Audra

Hi everyone,

I am a pretty normal weight cyster (I think anyway)--5'1", and usually 108 llbs. I started met (among other things like Clomid and prenatals and provera) a month and a half ago. Since then, I have ballooned up to 114.5 today. I am expecting AF today or tomorrow since I was spotting yesterday, so I guess some of it could just be water weight. But I am worried that the met could be having a negative effect on me since I might not be IR. The doctor didn't test me at all, just put me on 500 mg. a day. Has anyone else had this problem? I am freaking out that this is the beginning of the scary trip down the road to obesity... please someone reassure me that it's not!!

~Audra

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~ me: 23, dh: 23
~ DX PCOS Feb. 02
~ clomid resistant (tried 4 cycles, up to 150 mg with ob/gyn)
~moved on to RE and injectibles
~1 cycle of Bravelle 1 amp/day
~CD 13, 7 mature follies, RE insisted on 5 being aspirated (very painful). I O'd, but no PG.
~Too many big cysts left over, so we are on a rest month now.

adela

Hi,this sounds like my story.i know what your feeling and i cant stand it.I want a baby but gaining all this weight form the meds. is driving me mad.i have the same question about the met. Every over weight person reports weighht loss and i was thin and now i have gained 15 lbs. since i started taking the met and clomid.i do not think i could be happy with my self overweight. I tell DH that i do not know how long i can do this because i am not happy with all the side effects.i would love to stay up to date with you e mail me if you would like. adela71@mns.com

Audra

Hi Adela,

Thanks for replying. It's so nice to hear about someone who's in the same situation. I, too, really want to get pregnant, so I guess I have to put up with these meds, but it just seems like the doctors need to be aware that they don't have the same effects on thin people as they do on women who are already overweight. Ya know? Maybe I am nuts. But I've never gained weight before like this--so quickly. And I don't think that I'm eating any differently than usual.

Anyway, where are you in this whole process? How long have you been TTC for, and when did you find out you had PCOS? Sorry for all the questions.

This is my story: i found out in February that I had PCOS (not that my doctor really did any tests, but that's what she believes it is since I hardly ever got AF on my own). We've done one cycle on 500 mg. of Met, and 50 mg. Clomid. The doctor said I didn't even ovulate on that cycle. Now, I am awaiting AF, and we'll begin a cycle with the same stuff except for 100 mg. Clomd this time around. Anyway, I am 23 and so is my DH, and we're hopeful that we'll get PG some time soon. Who knows, though. Good luck with ttc!! E-mail me anytime if you want: my address is audandjared@hotmail.com

~Audra

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~ me: 23, dh: 23
~ DX PCOS Feb. 02
~ clomid resistant (tried 4 cycles, up to 150 mg with ob/gyn)
~moved on to RE and injectibles
~1 cycle of Bravelle 1 amp/day
~CD 13, 7 mature follies, RE insisted on 5 being aspirated (very painful). I O'd, but no PG.
~Too many big cysts left over, so we are on a rest month now.