Cathy pgy???!!!???
From: Mel (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 2 Jun 2003 06:18:14 -0500 (CDT)
Hi Cathy
Wow, congratulations, how may weeks are you?????
Huge loves
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Mel
At Sun, 1 Jun 2003, Dave wrote:
>
>Hi Lin
>
>I'm from the UK.
>
>I too found that the pill masked PCOS symptoms, but only so far for me, as I
>couldn't actually get on with any of them.
>
>Being prescribed met depends on the gynae / specialist that you see. Some
>are really cool about it, others don't want to know. I have been incredibly
>lucky to find two drs willing to prescribe it, to control the IR side of
>PCOS, help PCOS without it relating at all to fertility.
>
>I live in Essex, so I don't know about your area for drs. I would just ask
>to be referred to a specialist, unless you have private medical insurance
>there will probably be a long wait. I personally found my gynae to be the
>best person, I was trying to get pregnant, but it was a whole year before I
>started treatment for the infertility side, as he treated the PCOS first.
>
>I low carbed for about four months prior to becoming pregnant, I bought a
>book about low carbing, and then looked for recipes online. I never actually
>bought any specific low carb stuff, but you can buy it on line. However, I
>have heard that to be honest, most of it is a disappointment. If you have
>access to newsgroups, there is an excellent one that I can recommend,
>although I am a little hazy with the name - alt support diet - to do with
>low carb. They share recipes and give each other loads of help and advice.
>It is mainly Americans on there, so they have access to the low carb stuff,
>but I'm a veggie, and I found plenty to help me! (Try Holland and Barrett
>for some of the low carb ingredients.) My gynae said basically that I could
>eat as much protein as I wanted (difficult for a veggie!!) as much veg as I
>wanted - but especially leafy green veg, and be careful with which fruits I
>ate. I looked at the labels on everything, high fat stuff has less carbs
>than low fat, and I lost nearly two stone, which was great for me.
>
>Loads of luck
>
>Cathy
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