hi guys, im kourtney and to be honest im not sure if i have pcos or not but i do have symptoms and i have my first gynocologist appt tomorrow

i have irregular periods
facial hair :[
im bipolar so i dont knw if i can blame it on hormones
diabetes runs in my family hard and im a borderline
i am overweight im 5'7 and 246lbs but very perportioned as you can see in my pics  

sooo i just wanted to come into here and look at some stories and stuff...

im currently 2 months late for my period
LMP:april 1st
i keep getting negative test so i feel like im a very good candidate for PCOS...i hope i dont have it though...something about PCOS is devastating to me even though i know its still possible to get pregnant.

babydust to everyone!

Quoting KokO BuTTa:" hi guys, im kourtney and to be honest im not sure if i have pcos or not but i do have symptoms and i ... [snip!] ... about PCOS is devastating to me even though i know its still possible to get pregnant. babydust to everyone!"

It's very possible with the syptoms you listed. I would go and get diagnosed from your OB/GYN and they can help you manage your symptoms and help you start having regular periods.

<blockquote><b>Quoting * Sara *:</b>" It's very possible with the syptoms you listed. I would go and get diagnosed from your OB/GYN and they can help you manage your symptoms and help you start having regular periods."</blockquote>




Well I think I might because I started my period yesterday...they want me to go to the gynocologist to find out why my af was so late turns out the dr I went to was a OB so I'm getting a referral to a gyno next week

Quoting Asher's mommy:" What is PCOS?"

I just wanted to share my story. I recently gave birth to my son who is 2.5 months old, but I have pcos and was given metformin to regulate my cycles before starting chlomid. I got pregnant right away on metformin, and my doctors still dont believe thats how I got pregnant! Even though I hadnt had a period for over a year or so. Now my cycles seem to be regular since I had my son.

Yay! That is great to hear! I too got pregnant just using Metformin and I am almost 12 weeks now! I hope my cycles stay the same after our lil one is born too! Congrats!

I am glad Metformin has worked for you . I have had PCOS for 11 years. Diagnosed when I was 18 just by symptoms alone but my blood work was always fine. Besides those darn cysts. Then I went to the doctor about 4 years ago and my insulin is high, glucose high, and testosterone is elevated. I was in denial for sooooo long that not treating my PCOS has now came back and bit me in the butt. I have taken Metformin for 3.5 years now, my endocrinologist (I also have an auto immune thyroid disease) thought surely I would get pregnant off the bat. I started my first round with Clomid this month. Exciting news....I ovulated!!!! This is something I have not done in probably years. I was so happy then my aunt said "you dont need to have a baby right now because you are too big and will get diabetes". BOM my bubble burst!!!

I have pcos, I had a mmc in november, after that i had ZERO cysts! I started doing the follistim shots in my april cycle, and I got pregnant from the first cycle! this baby bean is healthy!

Hi Ladies,

I just got diagnosed with PCOS, my doctor put me on 50mg of Clomid and I finished taking it on the 30th. Fingers and toes crossed that we get pregnant this month! Any suggestions or success stories??

hey my dr just prescribed me with metformin but its not for pcos....what dosage do you take...im on 1000mg a day but i only take 500 cause it messes up my tummy

Quoting KokO BuTTa:" hey my dr just prescribed me with metformin but its not for pcos....what dosage do you take...im on 1000mg a day but i only take 500 cause it messes up my tummy"

I got new prescription..but they had me on 1850mg/day and i couldnt handle it..so i stopped taking it. I was takin 1000mg 2x a day(so each pill was 500mg) and i ended up pregnant but mmc last november.

Hey ladies i just started metformin 5 days ago. I was ordered to take 500mg once a day for 2 weeks then 500mg twice a day thereafter. I wanted to know if i could go up to 500mg twice a day after only one week instead of the two? I have an appointment in october for clomid if I dont get pregnant on just the metformin. So im asking you ladies what you think.

Quoting KokO BuTTa:" hey my dr just prescribed me with metformin but its not for pcos....what dosage do you take...im on 1000mg a day but i only take 500 cause it messes up my tummy"

I was on metformin and I felt terrible. I cannot remember the dosage I took but I found out from the last doctor I had that I am metformin and chlomid resistant. Best of luck to you!

Can you take metformin while pregnant?

Hi Ladies, I need some advice...In 2009 I was put on Metformin for suspected PCOS because I had the symptoms and weird hormone levels. I was on it for 3 months before TTC and got pregnant the first try. I think I was on Metformin until about 15 weeks and was put on progesterone from like 6 weeks to maybe 15ish weeks too due to a slight drop. It turns out I have no cysts on my ovaries but I have like every other symptom of PCOS (so technically I don’t have it I guess).

Anyways I started having regular periods after my son stopped breastfeeding and I have ever since. I got pregnant at the end of the May and ended up miscarrying around 9 weeks last week.
Has anyone had a successful pregnancy on metformin and then miscarried off of metformin? Should I ask to go on it again before TTC since I had a successful pregnancy on it?

Quoting L♥vey:" Hi Ladies, I need some advice...In 2009 I was put on Metformin for suspected PCOS because I had the symptoms ... [snip!] ... and then miscarried off of metformin? Should I ask to go on it again before TTC since I had a successful pregnancy on it?"

Supposedly metformin decreases the risk of m/c. I took it up until 12 weeks in both of my pregnancies.