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Anna, I have heard that the accupressure bands used for sea sickness help morning sickness as well. They worked wonders for me when I was seasick. You can also buy I think they are called preggo pops, that are supposed to help also. Good luck and hang in there it gets better next tri.

chicks, if you are interested in going the herbal route, I suggest you go to RadiantWonder.com. You can fill out a questionaire and send it in (email) and an herbalist will call you (or email you) for a free consultation. I did this and I am sooooo hopeful. The doctors don't care that I have a very light (1 day) period (not enough blood for good lining), but Traditional Chinese Medicine teaches you how to work with your body to regain balance. After taking these herbs and acupressure for 2 months, I am back up to a 3 day period (I know TMI) after 2 years, and I am well on my way to becoming healthy enough to support a healthy pregnancy. They say it takes 100 days of treatment to regain balance (more the further off you are, but you should notice a difference in 3-4 months). The herbal consultation gave me things to do that I could do everyday without buying anything, but of course if you buy the herbs things go much faster. For me, I am spending about $60 /month on herbs. Which is much cheaper than RE's and much more healthy and I am actually getting results that I never got by going to the doctor. Take a look at the book The Infertility Cure and see if you are willing to make some changes to help your body work correctly again. The book is great but if you need someone to help you understand some of the suggestions in it the RadiantWonder.com people are great. They even recommended the book to me even though it is a different company. Every time I go to the doctor I feel lost, hopeless, and insignificant. But learning about Traditional Chinese Medicine has made me confident that I will soon get pregnant and be healthy doing it, hopeful, and glad that I can do something to help myself get there which makes me less stressed. I urge you to look into this. You seem to have reached a point that you are ready for something other than trusting your doctor. Randine Lewis and the RadiantWonder people (Amanda Howell) really want you to succeed and so do we all. I hope you find this useful and I hope this is not too pushy. I'm just really excited that this is working for me after 3 years of floundering. Good luck.

Hi girls! How is everyone? I hope well! Anything new going on or good news from anyone's way? jcr, thanks for the advice about the motion sickness bands! I just read that a pregnant woman used them and it took away her nausea and helped her appetite come back within several hours. I may give them a try to see if it helps my appetite. The nausea isn't that bad, but my appetite is terrible. And I want to make sure that the baby is getting what he needs. ~~~ I had my 2nd ultrasound the other day and everything looked really good. The baby was moving and flipping so much! We got to hear his heartbeat this time! He is 3 inches long and measured at 12 weeks 3 days. That's 2 weeks 2 days worth of growing over one week! My belly is starting to really pop out and I've had to keep unbuttoning my jeans button! I'm pretty sure I've been feeling the baby last few days. I've gotten this weird bubbly feeling sometimes where the baby is. And I've, also, ( I swear this) felt a little kick where the baby is, too. It's not real hard, but just a tiny kick and then nothing. And I know it's not gas or anything like that. So anyway......I want to hear how everyone is and catch up. Besides ttc, how is life going for everyone? I'm sending my prayers and *baby dust* to all the girls here! :)

I am new to this thread, but I sat down tonight and read the whole thing... You are such a caring and supportive group of women. Anna-congratulations!!! Chicks... I especially feel for you. I too have PCOS... And it is so hard to get a doctor who really cares or pays attention to your concerns. I am learning to be more demanding of what I want from my doctor. About 4 years ago my MD sent me to a GYN who formally diagnosed my PCOS and put me on Metformin-explaining that it was a diabetes drug and would help me to lose weight. At that time I wasn't married yet and not ttc. This same Dr told me that I was morbidly obese and the only way for me to lose weight was to starve myself because only 10% of people doing things like Weight Watchers actually keep the weight off! Can you imagine a doctor saying something like that? Needless to say he made me cry... I stayed on the metformin for 2 months and it didn't do anything for me weight wise (I was still on bcp-my MD put me on them when I was like 18 because I almost never had my period), so I went off the metformin with my MD's OK. Then I went to a different GYN about a year later who wouldn't do anything... not even an ultrasound until I lost weight. At this time I only wanted answers I wasn't TTC. Didn't go back to him either... Maybe I am too sensitive... My MD has been sending me for ultrasounds periodically for the last year and a half... and they have been monitoring a dermoid cyst on my right ovary, along with all of the regular PCOS cysts. Then they recommended that I have an MRI. So I did that on October 3rd and I finally have an appointment with a fertility specialist at my local hospital on Oct 21. I had to basically demand this. I am married now and have been off BCP's since May and still no period, doing BBT but my temps are all over the map. I just hope that this new doctor is more understanding. The last 2 were so insensitive and didn't explain anything to me. I realize that I need to lose weight but it is so hard and SOOOO frustrating. I eat well... I hardly ever snack... I am very careful, and still I gain weight. I also work at a small business (Vet clinic) and 2 of my co-workers are pregnant... And they both have almost 3 year olds... *sigh*... Sorry for the long post, just thought I'd fill you all in on my struggle and history. I have found this site and especially this thread very helpful. Good luck to everyone.

