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04/25/08 After years of infertility because of PCOS & Overweight, I am now posting a Success Story to this forum that gave me hope on my LONG JOURNEY... My husband and I have a miracle baby who is now 6 years old, he was concieved naturally and was born a healthy 9lb 2 oz. 22 inches long. via C-Section. After a couple of years I started to crave another baby and wanted to keep them close together but by then I have gained ALOT of weight I was only 135lb before the pregnancy with my son but after the pregnancy the pounds just piled up I went all the way up to 232lbs. After years of trying to do this on my own I finally got referred to a fertily doctor he immediately diagnosed me w/PCOS. He started me on Metformin x3 a day and clomid 50mg no success, 100mg Ovulated but no success, another 100mg ovulated again w/2 good follies and a HCG trigger shot no success I didn't understand why I had 2 great follies and nothing! The fertility doc. said next step IVF... I said NO WAY!!! We will try to do this alot of prayers, naturally, or w/the help of clomid. So I gave it a break for a little while but stayed on metformin so 6 mo. after all that chaos and losing only 10l bs I was due for yearly pap and told the doctor I wanted to try Clomid again just 1 try for the fun of it and he prescribed my provera to bring on my af w/100mg of Clomid and LOW AND BEHOLD WE ARE FINALLY PG w/BABY #2. I want to give this hope to all of you out there ttc I no it's hard and sometimes unfair but there is ALWAYS HOPE AND PRAYERS...BABY DUST TO YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS! A Very Happy Mommy! 4/13/08 Although I literally have no story here with clomid, as mine is just beginning, I loved your website and still wanted to contribute. I have had a nagging feeling since childhood about not being able to get pregnant. As I became a sexually active adult, my fears were turned into reality. My husband and I have been trying almost non stop for over two years even though I have been diagnosed with PCOS. They say some PCOS patients can become pregnant on their own, so we didn't rule it out. Two months ago started our infertility treatments. My doctor who specializes in fertility and PCOS put me on Metformin-1500 a day and so far that has resulted in daily nausea (which is slowly decreasing) and terrifying, vivid nightmares every single time I sleep. Doesn't sound like the worst thing in the world, but these nightmares have become so violent and scary that it sometimes takes me a few hours to get over them in the morning! I will keep taking Metformin, and just this week started on Clomid-50 a day for cycle days 5 through 9. I am on my third pill and I feel very lucky because so far not a single side effect. I have been a crazy woman, reading everything and anything on the net that will give me some hope of concieving with this drug. I so badly want to wake up pregnant one day, and while I would prefer to do this naturally without any pills or annoying side effects, this is my reality. I know that I am meant to be a mother... I have worked with children nearly my whole life and can't wait to feel the love between a mother and a child... knowing this will be different from any love ever felt before! I also want to be realistic, knowing this could take weeks, months, years, or possbily never. A positive attitude and mindset however can greatly help so I try to remember that as well. I can't wait to be a mother! Marcie November 30, 2005 Miracle Story I was diagnosed with PCOS 5 years ago from an Ob/Gyn who knew nothing about PCOS, who in turn sent me to a fertility specialist to get help. I was not trying to conceive at the time, until you find out you might not be able to at all. When I got there she explained the many things that many doctors could not. The irregular periods, weight gain, acne, hair growth. She told me to loose weight, and my periods should come back to a normal 28 day routine. I was given the aktins diet to follow and sent home. I went through the worst case of depression. I didn't want to be around babies or anyone who had one. It seemed no matter what I did or where I went there seemed to be a flock of pregnant mothers, and babies. We tried for two years before deciding to get married first. The wedding took alot of pressure off of me trying to conceive. While at work one day I got on a topic with a co-worker we found we both had PCOS and she told me about a doctor she was going to. I decided I had nothing to loose and I went she explained to me, that it would not be easy to get pregnant and it might be stressful. I was in it for the long haul. I read the book "Living with PCOS" which gave me great confidence. I went through all the horrible tests. I was given my first dose of Clomid 50mg in Sept 02, I found out I was pregnant Oct 02. My HCG numbers were low for a normal pregnancy and I was told I could have an eptopic pregnancy due to the PCOS. I went for my first us and found I was not having an eptopic pregnancy but a TWIN pregnancy. My boys were born 8 weeks early weighing in at 5 lbs each. They are now 2 1/2 years old, and doing great. We are now trying for our 3 baby. I hear the second pregnancy is easier then the first. I can report though I have lost 60 lbs in 9 months preparing for this pregnancy, just by changing diet and doing excercise. Your website is an inspiration for many people, and it has sometimes been a godsend for someone who just needs to have someone who understands..
