I'm new & totally confused, can someone clear some stuff up for me?
Hi! I only have a minute but this site is soo helpful and encouraging. Quick question - Someone (with PCOS daughters) told me that being PCOS means my ovaries are filled with cysts so trying to ovulate to drop and egg to get pregnant won't even happen cuz the egg couldn't even get out of my ovaries now they're so full. My doctor has said that the cysts are on the "outside" kinda like "a string of pearls" and Im on Met and Clomid TTC. Still no bleeding or O. Can you bleed w/o O ? Can you O w/o bleeding?
PLease help! Thanks soooo much!
The way I understand it you can definitely bleed without Oing (as an obvious example: birth control pills). You cannot ovulate without bleeding (unless the egg is fertilized, of course!). As far as the outside/inside cyst business, I know that I have the external cysts. I've never heard of multiple internal cysts preventing the release of an egg, though.
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Diagnosed PCOS April 2003; anovulatory; not IR
TTC July '02 - December '06
Glucophage XR, 1000mg (4/03-8/05)
4 unsuccesful cycles of Clomid (50, 100, 150, 150)
Follistim/IUI December '06
BFP 12/24/2006
Darling twin babies born 8/5/2007
You don't even have to have cysts to have PCOS. Strange, I know.
Yes, you can bleed without O. Something that might be preventing O is LH that is too high. (it can also increase the risk of miscarriage)
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Yes, you can Ovulate without bleeding, since ovulation happens before the lining is shed - your period. However, if that were to happen, then chances are that you would be pregnant - hence the no bleed.
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Women with PCOS many times do ovulate spontaneously although often not regularly.
I am going to be checked to see if I am ovulating next month via blood test. At least, the hormone levels are good indicators of whether or not ovulation has taken place. However, the only true test of ovulation is conception.
It is possible that the ovary can become thickened if the cysts are extremely extensive and hinder ovulation in that ovary but that certainly is not the typical case. Generally, if one ovary cannot function the other will take over, so if hormone imbalance (the real ovulation stopper) can be corrected, at least one ovary should be able to ovulate at some point in time. Remember all you need for ovulation is 1/4 of one ovary!
I'm new & totally confused, can someone clear some stuff up for me? 
