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Re: Metformin and pregnancy
From: Lashonda (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 24 Jun 2003 02:38:20 +0000
plEASE LET ME KNOW HOW LONG HAVE YOU LADIES BEEN ON METFORMIN BEFORE GETTING
PREGANT?
>From: "Becky" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION
><pcos-medication@dns.obgyn.net>
>Subject: RE: Metformin and pregnancy
>Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 13:11:08 -0500
>
>Hi there! On the last visit to my Endo. he said that the moment I find out
>that I am pregnant, he wanted me to come off the Met. I told him that
>after doing research on the Internet, I didnt' feel comfortable with that
>decision. He said that the best he could do would be to allow me stay on
>it for the first trimester. I'm scared. After 6 years of trying, I am
>closer now than ever to being pregnant, and I don't want to lose this baby.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: anonymous [mailto:anonymous@obgyn.net
>Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 1:47 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS-MEDICATION
>Subject: Metformin and pregnancy
>
>I am new to this forum and I am sure that this question has been asked
>many times.
>After two miscarriages, I am finally 13 weeks pregnant. I have had a
>bad history of ovulation and PCOS. I have Metformin to thank for my
>success however, I am being told by my specialist that I have to get off
>of it because he says that there is no conclusive evidence that the baby
>won't be harmed if I stay on it. In addition, he is also saying that
>the Metformin is there to help get you pregnant and prevent miscarriages
>only in the first trimester. Did anyone else here of this? Does anyone
>know if I am really out of the woods and the Metformin won't help
>anymore? Please let me know
>
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