Re: INSULIN RESISTANT -- WORRIED MUM
Hi Sarah
I'm just responding to say I'm afraid I can't help much - and I guess the reason you've not had any other replies yet means that no-one else can either!
There are lots of reasons for not conceiving even when ovulating - and stress can be one of them. I know it's easy to say and difficult to do, but IMHO she must try not to worry about it just now. If she's coming home in 3 months, that's the time to start looking into her fertility more deeply, calmly and with specialist help. Just don't mention the Internet to a GP! :lol: at least not until you know him/her quite well. She should keep a note of her results so far, show them to a GP over here, and ask to see a specialist.
Aren't the follicles the bits of the ovary where the eggs mature? Perfectly normal?
As far as I know insulin resistance doesn't cause problems re conceiving, but it's not a problem that has ever occured to me as I'm though the menopause! Controlling carbohydrate intake has been found to improve insulin resistance by many people on here. I'm not suggesting she goes very low carb, as you say she is "normal" weight, but if she sticks to about 100g/150g of carbohydrate daily, her insulin resistance should reduce over time. She needs to get herself a carb counter book, check how much she's eating now, and work out a healthy, lower carb diet, preferably sticking to Low GI carbs.
If you get her interested in a lower carb, low GI diet it might divert her mind from worrying too much over conceiving. I'm sure we all know people who've been desperate to conceive, who have eventually reconciled themselve to never becoming pregnant - and a few months later, when they've relaxed - along comes that baby :shock:
On the 'diabetes' side of this - insulin resistance is often a forewarning of Type 2 diabetes to come. I wish I'd had that forewarning - I could have altered my diet, and lifestyle generally, and maybe never would have become diabetic. A positive aspect to all this!
Finally - I assume she is in a permanent relationship? Has her partner's fertility been checked?
Viv 8)