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Re: Sonnet I think...From: Angela (anonymous@obgyn.net)Thu, 26 Sep 2002 10:05:54 -0500 (CDT)
At Thu, 26 Sep 2002, lisa wrote: > >At Fri, 20 Sep 2002, kim wrote: >> >>Could I get the more info (the study ar article) on the 93% chance of getting pregnant with met and clomid??? I have NEVER heard such high rates for pcos women. >>I have been ttc#1 for 15 years now. After 8 hard years of IF treatments I finally got pregnant (7times)each ending in m/c. >>I have done over 20 cycles with met and clomid - no other IF meds. I didn't get preggo once. The month after I stopped bang preggo - m/c at 7 weeks. >>Every one is different yes, I am still trying after all the heartbreak, time,money and energy! There are no guarentees!!! >> KIM(30 SOMETHING)dh SCOTT- JUST A BABE AT ONLY 30 >> >> >> >>DX - PCOS/IR, hyperinsulinenmeia, thyroid failure, depression, infertility with repeated m/c. >> >>7m/c's 8 babies. TTC#1 - forever!!! Last 6 straight with IF meds till May 2002. Finally O'ing with met alone!! >> >> >> >>Meds - Metformin 2500, synthyroid, wellbutrin, 81mg asprin, 1mg folic acid, vitamens C&E&daily. >> >>>From: anonymous@obgyn.net (Sonnet) >>>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net >>>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS >>>Subject: Re: pregnancy probabilites >>>Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 20:25:01 -0500 >>> >>>There's no set number for "your chances" - every woman is different! >>>but, your chances aren't that bad. Some women with PCOS get pregnant >>>easily. Many need some extra help. The percentages of women who are on >>>Metformin for their PCOS who get pregnant are pretty good, and even >>>higher (up to 93%) for women who are on metformin and Clomid. Good >>>luck! >>> >>>At Thu, 19 Sep 2002, amy wrote: >>> > >>> >I HAVE JUST BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH PCOS. I WAS SO HAPPY TO FIND OUT >>> >EXACTLY WHAT WAS WRONG AND TO BEGIN A TREATMENT. ....I DON'T EVEN KNOW >>> >WHAT THE PERCENTAGES OR PROBABILITIES ARE THAT I WILL EVER GET PREGNANT. >>> >DOES ANYONE KNOW? >>> >THANKS >>> >AMY >>> >>>-- >>>email always welcome: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com >>> >I am so sorry for your situation. I was diagnosed at 14 with Hormonal >Dysfunction by my first gyn, without any tests to substantiate her >diagnosis. It just seemed to fit and I was placed on BC. 14 years >later I officially was dx'd with PCOS. I did concieve right after my >diangosis, during the period of time I chose to see what I felt like off >BC... imagine my suprise! I am considering trying again and spoke just >yesterday with my obgyn who said that the medicines you mentioned would >up my chances of actually ovuling and allowing the follicule to come out >of the ovary - where it seems I run into difficulty. He said something >like it ups it 100%, meaning since I only menstruate fully maybe 2x a >year, I should get, like, four chances. I'm only going to give it one >year - can't bear the look my new hubby wll have to hide when the tests >come up inevitably negative. > >Hope things work out for you. Although this may sound cold, I don't >intend for it to be, but my sis was willing to carry for me, using my >egg and my man's sperm. Is that a consideration in your life? Gosh, I >hope you're ok and that things work out. My thoughts are with you. I'm so sorry that you're having problems--I know how scary it is when you're suddenly hit with that kind of news from your doctor, and you're not sure what it really means for your life. I'm one of the lucky ones. Because I was diagnosed early, and because of a family trait of natural multiple births (twins and triplets everywhere), I responded very quickly to clomid, and was fortunate enough to hang onto 2 out of 4 pregnancies. I lost the two very very early, and was spared months of growing more attached to the baby, unlike a lot of women who I knew who were trying at the same time as me. That's not to say it wasn't hard, but it's difficult to feel sorry for myself when I have friends who have lost 3, 4 and 5 more than me, and much farther into their pregnancies. I don't want to scare you--I don't want you to cry, or feel like it's hopeless. I hope, for your sake, that you're one of the lucky ones, too. I wish we all could be. But I know that there's no way to tell, not now, or anywhere along the way, how long it will take to get pregnant, if you ever will, or if you'll carry the baby if you do. After our experiences, and seeing what my now close friends who are still trying go through every time they try, I suggest the same thing to EVERY person with PCOS who is even thinking about getting pregnant. Get support first. Talk to your family, talk to your friends, to you minister, your counselor. Make sure you're not setting yourself up to try to deal with it all alone--EVERYBODY NEEDS HELP--IT'S OK!! And maybe most importantly, sit down with your husband and doctor and discuss plainly and rationally, how far you're willing to go, and what your options are--financially, physically, and medically--to try to get pregnant. Don't wait until you're up to your eyeballs in treatments and expenses to find out that you and your husband have totally different views on those limits. That doesn't mean that you might not both sway on those limits, but at least you have a framework to start with. I know it sounds like hoo-hoo, but seeking out a minister/counselor together as a couple BEFORE we started trying helped my husband and me SO much, and we only tried over a period of 7 years. We kept going the whole time we tried--not because we were having problems with each other, but so we wouldn't be. Getting pregnant at the expense of your marriage is no fun, and is all too common among those with fertility issues. It also helped me wrap my mind around the thought that if I got pregnant tomorrow, or if I never got pregnant, I was the same person--still worth while, and a damn good wife and woman. Ok--I've rambled enough--I hope that this helps a little. Good luck, and God bless, that's all you every really need :)
-- Angela Cisco
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