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Originally Posted by athenahera31  I know a bit about PCOS and it all sounds really scary |
What, specifically, is scaring you? You mentioned wanting to have a baby. While pcos can affect fertility, not all women who have pcos have a hard time conceiving. Symptoms can be more or less severe in different women. For example, I've never had a problem with acne or had blood sugar issues, but I did have issues with being overweight (which was/is being corrected with diet/exercise, I had excess hair (which I've had laser treatments for), and I had problems with my hormones which did affect my fertility until I went on a diet/exercise program and got the right combo of meds. I ovulate when on metformin, and ovulate "beautifully" (the words of my dr.) on clomid, which is a first level fertility med that is not invasive and is inexpensive (I paid $10 for the month's supply). We didn't get pg because my husband has issues as well, but I was told by several Dr's that I probably would have become pg without going on to IVF if it weren't for DH's issues. There are many, many women on this board who have become pg "naturally" w/o meds. Just because you have pcos doesn't mean you'll necessarily have problems having a baby, or won't become pg with just a bit of intervention (or learn some things you could possibly do on your own to assist in getting your hormones back on track).