Zoesmom

I am 30 years old and I was diagnosed w/PCOS in 2001. I began taking Yasmin, but also saw a weight loss doctor (no one would rx met) He put me on thyroid meds and Tenuate. In about a year I went from 160Lbs to 110Lbs. The hair growth stopped, acne better, and I had regular periods. In 2005 I decided to stop the Yasmine and try to have a baby. Aside from gaining about 10 Lbs, I felt fine but my periods were sporatic. We wanted to try for a year before seeing a fertility specialist. Well, about 10 months went by and no baby, I decided to try insulite. I began taking it in May of 2006 (brought on 1 or 2 periods) and found out I was pregnant in August!! So once I was pregnant I stopped all meds (except 100mg Zoloft) After my daughter was born in April 2007, I went to the OBGYN and wanted to get back on Yasmin. She rx'd it for me, I took it for 1 month but had awful headaches and stopped taking it. So I went back to the weight loss dr. (I now weigh 142 and I'm 5'4") He put me on Tenuate again and thyroid meds. My period has been somewhat regular with the thyroid meds (every 3 months or so) but I CAN'T LOSE THIS WEIGHT! I would like to get to my pre pregnancy weight of 127 and I have tried everything! I work out like crazy, take weight loss meds, but nothing! I finally went to a new obgyn and she is re-testing everything and will HOPEFULLY put me on Metformin. I really think the insulin resistance is the reason I'm not losing the weight, I've also noticed a lot of facial hair growth, so I feel I'm back to square one. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that she puts me on it! If anyone on here is from the Phoenix, AZ area, I need a good PCOS doctor! We are also trying for baby #2 but I'd really like to lose the weight first! Also-if I do get put on Metformin and get prego, can I stay on the met?

tls1970nz

hi Zoesmum, Some doctors will keep you on met until you are through the first trimester but some woman in here will stay on it their whole pregnancy. The best person to ask is your GP some docs are against woman staying on met so really it depends what your doc says. Some woman will tell their docs they want to stay on it through whole pregnancy. I suppose factors in your case would be your thyroid condition as well. Best to ask GP in your case and best wishes :-)

Tulips

Dear Zoesmom,
I'm interested in trying the insulite. You mentioned in your post that you lost 50 lbs after going on it and got pregnant a few months later. Wouldn't you want to go back to insulite then to help lose the weight, etc.?

Zoesmom

I actually lost the weight before I went on insulite. I didn't start taking it until I had been off the Birth control for almost a year. I did notice a little weight loss with the insulite, I probably would have lost more if I took it longer but it was slower. It's great for someone who can't take met or wants to treat their pcos naturally. I was glad I was on it before I got pregnant because it had a lot of important nutrients my baby needed BEFORE i was prego (ie. Folic Acid) Definately try it, some people love it and some don't. It's kind of pricey ($130 month) but I took only half the daily dose and had good results.