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PCOS and charting
I an 25 and have PCOS. My mom does ultrasounds so she diagnosed me via ultrasound some time ago but I officially got diagnosed by gyno about 3 years ago. I just finished Occupational Therapy school and will be working soon so my husband and I are finally going to be able to start TTC. June was my first month off of the pill and I did not get my period this month (but I am assuming this is hormonal since my husband was pretty careful the last month). I starting charting offiicially this month and just started on the day that I was supposed to have AF. So, I am curious to see if I am even ovulating or how regularly I O since I have been on the pill since I was 14 due to the PCOS. I guess I am just curious to here from others that went through something similar and how things worked out. I do know that I have options of Metformin and Clomid but also know if will be a while before Dr would probably give me that.
I completely agree with that statement!! It just does something to you when you know that you will have to work so hard for something that you want so bad and others are getting so easily. I guess that goes with so many things in life as well. I believe that my mom saying that is coming from a place of wanting only the best for me and worried that it will upset me the more I stress over it. She has been on both sides of things. She has gone through infertility with one of my sisters and I and had to deal with others getting pregnant and then at the age of 37 and 39 she got pregnant so easily and had to break the news to some family members who were having a hard time.
I think that I will have a hard time with two of my sister-in-laws, one in particular though. They both had two boys with absolutely NO trouble getting pregnant. They are waiting for me to add to the brood and I am already getting a lot of questions and pressure from them.
My husband and I have definitely had the adoption talk already and both of us are so open to the idea and as you said; we both feel that it doesn't matter where the child comes from we will love our children with all of our hearts whether I birth them or someone else does. Although I would be quite dissapointed if I were never able to know the joy of being pregnant, but when it comes down to it I just want to be a mom.
Thank you for all that you have shared with me, it is so nice to have someone to talk to that understands what you are feeling.
I think that I will have a hard time with two of my sister-in-laws, one in particular though. They both had two boys with absolutely NO trouble getting pregnant. They are waiting for me to add to the brood and I am already getting a lot of questions and pressure from them.
My husband and I have definitely had the adoption talk already and both of us are so open to the idea and as you said; we both feel that it doesn't matter where the child comes from we will love our children with all of our hearts whether I birth them or someone else does. Although I would be quite dissapointed if I were never able to know the joy of being pregnant, but when it comes down to it I just want to be a mom.
Thank you for all that you have shared with me, it is so nice to have someone to talk to that understands what you are feeling.
it is hard not to stress over it but I am not certain how much stress really plays in. When I switched RE's the new one was one that held a free fertility health fair that my mom had seen an ad in the paper for. Luckily there was room available and we got to go because it was awesome. One of the biggest things I remember from it is that infertility is on par with a cancer diagnosis as far as impact emotionally on a person. Remember that....and remind others when they try to tell you not to stress or when they act like it isn't a big deal and you should just deal with it. It is a huge deal! People that say things like that have never been in your shoes and have no clue!
Another key thing from that health fair was when the doctor told us it doesn't matter where your baby comes from as long as you get to be parents! That sticks with me and makes me teary to think about - he had dealt with infertility with his wife for 10 years, she almost died from too aggressive of treatment and they backed off and adopted. Now they are on their 3rd or 4th adopted child and couldn't be happier with their family! It will happen one way or another!
Keep your chin up and good luck!
Another key thing from that health fair was when the doctor told us it doesn't matter where your baby comes from as long as you get to be parents! That sticks with me and makes me teary to think about - he had dealt with infertility with his wife for 10 years, she almost died from too aggressive of treatment and they backed off and adopted. Now they are on their 3rd or 4th adopted child and couldn't be happier with their family! It will happen one way or another!
Keep your chin up and good luck!
Oh, yes I sure do know that feeling!!! I have quite a few people around me that have gotten pregnant or are pregnant now that wasn't trying to. My mom keeps telling me that I need to stop stressing so much about it because she wanted to get pregnant with me so badly and it took so long and was hard to deal with and it wasn't until she got a new job and it wasn't a good time to get pregnant that she did. But, it is hard not to stress over it! :-)
thanks - you too! Don't get discouraged....I know it is much easier said than done, but try. It is a rough road when you want something so badly and everyone around you seems to be having babies without trying or being ready and everything else. I got really angry for a while, but it is so worth it in the end!
Congrats on the beautiful daughter that you were able to conceive! Thank you for sharing, it is so nice to know what other people have tried and what has worked, and what hasn't so that I can have some clue as to what options I may want to try if the need arises.
I think that my husband would definitely be very happy if we used your method. It is also nice to hear that charting may not be end all know all type of thing. So that will help me to not get too discouraged if I cannot see anything through charting.
Good luck with your attempts this go around! And, just FYI my mother had PCOS as well and had trouble getting pregnant with one of my sisters and I when she was in her 20s and then she surprisingly got pregnant with my youngest sister and brother when she was 37 and 39 just by messing up on her bc and they are just fine!
Again, good luck!
I think that my husband would definitely be very happy if we used your method. It is also nice to hear that charting may not be end all know all type of thing. So that will help me to not get too discouraged if I cannot see anything through charting.
Good luck with your attempts this go around! And, just FYI my mother had PCOS as well and had trouble getting pregnant with one of my sisters and I when she was in her 20s and then she surprisingly got pregnant with my youngest sister and brother when she was 37 and 39 just by messing up on her bc and they are just fine!
Again, good luck!
I charted for a few years while ttc. I have PCOS and had 4 m/c before I was finally successful in carrying a pregnancy to term. I only charted my BBT, not CM or anything else. I had months where by looking at my chart I could not even figure out IF I ovulated or not, but ended up pregnant so apparently I did! So for me, charting isn't really worth it.
I am kind of hit or miss with OPK too, but apparently when I got pg with my DD I picked the right days! I had basically decided to just BD every other day from the time AF left until it showd up again - DH was very happy about that! My concern though was that I was to start progesterone suppositories 3 dpo so I had to know when I O'd or I could mess things up worse by starting them too soon. Apparently I timed things right because the first month we tried it worked for us and my DD is now 13 months old.
We are back on meds and hoping my insulin levels go down enough in the next month or so to start ttc again. I'm not sure what I'll do this time around - probably OPK and hope I time the progesterone right. I really hope my body hasn't changed again on me and that my combination of drugs will work again for us. I got pg very easily, so I'm hoping that stays the same as well.....but I'm older now and hate to think I may be throwing old eggs into the mix, but we are going to see what happens!
I am kind of hit or miss with OPK too, but apparently when I got pg with my DD I picked the right days! I had basically decided to just BD every other day from the time AF left until it showd up again - DH was very happy about that! My concern though was that I was to start progesterone suppositories 3 dpo so I had to know when I O'd or I could mess things up worse by starting them too soon. Apparently I timed things right because the first month we tried it worked for us and my DD is now 13 months old.
We are back on meds and hoping my insulin levels go down enough in the next month or so to start ttc again. I'm not sure what I'll do this time around - probably OPK and hope I time the progesterone right. I really hope my body hasn't changed again on me and that my combination of drugs will work again for us. I got pg very easily, so I'm hoping that stays the same as well.....but I'm older now and hate to think I may be throwing old eggs into the mix, but we are going to see what happens!
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