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To whoever gives the 93% stat
From: kim (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 27 Sep 2002 07:05:13 -0400
on getting pregnant with pcos?????
Where are you getting this number from???
Again, I have been trying for #1 for 15 years - don't say it isn't that hard, for some of us it is.
We have lost 8 babies and spent close to $50,000 out of pocket - our insurance payed 80% of almost everything, we payed the rest.
I did 5 years with clomid/injectables/sperm washes and IUI's = a few pregnancies, all ending in m/c. I did many cycles with met and clomid yes, prgnancies but, ending again in m/c - I also had ovarian drilling 1 year ago today, so don't think we haven't been trying.
Yet, we still have empty arms, so that is why I wanted "proof" that these are the kind of stats (93%) that your saying most women with pcos experience. I have been studying pcos and related illness for a few years now, I've never heard this
. I have had bad symptoms since 11(weight gain, depression, skin tags,etc), dx at 19, now I am almost 34. I have live through a lot with my struggle with pcos in the last 22 years.
Since I have never read anything about this stat - I would like to read the info that gave you this number. Again - where did you learn this - can you post it please.
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 (lisa mcmullin)
>Reply-To: anonymous@obgyn.net
>To: Multiple recipients of list PCOS
>Subject: Re: Sonnet I think...
>Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 09:29:54 -0500
>
>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: sonnet@pcosupport.org (Sonnet)
> >>Reply-To: pcos@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.
>
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