Merelee it is awesome isn't it to find people outside of the medical profession that understand and can help and that actually make you feel like they care!! I too feel the herbs and acupuncture are making a difference. Hopefully we will be well on our way to a bfp!! I love the book also, when I start to get down I just read a few pages and feel much better. Anna, try the preggo pops too, I heard they work. Congrats on the ultrasound, it is wild to see them moving and the heart pumping away. I am sooo happy for you. We celebrated our daughters 2nd birthday today, it seems like yesterday she was a bump in the belly!! It is such an amazing journey. Tracy welcome, Drs can be such &@^!%! jerks! I have learned that you need to go in knowing what you want and telling them! Hang in there and baby dust.

Hi ladies! Wow, this sucks not being able to come on here as much as I used to.. Came on today and see another new face! Welcome Tracy! Thanks for sharing with us.. This PCOS thing is for the birds eh? It's so hard to figure out.. And, the fact that a doctor tells you that he won't do anything for you until you lose weight makes me sick.. If he knew anything about PCOS, he would know that one of the major problems with PCOS is that you can't lose weight no matter what you do.. The Metformin is supposed to help you lose weight but it's not an overnight thing. It takes a while to lose the weight while you are on it. I guess that we just have to be there for one another through all of this and try to just be an ear for each other to listen. I too am very frustrated with this whole process and feel like a year later, I am no further than when I started. I don't think that I even ovulate every month so I don't know when to BD.. Keep me posted and let me know how you're hanging in, and welcome again! Good to talk to you.. Anna, I'm so happy for you. You keep telling us things about you're pregnancy, it's like we're right there with you! Thanks for sharing that, because we love to hear that. Wow, that active already? That one's going to be a handful! LOL! Congrat's again, I can't tell you how excited I am for you.. Merlee, thanks so much for your advice, I will certainly do that.. It sounds like they've been a great help to you which is phenomenal, especially when doctors don't really give a crap about their patients.. It's great to find something you feel good about.. I wish you all the luck in the world and I will certainly look into that book as well! Take care and keep going at it! We all admire how positive you are staying through everything you have been through and I know that I am learning a lot from your attitude toward TTC. So hang in there sweetie, you're doing everything possible and I know it will happen soon.. Hi jcl! Good to hear from you.. If that accupressure works for you, I'd really like to know, as there are many of them close to where I live. Which part of your body do they focus in on? Keep me posted everyone and talk to you all soon! Extreme baby dust to all who need it! xoxoxo

Just wanted to say hi to everyone today! Tracy, your more than welcome to join us! I'm so soory for all your struggles! :( You've had quite a time, especially with your doctors! I hope the specialist will be able to help you get everything sorted out, so you can be pregnant very soon! Good luck sweetie! jcr, I saw those Preggo pops in Motherhood the other day. Very odd flavors! Ginger! Knock on wood though, I can feel the nausea and appetite stuff slowly letting up! According to the baby's size, I'm already into my second trimester. So now is about the time it should be going away. chicks, I have to admit that I feel kinda guilty! I haven't been trying for years, gone through countless tests, been let down time after time after time, and feel the heartbreak of seeing other women get pregnant year after year while I can't! A lot of women have been trying soooo much longer than me and have been through so much. And then I feel bad talking about everything going on with my pregnancy. I'm afraid that other women here will just feel like I'm rubbing it in that I'm pregnant. I have something that countless women on these forums want and I'm so thankful for it, but want everyone else to know the joy so much! If I ever make you girls feel bad when I talk about my pregnancy stuff, just tell me. I want to be here to encourage all of you and not bring you down! My prayers are with you girls every day and I'm hoping that all of you can know the joy of being a mother! Keep trusting in God and know that He knows what's best for you! LOL and **baby dust** hugs to all of you! :)

ANNA, celebrate and love the bump, Its good to hear about the fun stuff going on!!!

