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Re: pregnancy,pcos and obesity
From: annonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 24 Sep 2002 12:56:23 -0500 (CDT)
I gave birth to our son last year and was also diagnosed with PCOS. I
was considered "high risk" because of my insulin resistance which my Dr.
would probably mean I would develop gestational diabetes. I did develop
gestational diabetes was monitored very well. Good luck!
At Mon, 23 Sep 2002, anonymous wrote:
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>At Tue, 28 Nov 2000, smed wrote:
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>>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:
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>>>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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