TTC with PCOS (Lucky Thread 5)

[Shellbell0403]

Hey everyone,
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There's a good book which helped me a lot when I was diagnosed called " the PCOS handbook" I recommend it.
PCOS is such a lonely condition st time. I don't like the shame attached to it.

elle Not upset at all! Please don't think that. You are providing hope for us. How lovely to see it say "pregnant" rather than those pink lines x

Congratulations elle such lovely news to come on to! Wishing you a happy healthy pregnancy :)

I am due killing my husband - he is supposed to be home to take me to scan today I haven't heard a peep from him since Tuesday ... So I'm working from home today and my son has come home with chicken pox..can't drag him out with me! I don't care if he's serving our country...by walking up a big bloody hill
Raging hormonal monster today!

Thanks for the recommendation Drew

I hope everyone else's day is a better one x

Hi all.

Well I'm back off to my gynae this afternoon. Having started bleeding on cd14,, like I menitoned before, I though it was ending yesterday morning. However, I literally haemorrhaged en route to a customer conference yesterday morning. That was a fun 20 minutes of cleaning up in the loos . Then this morning, again I thought it was clearing up as virtually no blood overnight, then half an hour after shoving in a super plus tampon (just in case) I bled through it and everywhere. Thankfully I was at home this time. So fucking fucked off with it all. I just hope my doctor has the answer, because ultrasounds aren't showing anything sinister.

Kind of makes me want to go back to my usual 100 days plus cycles I always used to have. I can't possibly lose any more blood!

I'm starting to wonder if I have been ovulating super early in my cycles which is why I keep losing my babies and bleeding so early on in my cycles

Sorry, it's a selfish post again.

I hope you're all doing ok

My goodness Frazzle you're really having a time of it. I hope you get some answers and positive ones at that, very soon x

Hi everyone!! Havent been around much due to a lot going on in work and not having much to say, But just seen your news elle congratulations!! So so so pleased for you!!

Frazzle What the actual f? you can't still be at this!!! I am totally annoyed for you. Hope you get some answers etc soon!

Hello everyone else and sorry if i've missed anymore news or anything.

Had my dye test this morning. Have one blocked tube and a bicornate uterus (whatever that means) the doctor who did it was junior so wasnt able to say much other than she was going to speak to my consultant about the results and get her to contact me, But that i would defs need surgery. Feeling a bit gutted, because having shit ovaries isn't enough, I have a dodgy uterus and a missing link between one ovary and the dodgy uterus!

Not sure what's going on with me - lines have gotten slightly darker, but are now just staying the same. Not expecting anything good to come of it - I am expecting to mc at some point as something is just not right. They should be getting darker.

Thanks Susie Yes it's pretty tough!

Nurse I know it really is crap but, does it give you peace of mind knowing it can be fixed though? I can understand how you feel.

I saw my consultant and he sent me off for bloods to be done. They are checking my prolactin levels as they could be hanging around after my miscarriages, which could be causing my bleeding. Also progesterone as I suggested I could be ovulating mega early (like day 8 or 9) which then causes a period two weeks later.
I'll get my results tomorrow, but I'm not entirely confident my consultant knows what he's talking about, to be honest. I said it makes no sense as all my adult life I've barely even had periods, only fallen pregnant twice (successful pregs) and never ever had a MC, but the last 8 months have gone mental. He said "maybe you didn't have PCOS before" I was like, what? that makes no sense as I was diagnosed with PCOS years ago because I wasn't having regular periods! Silly man.
I honestly believe his aim is for me to get pregnant and then shove me on the pill . Anyway, tomorrow's results might give us some clues.

nurse we are twins!!! You have a heart shaped uterus too!!x

Out just now will read all shortly send respond

cwtchy have you done a digital test? Keep positive!

frazzle sending hugs your way! Your defo having a time of it! Hopefully these results bring something good and they get you sorted!!

village last cycle mine done that, AF appeared 6 days later! Any signs of it?

susie did oh appear? Hope your wee one is ok!!

nurse your uterus is fine, not dodgy haha! I have a heart shaped womb and that's why I'm on Letrozole so they can monitor and only want one follicle. Multiple could be dangerous for us with heart shaped wombs and if fall pregnant they just keep an eye on us and may mean need a c section. Are you on tabs the now? Sorry I can't mind.

Well today is day two of my cycle 😟 So start of the tablets again tonight to start the process all over again! I have bought epo also and going to take them an pomegranate to eat also!! Going to make sure we dtd more often this cycle also!
Had thoughts this morning that I may not even bother with this cycle and y kind of shook myself out of it! Just gets abit to much sometimes!! 😞

Shell Nurse what is a heart shaped uterus? I was told I had a tilted uterus..doesn't mean much other than smear tests are extra uncomfy apparently!
OH still not home not his fault though lol I've talked myself down from giving him hell when he gets in haha.
Wee man is absolutely fine, milking every second of his chicken pox lol.

