TTC with PCOS (Thread lucky #4!)

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FeeFee Huge congratulations!!! Please keep us all updated. Can I ask, were you having treatment?

Shell That's very unfair of him, considering he has 2 children. Sometimes men just don't "get" it.

I think anyone who doesn't have infertility issues don't get it. They just don't realise how it take over every waking hour on a bad day

Thanks ladies

At least you don't have to listen to him telling you how good his ex was at having babies ( tell me you don't!)

Drew what?!

It does take over your every waking thought. It becomes almost an obsession and I don't think they understand.

My dp has come to an initial consultation, an appointment at the hospital (sperm check) and then egg collection day to "give" a deposit. Where as I have been more times then that in 1 week.

So I think it isn't intense for them.

I agree, it really does take over your mind and soul.
My DP thinks it will be easy seeing as our recently lost baby was such a surprise. He doesn't know about the pain and anguish I went through TTC my two DCs because he wasn't there. So easy in fact that he's being super careful at the moment. Refuses to get sperm anywhere near me in case it happens anytime soon

He just has no idea how evil PCOS can be and the tricks it plays on our bodies. ie, letting me fall pregnant then taking that away from us - yes I am blaming PCOS. I hate it. I hate everything about it and its debilitatingly cruel side affects.

Talking of which, my body is tricking me this week. Metallic taste in mouth (I've never had this when pregnant before btw), feeling a bit sick in the mornings, I had a random afternoon light bleed last Friday (nearly two weeks after MC bleeding stopped), and weeing all the time. I know there's no way I can be pregnant due to lack of help from DP, not to mention I've only just had a MC. Silly to even entertain the idea.

PCOS is such a fucking bullying bastard.

Sorry, that turned into a rather large rant!

And now I want what Cwtchy has. Looks amazing! DP would kill me if I spent that much though, especially as he alreayd thinks actively TTC takes all the joy our of sex

And DrewOB1 That is unforgiveable! I am speechless!

DrewOB I had that too!! How he just had to look at her and she fell straight away!!

Oh and another thing. Pregnancy really is like when you see a car you like and then you keep seeing that car all the time.

I was just in Boots collecting an order. To my right, on the counter, was a free booklet called 'From Bump to Birth' or something. I picked it up and had a flick without even realsieing what I was doing. It made me tear up a bit so I immediately put it down and turned my head the my right only to be confronted with a heasvily pregnant woman. When I left the shop, the first person walking towards me was another pregnant woman.
An hour or so ago a colleague shared with us on our company FB group page a picture of his newborn baby girl, who he named Annabel - this name was top of our girls list.
All this after I had a major wobble last night which carried on this morning.

Thanks universe. Thanks very much!

Anyone else get it shoved in your face on a daily basis

Just think though ladies, when it happens for us it'll be even better than a bog standard had sex once and fell pregnant! The other non pcos ladies should be jealous of us really have I convinced you all yet? No?! Can't think why not!!!

Drew that is horrendous. No one should speak to you like that are you okay? Hugs

Have any of you discussed PCOS with your parents? I've not brought myself to yet

Oh Drew i'm sorry. How awful for you.

Yes, i've discussed it with my Mum. She just keeps saying "hang on in there, it'll happen" She actually turned around yesterday and said "Why not adopt?" I couldn't do that, simply because i'd be so scared that I wouldn't love that child like I love my DD.

My Dad knows nothing about my issues, but says occasionally "It's so selfish of you to just have one"

As you might have guessed, I come from a big family, I think my mother would drop in horror at the idea of infertility.

My mum has 6 children
Older sister 5
Younger sister pregnant with second.

I can't seem to manage it.

Oh my younger sister got pregnant whilst using a condom, he didn't finish either.

Pcos does affect your life. Not only infertility but then the miscarriage when you do miraculously get pregnant.

Excess hair, (I get scars from excess hair), mood swings, bloated belly and tell spots. It's great.

Mood swings are the worse. I get scared I'll end up on my own with no friends because of how horrible I am sometimes

I'm sure you're not that bad! Have you thought about taking a high dose of vitamin d? I've been thinking 5000 a day and my moods have definitely improved.

Also the weight gain! Since I got diagnosed I've been terrified of eating anything sweet because I'm worried it'll make my ovaries even less effective than they already are, but it's still really hard to get the weight off.
I told my mother when I was diagnosed, she was lovely about it in her own way but then she read it could be genetic so her guilt kicked in and that was fun (even though she doesn't have it!)

I put on 25 kg in 10 years, that's a 50% gain :(

Magpie I've given up with avoiding sweet stuff. In fact I've just devoured half a large bag of Maltesers and a pack of fizzy straws becasue I'm having an emotionally bad day. I used to swear by the GI diet, but it gets rather samey after a while and I've got a terribly sweet tooth. The one time I miraculously became pregnant was the latest one and we conceived just after Christmas when my diet was at it's worst! But then I MC'd so who knows...

My mum knows about my PCOS, but not really said anything about it. I may have mentioned before that my family are not very expressive when it comes to emotions so I've no idea how she feels about it. I have two DC already but she knows we struggled to conceive them.
My family is very small so I do wonder if PCOS is inherited in my case. My sister has problems with her periods, but then she was anorexic as a teenager so that may have messed things up, rather than anything else. I have two DC, my mum had two DC, my aunty had two DC and my granny had two DC. Our family hasn't really grown much from there. I'm the only one of my generation, apart from my male cousin, who has had DC and he only had one. No one is particulary hairy, or they hide it well like me. They're mostly very slim too - almost skinny, unlike me. I'm average build and struggle to stay in my 'happy size'.

Vixxfacee interesting you mention Vitamin D. I think my conception supplements contain it, but I might look into having an extra vitamin D tablet. I know it used to help me with tiredness, especially in the winter, being in an office environment all day everyday.

Nurse15 I like your thinking but I'm not sure I'm convinced yet!

Hope everyone's okay.

frazzle ovusense is fab though v pricey I bought it then told DH I think. Ha!

Feeling like poo today. On day 2 of my period and the metformin has got me feeling doubly awful! Hoping for more good news on here soon.

Nice to see Jools Oliver is expecting again! Apparently her first was conceived via IVF and the others have been natural or clomid. Gives me hope!

Feeling good today, effect of ino on mood and energy levels is amazing.

Frazzle I hope you have a better day today! Malteasers and fizzy straws sound amazing though. I really need to shift some weight so need to watch my diet but it does get really boring. The weight is coming off but it's so slow and the slightest thing can stall the loss or cause a gain.

Cwtchy metformin can be so brutal. I hope you start to feel better soon.

Drew glad your feeling good! What's ino?

I'm CD24 and have been having PMT symptoms and cramps for a few days, no bleeding yet though. Mood and anxiety is terrible this morning. I saw my acupuncturist yesterday and she thinks I may have ovulated or my body at least tried to even though my temps are still low.