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<blockquote data-quote="Jennji" data-source="post: 2289093" data-attributes="member: 527713"><p>Hi rob,</p><p></p><p>Like others I, too, have PCOS and diagnosed properly when I was 20 after my husband and I spend a year trying to conceive. I also, like your wife, was told to lose weight which I found difficult, in spite of being highly physically active and eating a very ‘healthy diet” whole grains, fruit and veg, low fat etc. I truly tried my best and was continually frustrated, that in-spite of my efforts, I was getting nowhere fast. This coupled with the monthly sadness of not being able to conceive made me feel inadequate as a woman,. The doctors, like your wife, not really believing me, that I wasn’t eating rubbish. But I wasn’t T2 at the time. After 4 years of trying they eventually put me on metformin to help and hoping it would, stimulated more ovulation as I they assumed I wasn’t ovulating well and that any weight loss may help regulate my periods. But that too only lasted a few weeks as the side effects were not compatible with my life and the side effects horrendous. Eventually, we were sent for IVF treatment. However, yet again, they said I need to lose more weight before they could treat me. Which I did. I managed, due to feeling desperate, to do it in a very unhealthy way. Alcohol, cigarettes and starvation/fasting. I’m not proud but technically it was low carb.lol Anyway, I lost 2.5 stone over a few months. And without help, I became pregnant for the first time. Sadly, we lost the baby after a few weeks, but saw the positives as we had never been pregnant before. </p><p></p><p>Now here is the part my husband enjoyed. Since, I realised it could happened, I thought we should strike while the iron was hot. So, bless him, I didn’t leave my husband alone for the next month.lol And the following month, I was pregnant again with our first child. Funnily enough, the IVF clinic called me for an appt. 6 weeks later, to which I was pleased to say we didn't need any more help, it came naturally. After 8 long years of anger, frustration , disappointment, feeling left in the dark it happened. And indeed, my first child helped and to a degree and ‘fixed’ my fertility issues. As we were able to plan for our second and it happened within 2 months of trying. And have 2 amazing kids. So it can happened.</p><p></p><p>I will say though, that I did put on weight with my kids and it has been difficult to get it back off. Which, no doubt, has impacted on my recent dx for T2 last week. I wished I had known years ago how the insulin resistance with PCOS was effecting me. I’ve since read many many full studies that show women With PCOS benefit from being on metformin as it helps fertility for them but it hasn’t been tested as a pcos drug for treatment specifically, but does seem to help with their insulin resistance.</p><p></p><p>I’m now on low carb high fat. It has only been 6 days, my BG has dropped dramatically this week. I’ve lost over 2 kilos and feel fine. I’ve not had a carb flu, but then most of my previous carbs were from veg or rice which i’ve cut to none.</p><p></p><p>Also as a side note, I had over 10 cysts on the one ovary they were able to see. Which from what I’ve read is a lot.</p><p></p><p>My husband does our cooking too. He makes the meats I make the sides. It is a nice way to bond and it helps me encourage him to eat more veg.</p><p></p><p>Good luck both of you. I know the journey is tough, but you know, it was when, in my mind, that we actually gave up on the idea and just relaxed, that we actually got pregnant in the first place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jennji, post: 2289093, member: 527713"] Hi rob, Like others I, too, have PCOS and diagnosed properly when I was 20 after my husband and I spend a year trying to conceive. I also, like your wife, was told to lose weight which I found difficult, in spite of being highly physically active and eating a very ‘healthy diet” whole grains, fruit and veg, low fat etc. I truly tried my best and was continually frustrated, that in-spite of my efforts, I was getting nowhere fast. This coupled with the monthly sadness of not being able to conceive made me feel inadequate as a woman,. The doctors, like your wife, not really believing me, that I wasn’t eating rubbish. But I wasn’t T2 at the time. After 4 years of trying they eventually put me on metformin to help and hoping it would, stimulated more ovulation as I they assumed I wasn’t ovulating well and that any weight loss may help regulate my periods. But that too only lasted a few weeks as the side effects were not compatible with my life and the side effects horrendous. Eventually, we were sent for IVF treatment. However, yet again, they said I need to lose more weight before they could treat me. Which I did. I managed, due to feeling desperate, to do it in a very unhealthy way. Alcohol, cigarettes and starvation/fasting. I’m not proud but technically it was low carb.lol Anyway, I lost 2.5 stone over a few months. And without help, I became pregnant for the first time. Sadly, we lost the baby after a few weeks, but saw the positives as we had never been pregnant before. Now here is the part my husband enjoyed. Since, I realised it could happened, I thought we should strike while the iron was hot. So, bless him, I didn’t leave my husband alone for the next month.lol And the following month, I was pregnant again with our first child. Funnily enough, the IVF clinic called me for an appt. 6 weeks later, to which I was pleased to say we didn't need any more help, it came naturally. After 8 long years of anger, frustration , disappointment, feeling left in the dark it happened. And indeed, my first child helped and to a degree and ‘fixed’ my fertility issues. As we were able to plan for our second and it happened within 2 months of trying. And have 2 amazing kids. So it can happened. I will say though, that I did put on weight with my kids and it has been difficult to get it back off. Which, no doubt, has impacted on my recent dx for T2 last week. I wished I had known years ago how the insulin resistance with PCOS was effecting me. I’ve since read many many full studies that show women With PCOS benefit from being on metformin as it helps fertility for them but it hasn’t been tested as a pcos drug for treatment specifically, but does seem to help with their insulin resistance. I’m now on low carb high fat. It has only been 6 days, my BG has dropped dramatically this week. I’ve lost over 2 kilos and feel fine. I’ve not had a carb flu, but then most of my previous carbs were from veg or rice which i’ve cut to none. Also as a side note, I had over 10 cysts on the one ovary they were able to see. Which from what I’ve read is a lot. My husband does our cooking too. He makes the meats I make the sides. It is a nice way to bond and it helps me encourage him to eat more veg. Good luck both of you. I know the journey is tough, but you know, it was when, in my mind, that we actually gave up on the idea and just relaxed, that we actually got pregnant in the first place. [/QUOTE]
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