Hope everyone has a good day, keep spirits up ladies x

Cwtchy Keep us all updated on his things progress. I'm sure this will be your happy ending, although I know after all this PCOS shit it must seem too good to be true.

nurse Ok, so can the problem be fixed? Hopefully as soon as it is then you'll find yourself with that BFP.

Frazzle You really are having a time of it. You NEED answers! It's such a lonely place to be.

shell Still no AF, but i'm still not pregnant! Does this mean I ov'd later than the nurse suggested I would? Worried my day 22 blood test is inaccurate now? As if I ov'd on say day 17, then the blood test was only 5 days later? (98 was the number I was given)

village nah you probably ovulated on the right date but your af is probably just being a cow! Lol xx

Hello again!

Shell Snap!! what where you told about it? the doctor yesterday just said i would definately need surgery and they recommend using contraception until it's all been sorted, She said she wasnt sure if it was a full septum or not but if it is a full septum the risk of rupture and needing a hysterectomy was very high.

CwtchyQ fingers and toes crossed for you! I'd imagine once it gets to a certain level of darkness (really bad grammer!!) that it doesnt get any darker just with how much dye there is in the tests??

Frazzle Not sure, seeing my consultant on 6th of june so will wait and see what she says, the doctor who did my dye test yesterday said she would see my consultant on Sunday and give her a verbal update about it too. Just feel like everytime i have an appointment something else shows up "wrong" you know? Hope youre doing okay!

Village will have to wait and speak to my consultant on 6th june to see what she says, I was on the waiting list for an exploratory lap anyway so i guess she will maybe sue that to do everything in one go, the waiting list is 18 months and i was out on it January so won't be until next year anyway!

Thanks for the best wishes guys. Not sure when I ovulated so am either 4+2 or 5 tomorrow. Either way, clearblue is still showing 1-2 weeks so it cannot be good news. Just waiting to bleed tbh, I know it sounds depressing but I just know this isn't going to work out and I'd like it to happen sooner rather than later. If it happens soon, I don't need any intervention do I? I just manage it at home? TIA

1-2 is how many weeks past conception cwtchy, so if your 4 weeks 1-2 is bang on xx

frazzle sorry you're still not seemingly getting much sense out of the consultant. Really hope these tests shed some light on it all for you
nurse so are you having to stop ttc until 6th june? If it's full septum does that mean the womb is basically divided in half?
drew i might have a look at that book myself, i was diagnosed 5 months ago and feel like I have read everything on the internet lol but there is such a lot of conflicting information and so much on the net you don't know the source of.
village have you ever tracked the time from ovulation to af before? Cos i know in general that part of the cycle is fixed, it's the first part leading up to ovulation than can wildly vary...you probably already know that, just if you've tracked it before and it's off from your normal then that would be strange

nurse they have said mine will be OK and I can have a baby etc full term just keep an eye etc. It depends where the heart shaped is. It might just be that you need surgery for the blockage? My friend got surgery and she fell pregnant about 5 months later.

village if af shows I would phone the clinix

shell and bat they can't be sure of the septum until they do surgery so the doctor yesterday recommended stopping ttc because of the high risk of complications if it turns out to be a full septum (basically half a womb) - hoping my consultant may be able to bump me up the waiting list a bit as the surgery is now treating an issue rather than the previous reason of being just having a nosey at things

Nurse oh I really do hope this is all resolved soon & you get the answers you need to start moving forward with ttc.

mysterious In hindsight, I think after I get a positive ovulation result, af usually arrives 16/17 days later. I rarely get positives though. Do you think my blood test result could be misleading now? I had them done on day 22 & it was in line with ovulation.

Oh nurse how frustrating, hope you get boomfed up the list a bit now there is a problem.
Hmmm village I'm not sure. How many days past the blood test ovulation are you? I'm rubbish at keeping track so sorry if you've said it repeatedly already.

Village your blood tests won't be misleading. That's the only thing that isn't incorrect or misleads to be honest

As suspected, this pregnancy is a non-starter. Hcg levels ridiculously low for my dates and although no pain or bleeding, it's only a matter of time. I feel okay, I think I knew it pretty much straight away because my lines weren't ever particularly strong.

I hope everyone else is okay - stepping off for a few weeks to rejig. Best wishes to you all -

cwtchy sending lots of love and hugs to you! If you need anything, to talk or rant mind we are all here for you 💜

So sorry to read this cwtchy