pcos weight gain

[weedle101]

Does anyone know how to loose the weight gain from pcos? diet and excersize helped very miminal. they want me to try metformin. Has anyone tried this?

[lil' plum]

Don't give up on trying to become pregnant!!  I had PCOS (although I wasn't told about it, I found out when I went to work for my doctor and happened to read my old chart where I saw in big fat letters "Pt. has PCOS")  However, after one treatment of Clomid and also a procedure where they "blew out my tubes" (which isn't a medical term although any fertility doctor would know what that means) I became pregnant and I have a 39 year old son who married and has given me 2 beautiful grandkids.  I adopted a girl when the Clomid no longer worked (this was back in 1970) and she has given me a granddaughter!  My husband had a boy that he had custody of and so I also ended up having step children.  We raised him together the bio Mom was out of the picture.  And he and his wife have given us another grandson!!  So do not give up hope.  You will become a mother when you least expect it.  Regarding your post, are you saying that Metforim caused body hair growth?  Or are you saying that it got rid of that extra hair than many of us had with PCOS.  I will tell you though when you get older (I'm 59) you will find that the majority of that body hair will go away!    Sincerely,  Lil' Plum

[silirama78]

i also have pcos and been trying to get pregnant now for 2 years and nothing. Metformin has helped me loose weight and hair i got very hairy too. Nasty but have to deal with it. I found out i had pcos about 3 years now.

[weedle101]

Well hell I'll take that 25 lbs!. I really only need to loose 35. I have been told that metformin is an old drug once used for chmo patients to give them abck thier appitiete! People were wondering why I would use it for weight loss

[Want2BeMama]

hey im currently taking metformin ive been on it for a little over a yr it dint help me lose a lot of weight i problably lost 25lbs the whole yr and i have managed to keep it off...there a book you can buy its called'' The Insulin Resistant Diet'' this diet along with moderate excersize it has worked for many of women who are victmis of PCOS..i was going to try it but i never got around to it im now pregnant so i will just wait till after i have the baby..but met. will be benificial try it out see how it works for you...good luck and happy holidays.