TTC with PCOS (Thread lucky #4!)

[RoseBud2016]

If you have been diagnosed with PCOS and would like a small group of very friendly ladies in the same position as you to talk to, then this is the thread for you!

You can find our first thread >>>>>>>> HERE

You can find our second thread >>>>>>>>> HERE

You can find our third thread >>>>>>>>>HERE

And you can find our stats >>>>>> HERE

feefee! Cautiously optimistic congrats to you :) Fx that faint line gets darker!

magpie ugh the frustration! Hang in the there. And no missing one dose of metformin won't hurt at all.

Feefee aww that's good news! Congrats 😊 Fingers etc all crossed for you!!

Nurse I am on Letrozole which is an alternative for Clomid, lower risk of multiples and also lower side effects etc!! Speak to doc about that one..

Cwtchy keeping my fingers crossed for you that AF stays away!!

Banana I'm sending love and hope you are ok and taking it easy!

Magpie maybe just late ovulation? Keep your chin up.. Sending love..

Well second scan today... Really nervous for this. Trying not to stress etc also...

Random question... Has anyone been sore when/after dtd once took tabs?

feefee Amazing!!! Hugest congrats this is absolutely bloody fabulous news, absolutely chuffed to bits for you. Hurrah! Thrilled for you and DH this is just the best. Hoping you have a happy and healthy 9 months and you are kick-starting a lovely rash of thread BFPs and babies xxx

banana I was so very sad to see your heartbreaking news. Utterly unfair. Huge unMNtty hugs for you xxx

Rose Welcome back! Glad to see you have a plan in place. We're stronger than we realise sometimes xx

And a huge WHOOP! for feefee Everything crossed for that line getting darker!

Fee Tentative congratulations my lovely! OMG it could be twins!!!!!! That would be my absolute dream! Let us know about your frozen embie number won't you? x

Shell Good luck with your second scan today! Sounds like you had 3 contenders on the follicle front from your last scan- so hopefully at least one of those is growing nicely, and fingers crossed your lining is getting there. Have they given you any meds to help improve your lining?

Honey Leta Magpie and Frazzle Welcome! I have added you to the stats but I'm missing some info- particularly age, ttc since, and any meds you are on. If you let me know I can update the sheet I love a spreadsheet, me!!!

Drew Welcome back lovely! It's been such a long time! How are you getting on? x

Chandlier- I love the fact that you keep popping your head in to check on us! How are things going for you? x

Rose thank you, I also love a good spreadsheet! I'm 33, on metformin and have been TTC#2 since December 2014.

Thanks Rose. I'm 36, on metformin 1500mg, and boots own conception support supplements (plus thyroxine, but that's not really ttc related - though maybe it is, as if I wasn't on it I'd be a bit more screwed I guess... ).
We're not officially trying yet, but hopefully really soon. I'm basically here to get tips for now. We're also waiting for my first cycle post mmc, which was detected on 18th Feb. Surgery was the following Monday 22nd Feb which I guess would have been the official start of my MC.

I got a bit angry this morning on the tube this morning. I read an article in the paper about women who smoke during pregnancy. I had a little cry on my walk from the station to work as I couldn't help but think how we all try so fucking hard to protect our babies when we're pregnant (ie no smoking, no drinking, avoiding caffeine and other things on the 'avoid' list) or ensure we're doing our absolute best to ensure we will have a healthy pregnancy when TTC. Yet we struggle to get pregnant or hang onto our pregnancies.

Oh feefee Congratulations! What absolutely wonderful news. I'm really excited for you!

Feefee massive congratulations!!!! YAY!! Fingers crossed for you!!! I think its unlikely I would be offered monitoring - our NHS waiting times are so chronically bad over here for the bare necessities that i can't imagine that being a priority

Cwtchy you tempt me more and more with this ovusense! Youre killing me lol!!

Rose i love how committed you are to our spreadsheet. Having a speadsheet makes everything seem clearer (I am turning into my mother!)

Hello any new people i've missed along the way, Waves!

