The more you look the more you find?

[BeccaBlue]

Hello everyone,

So, today I have had a 3d scan which has revealed a heart shaped womb and it is back to front. A month ago I had a hycosy that revealed polysystic overies. DH had the pot test and revealed not so normal morphology.

None of these things should stop us getting pregnant apparently but each one reduces the likelihood, I think the should stop looking now!!

So these are the questions google can not solve for me:

• is any of these issues associated with painful periods? I have always had painful periods, leading to passing out in some exciting places!
• has anyone benefited from diet change with PCOS?
• is there any sexual positions that help trying to conceive with a back to front womb?
• do you think your fertility is interrupted if you work in an all male office and have mostly male friends?

Any help would be gratefully received as we have been ttc for two years and it took my little sis 3 months!! She always has been efficient!

Thanks chapesses.
Becca

PCOS is associated with painful periods. Losing weight is thought to improve your fertility with PCOS as fat tissue is associated with changes in sex hormones. Most GPs have lots of experience with PCOS and should be able to give you further advice.

Hi Becca

I have polycystic ovaries - found out in June last year after I finally went for a scan as I had nagging doubts about painful, heavy and irregular periods. These can be indicators of PCOS.

I am not an expert but I have found out a bit about it all through seeing a consultant for the last 6 months and going on clomid.

I have found that eating a low GI diet and doing high intensity exercise for 20 mins 5 times a week has really helped stabilise my hormone levels. The theory is that visceral fat (the stuff around your internal organs) produces androgens which disrupt the production of hormones needed for ovulation; so losing it helps things get back to normal.

I wasn't actually overweight (BMI 24.5) when I first started seeing my consultant so I was a bit that she recommended diet and exercise but she said it could have a really big impact on my hormones and it does seem to have worked. Taking clomid has obviously also had an effect as it jumpstarts normal hormone production; but I had a couple of months off in December and January and ovulated naturally on CD16 so I think that must have been helped by all the exercise and fussy eating.

My DH also had poor morphology but has sorted that out by giving up smoking, cutting down on boozing, having showers rather than baths and taking vit&min supplements (zinc is the important one). He didn't think it was going to make any difference but he's now all proud of himself as his morphology went from 3% to 9% (he is, in fact, preening like a peacock about it!).

I have no idea about tilted wombs or working in a male environment though ... sorry!

Hope that helps and good luck

Thanks chaps, that is all really helpful.

I was really interested to hear your account GardenPixie, especially that you had a very healthy BMI to begin with. I had been struggling with whether should embrace the low GI diet as I am just on the line between health and overweight. I haven't seen a consultant about what any of this means so it is very interesting to hear that this is what you consultant recommended.

My acupuncturist had mentioned that there was a theory that PCOS was an evolutionary response to famine. She said that women with PCOS were often more fertile the skinnier they were. I am slightly suspicious of theories like this as I come from a family of faddy eaters and I know that getting too hung up on ideas like this can be difficult to manage.

Great news to hear about your DH! My DH is on Zita West vits and they seemed to make a little difference between his first and second test so I am keeping my fingers crossed!

If you have time I would like to know a little more;
Did you have any side effects from the Clomid?

Did your consultant talk about insulin regulations drugs (as used for diabetes) instead of Clomid?

Good luck if you are still TTC and thank you very much for the info! :)