Chicks, the book has the acupoints in it and explains how to do acupressure on yourself, if you are interested. That's what I have been doing instead of acupuncture. It explains about each point and what it is supposed to help. There are also points for back pain, adversion to sex, relieve headache, etc. The back points have really worked for me. Anna, I for one am very happy for you and I am glad that you talk about your pregnancy with us here. I have never been preg. and am very curious about it and often wonder what it will be like and dream of the day when it is me. So, please don't stop updating us. I love to hear about it. I have never really been "jealous" or whatever you call it, of others who have gotten preg. I just wish it could be me, too; not instead of them. Start spreading that Baby Dust, girl!

i have been keeping up with your posting and i have a question clearblue easy ovulation test i started testing on the 13,14,15,16,17, after reading the instr..i learned i should test on the 16 day which would be the 18...but i have tested 13-17 and nothing accept for faint lines ...but what is wierd to me is on the 14 i tested and it showed nothing for hours the next day i looked at it and it was + the lines were so purple i couldn't believe it and i fell asleep that night...but still i tested 15,16,17 and line still faint purple line so i think maybe that wasn't a + and 18 maybe the oing day for me....so i will test in the morning ...that is a nother thin want to ask i am taking femara this is my second cycle and i was told to test in the morning everyone i have talked said not i don't know if it has something to do with the femara are not...any ideas.....oh one more thing congrats Anna...i have been trying for 4 years i have a 7 year old son...found out i have pcos....after 4 years ......drs .....what is wrong with them?

Hello ladies. Anna, I LOVE hearing about your pregnancy! I am with merlee, wish it was me too, not jealous at all. I, too, have never been PG and rely on what others tell me to dream of someday getting there. Well, I went to the dr yesterday...and guess what?...he thinks I have pcos. He had them draw blood from me to check all the hormone levels first , then he said we could go from there. He mentioned starting me on Clomid if the tests come back as he suspects they will. So..right now I am just waiting to hear the blood test results. He also wants to get a semen sample from my hubby just to make sure we can rule him out as having a problem. Feels like I am in for a pretty big roller coaster ride! Keep me in your prayers! ~~baby dust to all who need it~~~

Robin, it sounds like you have very knowledgable doctor. I'd stick with him. If you have questions, make sure you ask and don't let him blow you off. He is doing all the right things so far. I hope you have your answers soon and can get on the baby bus, too.

I'm sorry about your lack of baby success but thankful for the info you gave. I would have thought that was one of the best tests...so much for advertising propagnda!! Here's sending TONS of baby dust your way!!!! Good luck, and if you need a friendly ear, feel free to give me a yell, anytime.

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Today was my appointment with the fertility doctor. It actually went well. He is a very nice man, very knowledgable, didn't talk down to us and was very 'size-friendly'. So that was great. It took 3 doctors, but I finally found the one that I was looking for. He prescribed Metformin for me to start out with and the plan to try to lose some weight and hopefully the Met will help with that. I go back in January and then he'll book the laparscopic surgery to remove the dermoid cyst. Then we'll focus on making babies! So overall I am quite pleased. I know the Metformin likely won't be enough on it;s own to get pregnant, but I'll give it a shot while devoting a lot of energy to weight loss.

I am soooo excited. This last week I decided to go for the icky yucky chinese herb tea and acupuncture and I ovulated this weekend. CD 16, on 100mg Clomid I ovulated on CD 25. This acupuncture seems to be working better than any drugs have so far. How great would this be if it was an answer to so much frustration and medication???? Baby dust to all of us.

chicks, merlee....you girls still here? Just wanted to check up on you two and see how things were going your way. Anything new? I hope both of you are doing well! Not much to report for me. Just getting a little bigger each day. I'm 15 weeks 2 days now. I can feel the baby moving! Getting my appetite back, but still having some indigestion and occasional nausea. Everything is going good so far and hopefully will stay that way. Post me if you girls are still around! *baby dust*