Shell - I didn't really discuss it with her fully as in january I was hoping metformin would get things happening (which it has) but now i'm getting impatient! (mostly because if i got pregnant in the next 3 months my maternity leave wouldn't get me a christmas off work, which is basically like a mortal sin in the nursing world.) My consultant has twins herself so when she mentioned the risk of twins my husband nearly fell of the chair and I said id rather avoid the risk if possible she just laughed and said she had 9 year old twins and it wasn't so bad. I laughed and said its bad enough when you gotta wear scrubs in work and a size xxl wouldn't cover a twin bump. I think she thought I was joking! So maybe a discussion for my next appointment with her!

Also i realise that sounds incredibly unthoughtful about the maternity leave thing, However I don't really mean it. Obviously if i was to get pregnant that would be amazing. I just don't want to spend my first christmas with a baby away from said baby!!!

Ah bless you Rose, thank you for asking. I'm very aware of not posting any AFMs on the thread as it can be tough to see if you happen to be the one having a bad day, iyswim. I'm 16wks already and have begun to feel movement but, more exciting than that, the sickness has finally stopped! Off to see mw shortly, which still feels odd to say .

Rosebud anytime I have asked they have said they can't give me anything to help my lining... Can they? Xx

Nurse how long mat leave do you get?

I can take up to a year but last 3 months unpaid - would realistically only be able to afford 9 months max so would be gutted if i had to go back right before christmas and work christmas day etc!!

Nurse I know what you mean! I used to have to work all year round and not having to be at work over Christmas for the first time in years when I was on mat leave was amazing!

Nurse If you fell in April, you could work up until you would be 8 months and could finish in middle Dec? Then would have Xmas? Lol...

Well out scan... This one seems to have been sore, as got pain etc after it! Left ovary has returned!! Woohoo!

Lining was 4.4, right side follicles stayed the same, left side 1.2, 1.0, 1.0 - to go back again Friday! I know that it can go slow and the rapid improvement or decline but I just feel as though the wind has been blown out my sails and I'm fighting a losing battle??!!
Still waiting on the egg count thing and the nurse said I may only get metformin if that came back high??

Yep, Anything later than april would be hard enough to get off before christmas! That would be just my luck, trying for a year and a bit and finally do get pregnant and don't even get christmas off!!!!

Shell it'll all come together! Bet you a fiver! Don't be downhearted :)

Good day all. I have a good feeling for this month, I think ovulation is happening (aka, everything hurts!) However, it seems to fail at implantation every time, it's disheartening.

Great to hear everything is rolling on nicely chandelier. Movement is so exciting! My DD was a cheeky bugger and barely moved until 24 weeks! So pleased the sickness has gone, now onto your nice, glowy phase!

Thank you for all the cautious congratulations It doesn't feel real yet especially as the photos I tried to take of my tests are v blurry. Will be testing again in the morning!
shellbell, I don't really know what kind of growth is expected but fingers crossed for Friday! And I'm glad they found your left ovary hope the aches have gone.

Nurse I will take that bet! Haha..

Feefee thanks for your reply 😊 They are wanting my lining up at above 7 and follicles about 1.8 - 2..

Well had a major fallout with DH... I said about a support group and he doesn't want to go to one. Doesn't see the point in dwelling on it, it's a process and if it happens it happens if it doesn't, well it doesn't... He doesn't see why I'm worked up about it and keep dwelling on it...
It's ok for him, he has two girls from a last relationship!!
Kind of upset with his attitude and 'non supportiveness' Don't know what to think really and it's making me have doubts about it all... Esp since its 'only a process'

Anyways sorry for the rant...

Missed your update feefee! Fantastic news!

Congratulations fee!

Shell my dp sounds similar . " If it works it works, if it doesn't it doesn't. No point dwelling on it. Worrying won't help. "

Very frustrating!

My dh has the same attitude and has said exactly those words I don't know how many times - must just be a man thing. Frustrating for us but I don't think they're built to want children the same way we are - my dh would be happier with a new bike I think