Mom Confessions
So a good friend of mine has been trying now for 14 months. She wasn't getting her period for awhile and so she went to the doctor hoping her negative preg tests were wrong, but they weren't. They diagnosed her with PCOS.
They started her on Meds and she has lost around 30-40lbs.
Anyway, she started getting her period on her own now, and they also have her on meds to help her ovulate. I wanna say chlomid, does that make sense? ... anyway, she's been taking ovulation tests at home and for the past 3 months they say she has been ovulating.
She's been actively trying & nothing. The doctor did some blood work and told her she is not ovulating at all so she needs to double up her meds.
Now the thing is she "ovulated" 2 weeks ago(according to tracking and Ovulation home tests), but did her blood work yesterday. She just got her period today.
Can ovulation be detected in her blood work 2 weeks later? Like she obvs wasn't ovulating during the time they did her blood work, so why would they expect it to show up?
So now she thinks the tests are wrong and she's not even ovulating at all whatsoever and feels discouraged.
She asks them to explain it to her and she said she always just leaves confused and upset.
She'll be 25 in April.
Oh also they told her she's insulin resistant ..idk if that has any affect?!
Thanks for any and all advice!
They started her on Meds and she has lost around 30-40lbs.
Anyway, she started getting her period on her own now, and they also have her on meds to help her ovulate. I wanna say chlomid, does that make sense? ... anyway, she's been taking ovulation tests at home and for the past 3 months they say she has been ovulating.
She's been actively trying & nothing. The doctor did some blood work and told her she is not ovulating at all so she needs to double up her meds.
Now the thing is she "ovulated" 2 weeks ago(according to tracking and Ovulation home tests), but did her blood work yesterday. She just got her period today.
Can ovulation be detected in her blood work 2 weeks later? Like she obvs wasn't ovulating during the time they did her blood work, so why would they expect it to show up?
So now she thinks the tests are wrong and she's not even ovulating at all whatsoever and feels discouraged.
She asks them to explain it to her and she said she always just leaves confused and upset.
She'll be 25 in April.
Oh also they told her she's insulin resistant ..idk if that has any affect?!
Thanks for any and all advice!
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maybe her dr needs to try a diff medicine to get her ovulating, Clomid didnt work for my bff but the next meds they tried did. She also has PCOS and she is 30. Shes due in April with her first
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I hope that you can find out for her. Good luck
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She needs to see a reproductive endocrinologist. -
I'm assuming she's seeing a specialists but I really don't know. She did say they were sending her to someone way back when so.
Its also a military doctor though because her husband is Navy.
Quoting chickensmommy:
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One small positive thing to PCOS is our fertility goes up in early to mid thirties, tell her to try not to get down, I got pregnant after a few years when I was worried about other things, now trying to have a second baby -
She might not be. a lot of regular ob gyns prescribe clomid.
Quoting Anonymous:
I'm assuming she's seeing a specialists but I really don't know. She did say they were sending her to someone way back when so.
Its also a military doctor though because her husband is Navy.
Quoting chickensmommy:
She needs to see a reproductive endocrinologist.
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If she's really overweight she needs to continue to lose. Her body doesn't want her pregnant bc it's not ready. I lost 60# and got pregnant he month i tried. I used a clear blue east fertility monitor too and worked first month both times. -
It's very common to start women on the lowest does of Clomid to help them ovulate. The side effects are difficult, to say the least. So the lower the dose, the easier it is. She shouldn't get discouraged. It can take several months, even with the help of Clomid. But its totally possible with PCOS. I had two of mine with clomid. :) -
she could have a short luteal phase which causes it to be difficult to get pregnant. That is when you ovulate late in your cycle. I don't really know what to say other than be there for her which it seems like you're already doing. Has she done other tests? She needs to have an HSG and other tests, the RE I saw didn't like to prescribe meds without having all the info first. Does she go to an RE or just an OBGYN? If it is an OB she should probably look into going to a specialist.
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I really dont know. Bump!