Hi Everyone! I’m a newbie… not so much to PCOS but to this message board. I was diagnosed in January 2005, was handed a small pamphlet and sent on my way. I did not know how serious PCOS was, or how it would affect me when my husband and I decided to start a family. Now I am learning more and more, and just looking for a support group. A little background… I met my husband in July 2004. By October, we were living together… and by December 2005 we were married. We began TTC before we got married but decided it would be best to wait, to make sure we were in it forever and to allow some time to enjoy each other. As time went on, we decided to start trying again, but then bills got in the way and again, we decided to wait. By this point, I knew I had PCOS but did not understand the severity. I started a new job in November 2005, and later found out that I worked with several fellow cysters. At the time, none of them had children – despite the years of TTC and multiple treatments. I began losing hope, became a bit depressed, and a little angry at my condition. I saw another OB/GYN, who was highly recommended by one of the cysters, and this doctor told me that because I allowed myself to become overweight, that I brought this condition upon myself and that I would likely never have children. Wanting to be a mother someday, I walked out of the office in tears, and began looking into other ways to have children one day. I knew that I was still very young, but the doctor’s comments hit me like a ton of bricks and I figured, better start preparing. One by one, my fellow cysters became pregnant. With each new baby, my hope grew back. I decided to try again with a new doctor, to get more information and see what my options were. This time, I got a good one. She was very knowledgeable (which is hard to find when it comes to PCOS!) and suggested that I start Metformin on 500 MG, twice daily. I started with the Metformin on April 1, 2008. On April 4, I passed a blood clot like I’d never seen before. It was organ-like, and I was worried that I was already pregnant and that I had a miscarriage. It was 8pm and I was in a lot of pain, so DH took me to the hospital. They determined that I had DUB (dysfunctional uterine bleeding), and it was caused by a change in hormone levels… thanks to the Metformin. They told me to rest over the weekend and I should be fine. Over the weekend, I passed a few more small blood clots, with some bright red bleeding before and after them. Sunday was the worst, though. I was sitting on the couch, and I felt like I was about to pass another one – so I got up and started walking toward the bathroom. Within 5 feet from the couch, I began bleeding so badly that it soaked through my pad, underwear, shorts, and was running down my legs and dripping directly onto the floor. DH was at the store, and I knew something was very wrong so I called him, and then made a trail of heavy blood to the bathroom… got in the shower, and waited. Still gushing, I passed several painful, gigantic blood clots. When DH came home and saw how bad it was, he called 911 and they came to get me. I lost about 2 IV bags worth of unclotted blood, as well as 7 or 8 clots. My iron and blood pressure got so dangerously low that they thought it was an error. Anyway, they kept an eye on me for a few hours until things returned to normal, and today I am following up with my OB/GYN to make sure he wants to keep me on the Metformin. My primary care physician, who put me on the Metformin, has already advised that I should stay on it. So we’ll see what happens. That brings me to today. I’m so happy to find a good PCOS support group, and I look forward to getting to know all of you and following your journeys to parenthood!
__________________ Me - 23 | Eddie - 27 | Married 12/10/2005
PCOS '05 | TTC for 25 months! M/C - 1/26/09 - To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. - Leilani Grace M/C - 8/19/09 - 2w4d
Surgeries: 3/2008 - Marsupialization of a Bartholin Cyst 6/2009 - HSG and Lap for Endo - Tubes are wide open super highways! YAY!
Welcome! Oh my goodness, that's horrible what you just went through! I really hope the docs can get things figured out for you quickly. This board has helped me so much when I had questions and I'm sure it'll be of help to you. There's always something new that I'm learning about PCOS and TTC with it.
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Jennifer (22)
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FEB 08: Clomid 100mg: O'd BFN
MARCH 08: Clomid 100mg: O?
Supplements
B-Complex
Cinnamon
Fish Oil
Green Tea
Multivitamin
Soy CD 3-7
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Thanks for the responses =] I will go check out the roadmap now so I can decipher some of the abbreviations! hehe
__________________ Me - 23 | Eddie - 27 | Married 12/10/2005
PCOS '05 | TTC for 25 months! M/C - 1/26/09 - To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. - Leilani Grace M/C - 8/19/09 - 2w4d
Surgeries: 3/2008 - Marsupialization of a Bartholin Cyst 6/2009 - HSG and Lap for Endo - Tubes are wide open super highways! YAY!
Newbie! 
