Forum: PCOS and Diabetes

Has anyone had success with the HCG diet? I take metformin and love it, but I haven't lost any weight since my 2nd delivery about 2.5 yrs ago. I also have PCOS and am average weight but would like to lose 20-25 pounds and get back to my pre-pg weight. Any experience or long term success...

I am totally stumped. I normally have 30 to 33 day periods. Last month was a true 28 day cycle and I ovulated day 13-14. This month has started and I got a smiley on day 11. This just confuses me more. I have been getting the positive results day 14-17, mostly day 14. I took two different types...

This infertility and PCOS is so confusing. I actually had a 28 day cycle this month. That hasn't happened since last August. Well again....NOTHING. My RE wants to try IUI but I'm not sure that it will even be worth the trouble. My DH doesn't have insurance and if it doesn't work then we spend...

Hey ladies I think I have a fun way to vent our frustrations and maybe get a little laugh. Let's list all the things we hate about pcos to each other. After all know one that's not going threw it fully understands what it's like to ride the pcos roller coaster. I'll start. What I hate about...

I had my RE appointment after 8 months of trying. He did his initial visit and testing. He told me I had PCOS and that was a good thing because it meant I had eggs and I could get pregnant. I was a little confused because I thought PCOS harbored/hindered you from getting pregnant. I guess it's that...

So I have been on a dose of metformin 1500 for 3 mths now going on 4. This new cycle I tok 50 mg of Clomid and got some good news on cd 12. The doc said he could see 3 good follicles. 2 on my left and 1 on my right. I am hoping and praying and of course doing the BD every other day. I get my cd 21...

Hey everyone! I just went to the doctor yesterday and explained to him that I thought I had PCOS. His response was, “Yes, you do Megan.” Before I had this conversation with him he never even mentioned PCOS to me! After he told me that I did indeed have PCOS, he did not tell me anything else...he...

Hi I have PCOS and I am not pre diabetic. I habe been TTC since 04/2011 and my first clomid (5-9) cycle was on Feb 2012. I ovulated but unable to conceive in my last cycle. I had one mature egg/folicle that measured 18mm and two small one. My RE said I ovulated a little late in my last cycle so...

So after about 6 years of visits to my gynae, i decided on a second opinion! I visited a new gynae and she ACTUALLY did a scan and has ordered blood tests! woohooo!!:D we are getting further than the first gynae! So she does an internal scan and tells me not to panic with what shes about to tell...

I have always had extremely reliable, predictable periods since I began menstruating at age 12. I began taking birth control pills when I got married at age 29 (we had used condoms up to that point). I took the pill (Loestrin fe) for a year and a half and stopped April '11 knowing that DH and I...

After 3 years of TTC, no response to oral meds I went through and IVF. Things looked good - 15 eggs retrieved, 9 fertilized and 2 transferred on day 3. They werent able to freeze anything. When we went to our follow up appt with RE he said our embryo quality wasn't good. He said it is hard to...

Hey Everyone. I just started taking the supplement maca, which is a cousin of the potato or radish that grows in the Andes mountains...You can get this at the health food store and it is reasonably priced. I'm taking the capsule form. Has anyone out there with PCOS tried maca before and what was...

Hello all, My name is Malerie and I am 24 years old, almost 25. I am TTC and have been for almost 6 years. I have PCOS and very Irregular periods. 6 years ago I had gone to a DR. and they basically told me it would be almost impossible to have children, So I just gave up. These last two years I...

Hi everybody. I have PCOS (obviously or I wouldn't be here. I'm in my early 30's and been TTC for over 5 years. I'm glad I found this group because I really need people like myself to talk to that understand.

Ok so I went to see a doctor Tuesday morning. He took me in an hour after my original appt time. He said he wanted to do an ultrasound on me to see how bad my pcos was. Lo and behold with weight loss I have 2 small follicles. He said that clomid can aggravate cysts andcaus them to burst. Hence the...

So I was diagnosed with PCOS a little over a month ago. My husband and I have been trying for 17 months to conceive and it's just not happened yet. Since I started the meds about a month ago how long til we will get pregnant?

Hey everyone. I signed up for fertilethoughts a few months ago (not exactly sure when) but this is my first time posting. My husband and I desperately want children. We have since we got married (I miscarried a baby shortly after our wedding in 2009, that's why I originally signed up for this...

Ok so I started losing weight and getting serious about it at the first of the year. It was about this time that our doctor told us to take a 3 month break we get to start again in March. We have been praying and trying for a natural miracle in the meantime but AF made an apperance :(. Anyways I...

These two recently published studies highlight the importance of diet and exercise for women with PCOS. PCOS Studies

Hi, I was diagnosed with PCOS 2 years ago, dh is fine. We are military and are now stationed in Germany. Pre-Germany we were in OKC and had a wonderful doctor that actually diagnosed me with PCOS. Now since we are in Germany we were seeing a specialist in Homburg that wasn't very helpful. ...

So for my IF history, I had been trying to get pg since I was 25. Started with actos, then actos plus letrozole, metformin 500 mg and 2 IUIs, metformin and two IVM's (study) and finally metformin and 2 IVFs. Finally the second fresh IVF cycle worked and I was blessed with twins. Well, the entire...

I think our old thread was getting long and possibly intimidating for new comers. So let's ring in the New Year with our new goals. Lets share some of the things we are doing to get fit and trim. Lets start off with a reintroduction. I'm Brandy. I have PCOS. Have successfully reached my goals...

I am starting my second round of Clomid. Last month I went in on the 20th day (day 21 was on a weekend) of my period. This month they have me coming in on the 25th day (21 days after starting the Clomid. Which is the correct day to come in for my day 21 Progesterone level?

Hi Everyone, My husband and I have been TTC for about 2 years now. I originally came off BCP about 2 years ago, and have had some issues ever since. I first got AF for 4 months non-stop when I came off BCP and at that time I had a bunch of tests done and was diagnossed with PCOS. I did not have...

We all know that the Dr tell us that getting and maintaining a health weight is key to fertility and health in women with PCOS. Whether or not you have IR a good BMI is key to getting and maintaining a health pregnancy. Developing good eating and exercise habits before conception makes it ez to...