We tried for over a year, I was on clomid (cd5-9) at 50, 100, & 150...NOTHING! Then my endocrine doctor put me on Glucophage (this is a drug for diabetics, which I am not). Some how, this drug is shown to help women with polycystic ovarian syndrome to ovulate! I was never actually diagnosed with this syndrome (done by U/S or LAP), but just according to my symptoms, the doctor tried it. I was to take 500mg of Glucophage XR (sustained release)once a day until pregnant. I took it for two days and ovulated! (just used OTC ovulation tests). We got pg, but it turned out to be tubal-YIKES! Thankfully (sort of) they were able to induce a miscarriage so that I had no rupture or further complications. Once we were allowed to try again, we did clomid and glucophage, but it didn't seem to be working. Then I saw my endo again. He doubled the dose, and 2 days and BAM! (this was a good 2 weeks or so after the clomid, so I don't really think the clomid mattered, it was all about the Gluc!). I was pg, had my baby- 10 wks early!! (as if all the trying wasn't enough!). My son is about to be 14 months old and he is perfectly healthy! We are now trying again. I was at my OB today. She said, well if you're taking the Gluc, you don't need to take the clomid! (cool, cuz Gluc doesn't have hot flashes!) You just have to be careful about your sugar counts -be sure you get this from a doctor who checks your levels and gives you a list of all the signs of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), as this could be a very SERIOUS health risk. If everything checks out, this is actually a very 'easy' drug to take-at least, it was for me. Best of luck to everyone-I hope I helped! Sherri Hi...
Hi! My name is Carla and I am 26 years old.
I was just diagnosed with PCOS and I also am TTC with #3. I just finished my first round of clomid 50mg and am waiting to do the progesterone test on the 14th of April. My question to you is the use of glucophage while TTC. From what I read, glucophage isn't suppose to be used while you are pregnant. W ould this have any effects on a fetus? If this is something that is safe then how do I go about discussing this with my physician about wanting to get on the glucophage in the event this month's clomid is not successful? ..I went to see a reproductive endocrinologist about my PCOS, insulin resistance, and TTC. She told me that in alot of cases when all 3 are involved, just being on the glucophage can straighten out the increased insulin levels just enough to ovulate and even conceive. She also said that with the glucophage, you can be on it the first trimester and it might even help the pregnancy but in the US it isn't yet approved to be on 2nd and 3rd trimester. (HOWEVER...In Europe, they do) So I am just now on my 2nd month of glucophage 1500mg and my progesterone level was 0.2 this month. I was going to wait to see if the glucophage would fix things but I'm too anxious so I will ask to be started on the clomid with this next month. Hope this info helps. Belinda I have been reading this board - fantastic information!!!
I started on 50 mg of Clomid in July. I had went with/o a cycle for two years. I'm on a 5-9 days cycle also of Clomid. I've had the hot flashes, the cramping, some weight gain. And now this month I'm having the exessive bleeding. Changing every hour. Which I agree with somebody else that's worse than hot flashes. I have Adneomysis, Endometriosis, and PCOS. Me and my dh have been TTC for 3 yrs now. I start my third month of clomid on Thursday (9/11/03). What a day to start huh?! Please keep me in your prayers. I'll keep you posted. And by the way when I first started taking Clomid I had the moderate ovarian pain also, associated to ovulation. I take 1000mg of Metformin/Glucaphage & the 50 mg clomid. Maybe it'll work the dr. said hopefully when I go back at the end of October maybe I'll be pg. Love ya'll. Keep trying!!!!! Don't give up. Allison Hi! I thought you might be able to use my experience on your site. =) I have pcos, and don't normally o on my own. My doctor started me on clomid, 50mg, cds 3 - 7. I had one good follicle that time, and o'd on cd15. I had no side effects - NONE! I even got pregnant! I was so happy. But then I lost the baby. I had to wait a month and then my doctor said he wanted to up my dose to raise my progesterone. So this time we went with 200mg. A big jump, I was a little scared at first. But it was ok. My only side effect was headaches, and even then they weren't that bad. I could handle these. I had two follicles this time, and had the hcg shot. I o'd again on cd15, but did not get pregnant. Now I am once again on 200mg. I just took my first four pills today. I think that probably, once again, I will have the headaches, but that's probably about it. Hopefully, this will be our lucky month, and we wont have to ttc for another year or so!!! Crystal TTC #2, 3rd round