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New to PCOS

Sarah - posted on 08/31/2009 ( 3 moms have responded )

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Hi! I've been newly diagnosed as having PCOS. I've been horribly irregular since I started having periods, so I'm sure that I've had PCOS all along and it just went undiagnosed. I have one little girl who is 6 and we are trying for #2, but have had no luck. Have been on clomid 100 mg. for 7 months. Each month I ovulate, but have not gotten pregnant. I have pestered by OB/GYN about metformin, but it seems like my questions just fall on deaf ears, so I have an appt. with a reproductive endocrinologist in a couple of days. Any advice or inspiration?

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Kristy - posted on 10/15/2009

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I have been to 3 different fertility doctors in the last 5 years. The first 2 told me that the Metformin would not help at all. Both of them also put me on clomid for 3 months and when that didn't work they told me IVF was my only option. Refusing to believe either of them I started going to the third. He told me I really needed to take the metformin. He had me take it for 3 months to get my insulin levels regulated before he would even consider doing the fertility treatments on me. After taking it for the 3 months he started me on Letrozol (femera) and I was pregnant 2 months later. Like the others said, stand your ground. If you have PCOS you need Metformin.

Jennifer - posted on 09/20/2009

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Like Erin said, stand your ground. You really have to fight for what you want. I would really reccomend the Metformin- it'll help get your insulin resistance in check and by doing that, it'll also help the PCOS. If the clomid doesn't work, you may want to try Letrozole (Femara). It's a newer drug, but it'll help you ovulate like the clomid does, but in a different way from clomid. My first doctor tried putting me on clomid for 8 months with nothing. I went to a different doctor and he wanted to try the Letrozole to see if that would help me. Before we could try it, we got pregnant with our daughter. It can happen- just stay positive. And I've heard that if you worry or try too hard, that your body can fight it. I know it's hard, but try not to worry and just have some fun too- that can go a LONG way. Good luck!

Erin - posted on 09/03/2009

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Stand your ground. While most of the time, PCOS is treated by fertility experts, it affects the entire body's hormones. I was lucky enough to have a doctor that listened to me while I had my two boys. We've moved so I am a bit concerned as to how hard I'm going to have to "push" to have them get all of my symptoms under control so I don't end up with some of the diseases PCOS can cause long term (Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, uterine cancer). Hang in there and let me know how it goes.

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