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hi ladies i have been reading all the success stories and glad i found a place to talk so here is my story i have pcos since i was 15 was on bc pills since then 2 1/2 yrs ago i got off bc pill and ttc and nothing 5 cycles of clomid and still nothing period has been irregular since off the bc pills started metformin on nov 23 got my period dec 21 im having a hard time getting to 2000mg of met the side effects are horrible lol but im suppose to start clomid this mth and im hoping for a bfp but im not having much hope

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Hi Ladies...
Again, I want to encourage you to hang in there. I'm currently 29 weeks pregnant with my 4th pregnancy, 3rd child! I found out I had PCOS in August 2005 when my doctor wanted to put me on Clomid bc I wasn't ovulating at the normal time of the month (I always ovulated really late, like CD 30) So my cycles were like 45 days apart--once I finally figured that out from charting bbt and cervical mucus I was confident it wouldn't take us long to get pregnant-and it didn't. I was put on 1000mg of Metformin plus 50 of Clomid and I didn't ovulate any sooner than CD31--but you can still get pregnant with late cycle ovulation and I DID in Sept 2005 with my 1st child. I remained on the metformin at 1000mg the whole pregnancy bc I was fearful of miscarriage and to help with gestational diabetes. Two years later, we were ready to come off the pill and try for #2--I got pregnant right away and ovulated CD 14 which was really early for me (right off the pill your body will usually ovulate more like "regular cycles" and then as the months go on the PCOS kicks in and the periods get further and further apart.) Anyways, I hadn't even started the Metformin when I was pregnant with #2 and at my early OB appt, there was no heartbeat--so it wasn't a good pregnancy and I needed a D&C at 12 weeks. After the D&C, I started again on 1000mg of Metformin and the 3rd cycle after the D&C I was pregnant again with a healthy pregnancy (ovulated late on CD 31, and stayed on the Metformin the whole pregnancy). So when we wanted to ttc for #3, I started the 1000mg of Metformin 2 months BEFORE I came off the pill and I ovulated CD 17(by the 3rd pregnancy I knew my body really well to know when I ovulated and CD 17 was better than CD 31--probably because it was the first cycle off the birth control) and it's another healthy pregnancy and I'll come off the 1000mg of Metformin the weeks before I deliver like I did with my other two healthy pregnancies. I have never had any side effects from Metformin, so no GI issues, but no additional weight loss either. And one time they tried to increase the dose up to 2000mg, but I still ovulated late CD 30 so they moved me back to the 1000mg dosage. I hope my story gives you hope and baby dust to all of you!

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