of clomid, 2nd on 200 mg My name is Bridgette, I am 28 years old and I have (PCOS) and have suffered for years with chronic bleeding and pain, and the whole nine yards, but most of all I have never been able to become pregnent, when I was 18 I got pregnent but it eneded in miscarage, for 10 years now my husband and I have been trying to have a baby while I'm in and out of the hospital due to blood loss, back In May 2003 I found a good Dr and he done a Laproscope and found that my Tubes were completley blocked, I went on a diet and Lost now 51 pounds, and I have done alot of praying I belive in prayer and the power of God, last week I went and had a HSG, and my tubes were open wide, and sence I have done a ovulation test everyday they were all negetive until today it was posotive, I am taking glucophage 500 mg once a day for two weeks now, this is the first positive sign I have had in 10 years, and I am so very thankful, when I lost the 51 pounds it helped the pcos along with the gluophage. my bleeding stoped and the pain is not as bad, and I am ovulating!! Praise GOD!!!!!! This web site has been so educating to me and encourging. I hope I will have a posotive preg test soon, Thanks Bridgette Wow. I really can't believe that I'm finally able to post this story. I have been coming here as long as I've been ttcing and this site has been nothing but a wonderful source of information and support. I only hope that my story will help to give others hope. I started ttcing in Sept. 2000. My OB/GYN sent me for an hsg and it was found that my left tube was blocked. She didn't do anything about it at the time, since, according to her I still had 1 healthy tube and that's all it takes. She then put me on Clomid, unmonitored, for 3 cycles. I did not ovulate at all. I was then referred to a fertility specialist, who is also an gynecologist, not an RE. I had my first appointment with him in October, 2001. He put me on metformin and told me to call him when AF arrived. Before that could happen, I lost my job which meant I had no benefits and could not afford to see him until I was working again. I found a great job in November 2002 and made an appointment to get things started again in February, 2003. In the meantime, I was getting AF more regularly and could tell that for the first time ever, I was ovulating. I had also lost about 25lbs, thanks to low carbing combined with the metformin. At my appointment in February, my dr. ordered that we have a few tests done. DH did all his bloodwork and everything came back fine. I had to have a procedure to clear my tube, which was successful. I then had a sonohystogram (blow up your uterus with water and then do an ultrasound), which showed a number of medium sized polyps in my uterus. In order for me to hold a pregnancy, I had to get those removed. So in May 2003, I had the surgery to remove the polyps. We were finally ready to go!!! In July, I started clomid again. I finally ovulated, but didn't get pregnant. We tried 3 cycles. On the third cycle, I didn't even ovulate, so my dr. decided to move us on to injectibles with 2 IUIs. My first cycle was trial and error and produced 2 follicles, but didn't conceive. My second cycle I only produced one follicle and again, didn't conceive. I took a break over the Christmas holidays, since the office was closed and picked up again in January. The third time was a charm. I produced 9 follicles and ovulated 5 of them. Everything seemed to be perfect. I went in 2 weeks later for my b/t, which I was sure would be negative, since that's all I'd ever known. I got the call from the dr's office a few hours later that it was positive!!! I was in pure shock (and still am). My beta @ 14dpo was 70. At 16dpo it was 143. My first u/s is on March 3. I did not chart my temps or do anything ttc related during the 2ww. I did start yoga and actually felt very calm during most of the 2ww. By posting my story here, I hope I can help at least one person get through the miserable times that the ttc can bring. I look back on my journey and cannot believe that I had the inner strength and drive to get to where I am. All of the disappointment and jealousy. The negative tests and the false pg symptoms. Sometimes, our mind plays evil tricks on us. Up until this point, my life had been very easy. I come from a comfortable family, and was fortunate enough to always get everything that I needed. This was the first time that I did not have control over my destiny and I made it through. So, if I can, you can too. Good luck to all, and remember, if I can do it, so can you!!!! Big hugs, Bonni Monday, 2 August 2004, at 12:22 PM I can give you hope (long)... Hi! I posted on this site about 2 months ago. I said that after stopping BCP after 10 yrs of taking them, my cycles were still long, irregular, and anovulatory for the last 1 1/2 yrs since. My periods had to be induced with Provera each