Can anyone tell me what is the chance of getting pregnant with PCOS?
Question:
They don't ovulate at all or it just irregular and unpredictable?
Is there any easy way to know (any kind of test) that you are really a patient of PCOS?
is there any medication to treat this problem?
Is there anyone out there who has kids despite having PCOS?
Thanks a lot for your response!
Answers:
Well, I can only tell you what I know as a fellow PCOSer. I am 25 and was diagnosed at 18. I am currently on the pill for it--when I don't take the pill, I don't menstruate at all.
I am not looking to concieve, so I can't give you a success rate for myself. But when I was diagnosed, the doctor never presented it to me as something that would stop me from having children (and this was a reproductive endocrinologist, so it's up his alley). All he told me was that if I ever want to have children, I should go off the pill, of course, and it would probably take a couple of months to concieve. Perhaps you can look into going on some sort of hormone therapy that would encourage ovulation.
Funnily enough, when I lived in England a couple of years ago, PCOS was the fad disease among a bunch of celebs. They would sob and moan about being afflicted but this was always in articles about their new baby. (Posh Spice was one).
So no fear. I've never known PCOS to be something that stops women having children. All the best! :-)
Whoops, I meant to answer your other questions as well. PCOS essentially is some hormonal imbalance where your ovaries ovulate, but incorrectly. (That doc did a great job of explaining it to me, but this was 7 years ago). Anyway, something is off where when your ovaries form the normal cyst around the ovum to be discharged, it kind of stalls out and the ovum just sits there in the cyst. Normally, it "cures" in this cyst then goes down the fallopian. The cyst never ruptures and the ovum eventually disintegrates but the cyst stays there. But it's presence causes the estrogen there to sort of stagnate and turn into testosterone (hence the reason women with PCOS have excess testosterone). So, from my understanding, it's not necessarily your ovaries that don't work, but the part of your endocrine that cues your ovaries to release the ovum (maybe your adrenals or hypothalamus).
The two ways I was tested and confirmed to have PCOS was a blood test (to check hormone levels) and an ultrasound of my ovaries. But basically, I listed off the symptoms to the doc and he knew right away what it was.
I hope this helps.
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Hi
To answer all the questions you had regarding PCOS you really need to consult a ob/gyn.
I have PCOS and was diagnosed at age 22. I belong to the so called group of 5%,where I don't have excess weight gain,insulin resistance and hair in places where it shouldn't be...My doc told me that my chances to conceive a child is almost nil...Then I tried Clomid (pills)treatment that made things worse...l had a really bad reaction along with irregular bleed and an ovarian benign tumour. After the surgery I tried IVF(injectable med) and it worked, managed to conceive a baby, but I lost the pregnancy at 26 weeks...I had another round of IVF and lost twins...After this I said that is it! My husband had enough of the emotional roller coaster as well....2 months later I got pregnant with my son who is 5 now...also had another boy who is 14 months. No external help,or from a 3rd party, just us...so, YES there is hope.( I am 36 now).
I am also taking VITEX.It is an herb that works with the hormones what I have. I started taking it after loosing the twins...
Good luck and don't give up hope
Sincerely;
Gia
I am 32, have PCOS and a 2 yr old. I took a long while to concieve, and eventually went on Metformin, which addresses the hormone imbalances which result from PCOS. It's not fertility treatment, but it gets all your hormones back to normal, reduces ALL of your PCOS symptoms (weight, hair, irregularity, spots etc). It also cuts your miscarriage risk from 1:2 to 1:10 and is safe during pregnancy.
By the way, I was checked out twice in my 20s for PCOS, but had a neg diagnosis because sonograms didn't show up any cysts, but the Metformin finally sorted me out.
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