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Re: Diagnosed with PCOS, and trying for 4 years to concieve
From: Karen (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 1 Apr 2002 19:16:17 -0600 (CST)
Again, I would like to thank you for your openness to me. I am very new
to all of this and am still trying to find out as much as possible. I
wish you all the luck and will pray for you! :)
At Sat, 30 Mar 2002, tera wrote:
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>Hi!
>
>I was diagnosed in '97 or '98. I've been showing signs of PCOS though
>since I was a junior in high school. My husband and I have been trying
>to become pregnant since 1996. We are not actively trying right now.
>We've been on a break from it for some time. I've had surgeries,
>injectables, artificial insem, etc. and we decided that we wanted to
>step back and re-evaluate our relationship and our options. Right now
>we're tentatively looking at IVF and adoption. Hope it works out for
>you! Take care and God bless! Tera
>
>At Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Karen wrote:
>>
>>Tera, thank you for your response. I am still new to all of this and
>>love the suport of all the women out there. It's nice to hear all the
>>same stories that you are going through. (very sad to see how many
>>women go through this and aren't better yet, but very comforting to hear
>>that I'm not the only one) :)
>>I actually started on 50mg of the clomid, then went to 100mg, then
>>finally to 150mg and that's when I took a few months off to get over the
>>frustations of it all. I am going on my second week of 500mg of just
>>the metformin, from there my doctor said he would put me on both and see
>>what that did for me. I am hoping for a change in my attitude (I get
>>very moody cause of the hormone levels being so low) I am so glad I have
>>a supportive husband.
>>How long have you had this or been diagnosed with it?
>>Are you still trying to get pregnant? (you don't have to tell if you
>>don't want too, I know it's personal and it's hard to talk about it when
>>someone asks). I pray for everyone all the time too, someday we will be
>>able to make this allot more public than it is right now. So many women
>>don't know about it at all. Nor do the doctor's. Thank you for your
>>kind words! :)
>>
>>At Wed, 27 Mar 2002, tera wrote:
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>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>I have had similar difficulties with getting pregnant. Yes, do give the
>>>Met a shot. Met combined with Clomid has proved to be a highly
>>>successful combo for women with PCOS. For extra "punch" try Clomid, Met
>>>and a low carb diet (check out the Atkins diet, Somersizing,
>>>Sugarbusters, etc.). If the Clomid and Met does not work (it doesn't
>>>work for everyone) don't despair. There are other things you can try --
>>>injectables, artificial insem, etc., etc.. Don't give up! I'll pray for
>>>you! God bless! Tera
>>>
>>>At Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Karen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>My name is Karen and I was diagnosed with PCOS 3 weeks ago. My husband
>>>>and I have been married for 4 years and have been trying ever since our
>>>>wedding night. The same month that we got married I stopped having
>>>>periods (which was very unusual for me, I was always like clockwork). I
>>>>went to the doctor and he said it was just stress related and not to
>>>>worry about it. I went in three months later and he put me on 50mg of
>>>>clomid for three months. This would start my periods, but it would stop
>>>>as quickly as they started. I then went back and he put me on 100mg for
>>>>three months (all the while taking my temperature of course, and
>>>>tracking it every month waiting for that spike). That didn't work
>>>>either, so I didn't go back for quite a while due to frustration of
>>>>everyone not listening to me that something was wrong. Not only did I
>>>>want to get pregnant, but it was the last thing on my mind, I just
>>>>wanted to get back to feeling normal again. I gained quite a bit of
>>>>weight, starting seeing things happening to my body that I was
>>>>embarrassed about and not knowing why? I am only 26 yrs old now, and
>>>>just got my answer. After awhile I went back again and he put me on
>>>>150mg of the clomid and it still didn't work. Then I talked to my
>>>>sister and her friend had just been diagnosed with this PCOS, so I
>>>>called and talked with her for an hour getting all the info that I
>>>>needed to take to my doctor and get results. I went in and they did
>>>>blood tests, and an ultrasound. My ultrasound came back normal, but the
>>>>blood tests sure didn't. I was way over on some and way low on others,
>>>>the doctor that had put me through this 3 years of trying to get fixed
>>>>has diagnosed me with PCOS. I am now trying 500mg of metformin twice a
>>>>day for two weeks, and then I will start on 850mg twice a day for
>>>>another two weeks. I am hoping it works! The gal that taught me about
>>>>this PCOS said that she had to be on 150mg of clomid and the 850mg of
>>>>metformin at the same time to get pregnant. I asked my doctor to put me
>>>>on both and he wanted to see what the metformin did for me first. So I
>>>>am praying and crossing my fingers everyday that something will happen
>>>>and it will work for me. My thoughts are with each and everyone of you
>>>>out there that are struggling with this. Good luck to you all!! We need
>>>>to help others realize what may be wrong with them so they can get the
>>>>meds that they need! :)
>>>
>>>--
>>>Tera
>>>
>--
>Tera
>
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