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Update from Dr. Apt

SnowflakeBride06SnowflakeBride06 member
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My Dr. says I have PCOS, not based on testing but based on my weight and 'irregular cycles' so I have 3 months to lose 20-25lbs. and if nothing happens than she will do S/A and Clomid.

Honestly, I am surprised (but kind of anticipated it too) and really sad with this diagnosis. I actually cried in her office. I feel a bit hopeless right now...

PS she didn't look at my charts

Edit: I have been in the low 200s but I didn't think it was that bad, because I have never been thin



 6/09 right tube loss (fallopian torsion) 12/09 BFP #1 (DD born 9/10)
8/12 dx Lupus (ANA+/APA-), 12/12 BFP #2  natural m/c 6w 2d 
TTC#2  since 9/12  50mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #1 Beta 10/4=BFN
                             50mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #2 Beta 11/1= BFN
                                  100 mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #3 Beta 12/26=BFFN
100 mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #4 Beta 2/14= BFFN
Took a LONG Break
Lots of Luck and Love BFPB for life KOFMKG
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Re: Update from Dr. Apt

  • StefB28StefB28 member

    I know that most doctors say that losing weight may restore ovulation but I must say that I'm surprised that this was your doctor's response... I would have thought that they would have started Clomid and told you to do what you can, as far as exercising and diet.

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  • xochrissytinaoxxochrissytinaox
    I'm sorry ::hugs::
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  • SnowflakeBride06SnowflakeBride06 member
    imagekdodge423:

    Are you considering getting a second opinion?

     

    Ya Kdoge I am thinking about it... I just don't know where to go now... feeling kind of lost at the moment



     6/09 right tube loss (fallopian torsion) 12/09 BFP #1 (DD born 9/10)
    8/12 dx Lupus (ANA+/APA-), 12/12 BFP #2  natural m/c 6w 2d 
    TTC#2  since 9/12  50mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #1 Beta 10/4=BFN
                                 50mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #2 Beta 11/1= BFN
                                      100 mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #3 Beta 12/26=BFFN
    100 mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #4 Beta 2/14= BFFN
    Took a LONG Break
    Lots of Luck and Love BFPB for life KOFMKG
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  • jtenebackjteneback member
    Oh man, that stinks!  Do you agree with the diagnosis? It looks like you are O'ing, but late.  Do you have a plan to lose the weight?  Why not do an SA now just to rule that out as a problem? 
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  • SnowflakeBride06SnowflakeBride06 member

    imagejteneback:
    Oh man, that stinks!  Do you agree with the diagnosis? It looks like you are O'ing, but late.  Do you have a plan to lose the weight?  Why not do an SA now just to rule that out as a problem? 

    I know I asked and she said not until I consider taking the meds, seemed strange I thought



     6/09 right tube loss (fallopian torsion) 12/09 BFP #1 (DD born 9/10)
    8/12 dx Lupus (ANA+/APA-), 12/12 BFP #2  natural m/c 6w 2d 
    TTC#2  since 9/12  50mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #1 Beta 10/4=BFN
                                 50mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #2 Beta 11/1= BFN
                                      100 mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #3 Beta 12/26=BFFN
    100 mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #4 Beta 2/14= BFFN
    Took a LONG Break
    Lots of Luck and Love BFPB for life KOFMKG
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  • StefB28StefB28 member
    imageSnowflakeBride06:
    imagekdodge423:

    Are you considering getting a second opinion?

    Ya Kdoge I am thinking about it... I just don't know where to go now... feeling kind of lost at the moment

    Did this come from an ob/gyn or an RE?

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  • SnowflakeBride06SnowflakeBride06 member
    imageStefB28:
    imageSnowflakeBride06:
    imagekdodge423:

    Are you considering getting a second opinion?

    Ya Kdoge I am thinking about it... I just don't know where to go now... feeling kind of lost at the moment

    Did this come from an ob/gyn or an RE?

    A new Ob/gyn from my practice who I have never seen before (not my dr.)



     6/09 right tube loss (fallopian torsion) 12/09 BFP #1 (DD born 9/10)
    8/12 dx Lupus (ANA+/APA-), 12/12 BFP #2  natural m/c 6w 2d 
    TTC#2  since 9/12  50mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #1 Beta 10/4=BFN
                                 50mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #2 Beta 11/1= BFN
                                      100 mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #3 Beta 12/26=BFFN
    100 mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #4 Beta 2/14= BFFN
    Took a LONG Break
    Lots of Luck and Love BFPB for life KOFMKG
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  • SnowflakeBride06SnowflakeBride06 member
    imagekdodge423:

    Can you call and have your doctor review and see if s/he agrees?

