Scared I won’t be able to give him this:(

[OneBrightAzureBiscuit]

Hi,
so I have PCOS I’ve had it for years and it’s given me insulin resistance diabetes. I am overweight but have lost over half a stone on metformin. My periods did regulate and come back with metformin as i was going years without them they were non existent. Anyways recently past couple months my PCOS has flared up so much- unbearable pelvic pain, exhausted all the time, a beard worse than a grown man’s etc etc and my periods have stopped completely.

I am with an amazing man and I’ve never ever doubted our relationship- he invested first and had never once let me down he has been here through terrible and amazing times. I see a future with him, however I really really want a family with him. I would love to have a baby with him but I don’t think I can physically have a child:( it’s been a long battle with Pcos, doctors aren’t helping me. I will note though, there have been rare times where my period comes on its own out of the blue I don’t know if it’s a limited egg supply but I must be somewhat releasing one? If any ladies have miracle stories or advice that would be lovely. I want to be with him forever but I can’t see my life without a family in it :(
thank you xxx

I have insulin resistant PCOS, it took 3 years to conceive and in order for that to happen I had to lose weight. Prior to losing weight I had incredibly infrequent periods (once or twice a year) and was not ovulating. It took losing about 15% of my body weight which I was only able to do by almost completely eliminating carbs from my diet. That got my periods back into a regular cycle and from there I was able to track ovulation and get pregnant.

I also ended up with gestational diabetes which was insulin controlled. So be aware that that is a risk.

After having my baby, I did end up putting weight back on over the course of several years not all of it but quite a bit. I now have T2 diabetes and am back to trying to lose weight.

Speak to the GP about the possibility of Mounjaro, it's been amazing for me, has made a massive difference to my glucose levels, I've lost 2 stone since September and feel so much better.

Just echoing pp. Keto is an anti-inflammatory diet and is sometimes recommended for fertility issues like pcos. Losing weight is a nice bonus too and can help with type 2 diabetes.

If you plan to take mounjaro, I found the two work well together.