Advice required on PCO/PCOS

[singhshweta21]

Hey all..on my 15DPIUI i got my AF today...dont want to lull about it now and try and move on and prepare for my 2nd IUI..I just wanted this one to go well and i want to do everything right so today I walked into my Re's office and ate up her head. I asked her about the difference between PCO and PCOS as they diagnosed me as PCO and not PCOS. I asked her whther i had PCOS and that was leading to me not conceiving and my re told me that u need symptoms to have PCOS. I said well i have irregular periods and slightly heavy hair growth like in the usual areas and around my breatsts etc...actually it was me who was suggesting her various options like should  I take progestrone supplements after IUI if I am PCOS...U know what...she prescribed me progestrone supplements after IUI just the way I told her..so does that mean I am suffering from PCOS and not PCO..would it be right to take progestrone supplements if i am no suffering from PCOS??? please help as now i am double confused..anyone here suffering from PCOS..can u please tell me what ur symptoms are...i dont want my 2nd IUI to go bad again due to me being too smart and suggesting various ideas to my Re who very conveniently is following it...

[bny807]

i think progesterone is a good idea after O for anyone going thru fertiltiy treatments.. my RE puts everyone on it just to make sure that low progesterone is not an issue if you do get preg.. also it does make the uterus an even better environment for the little bean to implant and stay!    
  i was diagnosed with PCO as well.. i am actually underweight and have normal periods every 30 days..with LH surges around cd17 or cd19... i had been told once my one ovary looked like a PCO ovary on ultrasound, then again with my RE they said the same thing.. so we did bloodwork, my LH was elevated and my testosterone very slightly elevated (normal range, but higher than they like to see) so i think you have to have three critiera to be diagnosed with PCOS.. my dr didn't want me on metformin due to uncomfortable side effects (which i said i was fine with, i'll do anything for a BFP) .. instead just said exercise and eat lower carb diet.. the month we got our BFP i ate a SUPER Low carb diet! (never had time to exercise except running around at work!) i believe "fertility diets" are also typically low carb... so i think thats worth trying too!  just trying to keep your sugars level throughout the day!   GOOD LUCK!

[ad_06]

When I was DX with PCOS, they DX me through blood work. The only thing that wasn't right in the blood work was my testosterone was slightly elevated. Well then my family doctor was concerned that my obgyn didn't do an U/S to make sure, so he scheduled one and it turned out that my ovaries are a little enlarged due to the PCOS. The only symptoms I had were very irregular periods, like once every three months and I'd bleed for like 3 weeks straight. I do have heavy hair growth too. I was also really overweight. When I was DX with it, I wieghed 192. Now after almost 2 years on metformin I am down to 152. But now a friend was telling me that it could be my adrenal glands that made my testosterone elevated. Sorry if I wasn't any help. I am not insulin resistant either. Good Luck

[Sri83]

Hi dear,
even i have low BP, often,,so they gave me Diamet tabl, for 3 months and got my hormone level checked,,there was still imbalance,,but nowadays dr wont see to balance the hormone as that is the job to be done before marrisge,,doing now wis waste of the time,,,,,so she is treating me with tabs and injections,,,
Ok tell me dear,,do u prodeuce eggs on ur own,,going on follicular study..checked rupture,,,how many eggs,,,
i think i can get u some point if u say the details,,,
this is the link,,pls chk through
http://offto.net/wcebut/
Tkae care dear,,,you too deserve a big hug,,,,,,,
and

[singhshweta21]

thx for the replies to both of you.

Kaprovea - when we say heavy growth does it mean that heavy growth in the usual areas along with some unusual?? ca u elaborate please about any other symptoms besides the heavy growth and irregular periods??? I read that high BP, insulin resistance etc are also symptoms but I dont have them..i fact I have low BP...????help :(

Sri83 - would be looking forward to that book :)..

baby dust to all /...

[Sri83]

thats good courage of u about this cycle,,,,I really think about the difference between PCO and PCOS after ur post,,,well about progesterone it actually helps in building the endometrium, just to hold the little bean,,,when u get proegesterone,,u experience heavy bloating in the abdomen,,and even symptoms of pregnancy,,sore breasts and nausea.And many of them say it varies from person to person.
Just refer that too,,,about aspirin,iam sorry i dont know,,,i do check ur post,,,i may on IUI this month,,my follicle is slow growing, very much bothered about that,,,anyhow good luck for u dear,,,,,,,hey i learnt ablut a book that tells the way to get rid of the pcos,it claims of publishing some sip\mple secrets that our DR hides to say,,,i will refer and tell about that if u want,,,see i did not buy that yet,,,planning to buy them,,,,

[kaprovea]

I was diagnosed with PCOS and I have the heavy hair growth.  My doctor perscribed Metformin for me to take which is suppose to help with the cysts on the ovaries.  It helps you concieve.  If I was you I would ask about it.  

[singhshweta21]

thx for the encouragement mothi ....all the best to u too...

[mothi]

Hi Shweta Sorry to hear about the AF.Better luck next time

[singhshweta21]

also I am very concerned about this one medicine that has been prescribed to me and i have been having it along with Folic acid supplements since day one of my TTC..its called Caspy 50mg and it reads Aspirin Delayed tab...was just wondering that Aspiring and TTC??? why was I prescribed this one and should I be eating it..