PCOS, Hypothyroidism, Irregular Cycles and TTC

[holmon]

I have PCOS, Hypothyroidism and irregular cycles of around 50-55 days. Me and my husband have been trying to conceive for over 4 years now. I'm currently 13 DPO and on cycle day 45. I had brown discharge spotting yesterday and today but nothing further. Pregnancy test is negative. Does anyone have experience of falling pregnant with irregular periods and what happens when during the cycle? I'm hoping for a positive result but I'm totally lost off with everything.

I have PCOS and irregular cycles too but normal thyroid. I just started TTC but not expecting much success as I don't think I have been ovulating at all. My GP said she would refer me to the fertility clinic to get clomid after 6 months of trying.

When you say you're 13 DPO, are you tracking BBT and cervical mucus or using ovulation strips (which can be inaccurate in PCOS)? I read in the Period Repair Manual that cycles over 35 days are unlikely to be ovulatory cycles - I'd recommend it if you haven't read it as it's quite a useful book to understand what actually happens to the different levels of the hormones and what is going wrong.

I was diagnosed with PCOS. I had ICSI and that failed just leaving IVF.

I didn't do IVF. I now have a 23 and 18 year old sons. I recommend Verity. I've not followed for decades but managed to restore normal cycles and fertility through diet. To begin with I thought they were deluded and a little bit mad but went with it.

Sounds crazy but you can control your insulin through diet as you can through drugs. Insulin is a hormone that can really screw with reproductive hormones. Getting insulin under control can allow reproductive hormones to operate.

Changing your diet to low carb if you haven't been diagnosed diabetic can be challenging but is largely free and there is nothing to lose.