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At my whits end now!! :(

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mrsgtobe97 · 24/09/2020 07:54

Hello,

Unsure if this is the right corner of Mumsnet to be posting but I thought I'd give it a go, I'm really at my whits end with everything now and need some advice

I came off the pill December 2019, and since then I got my first real period in March, one in May, and one in July. I'm now awaiting the next one, my dr isn't concerned because I seem to be having a bleed every other month and she keeps saying to give it more time, but I'm certain something is wrong and my irregular periods is down to something else, I'm also overweight and I have been on a diet and exercise plan for a month now and lost nothing, I'm now starting to wonder if it's linked? Could my hormones be stopping me losing weight?

Maybe worth noting, when I was 15 (23 now) I had cysts all over my ovaries and was off school with so much pain for a long time, they eventually went away and I've never had them since but should I mention this to the dr?

I just don't know what to do and every time I speak to my dr I just get told to wait longer, but we want to try for baby when I get my weight down a bit, but I can't seem to do it, and my periods are so irregular it's going to make trying so so so hard

Thanks to anyone who has read this, just looking for some help :( what do I do?

OP posts:
ScottishLassie91 · 24/09/2020 08:53

Hi, @mrsgtobe97 so sorry you're going through this.
If I were you, I'd be asking for a second opinion at this point. I was having really irregular bleeds, sometimes bleeding for 21 days solid, other times I'd have a break. There was just no pattern to it. When I went to my GP, they said I should have came to them sooner but it still too ages after that to be taken seriously. Eventually I seen another GP who started running tests and then I was referred for a scan. This was when Covid was starting to hit so I paid for the scan privately and straight away they thought it was PCOS. It came back clear but as I paid for this, I was referred further up in the NHS for a laparoscopy and a hyteroscopy that I was waiting on.
Now fell pregnant and symptoms have cleared away x
Good luck OP xx

lawandgin · 24/09/2020 08:44

You seem to have some of the classic symptoms of PCOS. I came off the pill at the end of May and only had one true period since. That cycle was 58 days, so similar to you. I didn't want to wait, so saw a private GP who referred me to gynae. I was given an internal ultrasound and my follicle count seems high (35) although apparently my ovaries look healthy and he didn't comment on the follicle count - probably because he's waiting for the results of my bloods which I'm having done tomorrow. I'm pretty convinced he's going to tell me at my follow up that I have PCOS. Did you tell your GP you are TTC? How old are you? Even if it is PCOS, there are lots of treatments to help with ovulation, like metformin, clomid and letrozole so try not to freak out too much - easier said than done, I know!

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