PCOS, Periods, Provera & Pals. Plus All The Bits In between.

[AmyC86]

Welcome to our third thread on PCOS. What we don't know isn't really worth knowing. We're a friendly bunch of women who have a few things in common. We all have either PCOS or unexplained infertility and we're all on a mission for a BFP!!!!

For new members, and old alike here are the links to our 1st and 2nd threads:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2481523-when-to-expect-period-provera

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2685865-pcos-periods-or-lack-of-and-a-lovely-bunch-of-ladies?pg=1&order=

Now without further ado, let's continue on our journey.......

AF is here. Will start round 9 of clomid at 100mg tomorrow. Look forward to the night sweats again!

Hi ladies, hope you all had a good Christmas. I decided to come away from MN and all the ttc thinking to have a break for Christmas, but now feeling ready to crack on in 2017 so just wanted to catch up on the thread and say hi.

I'm now up to full dose Metformin - which makes me nauseous, but I can live with it. Next step is to go see the consultant with all our results and forms etc to see what they say.
......speaking of which, DH is having his SA this morning as I write this! No time like the present I guess 

Thinking of everyone and hoping that this year is the one for us all xx

Welcome back summer.

Really ready to put 2016 behind me. 2017 has GOT to be my year.

Have a great NYE everyone. I cant wait to see the back of this year

I hear ya Fluffy!

Hi ladies, would you mind if I join you? A bit of background, I have been diagnosed with PCOS from scans, bloods and the fact that I never have periods. We've been trying for a year now with no success and I've finally got a referral. I've been given something to start my period as I've not had one since I came off the pill, but ironically I had a natural cycle the day I was meant to start taking them!
I've also packed on two stone and got really spotty since coming off the pill, so I need to lose half a stone before my appointment at the end of Jan and then they will give me Clomid.
I'm trying to be realistic and my aim is to be pregnant this time next year, even if it is only 6 weeks pregnant!
It's been interesting reading all your stories and fingers crossed for a positive 2017 for us all

Welcome changing, you are more than welcome. Sounds like you've got the ball rolling with your referral and appointment in January. The weight loss will make a lot of difference but if clomid doesn't work first go, you can ask for metformin to help as it may be you're insulin resistant (like me).
This thread has a wealth of knowledge and support and has got me through some pretty dark days.

Thanks Boggle,
I actually TTCed with my ex 6 years ago for over 2 years, and during that I was on 2000mg of Metformin for a year and it did absolutely nothing for me (other than constant stomach upsets.) And my BMI was 23 then so unfortunately I don't think it does anything for me. Does it help you become more regular?

Metformin got the clomid to actually work. I had 3 rounds of clomid on its own and it did nothing. Then was prescribed metformin and now that it has built up in my system, I'm now responding to it. Or in the case of my last cycle, over responding so I'm dropping the dose of clomid for the next two rounds. Metformin also helped me lose weight. My bmi is now 25 but still need to lose a bit more.

Hi boggle. What dose of metformin are you on? I'm now up to 3 times a day but it can make me really queasy especially in the mornings.
I'm not sure if I should soldier on or if this means the dose is too high?

Hi changing too. I'm in a similar boat although I'm now on metformin. Got a consultation on 3rd Jan and hopefully will be given clomid, so looking forward to trying something new.

Boggle is right though this thread not only gives you info so you know what to expect, it is a huge source of comfort and support on those harder days. Xx

I can manage 1000mg of metformin without too much issue.

I really want a drink tonight im on my 3rd day of clomid should i risk it?

I am having a drink tonight and will be starting dry January tomorrow. Starting clomid tonight.

Happy new year my lovely ladies. Thank you for your support over the last year and going forward. Here's to all the BFPs this fucking year!!!!

Happy new year to everyone. Though I'm struggling a bit today as it seems like everyone around me is having babies at the moment. Not helped by finding out that my husbands ex is now heavily pregnant with her partner. Not sure why it has hit me so badly, but she was such a horrible person and cheated on him repeatedly but still got pregnant at the drop of a hat (totally unconnected and nonsensical I know!!)

I got hit with baby news at Christmas too. It just sucks. I could really do with some positives for the start of this year.

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a lovely time no matter what you got up to, we had a take out and almost went to bed before midnight!

Still no signs of AF, had sort of pulling cramps just under a week, and some sharper one-sided ones yesterday but tested yesterday and still BFN, so I'm just going to have to wait it out and see what my body is up to this time.

Happy New Year everyone. The thread has been a little quiet the last few days - hope everyone is well?

:)

HNY summer, nothing really to report here. Cd6, AF has gone and I have one last set of clomid tablets to take tonight before my scan next Wednesday morning.

My best friend gave me a lovely card and necklace for Christmas. The card had a drawing of some pants saying underneath - positive pants. The necklace was a charm with dotty pants on. So I'm quite literally wearing my positive pants for this cycle. Just hope we get some positive news this time.

Hi Boggle, I love the concept of wearing your positive pants - what a sweet thought from your friend :)

We had a consultation yesterday with a private fertility specialist gynae (we decided to take the plunge and pay to get some tests done to see where we stood).

The results were that although I have PCOS my ovary reserve was really high......so loads of eggs waiting to hatch but the buggers just dont get far enough along to pop out! His advice was to continue on just Metformin for another 2 months as that may be enough to kick start ovulation, then after that he would suggest either clomid or a lap&dye procedure.

Worse news though, hubby's SA came back with all good results, but with a note from the lab saying there were antibodies present. The consultant didnt seem worried by this - in fact he thought the results concluded as normal, the only thing he said was that IF we had to go down the road of IVF we would need ICSI rather than IUI because of antibodies. At the time we just nodded and carried on thinking it was just a note, but when I got home and googled it like mad had a quick look up, there are lots of issues with male fertility due to antibodies.

Maybe I'm just a worrier, but what was supposed to make me feel so much more assured has now left me thinking there might be something else going on. I wish I had asked more about that part at the time, rather than thinking it was my problem and just concentrating on PCOS meds.

I was half wondering whether to call the clinic and explain my worries - but then on the other hand surely the consultant (he was also the head guy) would have made more of it if it was more of an issue??

My heads going round and round! :(

Hi Summer, pleased you got some more information. I wouldn't worry about DHs sperm. Let's get you ovulating first. It may not even be an issue and ICSI is just a helping hand rather than leaving the egg and sperm to try and date in the same dish like tradish IVF.

Summer im the same lots of eggs but my hormones wont release them! Apparently if thats the only issue its very treatable

Thanks guys. Fluffy really? What treatments have you been recommended for it?

Am now home with a cuppa and some chocolate with a weepy film. Sometimes you just need a cry but crying at something that isn't your own infertility can be a nice change!

Clomid tends to be the first option for pcos summer, then injectables and then IVF. You can also have ovarian diathermy.

I don't think you need to worry at the minute summer, once you're ovulating, you may not even need to worry at all about your DHs sperm. I'm sure it'll be fine.