time. My family doctor (not an ob/gyn or re), decided not to induce my period with Provera after it was anovulatory, once again, although the Metformin was increased to 1500mg and I was on my first round of Clomid 50mg. He said just to start round 2 using the combo. The truth is that I have never ovulated in my life. This was a tough struggle for us. I say "was" because with this breakthrough technology my doctor suggested, I was able to ovulate for the first time this month AND get my BFP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so excited that I ovulated that pregnancy didn't enter my mind until my temps stayed in the 98's for 15 days. I decided to give it a shot and did 5 different HPT's and 2 CBE Digital tests. They were all positive and the digitals said PREGNANT on both of them!!! I'm going for blood work today to confirm what I already know. The symptoms I had were bloating, tender breasts, pulling/stretching uterus, and increased appetite. I still have the pulling/stretching uterus and VERY tender breasts. So, you might like to ask your doctor about what my doctor did if you have long, irregular, anovulatory cycles. If I got pregnant the first time I ovulated in my life, I know you can too. I'm wishing everyone a lot of baby dust. Thank you for reading my story. Posted By: Lea +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Hi, My husband and I had tried for 8 years to get pregnant. I went to fertility doctors, and tried Clomid, temp charting, and everything else in the book. About year 7 we decided it just wasn't going to happen for us, so we started the adoption process of an 11 year old. In December of 2002 the adoption was final. In March of 2003, I had a cyst on my ovary and went to the hospital, the ER doctor sent me to a GYN for follow up. At the GYN, to treat the POCS, he was going to put me on Birth Control pills. I told him briefly my husband and my history, and our desire to have a child. He said that he had a treatment for POCS with a 90% pregnancy rate. I was skeptical at best, but I agreed to try the Metaformin that he was recommending. I began taking the medicine in the middle of March. I began my cycle on the 11th of April. I skipped my cycle in May, which was not unusual for me, and then I skipped June as well. I began to get concerned. I had some of the pregnancy symptoms, but I had been trying for 8 years, so I did not believe it. I took a hpt on June 10th 2003, and it had two bold lines. I couldn't believe my eyes, I was PREGNANT! I didn't believe it until I heard his little heart beat around week 10. I had one of the smoothest pregnancies you can have, and on January 8th, 2004 at 11:13pm I had Landon Parker. He was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. I always tell people God blessed us twice, once with the 11 year old, and twice with Landon. I feel like a complete woman now, and would like to spread the word about Metaformin. I have done extensive studying on it since it worked for me, and found it really does have a fantastic success rate for women that have POCS. Good Luck and God Bless. Janis +++++++++++++++ 11/16/05 I thought I would always be the one reading the success stories and here I am posting mine after two years of trying. Eight years of having PCOS and the struggle of TTC. DH and I tried naturally for a long time and then I tried herbs and I didnt O but had a 29 day cycle. The first in forever. I then went on Metformin 500mg and 50mg Clomid and O'd but no BFP. Next month another 50mg of Clomid but 850mg of Metformin. No O and I was irritated. DH and I decided to take a break after the next cycle and have his SA done. During the last month he had an infection(Epidipiditis) possibly causing his soldiers to be dysfunctional. The month before the break I took 100 mg Clomid and 850 mg Met + Lecithin, Alfalfa,prenatal,baby asprin and during implatation I drank ORGANIC PINAPPLE JUICE. My temps stayed down and I didnt think I O'd and the FF gave me lines. My temp only went from 97.9 to 98.0, 98.1! Not a big jump at all. When I found out I o'd I told my DH that I dont care if we get PG this month just the fact that I o'd is a plus. CD10-Took a test a 5am immedietly saw a negative line, threw it in the garbage. Didnt wait the 3 minutes to see the final result. 8:30 am a voice promted me to look again and BAM a faint + line. I was shocked and overwhelmed, crying in disbelief! IT WAS MY DH BIRTHDAY! I posted on the message board about my BFP and someone mentioned an evap line. RAIN ON MY PARADE indeed. Answer PG support line called it a false positive since I read the results after 10 min. I cried all day after believing I was finally PG. Okay okay, symptoms: Hope this helps. This truly was a blessing for my dearest heavenly father. We are blessed in many ways. All my love, Christi Due: July 25, 2006 |
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