PCOS and Miscarriage Risk-Nervous

ajacot924

I am currently 5 weeks pregnant. I conceived using Femara. I had some light brown spotting at 3 weeks 6 days (day after BFP), so I went in for a beta HCG. Levels rose from 88 to 212 in 48 hours and progesterone on the 1st draw was 47. Doctor said all of this is great. I am having an ultrasound next week to check for viability. I have been doing some research about PCOS and early miscarriage and some stats I have read said the risk can be as high as 50%, while other studies show it is only slightly higher than "normal" women. Does anyone know what the actual risk is? I guess it doesn't really matter because my body will do what it is going to do, but I am so nervous. This will be my first child and in the back of my mind I am really not expecting this pregnancy to last because it feels like my body never does what it is supposed to do. Sorry to be a debbie downer. I appreciate all of your feedback. Good luck to all of you.

kmc84

Congratulations!

That said, stay away from google!

I don't actually know what the increased risk is, if any. I would ask your RE/nurse that one.

I'm assuming you are on progesterone. If you are using crinone or vaginal suppositories, that can irritate your cervix and is a pretty common cause for spotting early on.

ajacot924

Thank you! I'm actually not on progesterone. My doc was happy that mine was so high on my own. I will definitely ask about the risks. Thanks again

kmc84

That's a great P level! My guess is the spotting may have been implantation spotting that just took a while to come out.

Remember, spotting early in is very common for lots of ladies! Best of luck to you!

mcgeeva

Congrats! Never heard about that risk. I have PCOS and I am insulin resistant and after my first IUI with stims it made the lining of my uterus really low and they thought I would have a hard time holding the baby but all turned out fine. Did progesterone vag and for my second did a different stim to avoid the thin lining and again did progesterone and estrace and all turned out well. I also had spotting throughout the whole first tri. Good luck! 

Robeano

Well when I was going through everything my RE told me I was around 50% miscarriage rate but that it drops to an average number after seeing the heartbeat. PCOS is usually early loss. I had 3 losses but they were all very early, like never making it the 6 week ultrasound. I ended up using progesterone cuz of my losses, but if yours looks good don't worry. It's really hard in the beginning, I totally get that. Good luck!

itsmevkb

I don't know what the risk would be but here's what I've learned about odds - it doesn't really matter because when you fall on the wrong side of them that's just one more thing to get angry about.

Congrats on your pregnancy and I agree with @kmc84 - stay off of google.  Seriously.