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What Journeywithyou said really is true. It will get better with time. It's good that the two of you are being open and honest with each other.

Mine stopped when I started taking Metformin. Nothing else helped!

Rose is a really common middle name right now but I have to admit, I really like Cailynn Rose.

Would it be possible to do videos? There are a ton on YouTube. We have a SmartTV so I can go right on YouTube from there. You can do them anytime, which is nice since it's getting dark too early to be doing outside workouts right now and I don't really have time for the gym. My son is almost 10 months old, and I can put…

Did your doctor talk to you about metformin at all? For me, it was the only thing that regulated my cycles. To give you an idea, I had no period for seven months after going off birth control. Nothing. After starting metformin, I had it every five weeks, which is long but was enough for me to ovulate and get pregnant.

I might be wrong, but I think the "beads" stay no matter what once you have them. The point is to try to not get more!

I had a hard time as the weight really flew off for me at first, to the point that I was 10 lbs. less than pre-preg weight, but THEN it just went right back up. I gained 20 lbs. since then. (My son is almost 9 months). Eventually I reminded myself that I am at increased risk for type 2 diabetes because I had gestational…

I had a dream that it was after the baby was born and I got a tattoo to match the one I got for my daughter. My daughter's is a Celtic knot with her name over it. In the dream I had a dragon with the name "Noah" above it. We were not considering that as a name at all. It was also before we found out what we were having and…

I took metformin during the first trimester and it was fine. That was my second pregnancy. With my first, I didn't take it and that was fine too. PCOS does have a higher rate of miscarriage and that can make pregnancy extra stressful (most women stress about miscarriage, whether they have PCOS or not). I wanted to keep…

There IS an increased chance of miscarriage (about 40%) but I never had a doctor tell me to not try because of it. I took metformin during the first trimester and I never had a problem. As for birth defects, I've never heard of that.

With my first, I wasn't diagnosed until AFTER she was a year and a half old! It can start anytime in the first year or so. I'm right there with you - my second is also eight months. It's not the easiest age - I'm back at work, but he doesn't always sleep through the night (he was, but stopped and now it's hit or miss),…

The only time I had mid-cycle bleeding, I had to switch pills. After you have been on it awhile, you're really not supposed to be having mid-cycle bleeding.

I did with my second, right around the time you are now. If you are having sex, the cervix can get bumped and it has a lot of blood in it in early pregnancy, causing bleeding. You should call the OBGYN though to run it past them. And if you are Rh negative like me, you will need to get a Rhogam shot to prevent…

I was. My doctor told me two things: to make sure that I did not just stop caffeine cold turkey when I found out I was pregnant, and to take an OTC allergy med (I can't remember which one, but I think Claritin) every day. Cleared them right up.

The thing about birth defects is true but the important thing to remember is that it is still a very small number. I was 35 when my son was born and was told my risk of Down Syndrome was like 1 in 10,000 or something like that. So even if you are talking about the rate say doubling, you're talking about going from one tiny…

Contrary to what we learned in sex ed in school, the sperm actually stick around for five to six days after sex, which the egg is only around for about a day to a day and a half. So having sex before you ovulate (even by five or six days) is actually more likely to result in pregnancy than having sex after you ovulate.

My first was 40 weeks 3 days. My second was 37 weeks 3 days. My water did not break with my first but did with my second, apparently when I was asleep. It was not like the show on the movies - I woke up and felt "wet" but didn't even have a puddle in the bed or anything (the sheets were not even wet). It kept leaking out…

^^ Fertility Friend really is great. I tried tracking my temperature for awhile on there but my temps really weren't that helpful for me - they were kind of all over the place. But I did learn a lot about the other symptoms of ovulation and I was able to track those successfully. For me, cervical mucus was really the best…

Thank you, yes, was going to say this. Also in Eastern PA we have a town called "New Tripoli". It's pronounced "New Tra-POLE-ee" not like the city in Libya.

Not all of us say "wooder". Just people from Philly. Also, we invented hoagies. We get to call them whatever we want.

Re: the insomnia and PMS. I just learned this myself but it is definitely true for me. I am not a great sleeper on any night, but during PMS, I will up for like 2-4 hours sometimes (including two nights in a row a few days ago). Re birth control: I do think that the pill was helpful for me in that my body was not trying to…

I read that the best way to test it is to have two containers, marked A and B by someone else so that you don't know which one is which. Have regular milk in one and lactose free milk in the other. Mark your reactions after eating. Supposedly a large # of people who think they are lactose intolerant aren't really. As for…

I used to work there when I was in college. Yes, contacting Guest Services will probably be your best bet.

My husband and I have two children (ages 7 years and 6 months) and we are done with kids now. We are in the process of researching what sorts of permanent birth control we might want to use. I did not go back on the pill after my son was born because I discovered that it really seemed to be causing the majority of my…

It STOPPED falling out with metformin. It falls out A LOT if I'm not taking Metformin.

"Touched out" is the perfect term for it! If I do happen to get an hour to spare, I just want to spend it by myself! I'm never alone anymore.

My period started up again (I was not on birth control pill) and my hair stopped falling out in clumps.

My doctor's office has patients take the one hour twice - once at like 10 weeks and once around 28 weeks. At 10 weeks, I failed the one hour but passed the three hour. At 28 weeks, I went straight to the three hour (because of failing the one hour earlier) and failed. But just barely. I was able to control my sugar through…

I went off the pill twice since I went on it at 20. The first time I got pregnant with my daughter. The second time I got pregnant with my son. I did not go back on after my son (he's six month old now and it took a year and a half to conceive so I've been off since December 2011). One thing I noticed right away is that my…

^ You look fantastic. What an inspiration! I know a few women on here who have PCOS and have great bodies - the one thing they all have in common is lifting!