Re: 32 with pcos and can't get pregnant
From: gyna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 10 Jan 2001 22:03:34 -0600 (CST)
I have wanted another child for six years. So many years of trying and
not knowing what was wrong made me not want one any more. Now with
knowing what i have and taking drugs all the time to make 'me' better I
wonder if I can have kids again. But then do I really want them? I have
felt like crap for ten years! and if I get pregnant will it make it
worse? Or if I say okay I want to try again, does this mean I have to
have all of those horrible feelings again while trying to concieve?
I at first avoided the trying to get pregnant messages, but now i am
reading them. If any of you have any success please post.. your posts
are helping me make a decision about trying again.
thanks,
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gyna
At Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Julie wrote:
>
>At Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Justine wrote:
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>>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:
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>>>At Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Justine wrote:
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>>>>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?
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