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PCOS - How hard is it to get pregnant

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  • 21-10-2010 10:24pm
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    purple123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭


    Hi,
    My cousin has pcos on both overies. She is in her mid 20's and is dying to have a child. She had a miscarriage last year. Her doctor has put her on Clomid for 6 months. She is really down and i dont really know what to say to her. Hopefully these tablets will help her get pregnant. We have looked it up on the internet and it is worring the amount of stuff related to it. I was just wondering how other people with this condition have got on with trying to get pregnant and if they have any advise or where she should turn for help on it.

    Thanks :)


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    #2
    Yve
    Registered Users Posts: 159 ✭✭Yve


    Hi Purple.

    Sorry to hear about your counsin's miscarraige. I was diagnosed with PCOS at 24. I am 27 now and I am currently 5 months pregnant. The Doc prescribed me meds and as a precautionary before taking them I did a test and voila. I took around 7 months to get pregnant. Everyone differs. I think the best thing and most difficult thing is not to stress and relax.

    Medically I have no sound advice. I have been lucky. It was when I quit thinking about it ad fretting that it happened for me.

    I hope she has better luck next time :(


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    #3
    Pixied
    Registered Users Posts: 452 ✭✭Pixied


    Hi

    Women with PCOS can and do get pregnant. Where is your cousin located? There is a male doctor in the womans clinic in the B*acon H*spital in Sandyford Dublin who is a gyne who specialises in fertility problems, in particular PCOS. He includes the costs of scans as free in each visit and is very sympathetic and successful. His services also include using alternatives to clomid such as injections which can be easier to take for some. He is a good first stop before considering a specialised fertility clinic such as SIMS or the Merrion.

    With PCOS watching your BMI and eating low GI are very important. PCOS can be a pre=cursor to diabeties so sugar intake needs to be kept in check.

    A good place for info and support is here:

    http://www.rollercoaster.ie/boards/forum.asp?GroupID=15&forumdb=6

    There is often PCOS threads here and the girls are very helpful.

    Good luck!!


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