Re: New to the list, new to latest info, not new to PCOS
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Thu, 31 May 2001 22:10:41 -0500
My RE made me wait 6mths before trying infertility treatment too even
though we both knew I COULD NOT get pg without medical help. I think its
just a procedure they have to go through. They will try u on clomid first
anyway even if they do decide to give u metformin. If clomid doesnt work
they will probably give u Met to take WITH the clomid to "help" activate
the clomid & if that fails then the injections start!
Kath 27
ttc#1 clomid
PCOS
At 12:06 AM 5/31/2001 -0500, "Karen L. Clay" wrote:
>Greetings folks,
>
>Wanted to write to introduce myself and ask a couple of questions I've
>been struggling with. I am 30-years-old, stopped menstruating at 18, and
>subsequently jumped from doctor to doctor 'til I was finally diagnosed
>with PCOS six years ago. I have been on Desogen since then and always
>thought that was the best and only way of handling PCOS. Well, I have
>learned a LOT in the last few months from research online and from reading
>messages in this and other forums. (I should mention that two years ago I
>moved half way across the country, away from my wonderful doctor in New
>York City, and have been struggling with my current doctor, who I am now
>realizing probably doesn't know squat).
>
>My husband and I went to my OB/GYN, armed with info I had found, back in
>February, and she said she felt Metformin and other insulin-related drugs
>were too experimental and that I should stay on Desogen until we decided
>to have children (we expressed to her that we were planning to start
>soon). At the beginning of April, we went back to "start the proceedings"
>for trying to get pregnant (I had been on prenatal vitamins for a couple
>months), and I assumed I would stop taking Desogen and start taking
>Metformin or something else. She highly recommended that I take nothing
>for now (saying that whe wasn't sure if Metformin wouldn't be healthy for
>a baby if I became pregnant). Her notion was to wait for six months, and
>then if I wasn't getting pregnant we'd try Clomid. She said I should be
>prepared that I may not ovulate for a couple of months right away, but
>that hopefully I would start to and just get pregnant naturally. In any
>case, this plan leaves me untreated for PCOS unt!
>il I get pregnant.
>
>Well, I just don't know what to do. I am following her advice, but I
>don't feel really confident about it. I am so incredibly overweight that
>I think I should be on Metformin anyway, even if it had nothing to do with
>my ovaries. I have just in the last couple of years starting having
>problems with blood pressure, cholesterol, triglycerides, etc., which I
>never had problems with before. Also, my moods have been all over the
>place since stopping the Desogen, my skin and hair are so oily I can
>hardly stand it (even with 2 showers a day) and just in general I feel
>like I am falling apart at the seams. I am thinking I should try seeing a
>reproductive endocrinologist, and try to find a different OB/GYN. But,
>can anyone share with me what they know about safety of Metformin in
>pregnancy? Other medications to consider? What are the best medications
>when trying to get pregnant? Any other advice?
>
>I'm sorry this is so long. I have been searching through messages, but
>thought it would be best to just lay my story out there and see if anyone
>can offer any suggestions. Thanks in advance.
>
>Karen
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