Name: Sam
Age: 37
Family Situation: Married for 5 years. Lucky to have a 3 year old son.
PCOS Symptoms: Irregular/non-existent periods, cystic acne, excess hair. With Metformin periods a lot more regular and acne nearly gone.
Worst thing about PCOS: Definitely the infertility due to lack of ovulation. The excess hair and acne is also a real confidence knocker but, in my opinion, is nothing compared to the pain of infertility.
Meds used: Metformin. To ttc no. 2 clomid/IUI/IVF.
NHS/Private?: Both. Feel very let down by the NHS but I do feel a lot depends on the area that you live in.
Action Taken: Conceived my son after ovarian drilling, low carb diet and metformin. Not really sure which one of these did the trick - probably a mixture of all 3. Call me unlucky but after the birth of my son I had to have a d&c because of retained products which left me with scarring in my uterus (now removed) but the combination of this and PCOS means I have not yet been able to conceive again. Now plan to try IVF again. If that fails will try the low carb diet.
PM or E-mail: Either. A pleasure to hear from anyone.
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Sam
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DS born April 2002 (ttc for 2 years)
Several clomid cycles - BFN
BFP on Metformin (after ovarian drilling)
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Missed miscarriage - March 2006
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DD1 born Feb 2008 (ttc for 5 years)
Clomid, Metformin ovarian drilling, IUI & 5 IVFs - BFN
BFP on Metformin/baby aspirin
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DD2 born Feb 2009
Natural surprise pregnancy
Last edited by Cyster Sam; 09-28-2005 at 05:54 PM.
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