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!

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Skrin I go for scans every two days from day 11 until ovulation so they can track the progress with the tabs etc... so from after your af until ovulation follicles grow which will eventually release an egg (hopefully) or if no ovulation or showing signs then abandon ship. To release an egg successfully they say it needs to be above 1.8 and your lining needs to be above 7.5 for successful implantation.
Are you on Meds?

Nurse glad to hear you have your dye rest booked!! Terrible that you have been chasing your prescription!! The receptionist should be blooming nice knowing what your going through and paying etc!!!

AF is just finishing. I'm thinking of booking GP and scan this month

Hi ladies, hope you guys won't mind me joining?
Little bit about me...I just turned 30 a couple of months ago. OH and I have been ttc for 12 months now. Stopped the pill in april 2015 and am yet to have a period. Was diagnosed with pcos in December. Was a shock as I had reasonably regular periods, started the pill in august 2014 and stopped in april 2015 and somehow managed to get pcos in that time?!?!
Trying to cut a long story short as I am a rambler when it comes to things like this....after way too much faffing around and a cancelled appointment last month we have OH getting an SA next month then we finally get to wait for an infertility clinic appointment. Phew!
Looking forward to 'talking' to you all :)

Drew whats the next step if see GP?

Welcome aboard mysterious! You have came to the right place 😊 lots of amazing and knowledgeable women on this!!

If rosebud doesn't come on I will update the spreadsheet for the newbies soon. On my phone at moment.

Can I ask, what vitamins etc do you all take? I only take the combined pregnancy vitamins... and pomegranate lol xx

Rosebud how are you? Can you message to tell him how to do the next thread etc... scared incase I mess up your pride and joy haha xx

Thanks shell. Are you guys on any medications at all? And if so is it from the gp or a specialist? My friend has pcos but is not ttc and she got metformin from a doctor. My doctor's words when i asked for help in controlling the symptoms were "i don't really understand what you want me to do about it?" git...
I did take pre natal vitamins, inositol and drink spearmint tea but after a couple of months of no difference I now just take normal multivitamins, when I remember!
Does anyone else have any children already? I have a dd who will be 7 in June, the whole pcos thing was very unexpected indeed lol.

Mysterious yeh quite a few of us are on different things and going through different treatments! I was on the pill for 15 years and only found out I had pcos about a year and a bit a go! Been ttc for nearly two years come August after I got married!
I'm now on Letrozole and going through the scans etc every two days for about a weeks and abit every month! I take the pregnancy vitamins and drink green tea and eat pomegranate as read that helps with the lining...

Welcome mysterious. I have a DS 2.5 years whom I conceived without any trouble. Different story this time round.

shell I take: folic acid, vitamin D, omega 3, vitamin B complex, calcium/zinc/magnesium combo pill. I rattle when I walk! Not on any prescribed meds. Considering inositol but not taking atm.

spotsondots isn't it strange!
shell what is the letrozole for? What does it do

Spots have you been to the specialist etc yet?

Mysterious Letrozole is the same type of drug as clomid. Helps you ovulate etc

Last day of norethisterone for me 2moro! Feels like the longest 10 days of my life!!! Then I'm waiting for AF before I start my first round of clomid. I too like shellbell have been told to go for scans, so the above information was good -TY for that. I'm trying to maintain optimistic about it working.

I've been going to slimming world since January but had a holiday in March and not really been able to get back into the swing of things. Now that I've got all this clomid stuff going on its sort of taken a back burner. I do need to loose weight and I want to but I'm sure that you'll all agree that working full time, plus all the managing of the clomid plus DTD timings etc it's just too much and I can't give it my full attention like I'd like to. I've decided that I'm just going to watch my weight at home as best as I can for now and then once I've got one cycle of clomid under my belt (fingers crossed that I only need one cycle) and I'm more comfortable with the process I'll take more time with my slimming world. Has anyone else had too much on their plate before starting clomid?

I see shell thanks. Is that the one that supposedly has less chance of a multiple pregnancy? I thought I had read something like that but might be imagining it!
amy sounds like there is a lot happening but its all moving in the right direction at least! Hope af shows as expected so you can move on to next stage

Mysterious yes that's the one 😊 I have a heart shaped womb hence why I'm on it. She only wants one follicle to be growing but this cycle and last Iv had two!!

Amy I know how you feel! Iv had so much going on at the times of being on this but you will get there! Best advice is don't stress and try stay calm etc! First two months I was an emotional wreck and crying all the time!! Feel better this cycle. Your emotions are everywhere and have even more hormones this time!!
I done SW and lost a stone! Fell off it but kinda trying to do it. Going to start back! If you fancy a buddy let me know 😊

Thank you FrazzleRock that is reassuring to hear :-)

It's good to see so many of you receiving help. I've managed to convince myself I'll get no help as I'm diabetic too (therefore a pain in the a**)!

I have been recommended agnus castus but I am worried about doing more harm than good.

shell no not seen specialists yet. GP was happy to refer and we were actually looking towards that at the end of last year. DH was dragging his heels a bit with his SA and we couldn't be referred without that being done . In the new year we decided that there was too much going on and we weren't ready for all the stress that fertility clinic would likely bring. Then we found out in early Feb that I was pregnant so it all became a non issue. Now that I've miscarried I'm not sure where that leaves me in terms of referral, though when I saw GP last week she seemed to imply that she would still be happy to refer us on regardless of the fact that I was pregnant.

At the moment DH is away a fair bit with work so I'm not sure whether half of our problem is just frequency and timing iyswim.

