PCOS Messages for January, 2001: Re: 32 with pcos and can't get pregnant

Re: 32 with pcos and can't get pregnant

From: Julie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:36:25 -0600 (CST)

Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
Next message: Julie: "Re: Has anyone here been to U of M Medical Center for treatment?"
Previous message: Chris: "Re: Success... and frustration"
In reply to: Justine: "Re: 32 with pcos and can't get pregnant"
Next in thread: gyna: "Re: 32 with pcos and can't get pregnant"
Reply: gyna: "Re: 32 with pcos and can't get pregnant"

At Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Justine wrote: >
>A close friend of mine went on clomid for the max amount of months, she
>responded well(LOL-even though its not funny its just so damn
>funny...bad sense of humor i guess) she also had those injections to
>boost it along, i dont know what their called, anyway, no pregnancy!!
>she did the injections only thing for months(til maxed) and no
>pregnancy. in the middle of it all she had one tube and ovary removed.
>ok so she maxed everything and didn't go for the ivf...long story short,
>a year after stopping all the fertility meds she was pregnant with a
>baby boy. What is the point of my story? What the hell is goin on??
>Thats my point. I am going to the dr for the first time for anovulation
>on monday with my fiance, I dont know what they will say, i think it
>will be that i have pcos, regardless i will probably be put on clomid
>and told to take pills, wait, have sex, wait, take pills wait...etc...I
>read an article that said 80% of women on clomid ovulate, 50% get
>pregnant(within 6 months). hmm is it 50% of the 80% or 50% of the 100%?
>And whichever it is...lets get down to the nitty gritty of it all. Am I
>going to get pregnant? Dammit I wanna baby!! Why is it that i see that
>50% get pregnant but I have never met any of those women? Where are
>they? Why can't they share their story? How long did it take? The whole
>6months? Did anyone conceive the first month? I was born to raise my own
>child!! I believe that...I am sure you do too. Somebody better make it
>possible or give me one damn good reason why it isn't. And if i
>respond, and am not pregnant then what the hell good is it that i
>responded, i didn't respond to what i wanted to respond to. I think I
>will go home and start throwing dishes!! OK long letter of frustration
>but I just don't understand how we look at this optimistically. But you
>probably can help me, how did your appointments go? The first one was
>basically talking and things, how long or how many times did you see a
>dr before they gave you clomid?
>
>At Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Julie wrote:
>>
>>At Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Justine wrote:
>>>
>>>I am also trying to have a baby, have been trying for YEARS!! I am 26.
>>>What I dont understand about what the dr said is, if you responded well
>>>then why isn't it working and why do you have to do more. grrrrrrr I am
>>>getting more and more upset everyday. Will we ever have children? WOW
>>>we respond well with no results...is that suppose to make us feel
>>>better? It doesn't help me at all. Isn't IVF when they take your egg
>>>and his sperm and put them together? If your ovulating and he has a good
>>>count why can't they get together on their own. especially with
>>>"responding well" im mad at your doctor. im mad at everything right
>>>now. I am sorry this isn't a good response but hell, when does the good
>>>news start coming in?
>>
>>Justine,
>>You read my thoughts. I was diagnosed with PCOS last May and am in my
>>9th cycle of clomid (100mg). I have had 8 IUIs that have not worked.
>>Every cycle the dr says everything looks good and that I'm responding to
>>the clomid beautifully. Although I am now getting a period on a pretty
>>regular basis, I have not gotten pregnant yet...I am pretty maxed out on
>>the clomid and now have to switch to pergonal injections. I don't feel
>>like everything is fine...If I responded to Clomid, why am I still
>>waiting to get pregnant!
>>(I am a bit frustrated today because my sister just announced she is
>>pregnant after trying only 2 months. I have been trying for years!)
>
>--
>Justine
>

-- But you >probably can help me, how did your appointments go? The first one was >basically talking and things, how long or how many times did you see a >dr before they gave you clomid?

Justine, At my first visit, after talking and sharing history, I was given 2 injections of progesterone to induce my period. After 6 days my cycle started and I was able to take the Clomid starting on cycle day 5. My dr set up a Hysterosalpingogram (HSG) for that month as well. It showed my fallopian tubes were all clear. We started IUI that same cycle. After it did not work that cycle and I got my period, they ran my progesterone bloodwork and it was low (a sign that I did not ovulate). They upped my clomid to 100 mg for future cycles. Make sure they give you frequent ultrasounds while taking clomid. My doc does one during cycle day 1-5, and then later does one (or more) to measure my follicles if I haven't Lh surged by day 15. My body never surges until day 18 it seems....it seems very late to me...does anyone else surge that late?

Next message: Julie: "Re: Has anyone here been to U of M Medical Center for treatment?"
Previous message: Chris: "Re: Success... and frustration"
In reply to: Justine: "Re: 32 with pcos and can't get pregnant"
Next in thread: gyna: "Re: 32 with pcos and can't get pregnant"
Reply: gyna: "Re: 32 with pcos and can't get pregnant"

use when must restrict search to only the pcos forum...
Enter search keywords:
	Returns per screen: Require all keywords: