PCOS and TTC! Anyone want to join with me?

[AnnieBeansMum]

I ladies. I have DD1 (almost 3) and DH and I have begun talking about TTC #2. It took nearly 4 years to conceive DD1 and we finally had success with a course of clomid.

I am now in Canada and have just been referred to a new gynecologist who is apparently the leading expert in PCOS in Canada. So hopefully he will be able to help speed things along. I don't think I could take another 4 year wait.

Does anyone else want to join??

Congrats pinky you ladies are giving me some hope!

Congratulations gruffalo and pinky on your BFP!

Huge congrats pinkypanther and gruffalo
Attila Thank you for your response. I did blood tests for the LH / FSH in December -- the results were:6.2 and 6.2 iu/l. At this point th scan showed a left ovary that was polycystic and the right had a follicle in it so difficult to assess.
I meet up with the folks today for my CD 2 scan -- While yesterday definitely looked like AF, this morning, it's trickled down to just spotting... but I have a 1pm scan booked because I would still assume this is AF and today is CD2. I'll ask them about the LH, FSH tests too.

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Hi ya,

I'm back & haven't bled in 11 days!!!!!!

Congrats Pinky & Gruffalo Good that you're giving the rest of us hope!!!

How is everyone?

xx

Hi. did a test but was negative. Must stop symptom spotting. Have lost 6lbs though!

congrats tinky!!!

omg - the decision to try for dc2 or not has been made for us. Got BFP yesterday. I can't quite believe it but am over the moon :)

Congratualtions Louis!

Congrats Louis!

Well I POAS this am (cd30) and BFN so I'm feeling very glum. Next month it'll be 2 years of trying and in that time I've got pg once and had a then had mc. I'm starting to think it'll never happen.

Aah rubbish reallygrumpy, it's so depressing isn't it?

If it makes you feel better I had BFN on CD39 (UCL 33 - 35 days) then BFP on CD41 - so it isn't over till AF arrives.

Are you going to go on to Clomid again this side of Christmas or wait till the new year?

Oh yes (hit post too soon) congrats Louis! Your age gap could be even smaller than mine!

tinky sorry about your BFN but yay on your weight loss!

louisE congratulations!

grumpy sorry about your BFN but I agree with pinky maybe repeat in a couple of days?

Hi all

Wow BFPs, starting this kind of thread really brings on the luck doesn't it!

reallygrumpy sorry for the bad news but hope you feel better once AF comes (and if it doesn't, all the better :-))

Well I am quite pleased because we managed to SWI day before ov this time round, due to dh's assiduity :-) so actually have got a proper 2WW for the first time in ages! However, no symptoms of any kind and I usually get sore boobs pre-menstrually so am a bit worried the high temps are just a ruse. We will have to wait and see.

Take care everyone.

Good luck on the 2ww lucy!

Thankyou, boba!

Hi all,

I'm back after my scan last week and my follow up appointment this morning.

Long and short of it is that I definitely have PCOS, it's incurable and I'm "stuck with it" and there is nothing she can do. I asked to be referred and she said she will refer to gynae "if I insist" but not fertility. I'm don't "meet the criteria" for any treatment like Clomid or Metformin. I am apparently too yound and haven't been TTC long enough.

Overall a shit appointment.

Don't know where to go from here.

Congrats to any BFP's that have happened recently :)

Eh complain coconuts obv you'll have more difficulty TTC than someone without it. What a cheek!! Some people really shouldn't work in the health profession. I'd ask for 2nd opinion, you're more than entitled to that. Sorry you had such a shitty time I feel for you! x

I have a good mind to go and see a diff doc. It's like now theyve found out whats wrong, thats it, deal with it, bugger off. She didn't even offer any support. If someone was going in knowing absolutley nothing about it she wouldnt have made them feel very at ease. lucky i kinda know a bit about it.

did she say how long you needed to wait coconuts?

18-24 months TTC to be referred to fertility. she has referred to gynae so should get an appointment in a few weeks hopefully.

Sorry to hear your news coconuts . I've got my scan next Wed to see if I've got it - really nervous now! What questions should I ask? Is it a doctor that scans you or just a sonographer?

it was just a sonographer for me but she was great answered all the questions i had before i asked them.

I was going to just start by saying "are you allowed to tell me the results here or do I have to wait to see my GP?" - She replied I can tell you now.

I would then have asked
"do my ovaries look normal?",
"have i got any cysts?",
"are they enlarged?",
"is my womb lining a normal thickness?"

but luckily she just told me everything straight away (apart from the womb lining bit because im useless and forgot that bit!)

Hope your scan goes well. Dont be nervous, the scan is the easy part :)

thanks coconuts - I'll post after I've been! x

I look forward to hearing how you get on.

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