unhappybunny20
07-25-2009, 09:51 PM
Heya all :) New to the forum so bare with me. Basically, 2 months ago I was diagnosed with PCOS and the doctor said that I could still conceive it will just take me longer than normal people with healthy ovaries. Well that was 2 months ago, the only thing is, before i even realised i had it me and my boyfriend had been trying for a baby for a year and half. It doesnt help i am stressing about it, but it just feels as though im the only one out there whos got this problem. I just feel depressed all the time, all i have ever really wanted was a baby and its been taken away from me. Well not altogether but i hope you get how im feeling. Every month i miss a period i get my hopes up thinking just maybe its not my condition playing up its that im pregnant, but has it ever?? No. I try to eat healthy and i do regular exercise i just dont know what else to do. Ive been told i should go to the doctors and ask for clomid but i'm a very shy person, and was bullied when i was younger, im very self concious and thinks even the doc will judge me. Pleeeease help. I just need someone the talk too.
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Namibia
07-26-2009, 03:53 PM
Hi and welcome to the boads. Firstly being infertile or having pCOS is nothing to be ashamed of it is quite common. Yes you can concieve if you are patient it could take along time. I have a beautiful almost 9 months old and she was concieved with injectables. I had already done the clomid but the injections workd better. I would suggest that you see a fertility specialist to give you some advise. What also really helped me when I was ttc was the infertillity board, the girls there are really supportive and you do not have to got through this alone. I hope I have helped a bit. I am not on the boards so rugularly anymore but I do check in from time to time. Good luck and do not feel ashamed the dr is NOT going to judge you. They are there to help you.
GirlDevastated
07-31-2009, 10:18 PM
Hi unhappybunny20, I know exactly how you feel & came on this site to see if there was anyone else in my situation who could understand how hard it is to have been given this diagnosis...........I was given the results 3 weeks ago & I'd had to fight to even get the test done even though I knew there was something wrong.........& now I'm completely floored..........it's like being told your function as a human is void...........I mean the ability to conceive is what women are made for right! I can't think about anything else, I can't engage with anything with the same feeling & I almost thought that no-one else knew how it felt...........
unhappybunny20
08-01-2009, 12:42 PM
I know exactly how you're feeling. It's horrible. And like you i thought i was the only one, i suppose we are in it together, its better than feeling alone. I'm going to go to the doctors soon and ask about clomid, ive heard good things about it so thats on the brightside. I totally agree, having a baby is what women were there for. I feel like ive had the chance took away from me, me life hasnt been lets say perfect since i was young and this aswell, can it get any worst?? You ever need to talk about anything ill listen, because we are all in the same boat here.
Solange3000
08-20-2009, 03:52 PM
Hi unhappybunny20 and GirlDevastated - Please don't think that you can't ever get pregnant. I'm 34 and I have had PCOS for over 11 years and I had my first child last February after trying to conceive for 8 months. I have been in your shoes so I know what you girls are going through. But let me tell you that there are many women out there who have PCOS and are able to get pregnant. You might just need a little help from science. When I decided to try to get pregnant I went to see a specialist, a Reproductive Endocrinologist. He first suggested I would try the natural way, but after 3 months nothing happened, then I tried Clomid for 3 more months and nothing, then I did an IUI and nothing happened, so my doctor decided to do an IVF and it worked. Before I decided to get pregnant I was also taking Metformin and so I had my periods every month, but I also was eating healthy and I exercised, so keep in mind that living a healthy life is very beneficial for women with PCOS.
I know you guys feel lost because you have been recently diagnosed and you probably don't have much acurate information about PCOS. You guys already took a big step my coming to this board and asking questions and talking to other women with PCOS. I would also suggest doing as much research as possible on PCOS and please go see specialist so you can ask all the questions you have.
All the best to you.
I know you guys feel lost because you have been recently diagnosed and you probably don't have much acurate information about PCOS. You guys already took a big step my coming to this board and asking questions and talking to other women with PCOS. I would also suggest doing as much research as possible on PCOS and please go see specialist so you can ask all the questions you have.
All the best to you.
park19
08-30-2009, 09:05 AM
How many times did u try the IUI and clomid? I just did my first IUI last monday. I have PCOS as well:( and have been trying for 3 years.
Solange3000
09-11-2009, 01:22 PM
I tried clomid for 3 months and did only one IUI. Together with my doctor we decided not to do a second IUI and jump right to IVF and it worked at first. BUt keep in mind everyone is different the first IUI didn't work for me but it might work for you, and who knows if a second IUI would have worked for me.
