Polycystic ovarian syndrome

I don't really know why i'm writng this. Just having a really down day, and to top it off one of my oldest friends just called me and cheerfully told me she's pregnant. How many times...

Herbal

hiya jazzie, i have had an ultra sound which came back clear but they r waiting on my period which is now 7 weeks late until they can do blood tests for pcos, wat herbal tablets did u take to bring ur period on??

kerry x x

Herbal tablets.. brings on a period

HI KERRYLOU
THERE CALLED 'VITEX' AND THEY ARE A BRAND CALLED 'FUSHION' AND THEY ARE A CHINESE HERB.. I DIDNT GET MY PERIOD FOR 4 MONTHS TOOK THESE TABLETS AND I GOT THEM WITHIN 7 DAYS! IM GOING TO DOCTORS THIS AFTERNOON TO GET ALL RESULTS AND STUFF... SO YOUR OVERIES HAVE NO CYSTS? I THOUGHT THATS WHAT POLYCYSTIC OVERIES WERE..IM SO CONFUSED ABOUT IT ALL.. PS. THOSE TABLETS ACTUALLY GIVE YOU LITTLE BUMPS ON YOUR SKIN WHEN YOU ARE TAKING THEM... BUT THEY GO AWAY... IF YOU NEED ANYMORE HELP PLEASE ASK .. HAVE A GOOD DAY

Thanks

hiya i have been looking into hrbal tablets so gona wait till period finally turns up n decide wat im gona do then!!! x x

I can totally understand

i am just writing to say i know exactly how you feel! I myself have been trying to fall pregnant for 4 years. i have been successful 3 times, and then miscarried.I was diagnosed with PCOS 2 years ago. I have done everything i'm told to, with no success yet. My sister has just told she's pregnant which is extremley hard!!and like you i feel this is so UNFAIR as she didn't even want a baby.

Sometimes it can be hard but it's worth it

Hi
I have been where you are and it's not easy - at least your friend didn't ignore you cos she had a baby and didn't know how to 'handle' the situation.
My calender is starting to look the same way, but be positive, I decided to look for alternate ways to help me, I'm very spiritual and looked to things like Louise Hayes etc.
There is no easy answer when you really long from deep within for a child, my friends seem to click their fingers and poof baby appears. But i know I will be ready and loving and a supportive mother and that when the time is just right a very special little soul with come to me. I am not saying it's easy I cry sometimes but I know that with everything else against me I refuse to let negativity be another factor blocking me. Someone told me babies reflect where the parent was at when conceived, so yours will be wanted, loved and fully appreciated. How beautiful will that be?

You can e-mail me if you like but I am sure I sound airy fairy!!

Pippa
xxx

Also pcos...

What worked for me was to try to stay philosophical and count my blessings. You are right, life is not fair - but at least you don't have cancer, or a genetic degenerative disease, or some other terrible thing that happens to good people all the time. You have a good chance to have a baby - but if you don't, you still have a wonderful life, that is yours to enjoy.

Very pithy I know. But as I said, it really helped me, and I did eventually fall pregnant. My friends who fell pregnant when I was 'fruitless' are over the moon for me - they felt bad that they were pregnant when I was not - but what could they say at the time? I couldn't expect them to dampen their own joy.

On a more practical note - have you had a laparoscopy? The Dr. finally did one on me after many months of confirmed ovulation on clomid, and removed a small lump which could have impeded successful implantation. They also check for blocked tubes and the like. It was only after 2yrs or so of trying that they finally did this, but maybe its something to discuss with the Dr.

You're not alone!

I read your message and saw myself. When all my friends and my two sisters-in-law are all sprouting babies left right and centre, but I'm still battling with the disappointment month after month, then it's only natural to feel jealous of them and the hormones you get pumped up with don't help with the weepiness. Sometimes you just have to detach yourself from them and do something totally selfish and antisocial to take your mind off things. I have excused myself from many a social occasion so I don't come out with something I don't really mean. Don't feel that this is wrong, it's absolutely the best thing to do - after all, you've got to look after yourself to make sure that you give yourself the best opportunity.

Don't give up.... we'll get through this together!!

Dont worry-and metformin

i was diagnosed with PCOS when i was 18 also. and Doctors told me that the chances of conceiving naturally were very slim. slim to none and and ultra sound and internal showed that you could hardly see either ovary as they were covered with Cysts. i was totally devasted as i always wanted kids, and thought exactly the same about girls who told me they were expecting, especially as they were never in the right situation etc. but thankfully even though im only 21 i have my 1 year old boy.so after alot of research and talking to doctors i found out how it happend... i lost alot of weight. 3 stone to be exact- i ate alot less crap and i was taking metformin. thats the main factor in how i got pregnant was the metformin. Doctors never told me it was also and could be used to aid fertility.

so dont give up!! many women with PCOS concieve and do so naturally. just keep on trying and make it fun!!!

: thanx for the lift:

you have just given me hope in what seems like an everlasting battle im trying so hard to get my weight off and some days get so fed up.But just reading your comments proves that its not for nothing xx thanx xx