polycystic overies

[bitchy]

im 20 years old i benn diagnosed with polycystic overies but i want a baby and so does my partner i dont know how to go about it please can you help us

[Annekathryn Goodman, M.D.]

Hi There,
You might be better helped to see your gynecologist and go over your reports. While PCOS, polycystic ovarian syndrome, is a real medical diagnosis, this term is used commonly and inappropriately whenever a few cysts are seen in a young woman's ovaries. It is important to see you doctor to be sure that that truly is your diagnosis.

PCOS is a complicated syndrome of insulin resistance, obesity, and ovarian hormone imbalance . Women can be overweight, have irregular periods because they do not ovulate regularly, and have excess male hormone causing male pattern hair growth.

It is not associated with ovarian cancer although a life long exposure to excess estrogen (which occurs in untreated women who do not ovulate regularly) can lead to a build up of the lining of the uterus. In some cases, this excess estrogen stimulation can lead to cancer of the lining of the uterus (endometrial cancer).
The treatment is easy, - birth control pills or the addition of progesterone by itself.
best wishes

[mudgette]

my name is theresa i to had polycystic overies i did not take meds for it and i have a great 4yr old girl there is a med that thay give for this it is call metforman good luck dont give up it took me 18years

[Kande]

I also had polycystic ovaries and I did not take meds for it. I think it is fairly common as several of my friends had it too. I had 3 children and my friends have a couple each so I think you will be fine. Smiles!