PCO: Will I have trouble getting pregnant?

[PrettyPolly92]

Hello everyone! 🌸

Thinking of making a GP appt but thought I would turn here first 🤣

I have previously been told I have Polycystic ovaries, but not definitely PCOS. I’m a normal weight, I get regular periods, and I get an LH surge every month around CD15. Maybe tmi but I am also very hairy 🥴 (been told this is a symptom of PCOS)

Does anyone have any light to share on whether my PCO can still cause problems even when everything else seems to be ok?

Has anyone else got PCO and a lovely success story to share?

Xx

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I have polycystic ovaries, and a diagnosis of PCOS, and while it took us well over a year to conceive, I’m currently listening to my four month old wriggling in his cot, thinking about waking up. I had very irregular periods and ovulated infrequently. We were on the verge of starting fertility treatment by way of letrozole, and I did the test as a ‘just in case’ the day before our appointment.
I swear that going low carb did it in the end for me. I cut down on carbs I think around the November/December time and had nigh on cut them down to nothing by middle of January and we got our BFP at the beginning of March, so only a couple of months but I’d lost a good chunk of weight (not that I was super overweight before but I could definitely lose a few pounds! Was in a 12 at 5’8, went down to a 10) plus I upped my exercise levels. I had always ridden horses everyday but I started jumping on an exercise bike here and there too, and was swimming a couple of times a week.
Have faith. With regular periods and LH surges every month, it certainly doesn’t look worrying!

If you are having regular periods, then chances are you are probably ovulating. The only thing to bear in mind is that OPKs are not always accurate with PCO/S. You could also ask the GP for a blood test to check (usually done a week after ovulation, if i remember rightly?). I wasn't ovulating and conceived DD1 (currently 8.5months old) using metformin (started 1yr before DD conception) and letrozole (3 cycles) but it was very obvious i wasn't ovulating because i had about 2 periods a year. As pp has said, low carb diets are good for PCO/S as it can impact insulin levels in a similar way to diabetes. There's an american lady i follow on Insta called Kym Campbell who posts PCOS friendly recipes and diets.

Like others I'd say if you are ovulating frequently it's not really a problem

It's really too hard to say. I have PCOS, have had multiple painful cysts, but get pregnant first month of trying. This has only been since my periods became regular though, I didn't TTC back when I would miss periods for months at a time.