PCOS and Metformin

faith88 · 05-12-2004, 10:39 PM

Hi, it's been almost a year since my last post! When I joined this board last summer, I was seeking answers to my non-stop vagainal bleeding and spotting(months at a time) and infertility. My DH and I have been TTC #1 for 2 years with no success. Recently, I was finally referred to a fertility doctor and he diagnosed me with PCOS. I already knew a lot about PCOS because of info I read on this board (thanks!) and recently I started on Metformin. The doctor said that Metformin would not help with the bleeding - but in some miraculous way, it stopped! The doctor also said that I might have increased prolactin, but I am still waiting on the results of the second blood test to confirm that. I read that this could also be a reason for my infertility. The good news it, we finally have a PLAN. The doctor mentioned IUI and I am all for trying anything that will get us PG soon! Since I have been diagnosed with PCOS - I have been doing a lot of research on the internet. I read on another board a lot of success stories with PCOS women who started taking Metformin and conceived in a very short period of time. Currently, I am on 1000mg a day ... any other comments/success stories out there?

StrwbrryShrtcke · 05-13-2004, 01:28 PM

Faith,

Congrats on atleast getting a plan and a diag. I have been on 1700mg a day and have noticed a difference in the way I feel. But no difference in my menses or so far trying to get Pg. We just had an ER on 5/3/04 and ET on 5/6/04 and no waiting for test day for +++++ on 5/17/04. We did get to 5wks pg in Jan but lost the baby. So here we are again. Good Luck to you.

S

faith88 · 05-13-2004, 10:01 PM

Thanks for the reply and I am sorry to hear that you MC'd .. I am terrified of that happening, it must have been really hard to deal with. Do you think you MC'd because of PCOS? I heard that there is a higher chance for women with our condition. Let me know what you think .. thanks!

StrwbrryShrtcke · 05-14-2004, 01:19 PM

No one will really ever know. As my RE said that he doesnt know if it was the passenger or the vehicle that had a problem. So we will never really know. But they do say that a healthy women usually has a 60% chance of miscarriage on their first pgcy. We will see.

S

chirp · 05-19-2004, 02:43 AM

Good luck on the met. I have taken chlomid, injectables, met. and now I'm on to ovarian drilling. I didn't respond to any of the above. The met. has helped with hair growth and my skin cleared up, but nothing else. I can only take 1000mg a day or I get an upset stomach or heart burn. I really have pretty regular cycles, just not on an exact day of each month so that didn't really change. My Dr. said he usually continues met. through out a pg to reduce chances of MC. Did you keep taking it? Just wondering because PCOS does carry a higher rate of MC according to my DR.
best wishes