TTC with PCOS

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Are there any other ladies out there trying to conceive with PCOS? Or any success stories of conceiving with PCOS?

We've been ttc and off of bc since August. Since then I've been diagnosed with PCOS and put on Metformin. I am overweight, especially for my height as I'm only short - but am trying to lose the weight. I'm almost at a 10% weight loss since getting the PCOS diagnosis in November 14. I haven't had any periods since coming off of bc in August 14, apart from what I'm guessing was a withdrawal bleed (that happened pretty much straight away - end of August) and a couple of very light bleeds that lasted no longer than a day.

I'm just feeling all a bit fed up now and think I need to hear from others that are either in a similar boat or have been able to have healthy normal pregnancies despite the PCOS.

Wow! Congrats both of u!!!

Congrats An and Mistletoe, double whammy! I hope it's a definitive positive within a few days for you!

On cd5 over here and have a scan on Weds to try and diagnose if I actually have PCO/PCOS.

I have a niggling lower back pain today though which I never used to get, wondering if this is a sign of PCO or not?

Chandelier I will join you in the Red Panda look as I was doing the same yesterday - minus the wine!

Ab sorry not An!

Right I've finally managed to talk to DP properly and he's been able to see the test for himself. There is a nice line but I'm just worried because it was such a cheap test it could be a duff. I now have a superdrug test for FMU tomorrow. I shall now calm, stop googling evaporation lines and hope tomorrow brings a definitive answer.
Bloody PCOS, wait so long for something then makes you panic

Thanks for all the well wishes I told DH when he got home. Had to wait for the telecom technician to leave! Hah. He was stunned (DH not technician) and just stared at the test for a while. We're both excited but it's not sunk in and I think we'll be cautious until it is confirmed by a scan in a few weeks. Celebrated with a pizza!

mistletoe glad your DH was able to get a test Mine struggles when I send him to buy cheese or something, let alone pregnancy tests! Very much looking forward to your update tomorrow.

Chandelier I like the sound of your vitamin cabinet! Definitely make the most of wine. My friend gave me a lovely bottle of sparkling for my birthday and it's not sat in my fridge, very hopefully waiting for 9 months!

Bless him ab We'll be the same plus DP will panic if I as much as fart!
If all goes as hoped with my test tomorrow, it'll give us the same due date won't it?

This is such lovely news to read ab and mistletoe!! Congrats and to your partners! They've also done their part haha just a shame they're not too savvy in the chemist

ab I hope you mange to sleep tonight!! You'll be up at the crack of dawn POAS, I hope it's the darkest lines ever!
batterburg good luck with your scan on wed, the only positive side to getting a real diagnosis is you may get some treatment faster than if the GP has no clue what the problem could be, at least they will have some great options to help you conceive.
I am a bag of nerves for my scan tmz, was hoping to start clomid at some point but with my blocked tube it's very unlikely.
Congrats again ladies

Oops I meant mistletoe good luck for the morning!! Had a lot to read back on from today! Xxx

mistletoe we will indeed! 17th Feb according to the calculator on here.

Pebbles good luck with your scan! I hope they can give you some answers. I wonder if a HSG would be the next step? Even if it does come to you having one dodgy tube you could still be prescribed clomid if the other one is fine I think.

OMG congrats ab and mistletoe
Keep us updated!

Wow, while I've been off feeling sorry for myself I've missed a lot!!

Congratulations AbFab & mistletoe I'm sure I'm not alone in being so happy for you - and using your success to inspire me to keep trying!

pebbles I'll keep my fingers crossed for your scan.

chandelier sorry about your BFN. Hopefully your millions of supplements will help continue the BFPs on this thread

drew how are you? I agree, symptom spotting is like slow, long lasting torture. I've done it myself, and always promise I won't do it next cycle, but I always fail and slowly convince myself I'm pregnant

ain are you feeling any better? Did your dog give you nice (still) cuddles? I may join you in being allergic to Monday's, they are by far the worst day of the week!

Also, welcome to anyone who has joined since I last posted!

For me, my situation is the same - on day 49 now and still nothing - no symptoms & no AF. I POAS on cd32 & cd40 - both BFN. It's so frustrating, and now I'm worried about AF starting next week, just in time for my holiday. Not to mention the little niggling hope in the back of my mind that maybe my hormones are just rubbish and the tests were wrong and I'm pregnant really!
I have 1 pregnancy test left I am not allowed to stock up because I can't control myself and end up spending a fortune which I am saving until either tomorrow or Wednesday.
Apart from that, we are supposedly taking a cycle off. DH is outdoing himself with sweetness and understanding and it's lovely, he's very practical and is focusing on the positives of taking time for us.

Fingers crossed for everyone who has scans or POAS planned for the next few days!

Ooo... Mistletoe! I see the line. Make sure you update us all in the morning.

IsIt I am feeling much better... cramps are gone. Dog did a good job of being my hot water bottle for about 5 mins... But then he had clearly drifted off to sleep and must of been dreaming about chasing something as he kept twitching and moving and letting out little barks and whimpers... He's very cute when he does that though so I'll let him off

My FF chart seems to think I've ovulated this month... But how can it be sure if I've only just really started temping? I keep going through stages of being optimistic about possibly actually ovulating and thinking that FF must be completely wrong because I've only been temping a couple of weeks...

Ain when I first started temping my charts would go on forever then randomly FF would decide I'd ovulated. A few days later it would take it off. God loves a trier! But that's definitely not to say you haven't ovulated. Technically you only really need to have been temping 5 or so days to show ovulation.

DH got a telling off last night because he kept saying 'so IF you're pregnant...'. I've explained to him that any sort of positive is a positive but he wasn't convinced by the line. I did a FRER this morning and it came out like this. He's convinced now He's even learned how to empty the cats' litter tray. Alfie was really pushing it this morning when he shat in the bath though (Alfie is my big boy cat, not my husband)

Congrats you all !

Thanks Drew! Come on mistletoe I'm waiting

Looks like I was right to be unsure about that test. Not a thing in a superdrug one.
How can I have such a strong positive and absolutely nothing?
All I'm thinking now is it isn't over until AF arrives

Oh bugger AF is due today right? Or do you have slightly longer cycles? I used a first response test thing morning and it was very quick to develop. Much clearer than yesterday's superdrug one.

I'm very confused.
Yep AF due today or tomorrow but no sign.
I will keep testing under either AF or a BFP

When I had a chemical pg I had a faint positive then nothing, I hope this isn't the case for you, keeping everything crossed for you Mistletoe.

abfab big congrats, I love seeing these pictures, I hope we get more of these!
mistletoe I am keeping everything crossed for you xxx

I've got more of the tests that I got a positive on arriving tomorrow, if I get another positive on them I'll request a blood test.
I'm hoping there just really sensitive. It's not over until AF arrives

Mistletoe I really hope that you get a positive tomorrow but the most important thing is that you ovulated and that egg was good enough quality to divide and implant! Saying that I balled my eyes out when I started bleeding a few days after getting my BFP, it is amazing how attached you get to something that isn't even the size of a pea yet!

I've googled it several hundred times, searched it on here and cried about about it. Everything seems to say a false positive can't happen so I've rang my GP and someone will phone later today

I had a faint positive on one test last cycle. Gp said chemical pregnancy :(

mistletoe you said yourself it took ages to get a BFP with your DD. It is likely that your first test was just more sensitive than the superdrug one. Can you get hold of a first response one? I think they're supposed to be the most sensitive.