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sims822257 · 01-16-2008, 07:26 AM

This is a very personal subject and a touchy one for me so please I beg you to only comment if you are going to be supportive and kind. I understand we all have different views and opinions but I am just asking you be nice as my self esteem and feelings are already low.

I am not sure if you remember but I was talking a while ago about PCOS (poly-cystic ovarian syndrome).

My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for over a year now and we just recently went to see a fertility specialist about our problems conceiving.

His diagnosis for me was PCOS in a very mild form. I am 29 and since being off the pill for about a year I have gained about 10 - 13 pounds and I am naturally thin. He said there was a group of people with PCOS that were not obese and thin so I must fall in that category. My normal weight is about 120 - 125 and now I am at 133 and about 5'6. I also have developed in the last 4 - 5 months a few patches of darker hair in areas where I have never had them. He mentioned this was a side effect as well. They are not bad enough for waxing but just enough to notice it is new and I pluck them. I also have gotten my acne back like I am a teenage boy. I also have very irregular periods. I think these are all the things that are making him assume I have PCOS.

Any way.....he has asked I come in for blood work now so he can check all my levels and my husband is going in for a sperm count. After that is done and he makes sure we are okay there he us wanting to start us on a Fertility program to get us pregnant since he said my chances of conceiving are 2 - 6% on our own. I am so bummed and saddened. I just can not believe this is happening to us. I feel so UN-Womanly and helpless. Not to mention the fertility program will cost us $500 - $600 a month until we get pregnant and IF we get pregnant.

I am not sure what to do....not sure if I even want to continue to try or just hang it up. I guess what I am looking for is moral support or related cases.

Has any one had PCOS and been able to get pregnant or am I pretty much a lost cause?

Thanks,

01-16-2008, 07:26 AM	#1
sims822257 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 3,436	PCOS and Pregnancy! This is a very personal subject and a touchy one for me so please I beg you to only comment if you are going to be supportive and kind. I understand we all have different views and opinions but I am just asking you be nice as my self esteem and feelings are already low. I am not sure if you remember but I was talking a while ago about PCOS (poly-cystic ovarian syndrome). My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant for over a year now and we just recently went to see a fertility specialist about our problems conceiving. His diagnosis for me was PCOS in a very mild form. I am 29 and since being off the pill for about a year I have gained about 10 - 13 pounds and I am naturally thin. He said there was a group of people with PCOS that were not obese and thin so I must fall in that category. My normal weight is about 120 - 125 and now I am at 133 and about 5'6. I also have developed in the last 4 - 5 months a few patches of darker hair in areas where I have never had them. He mentioned this was a side effect as well. They are not bad enough for waxing but just enough to notice it is new and I pluck them. I also have gotten my acne back like I am a teenage boy. I also have very irregular periods. I think these are all the things that are making him assume I have PCOS. Any way.....he has asked I come in for blood work now so he can check all my levels and my husband is going in for a sperm count. After that is done and he makes sure we are okay there he us wanting to start us on a Fertility program to get us pregnant since he said my chances of conceiving are 2 - 6% on our own. I am so bummed and saddened. I just can not believe this is happening to us. I feel so UN-Womanly and helpless. Not to mention the fertility program will cost us $500 - $600 a month until we get pregnant and IF we get pregnant. I am not sure what to do....not sure if I even want to continue to try or just hang it up. I guess what I am looking for is moral support or related cases. Has any one had PCOS and been able to get pregnant or am I pretty much a lost cause? Thanks, __________________ Caren, mommy to Murphy and Mia Murphy WUVS his girlfriend Trixie