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Re: pregnancy with pcos can happen.

From: Chris (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 29 Dec 2001 09:29:17 -0600 (CST)


At Sat, 29 Dec 2001, anon wrote: >
>Hi,
>
>i want to bring hope to those women with pcos ttc. I was diagnosed
>early in the year after undergoing fertility tests. I had suffered a
>miscarriage at 6 weeks but was very lucky as i got pregnant without
>fertility treatment within 2 months of the previous miscarriage. However
>i did not realise i was pregnant until 25 weeks pregnant as i presented
>with no symptoms and was experiencing some degree of spotting during the
>early months of pegnancy which i presumed was the pcos causing irregular
>periods. Imagine my suprise when i did the HPT and it came up positive
>after i had suspicions with weight gain and feeling 'flutterings' in my
>tum. The weight gain i could of put it down to another symptom of PCOS
>but the flutterings i could not.
>
>Despite the risks of miscarriage being greater with pcos, i managed to
>carry the baby to full term without any hormone treatment and finally
>delivered a healthy baby boy; Joseph Mathew weighing in at 8lb 1oz on
>the 23rd december 2001 by C-section. This time last year i would of
>never believed that i would ever have children, so now when i look at my
>little Joseph, i am in awe of the fact that i finally got pregant and
>now have a child of my own.
>
>I can appreciate that for some of you, you will of been ttc for much
>longer or/and the severity of ones PCOS may be greater, but to those who
>are ttc, please don't give up hope because us women with pcos can still
>get pregnant. For some of us without assistance and to those with!
>
>Finally, this forum has been a godsend to myself because without it, i
>probably would of given up ttc ages ago or allow PCOS to take over my
>body completely. The forum is excellent for educating us all with the
>syndrome and maybe how we can best manage it. So thanks to those of you
>who have given me advice and support in the past.
>
>Happy New Year.

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