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Renee3600 · 06-26-2009, 10:44 AM

I have a successful story for you! Warning: this got a bit long winded.

I have PCOS, Endo (though only stage 1) which messed up my tubes and hypothyroidism. I got diagnosed with the thyroid issues in May of 07. As soon as I started getting treated for that I started getting pregnant. I had a chemical in June of 07. I think I got diagnosed with PCOS in August of 07 or so. My RE was hesitant to diagnose me with it because I'm not overweight, but when they tested my testosterone and it was a little high and did a glucose tolerence test she agreed to give me metformin (but only 500mg). I had a m/c at about 7 weeks in October of 07. I didn't think it was just a coincidence like my RE did, so I asked for pregnancy loss testing. I didn't get it cause my thyroid was still out of whack during the chemical and it was my first m/c. I had another chemical in June of 08. She then decided to do an HSG in July of 08 and my right tube was completely blocked and my left tube was mostly blocked. We did a lap in August of 08 and that's when she discovered the endo and removed as much as she could. She repaired my tubes. I then asked again about recurrent pregnancy loss testing and she finally agreed to do it. They found that I have 2 clotting disorders and antiphosphilipid antibodies. when I got pregnant again in Sept right after the surgery I was put on lovenox, but it turned out to be another chemical. The next cycle was the successful one though. Even though my RE didn't believe that lovenox would help with implantation (what she believed was my causing my chemical pregnancies) I went ahead and started the lovenox injections I had left over from the previous chemical a few days after ovulation. Oh, and she also put me on progesterone even though my progeserone was never low I had some spotting after o most cycles. I got a BFP 10DPO and am going to be delivering our son on Wednesday.

Advice I would like to give you or anyone else that is TTC is to not be afraid to ask for what you want. I think when it came down to it the fear of never having children outweighed my fear of getting told "no" by a doc when I asked for testing or anything else. The fear of never having kids really brought out the fighter in me and motivated me. If you think you might have certain conditions it can't hurt to test for them. I had to ask for the glucose tolerence test, estrogen and testosterone tests and several times for the recurrent pregnancy loss testing. If I hadn't asked for those test who knows how long it would have taken to get them. My doc was usually willing to accomodate those eventually. I never gave up searching for answers. I did also have some small polyps that they took care of during the lap surgery. Good luck!