Struggling with PCOS and Fertility: Need Advice

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When I was having difficulty conceiving I took data from my Temps and ovulation strips to show I wasn't ovulating and looked up providers that could specifically work with me on conception. Ended up seeing a midwife. She had me lose weight as losing 10% of your weight can aid in ovulation. She did an ultrasound, a second analysis on my husband, and was set to do blood work but I only had a period a few times a year so she started me on medroxyprogesterone to induce a period. I did end up convincing a month into seeing her (after losing 25ish pounds and before the blood work) and now I have a beautiful 3 month old little boy. Every case is different, but this is the rout that helped me.

Birth control is definitely not the right treatment for you! When I was trying to conceive my gynecologist prescribed me with Clomid and Metformin. Clomid is a fertility drug and Metformin is for Insulin resistant which eventually helps with conceiving as well. For me it was enough but I heard there are more treatment options such as Letrozole and injections. Find a gynecologist who is familiar or specializes in PCOS, you deserve the best treatment in this huge choice of your life!

Hey! Obviously birth control is not the answer if you’re trying to get pregnant… you should state that when you go to your new gynecologist. I don’t know what bothers you the most or how bad your symptoms are but Danazol helped me. Metformin and losing weight are also suggested for women who are overweight. Good luck!

Not all gynecologists are as familiar with PCOS as we would want them to be. When people hear PCOS they tend to think only about the inconsistent and terrible periods, and birth control forces your body to have periods. I recommend finding someone who knows how to test your hormones and will figure out and explain what your specific needs are, rather than making you use the cookie cutter option of "birth control fixes everything". I found a hormonal specialist in my area, and they ran some bloodwork and were able to show me the results and explain line by line what was good and what was bad. Then we could find solutions for the real problems. It's been a lot better than going on a pill that covers up the problems by forcing my body to do something that it isn't ready to do.