Re: What is your family history with PCOS?
From: Amy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 28 Apr 2003 21:32:56 -0500
I was just talking to my new RE about this earlier today. He told me this
is a genetic condition. The only person I could think of that might of had
problems with conceiving is my Great Great Grandmother Driggers. She only
had one child, my great grandmother Kyser. She is on my father's side of
the family. All the rest of the family is very fertile. My aunt has PCOS
but she is not blood related.
Amy Bryant
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From: "BelleMere" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
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Subject: What is your family history with PCOS?
> I told my Mom over the weekend about being diagnosed with PCOS and she
> said she hoped it wasn't due to the fertility meds she took (she's not
> PCOS - don't know exactly what her imbalance was, but it cleared up with
> her second pregnancy) in order to have me . . . we do not have a
> history of diabetes in our family, that we know of - cancer has been the
> notorious death warrant for us. ANYWAY, the only possible genetic link
> we could think of was my father's mother who was only able to have one
> child (my Dad) despite decades of trying - but of course she wasn't very
> close to my mother so we can only guess that she also had irregular
> periods (apparently she tended to act like she didn't see why other
> women made such a fuss over menstruating) . . . and all her life she
> had a weight problem despite numerous diets. Anyway, I am just
> wondering - what are other women's experiences with family histories and
> PCOS?
>
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