PCOS/Ovulation

[HollyBrwn]

Hi,

Sorry for the long post ahead ..

Myself and my husband have been attending the fertility clinic and back in April we were told I don't ovulate properly if at all.
They told me there is medication (Letrozole) but I can't be offered it at the moment because my BMI is not below 30.

They told us to call back when I get my BMI down to 31 and they will start the referral again, you only have a year to do this.
Although my BMI is 34/33 I am a very healthy and active person, I am however only 5.2 so my height doesn't help.
I did loose over a stone before our holiday in August and ever since coming home I just can't seem to get back into it.
I go to the gym 3/4 times a week so staying active isn't really my issue.

We have looked into going private with GCRM and they go with a BMI of 40 which is so frustrating that NHS don't :(
Also GCRM is definitely on the expensive side.

Having PCOS definitely doesn't help the weight situation.

I was just wondering if anyone has been in a similar situation?
We kind of feel we were just told for me to loose weight and come back them.
We've just been left hanging :(

The only thing I've found that helps with weight is cutting right back on refined sugars and carbs alongside an anti-inflammation diet. I still eat some unrefined carbs like wholemeal wraps or pitta and seeded bread, but alongside protein. I eat quinoa instead of rice as it's much higher in protein. I might have new potatoes or a very limited amount of pasta once a week or at the very end of a cycle. My bmi has gone from about 39 to 37 in about 3 months, but I've dropped about 14lbs / 4% of bodyfat which can be better to track.

I'm avoiding intense cardio as the last time I did couch to 5k my cycles stopped completely, even though I lost a fair bit. I would go for the weight loss, because it's probably the one thing you can actually control and it can help regulate your hormones and cycles, plus any further interventions are more likely to be successful so regardless of where you go you could be doing that anyway. I do know how difficult it can be and it is crap to be told you are too overweight when that isn't exactly the underlying issue or it's a symptom in itself.