Marla39
09-14-2009, 10:53 PM
I know exactly how you're feeling. It's horrible. And like you i thought i was the only one, i suppose we are in it together, its better than feeling alone. I'm going to go to the doctors soon and ask about clomid, ive heard good things about it so thats on the brightside. I totally agree, having a baby is what women were there for. I feel like ive had the chance took away from me, me life hasnt been lets say perfect since i was young and this aswell, can it get any worst?? You ever need to talk about anything ill listen, because we are all in the same boat here.
Yea-I have polycystic ovaries also and I am 46 years old. I had to go to a fertility specialist and he put me on seraphene. I am not sure how you spell it but this is how is sounds. It made me ovulate more often. Now I have a son 17 and a daughter almost 16. After my son came I no longer needed the fertility drug anymore and had my daughter 19 months later. I am sure you will be fine. But I had to go to a fertility doctor first who found out about my polycystic ovaries and put me on that drug. Good Luck!:wave:
Yea-I have polycystic ovaries also and I am 46 years old. I had to go to a fertility specialist and he put me on seraphene. I am not sure how you spell it but this is how is sounds. It made me ovulate more often. Now I have a son 17 and a daughter almost 16. After my son came I no longer needed the fertility drug anymore and had my daughter 19 months later. I am sure you will be fine. But I had to go to a fertility doctor first who found out about my polycystic ovaries and put me on that drug. Good Luck!:wave:
BellaTaylor
10-07-2009, 08:36 PM
I am new as well to this board and have just been diagnosed with PCOS at 37. I have told my gyn for years that not having a normal cycle was not good. Finally I went to a reproductive specialist who confirmed this. I am trying to conceive my first child. I eat well, exercise and am not overweight but my Dr. put me on Metformin to try to regulate my cycles and just this week on Prometrium to induce my period. I have had horrible side effects to both (more so on the Prometrium) of these and I'm trying to stick with it but it is rough. I am supposed to start clomid when my period comes. Does it get better? Is there light at the end of the tunnel?
GirlDevastated
10-10-2009, 03:25 PM
Thanks unhappybunny20 it's good to know that I'm not totally alone in this & that there are some people out there who understand just how much this type of news can affect a person! The thing is all this talk of wonder drugs just makes me dismayed.........I'm a very long way off from any sort of treatment due to the fact that I'm at the mercy of the good old NHS & have been waiting 4-5 months so far just to see a gyn & have a consultation never mind how long it might take for a scan, or any treatment, I know that only being 32 I'm still reasonably young & may have time on my side, but when you've waited 14+ years for a simple diagnosis being told that your going to have to wait even longer just doesn't help the spirit at all. The biggest problem I have is the insulin resistance, having researched what I should now be eating & am now getting the right amount of exercise I'm being advised by all the books that natural good wholesum vitamin & mineral enriched foods are the way forward & yet it seems that in our desparation to have a child of our own, we are all ready if not keen for the powers that be to pump us full of all sorts of types of hormonal pharmesuticals that have a whole host of weird & not so wonderful side effects as if living with this condition isn't bad enough.............
If I understand the books the problem is that our bodies are producing too much testosterone & that it's causing the fertility problems (unless that's over simplifying things) But correct me if I'm wrong, do our hormones not effect the very core of who we are? Does taking these drugs & changing our hormone levels change our personality? If that's the case I'm really not sure I want to even though I want nothing more than to have a child.......do I want that child to have me as a mum when I'm not myself as I know it??? Are these the questions that no one is prepared to ask or am I the only one who feels this way! I'm not giving up hope entirely........I've made the changes to my lifestyle that will help manage these conditions & I'm still researching all that I can, but my hope isn't what it once was & I'm now considering alternative options such as foster care & adoption.
If I understand the books the problem is that our bodies are producing too much testosterone & that it's causing the fertility problems (unless that's over simplifying things) But correct me if I'm wrong, do our hormones not effect the very core of who we are? Does taking these drugs & changing our hormone levels change our personality? If that's the case I'm really not sure I want to even though I want nothing more than to have a child.......do I want that child to have me as a mum when I'm not myself as I know it??? Are these the questions that no one is prepared to ask or am I the only one who feels this way! I'm not giving up hope entirely........I've made the changes to my lifestyle that will help manage these conditions & I'm still researching all that I can, but my hope isn't what it once was & I'm now considering alternative options such as foster care & adoption.