Anything else I can do

[ShaunaW]

I was diagnosed with PCOS about 6months ago and all my doctor did was put me on birth control. I was wondering if there was anything else I could do. I have already started to lose weight with weight watchers. I have lost about 20lbs. I have tons of questions about trying to conceive, what are my first steps?

thanks

[JD80]

hi-
well if you want to begin trying to conceive, i would talk to your dr about going off the bcp. what i did was just that and after 3 reg cycles, some people dont even wait that long, i started clomid last month, at 50mg. i chose clomid bc it has such a great success rate and its just a pill to take so its pretty easy. i took it cycle days 3-7 last month. this month i'm taking it cd5-9. if you have any other questions feel free to ask. also, btw, if u posted this same message on the trying to conceive board, you would have gotten a lot of responses only because the medications board isnt visited as often by most. good luck hun!

[sugarbianca]

Well first you'll have to let your doctor know that you want to try to concieve and he/she will tell you how to proceed, whether it's clomid or clomid and met or some other method.

By the way i would suggest finding a doctor who who are comfortable with and can ask and tell anything it really helps in ttc and dealing with pcos.

[Chancy]

Hi Shauna,
I think you are on the right track. It's good to see that getting your health in order is a priority to you. I would recommend that you keep up with the weight loss and go off the bcp. Ask your doc first of course, and then see if he/she will monitor your cycles to see if you are ovulating. Tons of studies have shown that women who have pcos often start spontaneous ovulation when they lose even 5%-10% of thier body weight. I would suggest that you try this and if no O, look into metformin or clomid, whatever your doc thinks is best.
Good luck.