Re: Can gloucophage increase fertility? (long story...sorry)
From: Sonnet (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:56:24 -0600 (CST)
Hi anonymous :) You're doing the right thing for your body by being on
Metformin and doing anything else you can to lower your insulin levels,
it sounds as though you have very good doctors. You might also want to
look into low carbing to help reduce them further. One of the side
effects of lowering your insulin levels is that you have a better shot
at restoring fertility. There's no definite answers but I will say that
it sounds promising to most women. Stay on the meds for a while and eat
well, then go back and try the fertility thing again with Clomid etc. It
has worked for a number of women with PCOS so there is definitely hope!
As an aside, my endo recently told me (but this is second hand so take
it with a grain of salt) that if drugs like Provera do not work to
induce a period, he suspects adrenal problems. It might be something to
look into or ask your doctor about!
At Tue, 27 Feb 2001, anonymous wrote:
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>At Sat, 13 May 2000, anonymous wrote:
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>>I am 23 have been diagnosed with PCOS for just over a year and have not
>>had a period in just about a year. Meds to make me bleed have not
>>worked and my doc believes that I have always been polycyctic since I
>>first started having periods. I didn't even start my periods until I
>>was 15 and even then I was VERY irregular...3 months here, 6 months
>>there, a whole year...then I went on bcp for 2 years. BOOM! Periods
>>like clockwork. My husband and I decided to start a family when I was
>>19, just before we got married knowing that since I was not regular, it
>>would take some time. I went 2 and a half years before I was diagnosed.
>>The doc I had at the time couldn't tell me why I had gained so much
>>weight in such a short time(65 lbs. in one year). She blamed all of my
>>symptoms of PCOS on the weight gain. I had a lot of them...I had facial
>>hair, no periods, increasing weight, and high bp. I finally went to an
>>OB/GYN and he diagnosed me on the first visit (finally a doc who knows
>>something!) He sent me to an endocrinologyst after failing to get me to
>>ovulate with Clomid. She was able to confirm that my insulin levels are
>>too high..."my pancreas is on overdrive" is how she put it. She told me
>>that glocophage will lower my insulin levels, but didn't say if it would
>>increase my fertility. Has anyone out there gotten pregnant using
>>gloucophage to lower insulin levels? If so, how long until you got
>>pregnant? Do I have a chance to have kids of my own?
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