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Divey 
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Posted: 23 June 2009 at 12:44pm |
Hi i hadn't seen too much info on this in the past few months so thought i would start it up again. i have been diagnosed with PCOS five years ago but am only TTC now. have been off the pill for 3 months and havnt had a cycle...I'm on 500mg of metformin and Femzone.
is there anyone that's had good results with anything to do with pcos and TTC? i know that if nothing happens by the 6 month mark i will be sent to repromed in chch, any advice would be awesome.. 
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Treen
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Posted: 23 June 2009 at 9:04pm |
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Hi Divey, there's a whole lot of us in the infertility forum if you want to come join us. I have PCOS and my AF went walkabout for a few months last year. I took vitex... not sure if that's what brought it back but you could give it a try. It's totally natural and you can get it in liquid or tablet form from any health shop.
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Tinkey
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Posted: 09 July 2009 at 12:08pm |
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Hi Divey, I'm new to this site but have been lurking for a while :-) I have PCOS and are TTC. Although I haven't had success yet, I have recently starting taking metformin and seems to be helping regulate my cycles, have you been taking it long? I think Vitex helps as well, I have just started taking it again, since I'm having a break from clomid.
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Shezzey
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Posted: 09 July 2009 at 12:26pm |
Hi Treen, I was wondering if you had been prescribed Metformin for PCO's?
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Posted: 09 July 2009 at 1:06pm |
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Hi Shezzey, no, not yet. DH and I have decided to stick with acupuncture and Chinese herbs till Dec. If we have no luck, we'll go see FA and ask about Metformin. Have you been on it?
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Posted: 09 July 2009 at 4:23pm |
Hi Treen, yea I started a few months ago and then stopped because I didnt enjoy the side effects, but have since found out that you have to take them with food. I have read a few success stories from Metformin (from googling) and that is why I decided to start them again. This month I had a very strong OPK so do think that they help. Maybe do a google on it and see what you think.
Tinky, Welcome to Oh Baby I have being taking the Metformin with Vitex.
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Posted: 10 July 2009 at 4:51pm |
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I'm on my 6th cycle of clomid with no luck so far, though in saying that I wasnt ovulating due to my PCOS and I have 3 times on clomid. In my TWW now (CD 23).
Do any of you ladies know about PCOS and OPK's? I read on stupid "Dr Google" and they said that OPK's give a lot of false positive surges in alot of women who have PCOS?
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Posted: 10 July 2009 at 8:37pm |
Hi Divey, welcome to OhBaby
I found out that I have PCOS after a long time of TTC and making an appointment at FA after I attended an open evening last year. I had no idea and just thought that I had very irregular cycles (80+ days  )
I had a scan at my initial appointment which confirmed what the doctor thought anyway. I was given Provera to induce a period and put on 25mg of Clomid. I was very lucky to ovulate and conceive on the first cycle and now have a gorgeous boy!!
I tried vitex but it didn't do anything for me. All the best in your TTC journey.
 I know how hard it is.
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Treen
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Posted: 10 July 2009 at 9:17pm |
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I'm not sure re OPK, Mindy. I stopped using them because they we so expensive. I just use charting and a Maybe Baby now.
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Posted: 11 July 2009 at 8:59am |
I have PCOS and charting helped me conceive due to irregular cycles. Obviously it's not gonna work if you're not ovulating but great for irregular ovulation to help pinpoint ovulation and BD at the right time 
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Divey
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Posted: 11 July 2009 at 1:34pm |
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hey everyone,
went to the specialist and she did a whole lot of bloods. said that my testosterone was high..no surprises there but my cortisol was also high. so shes doing more tests for cushings syndrom...i'm still on 500mg of metformin cant handle anymore just makes me soo sick. and taking vitex. just the liquid version and also femzone. had no period yet. and its now 4 months..cant go on colmid until i get this cushings thing out of the way...dum dee doo. whats OPK?
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Shezzey
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Posted: 12 July 2009 at 12:44pm |
Hi Divey, its good that you are getting results to help pinpoint the problem with ttc. I think stick with the metformin, it really does help to lower testosterone and regulate your hormones. I also had the yucky side effects but then found out you need to take them with meals and there are some foods you cant eat.
Here is a link form a ttc website that discusses the side effects and how to deal with them.... ps. Metformin is also called Glucophage overseas
http://www.soulcysters.net/post-your-tips-dealing-gluc-met-side-effects-26112/
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Posted: 12 July 2009 at 6:46pm |
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hey shezzey,
thanks for the link, some really interesting stories! i will deff look into trying some of the things the ladies suggest. i have ibs too so makes things difficult. my big problem is the complete tiredness and feeling sick. some days i will be sick when i'm at work then about an hour later feel better...but feeling tired all the time is really a pain too. i will persist with taking it though!
Thanks Aimz
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Posted: 13 July 2009 at 5:58pm |
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Mindy, I got false positives with OPKs - SO frustrating, especially as at the time I thought they were real positives, then got kind of excited when AF didn't arrive, then just got confused! I don't use them now - the Dr said not to as they're not reliable (not sure if that's when you're taking Clomid or if you've got PCOS).
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Posted: 13 July 2009 at 6:36pm |
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Well that sucks, I was just about to buy a whole bunch of them. I'm not on clomid ATM but I do have PCOS. So is temping the most reliable method to pinpoint OV if you suffer from PCOS?
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