tcgal

My OB-GYN wants to put me back on the BCP to help lower my high testosterone levels and wants me to lose weight before I consider getting pregnant. I originally went off last year for the first time in 7 years and after not getting a period, I was dx with PCOS. My husband and I are in the "not TTC but would be fine if we got pregnant" stage. I just feeling like going back on the BCP is giving up and putting off pregnancy even longer. Any suggestions? Support? I just really don't want to go back on it

PixieChinchilla

You shouldn't consider going back on the BCP "giving up". You are making your body as healthy as possible so that you can you can provide the best for your future child. Talk to your doctor and see if you two can make a plan for working on controlling your symptoms and getting you to the point where you can actively TTC, so that you don't feel like you're going to be stuck on the BCP for the rest of your life.

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MommaKing

my dr wanted me to go back on bcp to control my androgen levels. he's been trying to suggest it for the last year but i always refused. this time, i see how my hormone imbalance is affecting me (my androgens were fine a year ago when i was first dx'd). he said, "just try it for 6 months" and that's what i decided to do. i definitely don't plan on being on the pill on a long term basis. so i agree with the pp that you should do it short term to normalize your hormones. good luck!

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dx w/PCOS & IR Dec. 2007
currently taking: Metformin, Toprol, Spironolactone, and bcp. Hopefully will be off all meds once I've reached my weight loss goal.

50lbs lost on my own! Lap-Banded on April 3, 2009

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just*me

I would ask about getting on Metformin. BCP's give me severe migraines and I didn't want to go back on them because we were TTC. My RE put me on the Metformin and this really helped to lower my testosterone levels.

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DS born 4/26/02
DX PCOS 6/2007
IVF #1 April 2008, BFN
FET #1 canceled 5/2008
FET #2 canceled 6/2008
FET #3 canceled 7/2008
IVF #2 resulted in no ET due to none of our 12 embies making it to blastocyst stage.....
Clomid Cycle #1 October 2008, canceled by OBGYN due to "poor response".....
SURPRISE BFP 11/16/08!!!

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joyblack

It's a complicated situation and there may be n one answer that's guaranteed to be most appropriate.

You were on BCP for 7 years.
Were you having reasonably frequent/regular periods before you went on BCP?
BCP can lead to your body detecting the extra estrogen from the BCP and shutting down your natural production of estrogen; then when you come off the BCP, especially after a long time on it, your body may be very slow to restart or increase estrogen production.

Are you currently getting periods?

Your ob/gyn may be thinking along the lines that you shouldn't try to conceive before you lose weight and your current testosterone levels are too high and the easiest way of bringing them down with fewest side-effects is by BCP.

But there's clearly so much we don't know of the detailed situation that it's difficult to comment.

Personally, BCP is not my scene. I was glad to be able to conceive and I've got used to high levels of testosterone and the effects of it (having to shave every day, etc.) In ny case, having passed menopause I've now no estrogen production anyway. But everyone's priorities are different -- for many women obviating the need to shave every day would be a first priority. All I can really suggest is that you make very clear that your ob/gyn understands that for you ttc is the real top priority and everything else is less important to you.

tcgal

I was put on BC in high school after not getting my period for 6 months then it lasting for a month...they didn't diagnose me back then and have been on it for seven years up until last March when I wanted to see if my body would return to its "normal state". I have decided to go back on BC...she wants to put me on Yaz but will ask for something else that comes in generic. In all reality, my husband and I aren't ready for kids yet but I think I was avoiding going back on birth control because it meant accepting the situation that we're in...sigh. I am just concerned that it may take long to "be ready" (if anyone could ever be 100% ready for kids) and when the time comes, it will take forever to conceive. Thanks for the support!