    Sorry, but after mine went off on me because I was clearly diabetic and told me I didn't ovulate, I am wary of OBs who judge based on weight and not scientific evidence. I have a couple women in my family who are much larger than me who had no issues getting pregnant.

    Yes, I think I will call and see if I can talk to my actual dr. and see what she says. 

    Wait your dr. thinks you are diabetic and don't ovulate?

    I agree drs. judge on weight alone too often. I know I am not thin but I am not huge either...



     6/09 right tube loss (fallopian torsion) 12/09 BFP #1 (DD born 9/10)
    8/12 dx Lupus (ANA+/APA-), 12/12 BFP #2  natural m/c 6w 2d 
    TTC#2  since 9/12  50mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #1 Beta 10/4=BFN
                                 50mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #2 Beta 11/1= BFN
                                      100 mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #3 Beta 12/26=BFFN
    100 mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #4 Beta 2/14= BFFN
    Took a LONG Break
    Lots of Luck and Love BFPB for life KOFMKG
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  • StefB28StefB28 member
    imageSnowflakeBride06:
    imageStefB28:
    imageSnowflakeBride06:
    imagekdodge423:

    Are you considering getting a second opinion?

    Ya Kdoge I am thinking about it... I just don't know where to go now... feeling kind of lost at the moment

    Did this come from an ob/gyn or an RE?

    A new Ob/gyn from my practice who I have never seen before (not my dr.)

    I've only been trying for a month longer than you have, but I'm going to see an RE in a few weeks-- my ob/gyn was recommending Clomid for next cycle and said that she might refer me to a fertility specialist after my Dec appt. so I went ahead and made the appointment myself. (At the very least, I want DH to have an SA before I start taking Clomid.) 

    I really would get another opinion if you can-- My weight is close to yours and it has never been mentioned as a reason why we're not getting pregnant. I would love to lose weight and be as healthy as possible for pregnancy, but my docs (so far) have not seemed to think that this is the problem.

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    imageSnowflakeBride06:
    imageStefB28:
    imageSnowflakeBride06:
    imagekdodge423:

    Are you considering getting a second opinion?

    Ya Kdoge I am thinking about it... I just don't know where to go now... feeling kind of lost at the moment

    Did this come from an ob/gyn or an RE?

    A new Ob/gyn from my practice who I have never seen before (not my dr.)

    Hmmm now I agree that dropping the weight would be the healthy thing to do, but I would get a 2nd opinion on the whole PCOS! Just saying I am trying to drop weight to get back to my healthy weight, but this is just my opinion. I would not just take advise like that. Especially when they didn't do any test this is just an observation!  

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  • illinigalillinigal member

    I'm sorry you broke down in tears.  I know that is not fun.  Based on your couple charts I can see, you seem to be O'ing, and you haven't been trying that long, so I don't know why you'd be so eager to go on Clomid.  Keep TTC a few more cycles and try to lose weight.  If no BFP soon, then try the next step.  GL.

    TTC #1 since October 2008. Dealing with MFI.
    IVF #1 w ICSI in July 2010 = BFN
    IVF #2.1 in Oct 2010 converted to IUI = BFN
    IVF #2.2 w ICSI in Dec 2010 = BFN
    Met with new RE in new city on 1/31/11.
    IVF #3 w ICSI in April 2011. HPT on 5/9 = BFP!
    Beta #1 on 5/10 (10dp5dt) = 99.4. Beta #2 on 5/12 = 284. First u/s on 5/26. = Fraternal TWINS!
    Twin boys born & lost on 8/16/11 at 18w1d due to PPROM & preterm labor.
    IVF #4.1 in Jan 2012 converted to IUI on 1/7/12 = BFN
    IVF #4.2 w ICSI in Feb 2012. Lupron on 2/10. Stims on 2/18. ER on 2/29- 7R,6F
    ET scheduled for 3/5/12- nothing to transfer :(
    Dh seeing new MFI uro & Dh starting meds- June 2012.
    IVF #5 in Dec 2012 = BFFN.
    IVF #6 planned for Spring 2013. Praying for our take home baby/ies.
    **P/SAIF and P/SAL always welcome!**

    Lilypie Angel and Memorial tickers
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  • MSC03MSC03 member

    While PCOS is a possibility, it's not something that can be diagnosed without blood tests for your testosterone and FSH level.

    My OB had dx'd me PCOS due to symptoms and blood levels (which turned out to be wrong because she did them at the wrong time in my cycle instead of CD3.)

    I went to see a RE because my OB had ignored my complaints about long cycles for, oh, 4-5 years. My RE went through the CD3 bloodwork and guess what? No PCOS. I actually have elevated estrogen levels which throws off my ovulation, not testosterone.

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    imagekdodge423:

    Can you call and have your doctor review and see if s/he agrees?

