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Re: BC PILLS/ GLUCOPHAGE/ CLOMID...ANY SIMILAR STORIES?
From: Lodema (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 6 Mar 2003 11:04:40 -0600 (CST)
I'm just bumping my post up, incase someone can help me :)
At Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Lodema wrote:
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>Hi all! I'm wondering if anyone else has been on the same meds that i'm
>starting?
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>First of all, I'm 30yrs old and I was told by my current Ob/Gyn that I
>have PCOS. No tests..I just told him that I previously had blood work
>done twice and both times said negative! He says he still thinks I have
>it, even if the tests say I don't.
>
>I have had 3 miscarriages (1995, 1996, 2001), have had one live birth
>(1997, emergency c-section, placenta abrupted), skin tags, missed
>periods (off and on since my first miscarriage), hypothyroidism (since
>1995, on levoxyl), and overweight by about 50 pds. My dr. started me
>on BC pills (loestrin fe 1/20) last week. He said after I start my
>period, to start the Glucophage (500mg once a day for 1 week, then 500mg
>twice a day) then he said after my 3rd month on BC we'll start clomid.
>Does that sound familiar to anyone? I thought I read that Glucophage
>makes the BC not work properly. Should we use backup protection right
>now until we start the Clomid, so we don't get pg while taking BC? I
>would love to lose weight first, before becoming pg again. I am so
>scared of having another miscarriage! :( (2 mc were blighted ovums, 1 of
>them the baby stopped growing at 2months pg) Does Glucophage help
>w/weight loss and periods? And I've read a little on here about taking
>meds to help lower the chances of miscarriage? I know my previous dr.
>put me on some meds when i was 3 months pg, but when we did an
>ultrasound about 2 weeks later , I already had a blighted ovum (no baby
>in the womb). Is the reason I'm having MC because of certain levels?? I
>know they checked my HCG levels last time after he ALREADY couldn't find
>the baby on the ultrasound.. I've had 3 MC and nobody has really looked
>into it. This dr. finally seems to want to help! I'm soo confused and
>scared. Any help w/my questions is soo greatly appreciated! :) Thanks
>in advance..
>
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>Lodema :D
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