PCOS and fertility

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I have the first, had my son before finding out that I had it. No surprise he's a "lonely only" but I cant do much to change it. After taking out the goalie for 5 years we gave up, had I known we would've tried sooner for more :-( Good luck to you, I wish you all the joys of parenthood one day. Today I'm feeling good and have my symptoms under control, I had a lot of pain with my issues, wishing the best for you!!

Did anyone catch the episode of extreme makeover weight loss edition, the woman on there has pcos and she improved her chances to have a baby over a years time. I don't suffer from this disease but if it was me she would inspire me. She already has. If you dont know what channel it comes on its on abc on sundays at 9 pm. good luck everyone

Cool what kind of PCOS did she have? IR or non IR ?
did she have non exsistant periods or non stop bleeds?

I have PCOS too. I have an 8 year old daughter but have been ttc again since 2007 with no luck. Have not taken extreme measures and hope the weight loss helps. Currently I am not on metformin or anything else to treat the PCOS. I can't use BC to control the symptoms either as I had a blood clot in 2006 and had to stop taking BC.

My husband and I have been TTC since May of 2008. I was diagnosed with PCOS in September 2008, but I am not insulin resistant. I do, however, take metformin and my fairly high dose (2000mg) is really helping melt the weight off, along with diet and exercise.

I feel the same way about the metformin...not sure if it's helping...I sure hope it's not harmful after all these years!

I have PCOS and Graves Disease.....I am not on any medication for the PCOS but am currently on Tapazole for my Grave's disease

Hello,

I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 19 and told that I would never have children because of it. One night I was at home and had a cyst rupture and caused me to pass out. Once at the emergency room I was told that I had internal bleeding from it, and that I had to go on immediate bed rest. I visited with my doctor and was told they had a laser surgery they could do to remove the cysts but there would be risk of scar tissue and even a lesser chance of having kids, at that point I told her she could have my ovaries because I couldn't take the pain no longer. She finally opted to do the surgery and I went in and had it done and found out there was some pre-cancerous cells on a couple of them, and if she hadn't removed the cysts I would have full on cancer by now. Needless to say I proved the doctors wrong about never having children, I have 3 healthy children and became pregnant with my 1st a year after my surgery, and 2 within the last year. I am now 28 years old and PCOS free, and finally able to lose weight again. The losing weight has helped keep my ovaries in check. The doctors warned me that if I did not control my eating habits I have a even more chance of becoming diabetic and other illness as I get older. Losing weight is the best thing you can do in order to keep them in check. Never let doctors tell you won't you can always try to prove them wrong. Feel free to ad me if you like.

I am losing weight primarily to increase my chances of concieving. I can't take birth control and neither could my mom and I haven't had a sign of my period in almost a year. I have tried metformin but it made me so nausaus all of the time I couldn't stand it. I have PCOS and my hopes are that if I lose enough weight pregnancy will happen, if not I'll be going to the doctors for help. Either way its not healthy to get pregnant at almost 300lbs and I know anygood Dr would tell me to lose weight first anyway so I am trying to make the first step of getting healthy enough to have a baby before seeking alternative methods.