Pcos and risks

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Hello,

I could do with some success stories regarding pcos and successful pregnancies.

I’m terrified of a miscarriage as apparently I’m higher risk. ☹️😑 This is also my first pregnancy and it’s taken me 3 years to conceive so naturally I am scared of anything going wrong.
I’m currently 5 weeks

Thanks in advance for any support 😊

Congratulations!!

I have PCOS and I'm 21w pregnant with my second. I know it can be harder to conceive but from what I've heard there is no increased risk of miscarriage? Did your doctor say that?

My cousin also has PCOS and two healthy children, no problems with them either.

Good luck xxx

I have PCOS and had DS last year at 35.

I conceived naturally and quickly and had a very straight forward pregnancy with no issues or complications.

I asked my GP at the time about increased risks and he informed me that the biggest hurdle for women with PCOS is actually conceiving! Once you've managed to get pregnant, you're risks aren't really any higher then anyone else's.

Congratulations!

Sorry about the typos 🙈

I have PCOS and had a good pregnancy, not extra monitoring other than a gestational diabetes check and delivered at 39+3. Good luck 🤞🏻

Congratulations. I have PCOS. Took us awhile to concieve with now 5 yo, and we needed help (clomid) with now 15 mo old twins but pregnancies were all straighforward

I was diagnosed with PCOS while TTC the first time - ended up needing Clomid but got pregnant on the second cycle with that and DS1 is now 4.5. DS2 was conceived spontaneously. Both pregnancies uncomplicated and had vaginal deliveries - though both babies were huge! You will probably need the glucose tolerance test, as PCOS puts you at increased risk for gestational diabetes, especially if you are also overweight, but apart from that it didn't really affect my pregnancies. There is a slightly increased miscarriage risk, but there are many many women who have successful pregnancies with PCOS so please try not to stress about what you can't change!

I have PCOS and currently 29 weeks with my second, both conceived naturally and both fairly quickly. I cut out sugar when I was TTC which seemed to help.

You'll likely have a gestational diabetes test as we are at slightly higher risk for that but I was told by my midwife that the biggest hurdle is conceiving.

Congratulations!

Congratulations on your pregnancy! I have pcos and am 27weeks pregnant (conceived with letrozole & metformin). I can really sympathise with how you are feeling. I felt incredibly anxious during the first 12 weeks - in fact, i dont think i really realised how anxious i was until i look back now. I sat in absolute floods of tears at the booking appointment and just felt so overwhelmed at the prospect of a miscarriage and having to go through the whole process again.

Obviously i cant say that nothing will go wrong. But, i can say that i am overweight (first lockdown didnt help with trying to get in a better shape) and have high blood pressure, which puts me into higher risk for pre-eclampsia and gestational diabetes. On GD, i had my glucose tolerance screening last week which came back normal. On my blood pressure, i have been prescribed low dose asprin to take every day and my blood pressure is coming down. I've had extra scans to check the baby's growth, plus generally a really supportive midwife team.

Please do share your concerns with your midwife at your booking appt. Our trust has a specialist mental health midwife who I was offered a discussion with (although once we got past 12 weeks, i didnt really feel like i needed this) and sharing my worries with my husband helped a lot. The 12 week scan lifted so many of my concerns. We still didnt dare buy anything until after the 20 week scan, but just taking it each week at a time helped us get through our worries.

Wishing you a healthy pregnancy!

Hey, I’ve got pcos and contrary to what a lot of doctors say, there is an increased risk of miscarriage with pcos. But not a lot of research has gone into it.

It’s even listed on the nhs website as a reason for miscarriage:

www.nhs.uk/conditions/miscarriage/causes/

It’s due to hormone issues (aren’t we lucky!) but you can control these with treatment. Are you on any treatment at all? I take metformin and myo inositol which regulate my blood sugar and help me ovulate and regulate my cycles. The regulated blood sugar helps to regulate my hormones.

I got pregnant really easily when I started taking these. I did miscarry my first pregnancy at 9 weeks last year and then had a chemical, but I am now 13 weeks pregnant and had a normal dating scan last week! 😊 xxx

There's very little evidence to say that it does cause an increased chance of miscarriage.
The main thing is it makes it more of a struggle to conceive.
My best friend has pcos and she has 2 children. She did have a miscarriage between the 2 of them but that could happen anyway.
No different to I personally don't have pcos but have had 2 miscarriages.
My sister also has pcos and she has never had a miscarriage.

Hope that helps a little ❤️

Some studies show it has a slightly higher chance of miscarriage (but you are still far more likely not to miscarry) and some studies indicate it makes no difference. You can't change it anyway, so why worry? Everybody has to face the fact they may miscarry - does it matter much if your chances are 5%, 10% or 15%? You still have a great chance of a healthy baby.

I have PCOS, am 13 weeks along on my second preg, no troubles so far. Generally it can be that PCOS sufferers may struggle more to conceive, but once you've crossed that hurdle you're really just in the miscarriage lottery along with everyone else.

Yes agree with the other posters and a certainly don’t mean to scaremonger!

But doing what you can to help regulate your hormones is always a good step to take. And metformin has been shown to reduce miscarriage Rates in women with pcos xxx