Hello! My name is Courtney and I was recently diagnosed with PCOS. Now we are facing a huge decision. The doctor said if we wait to have another child, then we may never be able to have another one. He wants to put me on Clomid and another medication. Now we have that choice to make!!! I definetly want another child. My husband Trey has kind of shut up on me. He won't talk to me about it and won't give me any answers as to what to do. I don't know a lot about PCOS or about getting pregnant with it OR using Clomid. I am hoping that someone could give me some information. Love Courtney
Well I decided I wasn't going to use Clomid or any medication, if I got pregnant I got pregnant and if I didn't, it wasn't in the cards. We already have one beautiful daughter who was conceived pre-PCOS if there is such a thing. I never had a fertility issue until we started trying the 2nd time around! Do you already have a child? I have friends who have gotten pregnant using Clomid and everything went fine for them. Good luck! Why does your husband shut up on you? Does that mean he won't talk about it?
HI Welcome. I am sorry that your dh is doing that. Nothing was happening for us and I decided it was time do something..so went and had the HSG done..and BAM. Now we have a cute 10 week old boy. Feel free to chat with me if you like.
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My husband won't talk about it at alllll. He says he wants to wait until the 2 weeks is up and I go to the dr and talk to the dr and THEN he will talk to me about it!!! It is just sooooo frustrating. I have a 10 month old son named Aidan. He is just the light of my life and I love him sooooo much. I conceived him while being on birth control pills.... and now I'm having TROUBLE conceiving cause I'm not ovulating at all. Strange, huh? http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/a/aidanjeremiah This is my son's website. Let me know what you think!!! Love ya Courtney
Welcome to SC.
I guess it is overwhelming for your hubby to suddenly have to make a decision like that, if he hadn't thought about it at all. My hubby often gets a bit stunned when he has to decide things on the spot like that, he just needs time to think it through.
I think you should get onto the ttc board here and talk to people. How old are you? Unless you're over 35 it shouldn't be such a rush, you could wait a little longer probably. How many kids you want and the gaps you'd ideally want between them also come into play.
There are many other ways to increase your fertility. Some women (me included) find that losing weight can restore normal cycles, even if you're only slightly overweight. There are lots of other things you can try too, natural therapies etc (like acupuncture) that can be less stressful than medical ones. Look around the boards and see what women have done.
You also need to find out as much about PCOS as you can, you've come to the right place for info and support so good luck!
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Joyeaux! Hey Rogersville, I am in Kpt. Well anyways what I was going to say is that most men do not enjoy discussing this so don't think it is you per se, rather the fact that he wants to discuss the situation based on facts and you (like most women, myself included) want to verbalize all the possibilities of the situation. We are in the process of finalizing the diagnosis (looong story) and we had to TRY for our first one for a year. The 2nd one came right along sooner than we thought. In our decision to "try" to have a third, DH said we weren't going to "try" to have anymore kids, but rather "if it happens, it happens". Well that is my definition of try, but his is the temps, O kits, sex every other day and watching me cry every month over a negative pregnancy test.
So, I guess I see why he is reluctant to speak about it. May I ask who your MD is?
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Hi and Welcome. I'm sorry about all this. First, how old are you? Why does your dr. think time is running out? I am about to be 29 and am trying for #1. My dr. thinks I have many years ahead of me to have more. I conceived on gloucophage and clomid in May (it ended in m/c but that's another story). That mix has worked for many women and I am again on it to try again. So far it has made me O. I'm sorry about DH. It can be very hard and scary for them too. I wish you the best of luck!!!!
I am very new to this website, but I hope I can kind of shed some light about Clomid and getting pregnant. I was just diagnosed Friday with PCOS---so my whole scenario with getting pregnant was before I actually new what was going on with my body. So here it goes....
My first daughter was born in 1996, I was sick thorugh out my whole pregnancy, I shed thirty pounds from vomitting and constantly had to be rehydrated at the local ER. I develped pre-eclampsia and had to be induced, but delivery went well.
In May of 1999, I found out I was expecting again, was so ecstatic, not too sick, but still vomitted once in a while. In November of 1999, I went in for a routine prenatal visit. When my doctor went to listen to the heartbeat there was none, I then proceeded to have an u/s and then an internal u/s, only to learn that my baby had passed away. After that day it was extremly difficult to become pregnant. My husband and I kept trying to have another baby, to no avail. We just kept trying, thinking that if it happened, it happened, if it didn't, it didn't, whatever God wanted. Then in November of 2000 I had another miscarriage, at which time I didn't know I was pregnant.
More trying, ovulation calendars, thermometers, etc...
I finally decided to go to my OB, it ws finally determined that I wasn't ovulating. He put me on a round of prometrium (sp?) and then Clomid. Finally I got pregnant with my youngest who was delivered in May of 2002. That pregnancy was also rough, lots of vomitting and lots of rehydration once again.
Just recently I have had another miscarriage. After doctoring for this long, i have decided not to take Clomid to have another baby, I am happy for the two beautiful girls I have. And then......to find out about this PCOS stuff, so now I have to work on that and get those things under control. Wow......I thought I was going crazy, fighting with all of this, irregular periods, hair growth in places where it shouldn't be, infertility, depression, hypertension, excessive weight gain and on and on.
Deep down though, I believe it to be a very hard decision to make. Taking Clomid worked for me, you just need to weigh all the pro's and cons. Plus, your husband needs to get talking....I know from experience, it is such an emotional rollacoaster, not knowing what to do, you definately need your partner to help you out. It's hard for men to discuss things like that, but I am sure sooner or later, it will get easier for him.
I hope my story helps you a bit......Whatever decision you make, will be the right one, it's just getting there. Good Luck.
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