PCOS support thread

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Welcome to our fourth PCOS support thread. We are a welcoming bunch, all trying to conceive with PCOS, or suspected PCOS.

Here are the links to our old threads:
When To Expect Period - Provera
PCOS, Periods (or lack of!) and a lovely bunch of ladies
PCOS, Periods, Provera, Pals. Plus All The Bits In Between.

I'm really tearful today I need to snap out of it ffs I've made a minor mistake in work and I just feel like walking out.

Aw fluffy hang in there. Its Friday just keep thinking that. Are your hormones a bit all over the shop at the moment? How are you feeling other than this? x

I've been fine summer but today I'm just having a meltdown quietly in the corner. I should be grateful to be pregnant I know I shouldn't feel like this

Its very up and down. I am not for one minute taking anything away from the joy of getting a BFP but I think that when ttc with PCOS the BFP is always the end goal, and when you get it you then think 'sh*t, theres a whole new WORLD of worries and panics to think of now'.

Boggle and I have had a similar chat on these feelings. Remember to breathe and give yourself a bit of slack. Its hard though because people around you dont know and I had the same worry the other day as I was in dragon mode and I got upset to DH because I thought that people who didnt know i was pg would just think I was a bitch.

Hopefully it'll pass. Have you got plenty of supplies? (tissues, chocolate, biscuits, tea etc?) x

ok I've had a meltdown and had to be sent home the shame

I'm so sorry Fluffy, hope you are feeling a bit better now x

So sorry to hear you are having a rough time Fluffy. Don't worry about work, I've learnt that you have to put yourself first. Just spend a couple of days looking after you xx

Does everyone know that you're pregnant in work yet fluffy xx xx

my manager knows and 2 girls from work. I've had a crap few weeks and the team is driving me mental

Hi ladies, I need some help... so I've started my norethisterone today and then I started spotting pretty much straight after. Should I carry on taking them? I'm not sure if AF is arriving or if the tablets are making me spot?

Hi Slady. The same thing happened to me with brown spotting, it was the very beginnings of AF for me. I'd taken 2 pills at that stage - rang the doc and she said to carry on taking them, but then it became fully red not brown and she said just to stop and then my period started naturally.

Thank you changing that's exactly the same as me id taken two pills then started spotting an hour or so after. I did think AF was due but when it didn't start this morning I got impatient and took the norethisterone as I've been waiting for it all week. I haven't had any more spotting for a while so I think I will carry on taking them like your doc said and see what happens tomorrow. Thank you for your help!

Sorry I've been a bit absent
Feeling quite low at the moment
Baby's popping up everywhere except for here.
Oh has low count from his sa and has got to go for bloods, my 21 day bloods were due yesterday but nhs systems crashed so couldn't have them done
I feel emotional and rubbish and spending the weekend with my sil who is pregnant

I'm so sorry you are feeling low holly. Our time will all come but the waiting is so hard isn't it. That's so frustrating re the blood test, what are your next steps?

I'm going to get them done Monday - systems permitting and just note the day on the form
Yes it is really hard as no one knows what we're going through at the moment
I feel like crying

She's drinking wine

holly I can completely empathise as my SIL is also pregnant (and has complained a lot/ posted 1,000 X a day on Instagram/FB about pregnancy/new baby etc) it's really tough to be as excited for them as you feel you should be, but in their defence (although I have to force myself to feel this bit!!) they have no idea of the struggles we are going through! It can be a really lonely time/place when you have to try a little harder/ have more help than others, but that's what this thread is for! Everyone Is fab at offering support and empathy, so just let it all out :) (although I feel a bit of a fraud saying that as Im not an original nor a regular poster)! On the positive, you will get bloods taken on Monday, they will take into account the day of sampling and you will get some results in the next week or so! I got 3 days of high fertility readings On the clear blue ov tests this week and A PEAK!! Non blinky smiley face! And my BBT (so far) seems to correlate as does ewcm! So I'm now 1dpo and trying to tell myself each day 'this is going to be the month' 'I can get pregnant' 'I will get pregnant' but there's always that niggling negative nancy in the back of my head questioning 'what if you can't/don't etc'. P.s did you mean your prego SIL is drinking wine?!?!

BFN here this morning at 10DPO. Desperately trying to convince myself that it's too early! Three mature follies at my scan - how can we have frigging missed all of them?!!!!

Don't count yourself out just yet changing 10DPO is early. Leave it a few more days and test again.

Sorry fluffy and holly that you're both feeling down at the moment

I have been up all night with the worst stomach cramps and nausea!! I'm not sure if I've eaten something dodgy yesterday or whether it's the norethisterone. Either way I don't think I can take anymore today. I feel so ill!!!

Yes sil drinking wine, just the one glass and I think she saw me looking at it as she didn't finish it.
She doesn't know what's going on but still, I would never drink knowing I was pregnant
Each to their own I suppose.

Just thought I'd drop in and say hi, how is everyone doing?

Not much to report here. I'm on CD37, and I might test around CD45 if no AF but not hopeful. DP was in hospital for 5 days earlier this month and then felt pretty awful for another week so I don't think I actually had an opportunity to fall pregnant! He's finally all better now though.

I finally got the results of my glucose tolerance test and they show that I'm not processing insulin correctly so I start metformin on Thursday. I am really hoping that it makes some difference to us. We reach a year in about 6 weeks and I think that'll be quite painful for us.

fluffy sorry to hear you're having a rubbish time, are you feeling any better today? And you Holly?

Glad to hear your AF has made a sort of appearance SLady, are you still taking notheristerone?

I started spotting yesterday after finishing notheristerone on Friday, and need to take clomid on day 2, so is that the second day when there is red blood? Sorry to ask such a detailed question - I just want to make sure i do it right !!

Hey never that's good you have some answers re insulin. Hopefully it's really beneficial for you. Do you mind if I ask your BMI? Sorry to be rude!

Hi elly you need to take it on the second day of a proper full on bleed. Spotting doesn't count. AF didn't show, I think it must have been the norethisterone causing the little bit of spotting. I started to feel a bit better by about 11am so I'm cracking on and seeing how I get on today as I really want to start Clomid! I'm going to make sure I take them with food each time. Just having a down day, having to go through all this, why does it have to be so hard!

I.e. CD1 is your first day of a proper red bleed. Hope that makes sense elly

Afternoon guys,
Yeah am feeling a bit better today, still down and emotional but not on the verge of crying so I suppose that's good

Has anyone had their hba1c done? Xx