PCOS Messages for January, 2001: Re: pregnant with pcos

Re: pregnant with pcos

From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 31 Jan 2001 07:36:01 -0600 (CST)

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Hi,

How are you holding up? It sounds as if you are in a very difficult and confusing place at the moment. Okay, let me lay my infertile credentials on the table....7 years of various fertility drugs etc. and no ovulation - I say this as I want you to know that my opinion is as a pcos girl who may be childless.

It sounds as if you were looking for some practical advice as well as support and so here goes with what little I know. My biggest piece of advice is to do what feels right for you now. I say this because strong emtions come into play whenever abortion is mentioned - in particular if infertility is an issue. I used to work as a nurse in gynaecology, and watched many young girls have terminations of pregnancy - some of them made the decision under pressure from family which may have led to regret later on, but others knew it was right for them. My best friend had 3 terminations between the ages of 16 and 21. Sure, she regrets having to go through them and sometimes wonders "what if", but she is now a 32 year-old international career woman and thinks the decisions were right for her.

I don't know whether having a termination now will interact with having PCOS and made conception even harder later on, nor do I know of any research in this area. What I do know is that getting treatment when you are young e.g. metformin for insulin resistance if appropriate, can lessen the ravages of the disease and MAY mean fertility is not such a problem. Moreover, diet and lifestyle can help too.

Having said that, you were able to fall pregnant really easily and so it may be that fertility is not an issue for you. My mum fell pregnant twice accidentally (at ages 37 and 39), inspite of having PCOS (the whole caboodle of hair, weight, acne, type 2 diabetes, baldness!) and only 2-3 "periods" per year -it was a bit of a shock to my parents who hadn't planned on anymore children!!

Okay, so that's my opinion. We don't know the future for any of us. I would love to think I may experience the joy of motherhood one day, but I think it is really important for you to decide when YOU WANT that day to be, acknowledging, and taking full responsibility, that maybe it will never come again if you reject it now.

Thinking of you with your hard decision,

Beverly

At Tue, 30 Jan 2001, anonymous wrote: >
>i have been diagnosed with polycystic ovarian syndrome and
>was told i may have trouble conceiving. however, the very
>first time i had unprotected sex i have become pregnant.
>i'm not sure i'm ready to start a family yet and am facing
>the very difficult decision of whether to continue with the
>pregnancy. does anyone have any advice, or know where i
>could find out more, about if having a termination would
>make it more difficult to conceive in the future with
>ploycystic ovaries. i realise this is a difficult subject as there are
>so many people trying desperately to become pregnant - i don't want to
>make a decision i will regret if this turns out to be my only chance of
>having a child.
>thank you in advance.

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