Last time I had a miscarriage I conceived straight away after. I didn't even have a period. We didn't have difficulty before the m/c though first then round (conceived first month of not really trying). I've no idea what my body is going to do post miscarriage. Part of me wants to just give it a few months to see what direction everything is going in before going down referral routes and see if shifting some weight and getting more healthy can help me enough to conceive. I had a normal blood profile in the autumn so I think I can't be that bad. I am the fattest heaviest I have ever been in my life (pregnancy excepted) and my periods have become more irregular the fatter I have got over the past year. My BMI is 26 so I'm not vastly overweight but I know that my body fund toons much better at a lower weight. When I conceived DS my BMI was 22-23 and I was exercising a lot more and eating much better than I do currently. So I am just waiting and seeing at the moment I think.

That's a bit of an essay, sorry

spots that's interesting what you say about your body functioning better at a lower weight. I piled on 2 stone in a reasonably short period of time last year. I weighed no more than 8.5 stone right up until i was 29 and then the first 6 months of last year i went up to almost 11. Which was also a big shock! I cant seem to shift it. Even on sw i only lose a tiny amount or i gain. I also hover around the bmi 24-26 range so not too big at all. However. It is all in my stomach so i generally look pregnant anyway and have had a few people ask if i am which is great . Cheeky sods. And it's also massively heavier than I was when I was having periods so I do think if I could shift it it would help. Maybe we could all buddy up for exercise and weight loss?
shell a heart shaped uterus? That's unusual. So more than one baby at a time could be very difficult for your body I assume.
I'm still twiddling my thumbs waiting for oh's sa appointment. I dont understand why he even needs an appointment all he has to do is hand the sample over! Can't need that much arrangement surely! Lol

Spots when I came off the pill I put on about 2 stone aswell and didn't know why!! Starting back SW on Monday!!
Mysterious yup only one baba allowed for me.. well at a time!!

So everyone... serious question!! Does any of you like lose the urge for sex or can't be bothered? I'm on my need to time and actually can't be bothered!! Normally fine but not the now
Xx

Thanks Shellbell. I've got my mum going on at me now for hanging up my slimming world apron strings. Your right, my mind is all over the place, I literally can't think & like you said I just need to stay calm so that this clomid works!! I'm not falling off the wagon completely, I'm just relaxing myself a bit xx

Hi

I know I've been gone a long time so I'm sorry for crashing back in. How is everyone? I still have my fingers crossed for all of you.

I am posting just to rant / ask for some support please. Me and DH are no further on than we were back in January - we couldn't try then as he was away at the crucial time, and we just haven't gone back into it.

I can't cope. I had a 50 day cycle, followed by a killer AF (currently still ongoing - day 11). I've had some sort of bug for almost 3 weeks that is kicking my arse and work is going to shit.
I am emotional crying because a customer shouted at me angry and so so exhausted.

Last weekend I spent an entire evening sat between 2 very pregnant friends discussing breastfeeding and nursery decorations, amongst being asked "are you going to have kids then do you think?" Along with the lovely patronising head tilt. I kept wandering away to get a drink to stop me blurting out that I need a baby so badly by whole body aches, and they have no idea how bitterly jealous I am of their bumps, their hormones, their tiredness from growing a person. It was awful.

I'm not taking my metformin, I need to go back on a diet, I'm not taking the pre-pregnancy vitamins (DH isn't taking his vitamins either) and I can't get my head together.

I know a lot of you are going through worse (and I honestly am awed by those of you who have had a miscarriage and have pulled yourselves trough it ) so I apologise for the me me me post. I just felt that this was a safe space to get it all out.

IsIt It's a shit feeling no matter what you've been through. It sounds like you're really going through the mill and I'm glad you feel you can rant here, that's what we're here for.
Sounds like you need an escape for a bit, can you and DH go away somewhere or get a change of scenary somehow?

Well that nurse was horrific today 😠

Isit your allowed to come and rant and allowed a me me me!! Sending love xxx

Hi to all newbies & hello to everyone else. I have to read & run (got to collect my Mother) but will catch up properly later.

Can anyone advise if clomid is likely to have worked? The sonographer was so vague Ok, i'm on day 10 of my cycle, just been for my scan as I took 50mg of clomid on day 2-6. I have 1 dominant follice which is measuring 13mm, is this any good? She said to ov it needs to be between 18 & 24, so do I have time? She said likely but not certain. She also said my lining was 7.2mm. Is that ok?!

I just want to know if it looks like clomid has worked for me? I'm getting quite a bit of cloudy, stretchy discharge which has never happened to me before, so thought this was a good sign. Do you think it's looking pisitive?

Also, does your lining grow throughout your cycle? 7.2mm seems a little low for successful implantation but i'm only on day 10?

Village sounds to me as if it's working! I went today and had one at 1.8 and one at 1.4 ovulation is ment to be maybe Wednesday.... lining needs to be above 7.5 for successful implantation xx

Lining does continue to thicken village so if like shell says it needs to be 7.5 that sounds promising!!!
My scan for pcos in dec was 0.4mm. I know that's not relevant at all but I'm shocked at the difference in thickness between it doing nothing and thickening up

Rant away isit. I don't think it's a case of "who has it worse", it sucks for everyone in different ways. I don't mean that to offend anyone who has had a mc because that must be terrible and I'm sorry for everyone who is going through that, just mean that ttc has highs and lows for everyone. Really hope i haven't upset anyone saying that!