recently been with pcos

[ntyvadb]

hi guys, i got diagnosed with pcos 3 weeks ago. me and my husband have been trying for a baby for 2 years, my periods are really irregular sometimes non existant (went 10 months without one) after going backwards and forwards to my GP, i was finally referred to a gynochologist who told me i had pcos, (had no tests just told him my symptoms) he asked us about TTC (think that abb is right still new to this) we said we had been trying for a couple of years, he explained that i needed to loose weight i am obese :( he explained there are drugs i can take however i need to get my bmi below 35 it is currently 38 i have lost 9lb since been told i need to loose weight. we really want a baby and i can't believe there are no drugs i can take if i don't get my BMI down. I am hoping i do before i go back in July to see him. I am in pain constantly with my lower abdomen and when i do have a period i am so heavy i can't leave the house for 5 days. i am forever doing pregnancy tests which are always neg. |Sorry i am ranting my head is all over the place.

[meanie2823]

Hi I too have pcos and have had it for a couple of years now and I too have gone as long as a year without having a period. My doctor would often put me on birth control to regulate my cycle which I hated because I always felted as though that defeated the purpose of trying to have a child. However thats what he recommended so I did just that. He then sent me to see a infertility/endocronologist who said that I was overweight as well and started me on Metformin(OMG-I hated this med and still do). It made me very sick. They normally want you to take three pills a day but they allow you to start out taking one for the first week and then increase to two the next week and three the third week. My husband and I got so tired of going to the infertility doctor because it felt like we were wasting money and we were getting no where. I had a HSG done which is to see if your fallopian tubes are open. Then I had another silicone dye test done because they saw a polyp which I had to have removed. After all of this nothing happened. We stopped going to the infertility specialist and to be totally honest with you we just prayed and one day I was blessed to conceive. However I didnt know that I was even pregnant. Sadly we lost the baby. Im so like you I really want to have a child but its been so hard. I recently went to see a new obgyn she started me on provera to regulate my cycle and she also put me on clomid which I recently just finished. Just find yourself a really good doctor that is sympatheic to your needs and desires of conceiving and Im sure you will start to receive some results. Best of luck feel free to email even if its just to vent.

[ntyvadb]

thanks for the advice again, i am seeing a gynochologist, but i do not see him again until the end of july, I am struggling to get in to see my doctor. I am trying everyday but then that is doctors for you. I am tryign the paliothelithic diet or caveman diet it is working but i seem to loose the weeight and then put it back on again :( yeah it is very frustrating. Take care and good luck with things x

[jilianporter]

You may want to ask your doctor about insulin resistance.  It is very, very common in women with PCOS...and since it can be a leading factor in gaining weight/not being able to lose weight, you probably want to know if you have it!   Alot of women with PCOS try and try to lose weight (because that is what they are told to do) only to be frustrated that it is so hard despite eating less, exercising more, etc.  The thing about insulin resistance is that if you have it, you have to be careful of the amount of sugar/carbs you are eating.  Both of the books I mentioned above talk about this and offer a pretty simple (IMO) way to cut back on carbs/sugar without totally depriving yourself of the foods you really like.  

I hope that this helps!  Please ask your doctor more questions...and if he/she doesn't have the answers, consider getting another opinion from someone who does.  If you aren't already seeing one, i would recommend a visit to an RE (reproductive endocrinologist).  Take care!

[ntyvadb]

thank you for the advice i will look for the PCOS workbook, sounds like a good one, my dr hasn't mentioned any form of meds apart from fertility treatment when i loose weight. which i am confused about

[jilianporter]

Hi!  First, i want you to know you are not alone!  I too have been trying to concieve for two years and was recently diagnosed with PCOS.  I am not overweight, but was counseled to adjust my diet because I found out that I have one of the common PCOS symptoms, which is insulin resistance.  Did you get tested for this?  I don't need to lose weight but my doctor put me on Metformin (which I bet might be one of the drugs your doc recommended).  I don't like the idea of being on drugs, so I am going to work hard to adjust my diet so my body can eventually overcome insulin resistance on its own.

Anyway, I found two very helpful books that I would recommend to you as you try to lose weight and manage PCOS...which I  hope will result in a baby for you!

They are called "The Insulin Resistance Diet" by Cheryle Hart and "The PCOS Workbook" by Angela Grassi.

I especially like the workbook because it really SIMPLY explains why PCOS affects us in the ways it does, and allows you to express your feelings through writing in the book.

I hope this helps.  Don't worry about venting; we all need to do it at some time!

[ntyvadb]

thats was meant to be recently diagnosed with pcos