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Re: pregnancy,pcos and obesityFrom: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)Mon, 23 Sep 2002 23:35:24 -0500 (CDT)
At Tue, 28 Nov 2000, smed wrote: > >Personally I have not been pregnant, but I can tell you that women with >PCOS are considered high risk no matter weight. So you would have to be >monitored anyway. Secondly I wanted to let you know that there have >been several women in my local support group that have become pregnant >over the years, nearly all of them on Clomid, and ALL of them were >medically obese. I mean let's face it, today's standards anyone that >does not have the body fat of Cindy Crawford is medically obese :) >Anyway, I wanted to let you know that all of them carried to term, >several with multiples!! Yes they were considered high risk, not only >because of the weight, but because they have PCOS and were on Clomid to >conceive. I hope this helps. I say go for it, but that is just MHO, >and I am a know it all anyway :P hehe > >TTFN > >-- >Smed > >At Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Trista wrote: >> >>Hello all!! >> >>For anyone not familiar with my story, in a nutshell, I have suffered >>from PCOS for about 7 years now. I have an 8-year-old son, and I was >>not diagnosed with PCOS until my son was 1 and my husband and I were >>trying to conceive again. >> >>I am 5'2" tall and currently weigh 240 lbs. I have a total cholesterol >>of 240, my triglycerides are high and I just recently was told by my >>doctor to start a low-sodium diet as my blood pressure readings have >>been high.(I also have periods that don't come for months at a time and >>then are heavy from 2-4 weeks at a time, abnormal hair growth, skin >>tags,etc.) >> >>I really want to have another baby if I could, and my doctor has mention >>Clomid to me before; however, I am afraid of what being pregnant along >>with all my other health problems would mean. >> >>I have seen other postings on here from PCOS women who are "obese" by >>medical standards and I was wondering if they are considered "high risk" >>pregnancies and what complications could arise. >> >>Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated. I have not asked my doctor >>about this, I just figured that I would turn down the option of trying >>Clomid because of my PCOS-related weight/cholesterol/blood pressure >>problems. >> >>-- >>Trista >>
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