Re: PCOS - Low carb diet and Birth Control and trying to concieve!??!!?
From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Fri, 29 Mar 2002 18:55:17 -0600 (CST)
Hi Kristy,
welcome. You definitely can't conceive on BCP, and considering you are
unhappy using them you should definitely throw them away.
Low carb diet should be helpful. As exercise can also be.
Sounds like you should find a new doctor (and you probably will need to
search) - the latest treatment for PCOS is metformin. If that alone
does not help you get regular cycles, then clomid should be added.....
and if still not there are injectables.... etc.
Sounds like your doctor is beating around the bush (Australian for
stuffing you around). If you have infertility fro 3 years already you
should have been started on fertility treatment - regardless of your
diagnosis. And he is not treating you right for PCOS anyway.
If you list on here where you live -perhaps someone here could help you
in finding a dr.
Please be assertive in getting the appropriate treatment.
Best wishes
Sally
At Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Kristy wrote:
>
>Hello everybody. Your forums are great and have been a great source of
>strength for me. Maybe you all can help me with this.
>My husband and I have been trying to concieve for 3 years and have had
>no luck. I have switched numerous doctors after being diagnosed with
>PCOS and have yet to find an OB/GYN that is willing to be of any help.
>The most help my current GYN has given me, is to put me back on birth
>control pills, which I am not happy about in the least bit. I have been
>trying to find ways to 'cure' myself and have recently started the low
>carb Atkin's diet and feel wonderful, tho I am still taking birth
>control, I can't help but wonder whether my body's natural cycle is
>trying to kick back in, after having no periods for sooo long.
>I am constantly having symptoms of PMS all month long instead of the
>week before my periods like I used to....I am really just looking for
>help and answers and am thinking of going back off the pill after this
>pack is through.
>What are the chances that the pills have helped me, and will at least
>give me on enormal cycle? Or will the Atkin's diet help to straighten me
>out??
>Please help me. The frustration is unbearable, and all I want is to
>start a family and quit having people tell me 'No. you can't' because I
>KNOW I can!!
>
>--
>Thank you all so much for your time
>Krisy - in Ohio
>
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