PCOS Messages for June, 2002: Re: Pregnancy's with PCO

Re: Pregnancy's with PCO

From: jodi (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed, 12 Jun 2002 13:26:53 -0500 (CDT)

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Everyone is different. Metformin alone sometimes works, depending on what your "normal" eating habits are. Met can work metabolic wonders, but if you're eating a really really bad diet, it won't help you. Sometimes low-carbing must be done as well. Sometimes lowcarbing alone works. Sometimes modified carbing, with or without met, works. Sometimes met just doesn't work... it doesn't work for everyone. It works for most women... but not everyone.

I personally have been on met 2000mg/day just under a year and a half. I only noticed major weight loss while I watched my carbs - didn't low carb, but watched which carbs i ate. I have periods every 5-7 weeks now (usually 5, last cycles was 7...) and I am not low-carbing. i suspect if i could get my butt in gear as far as following a healthier diet again, I would have shorter cycles, but I really don't know. I'm working on it... :-/

Many women with PCOS go on to achieve successful pregnancies. Sometimes met alone does it. Sometimes they need clomid or other fertility meds as well. If you really haven't seen any improvement after a more than a year, I would think you need to consider different treatments. What dosage met are you on and what sort of diet/exercise plan are you following? Is there any possiblilty that PCOS is not your problem, but something else that is causing you to be anovulatory? How old are you and what is your PCOS history? If you have had severe PCOS for a long time, it could take a long time to reverse the problems. I know we'd all like an instant cure, but your body didn't get screwed up as it is in a month or even a year... it probably took many years to get as bad as it is. If you have gone more than a year without a period, even with met, I would assume you could be at the worser end of the PCOS severity scale. As difficult as it is, you have to focus on correcting this fact before you can think about getting pregnant. Your goal is not just to get pregnant - which is theoretically easy - but to stay pregnant and have a healthy child. For this to occur, you need to be in good health... not just ovulating.

- jodi

At Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Dave wrote: >
>My gynae told me you will only notice a difference on met if you low carb.
>How true this is, I don't know. It does seem to have made a difference to
>me, but I am Miss sceptical, and wonder whether it is all in my mind! Paula
>or Sonnet will probably be able to give you a factual answer!
>
>And yes, plenty of women on this board have gotten pg whilst having PCOS and
>some with the help of met.
>

>>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "anonymous" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>To: "Multiple recipients of list PCOS" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 6:25 PM
>Subject: Pregnancy's with PCO
>
>> Has anyone had a pregnancy with PCO?? I have been on Gloucophage for
>> over a year now and I thought it would help, so far I have not ovulated
>> or lost any weight. I don't see what it is used for. I personally
>> don't see a difference. Anyone got any suggestions.
>>

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