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Re: pregnant at last
From: Alicia (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 5 Sep 2000 14:50:30 -0500 (CDT)
I am so happy for you. I pray to god that it one day will happen for me
also. Take care and God Bless
At Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Sally wrote:
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>Congratulations, Kallie. I will keep you in my prayers. God bless you
>and your baby. :)
>
>At Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Kallie wrote:
>>
>>Well I have to admit that I felt a tiny bit dismayed that no one replied
>>at all to my below message. But for the extreme most part I have been
>>very greatful to the information this site has given to me. The doctor
>>had confirmed that I am pregnant - not on any fert drugs right now so
>>I'm going with it being a gift from a supreme being (God for me.)
>>
>>Thanks to this site I have been more educated about PCOS than my OBGYN.
>>Hopefully there will be information at the symposium this weekend
>>regarding how to handle being pregnant with PCOS and what it might mean
>>to me and my baby. I hope they can inform me if special testing should
>>be done to ensure my baby's health. My doctor thinks PCOS means I
>>simply have ovaries riddled with cysts.
>>
>>Here is to the Internet, which allows us to take some power into our own
>>hands. Allows us to ask the questions that may ultimately save our
>>lives.
>>
>>~Kallie
>>
>>Previous Message Posted August 27, 2000
>>
>>Hi - I've been lurking around here every once and a while since I was
>>diagnosed with PCOS last summer. I've had two laperoscopies, I've been
>>on Clomid, Glucophage - I've had a Salpingogram to make sure my tubes
>>were not blocked. Since my second surgery last Sept I have had my
>>period every month. In June I didn't and my doc said "well you've been
>>here before, you didn't ovulate this month. Then I had my period as
>>usual in July.
>>This month (Aug) I'm having the same bad cramping I did in June - but
>>I've had two positive pregnancy tests. I go to see my Dr today but I am
>>so worried something isn't right. I have a son that was born 12-17-97
>>and did not use Birth Control since he was born and nothing happened.
>>Pelvic pain led to the discovery of PCOS although I have nearly all the
>>symptoms in some capacity. I have been off all fertility meds since
>>April.
>>
>>I gained 50 lbs with my son and that took me to 300lbs and I have been
>>there 2 1/2 years. I am entirely too fat to be at the begining of a
>>pregnancy and that scares me to death. I just saw an endocrinologist to
>>help me and he said that high insulin in my blood is making it nearly
>>imposible for me to lose weight or conceive.
>>
>>So he put me on a typical high protein diet- but it also restriced all
>>"sugar free" products as well as carbs and was fairl specific, I even
>>had to eat my foods in a certain order. I started the diet on July
>>20th, Started my period July 21st and Stopped the diet July 31st when I
>>got Strep throat. So I was on this diet while on my period and the time
>>before I would normaly ovulate. Has anyone else ever heard of this
>>happening????? The endo said that his patients often conceive after 1 to
>>2 months on this diet - I can't really believe that could be why I am
>>pregnant. But if not I still can't figure it out - why now, no meds.
>>
>>I am stunned. Confussed. Nervous. I don't know what all this cramping
>>is about. I'm asking you all to pray for me. I am afraid to be happy
>>yet.
>>
>>--
>>Kallie
>>
>>--
>>Kallie
>>
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Alicia
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