do the test if that is what they wanted. Much to my surprise, it was
>>>>positive. Over the course of the weekend I did four more of them just
>>>>to make sure - they were all positive. I am now 7 weeks pregnant and no
>>>>longer taking Glucophage. I wanted to share my news with all of you who
>>>>are as frustrated as I was. I know how hard it is. I thought I would
>>>>never have a child. I can't tell you how many times I got down on
>>>>myself thinking I was a failure. When I least expected it, it happened.
>>>>My husband and I could not be more pleased. Please don't give up hope.
>>>>I am proof positive that it works! My progesterone level without
>>>>Glucophage was .2 barely even registering. With the Glucophage it was
>>>>21.9. What a difference!
>>>
>>>--
>>>Panacea
>>>
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