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TTC with PCOS come here for a handhold...

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Frazzlerock · 17/07/2018 13:07

Seeing as there are no recent threads, I thought I'd start one.

A bit about me:

I have two DC which were tricky to conceive but, luckily, got there in the end with no major medical involvement. Just an HSG test and a few scans.
Fast forward to two years ago and, after meeting a new partner, we fell pregnant by surprise - astonishing given my difficulties previously.
We sadly lost our precious little 9 weeker in what turned out to be a shit show of a year for us as a family (mumps, shingles, holiday cancellations, gig cancellations, moving house struggles ad infinitum...)
Only a couple of months later we amazingly fell pregnant with our second baby (together, I obviously still have two older DC from previous marriage). After two weeks of just knowing I was pregnant I did a test and was overjoyed to see those two pink lines.
Only five hours later I began bleeding.

Just another test for our shit year.

The past two years have been hell due to DP not wanting to try again. I went into very deep depression which I was trying to just accept and get used to. Until my birthday in June this year when DP surprised me to say he wanted to TTC again.
I'm a new woman. I am myself again and feel like I am on cloud nine, with the odd bit of apprehension around DP changing his mind again and sending me into the depths of hell once again.
But I am taking every day as it comes and keeping hope and faith that it will all be okay. I cannot go back to that hell again.

Since I have got older my cycles have regulated which will, hopefully, mean that I am ovulating regularly. When I was TTC the DC 9/13 years ago) I barely had any periods whatsoever. The fact that we conceived our nine weeker and our second little bean so easily gives me hope that it won't take as long as before. Though the mumps we both suffered concerns me as that can effect fertility in men... We got mumps after our second loss so we don't know if fertility has been sabotaged. I am trying to remain positive that it hasn't.

This is now our second cycle of TTC. I am on CD6 and doing fertility yoga at home along with taking food grown supplements and baby aspirin. I'm considering acupuncture too.

Over to you..... Smile

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Frazzlerock · 18/07/2018 09:07

Well this is awkward 😂

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Tigresswoods · 18/07/2018 09:09

#awkward

Good luck in your PCOS adventure. I've got it plus 1 DS who is 8.

Hope things are better from here for you. X

Chooklass · 18/07/2018 09:34

I'm in same boat! This thread is fairly active and might be of use?:

Thread 6 PCOS support www.mumsnet.com/Talk/infertility/3107580-thread-6-pcos-support

Chooklass · 18/07/2018 09:35

I'm intrigued by 'fertility yoga'! Off to google it x

zzzzz · 18/07/2018 09:39

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Frazzlerock · 18/07/2018 10:01

Ah hello! Grin

@Tigresswoods thank you!

@Choolass Ah, thank you I will check that out - I wonder why that didn't pop up on my search Hmm For fertility yoga I use the YogaGlo app. It's pretty good! I've made our future baby's room into a 'Zen room' which is where I have set up all my yoga stuff. I just go in, shut the door and turn on the iPad. There are lots of yoga sessions on the app, including various sessions dedicated to whatever part of your cycle you are on. I'm on the free trial right now, but it is $18 per month after (not sure why in dollars but hey ho!) I can't fault it, yet. Though I am going to go to a real life session on Thursday night to check my posture.

@zzzzz yes I am on Metformin, have been for years. It helps with symptoms of PCOS (not the shitty hairyness though sadly), it can help ward off diabetes (something I'm told is higher risk with PCOS), and also helps to regulate cycles.

I've ordered Inositol which is supposed to be a bit of a wonder supplement for PCOS. Actually, that reminds me, I ordered it AGES ago and still not received it....

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stellarfox · 18/07/2018 18:38

Good luck! I think I might have PCOS so glad to hear that you have had some success (as well as difficulties)! Fingers crossed for you. More regular cycles means more opportunities so that's great

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