I talked to my Dr. and explained why I think Metformin night be the right treatment right now instead of BCP. I am not trying to conceive right now, but I will be in exactly 11 months. I know that the best way to solve my PCOS problem is to lose weight. Metformin may help me do that. So, during this 11 months that I am very focused on losing weight and getting in shape before TTC, it makes sense to me to see if Metformin will help. Apparently she understood my point of view. I'm supposed to...

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Well, I saw my OB/GYN on Wednesday, and I am officially diagnosed. She said that I did have high insulin (it was 16) and did a glucose tolerance test for diabetes, which I don't have. She didn't seem to think that Metformin would do any good unless/until I had full blown diabetes. That doesn't make sense to me. Is my insulin actually high? How high?

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I'm 25 now, and since I was 18 or so, my Doctor has been telling me that I might have trouble conceiving, because I've always had irregular periods and been overweight. I was on BCPs from around 18 until March of 2009. That's when my husband and started trying to conceive. I had 3 periods in 8 weeks after I stopped the pills, and I was really excited that they were frequent, even if not perfectly regular. I was taking my BBT and tracking and all that. I never saw a temperature rise indicative...

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