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TTC over 12 months, what is going on? Possible PCOS? Pls help

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liveinhope100 · 26/03/2019 12:32

Hi all,

So I have been ttc for over a year now and it’s been such an emotional and stressful journey. I decided to pay privately for an internal scan and was told everything looks perfect except I may have PCOS. He said I have 18 follicles in my right ovary and about 14 in my left BUT my blood tests have come back normal so does this mean I don’t have PCOS? I’m so confused. I do opks every month and get a peak but does this mean even if I get a peak ahd LH surge that I still may not ovulate? I got pregnant once about 10 years ago but that did not last. So I wonder if it's possible to develop PCOS? Would love to hear if anyone else has been in the same situation and can offer some advice.

This month I have self-medicated on soy isoflavones (day 3-7) until the doctors finally do something about it but now my blood tests have come back normal I doubt they will even prescribe me clomid. (FYI – I also paid for an HSG and was told my tubes are clear). Any help and/or advice would be really appreciated.

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TulipsTwoLips · 26/03/2019 15:20

Flooding?!? Following!

TulipsTwoLips · 26/03/2019 15:20

Flooding as this sounds very similar to me!

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liveinhope100 · 26/03/2019 14:09

Hey @liamhemsworthsrealwife, thanks for the reply.

I think that is next plan of action - to do follicle tracking and more blood tests to see if I am actually ovulating. I'm in UK (London) so will probably pay privately to get these last few tests done. And you make a good point, i always dtd around peak (solid smiley) but the peak is always around CD13-15 which doesn't make much sense if I have a longer cycle than normal.

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liamhemsworthsrealwife · 26/03/2019 13:51

Hey op

You'd need to have regular scans and bloods at various times of the month to see if and when you actually ovulate. You say your periods aren't irregular but a variation of 4 days a month and sometimes 8 days a month is fairly irregular. It means you could ovulate with a difference of 8 days! Which is tough to catch an egg unless you are having sex all the time!

What country are you in?

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liveinhope100 · 26/03/2019 13:13

@mynameiscalypso Funny enough I actually recognise your username I think i remember it from months ago in the tcc/tww posts!

That is amazing to hear, congratulations and thank you for giving me hope that I can still get pregnant naturally

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mynameiscalypso · 26/03/2019 13:01

You sound very similar to me! There is no reason why you won't get pregnant though (I should have added that I am now 19 weeks pregnant with a non-IVF baby!)

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liveinhope100 · 26/03/2019 12:54

@mynameiscalypso I actually don't seem to have any other symptoms (except for mood swings which made me think of possible hormone imbalance). My periods aren't really irregular (28-31 day cycles except i did have a few 36 day cycles).

I didn't realise it was possible to have poly cyctic ovaries but not PCOS so thank you for the advice - will look into this more.

So is it still quite possible to get pregnant with poly cystic ovaries or it is likely I will have to go through IVF?

Thanks

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mynameiscalypso · 26/03/2019 12:35

Do you have other symptoms of PCOS? I have poly cystic ovaries (ie lots of follicles) but I don't have PCOS. It's taken us a while to conceive but I don't think those are linked. What it did mean though was I responded well to stims when we had IVF (ended up with 11 or 12 Day 5 embryos)