After pregnancy Met doesn't work for me any more?

reni · 03-25-2003, 08:02 PM

Hi!

Here I am after a year! I started to post 2 years ago in TTC forum, then in PG forum and after my baby boy was born I really didn't have much time for posting. I got pregnant in my 3rd Met cycle after 3 years of TTC (see my signature). My first regular period came after 28 days of taking Metformin (850mg per day). This was in May 2001, then after 28 days I got another period, and then I got pg. I was on Met during my entire pregnancy. My boy was born on 23 April 2002. He is now 11 months old, healthy and beautiful, and he is really our miracle baby! So, obviously Metformin therapy was successful for me. But now I'm beginning to be confused! After delivery I got 3 regular periods without any medication, then nothing for 2 months. So I started with Metformin again (we try to have baby Nr.2) in January 2003. I took again 850mg and after 28 days I got my period. It was on Jan 30th 2003. And after that no AF! I even thought that I was pg but unfortunately I wasn't. So I waited till March 12th and then I upper the dosage on 1500mg. And I'm still waiting for my AF to come! Have anyone of you similar experience? Did Met stop working for me? I believed that when you once get regular periods on Met, you'll always have them regular! Have anyone of you an explanation for it?
Hi! [b]

christyz · 04-09-2003, 05:51 PM

...and having been pregnant, your hormones were even more whacked out! (Congrats on your baby, by the way!)

Here is my AF schedule since I started metformin in August 2001:

2001: Oct 10, Nov 25, Dec 26

2002: Feb 28, April 8, May 10, July 14, Aug 17, Sept 19, Oct 22, Nov 22

2003: Jan 7, Feb 13 and Mar 18

So you can see I have the odd month where my body falters a little, but my doctors are happy that i'm more or less regular.

Also, have you had your free androgen, testosterone or fasting glucose tested? If these are going down, then your AF will resume a 'normal' course in due time.

Good Luck!