[KalliRyRysMommy]

DH and I have been trying for the past 10 months for our 2nd child with no avail - I stopped taking metformin and went onto a generic brand of One A Day Women vitamins. Since stopping the metformin my cycles has been a bit haywire with my longest being 36 CD and now it's been 30 or 31 CD and I've been visited by AF today. It doesn't bother me that much that I'm not pregnant, I'm pretty tired of the disappointments and tears that I'm not even gonna go buy a pregnancy test or even hope/dream big that I may be pregnant. Yet I still hold on to the tiny hope that I have left - that I could get pregnant but I have this feeling that I may need help medically to get pregnant.

I'm going to call my Ob-Gyn - but what do I need to ask for to be tested? I know I want to start with my husband, the sperm analyst (sp?), and have him ruled out, then focus on me. I guess what I'm trying to say is what am I to expect to happen during all of these tests? what's the first steps?

Krystle

[SavaAngel]

Well, I am guessing you have PCOS....I have PCOS and I am on Met and Clomid (cd 5-9). I think you should start back up on the metformin. Also, I would switch from the OAD Women's Vitamin to a prenatal (you can get a decent one OTC-I got mine from Sams Club). As for the tests - go to the doctor and tell them you want to find out what is going on and get the answers. You may have to get your OB to refer you to a RE.

I went in to my OB in August, tried 2 cycles of just clomid, then I had a ultrasound and was diagnosed with PCOS and started the metformin in November. I am on my second month of metformin and clomid together and if we don't get a BFP after this cycle I am due to go back in to the OB at the end of this month.

I know what it is like to be trying for your second for so long. Have you checked out Secondary Infertility (board here on JM)? Good Luck - this is month 12 for us - I hope it doesn't take you as long as it has me.

[snsgirl336]

I really don't know what to suggest to you as far anything (I'm not on any meds or anything) but I did want to say that I wish you lots of good luck... I hope you can figure this out with your Dr and get that BFP asap!

[KalliRyRysMommy]

Well, I am guessing you have PCOS....I have PCOS and I am on Met and Clomid (cd 5-9). I think you should start back up on the metformin. Also, I would switch from the OAD Women's Vitamin to a prenatal (you can get a decent one OTC-I got mine from Sams Club). As for the tests - go to the doctor and tell them you want to find out what is going on and get the answers. You may have to get your OB to refer you to a RE.

I went in to my OB in August, tried 2 cycles of just clomid, then I had a ultrasound and was diagnosed with PCOS and started the metformin in November. I am on my second month of metformin and clomid together and if we don't get a BFP after this cycle I am due to go back in to the OB at the end of this month.

I know what it is like to be trying for your second for so long. Have you checked out Secondary Infertility (board here on JM)? Good Luck - this is month 12 for us - I hope it doesn't take you as long as it has me.[/b]

Yea I do have PCOS - I was diagnosed with it at 19 years old - was taking metformin for a long time then I lost 70 pounds at 21 years old, upped my dose of metformin to 1500 mg a day (3x a day) and I got pregnant with my first child. Now I don't have that motivation to lose the weight again and money was an issue for me so I couldn't get metformin, now with time passed for refills, I have to get a new prescription which I hope will happen when I see my Ob-Gyn. I was on prenatal vitamins, lol - I think for me it's psychological - prenatal vitamins gave me so much hope that it was dashed each month so I figured switch to a different "normal" vitamins - I'd still get what I need for my body while TTC.

I wish you the very best of luck with your TTC journey! It totally sucks having PCOS becuz it hinders a lot of our abilities to get pregnant - I wasn't sure if I should try out secondary infertility and if it applied to me (maybe I'm in denial) but I am seriously considering checking it out now! Thanks!

I really don't know what to suggest to you as far anything (I'm not on any meds or anything) but I did want to say that I wish you lots of good luck... I hope you can figure this out with your Dr and get that BFP asap![/b]

Thanks! I wish u good luck too!

[richmond_girl]

Our testing consisted of:

For me-
CD3 bloodwork - thryoid, prolactin, estrogen, LH and FSH
CD 24 bloodwork - progesterone
HSG - tubes/uterus

For DH-
SA

Good luck!