New, Thin & just prescribed Metformin

DukesWife · 10-22-2008, 04:33 AM

Hi all, I just finished 3 rounds of Clomid (after a year of ttc on our own naturally) I was not monitored at all, and took 50mg all 3 months. Yesterday I had my dr. appt. since starting the clomid. Dr. handed me script for Metformin & told me to back in 3 months.

(Quick HX: I'm 6'ft/145lbs, went off the BC *Yasmin* which I was only on for a year before we got married. I've also got hair that's growing in the wrong places (chin, abdomen, & at 30 years old, I still have acne, on my face, back & chest & can't remember when I didn't have acne)

I'd initially suspected I may run into problems ttc since my sister has PCOS & had to have help with all 4 of her kids (1 IUI & the other 3 were concieved with Metformin alone & as it turns out, she had 4 kids in 5 years!!)

My ob appointment last year,I'd asked the Dr. about TTC, I mentioned to her about my sister who has been DX'd PCOS. She took one look at me & told me "You don't have it, I can tell by your body". No labs were taken, she simply told me to come back in 6 months if I didn't get pregnant.

Fast forward to this past June- due to getting on my husbands ins. plan, I had to change Dr.'s. This past year I have skipped my period 4 times, and it hasn't been because I'm pregnant. Last June, Dr. gave me script for Clomid, and I did have some labs done & a vaginal U/S due to burning pain in my right abdomen. All came up clear.

Now Dr. gave me Metformin to take for the next 3 months, & if no pregnancy, then he'll refer me to an RE. I'm getting a little ticked that there seems to be more going on. I look at my sister & know that there's hope, and it's funny how I'd had a strange suspicion all along that when we did start trying, it wouldn't be easy.

Should I be insisting on anything more than just being patient? Is this how ot goes in the beginning of infertility?

BTW, when I'd told my sister of the Met, she told me she got pregnant the first month she went on it!! I'm really not going to give my hopes up-as she & I do have different issues- she is & has always been overweight.

Sorry If I rambled & thanks for reading. Any advice would be appreciated!!

bostongirl08 · 10-22-2008, 07:30 PM

My gyn/obgyn also put me on clomid. She said that if I am not pregnant after three cycles she would refer me to a specialist. I am now just getting started with the specialist. No one has mentioned metformin with me, but I wish they would have after reading all the posts on this site. Good luck, and welcome!

UsForever75 · 10-23-2008, 05:02 PM

Not to discourage you at all with Met ... but I'm a thin cyster and have been on MetER since Jan this yr. myself slowly worked up to a 1500mg dosage and not even an almost bfp. (but we haven't been trying very hard, I'm not charting or anything) What dose did your dr put you on?

Good Luck ... although I am not one of them there are also many stories on here of women who just started Met and get their bfp! Just stay positive and try to stay patient. And get massages! They help with the stress.

BlumeBaby · 10-24-2008, 01:43 PM

Hi- I started my 1st round of Clomid 50mg last month. I took Ovulation tests up to CD 26 and I also BBT every morning from CD 8 to CD 26, and nothing. I never ovulated and became very frustrated at that point. So, I called my obgyn and she switched things up a little this month, but only b/c I told her exactly what I wanted. I read so much info on this website about Metformin+Clomid combo so when I spoke w/ the nurse at the obgyn office I told her I wanted to try the combo this month. They put me on Metformin 500mg, twice a day and Clomid 50mg. I also take Provera for 10 days to induce my period so I am currently on day 5 of Provera & taking Met twice a day. I am a "Thin Cyster" and the nurse @ my obygn's office also has PCOS. She told me that she took Clomid 50mg, 100mg & 150mg and never ovulated. She then took Met 500mg + Clomid 50mg and she ovulated and got pregnant her first month. Her story gives me hope, let it give you hope as well! If I were you I would encourage you to ask your obgyn for the Met+Clomid combo, it seems to work for us Thin Cysters =) Good luck and Baby Dust to us all!