    Sorry, but after mine went off on me because I was clearly diabetic and told me I didn't ovulate, I am wary of OBs who judge based on weight and not scientific evidence. I have a couple women in my family who are much larger than me who had no issues getting pregnant.

    Kdodge that is a load of crap. My girlfriend is a twig, is a diabetic, she doesn't get AF, but she does O! So I guess that OB, that told you that is no longer your Dr.. Huh?  

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  • SnowflakeBride06SnowflakeBride06 member
    imagekdodge423:
    imageSnowflakeBride06:
    imagekdodge423:

    Can you call and have your doctor review and see if s/he agrees?

    Sorry, but after mine went off on me because I was clearly diabetic and told me I didn't ovulate, I am wary of OBs who judge based on weight and not scientific evidence. I have a couple women in my family who are much larger than me who had no issues getting pregnant.

    Yes, I think I will call and see if I can talk to my actual dr. and see what she says. 

    Wait your dr. thinks you are diabetic and don't ovulate?

    I agree drs. judge on weight alone too often. I know I am not thin but I am not huge either...

    My old OB did (not the one I was seeing before I went to the RE, the one before that). I passed the glucose test with flying colors. Had she bothered to check my progesterone (which the second OB did do) she would have seen how very wrong she was. I was tempted to send those results to her and tell her to shove them straight up her ass.

     

    Wow what an idiot, you should have forwarded the results!

    I passed my glucose test too!



     6/09 right tube loss (fallopian torsion) 12/09 BFP #1 (DD born 9/10)
    8/12 dx Lupus (ANA+/APA-), 12/12 BFP #2  natural m/c 6w 2d 
    TTC#2  since 9/12  50mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #1 Beta 10/4=BFN
                                 50mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #2 Beta 11/1= BFN
                                      100 mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #3 Beta 12/26=BFFN
    100 mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #4 Beta 2/14= BFFN
    Took a LONG Break
    Lots of Luck and Love BFPB for life KOFMKG
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  • SnowflakeBride06SnowflakeBride06 member
    imageStefB28:
    imageSnowflakeBride06:
    imageStefB28:
    imageSnowflakeBride06:
    imagekdodge423:

    Are you considering getting a second opinion?

    Ya Kdoge I am thinking about it... I just don't know where to go now... feeling kind of lost at the moment

    Did this come from an ob/gyn or an RE?

    A new Ob/gyn from my practice who I have never seen before (not my dr.)

    I've only been trying for a month longer than you have, but I'm going to see an RE in a few weeks-- my ob/gyn was recommending Clomid for next cycle and said that she might refer me to a fertility specialist after my Dec appt. so I went ahead and made the appointment myself. (At the very least, I want DH to have an SA before I start taking Clomid.) 

    I really would get another opinion if you can-- My weight is close to yours and it has never been mentioned as a reason why we're not getting pregnant. I would love to lose weight and be as healthy as possible for pregnancy, but my docs (so far) have not seemed to think that this is the problem.

    Me too, I asked both my pcp and ob/gyn back in July and they said I was ok. I just don't get this. I don't want to be heavy but I am not huge



     6/09 right tube loss (fallopian torsion) 12/09 BFP #1 (DD born 9/10)
    8/12 dx Lupus (ANA+/APA-), 12/12 BFP #2  natural m/c 6w 2d 
    TTC#2  since 9/12  50mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #1 Beta 10/4=BFN
                                 50mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #2 Beta 11/1= BFN
                                      100 mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #3 Beta 12/26=BFFN
    100 mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #4 Beta 2/14= BFFN
    Took a LONG Break
    Lots of Luck and Love BFPB for life KOFMKG
    Report Reply
  • SnowflakeBride06SnowflakeBride06 member
    imageillinigal:

    I'm sorry you broke down in tears.  I know that is not fun.  Based on your couple charts I can see, you seem to be O'ing, and you haven't been trying that long, so I don't know why you'd be so eager to go on Clomid.  Keep TTC a few more cycles and try to lose weight.  If no BFP soon, then try the next step.  GL.

    I didn't say I wanted to take Clomid but she offered it to me now or I can try for 3 more months if I want and try to lose wt. that is my plan.



     6/09 right tube loss (fallopian torsion) 12/09 BFP #1 (DD born 9/10)
    8/12 dx Lupus (ANA+/APA-), 12/12 BFP #2  natural m/c 6w 2d 
    TTC#2  since 9/12  50mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #1 Beta 10/4=BFN
                                 50mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #2 Beta 11/1= BFN
                                      100 mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #3 Beta 12/26=BFFN
    100 mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #4 Beta 2/14= BFFN
    Took a LONG Break
    Lots of Luck and Love BFPB for life KOFMKG
    Report Reply
  • SnowflakeBride06SnowflakeBride06 member
    imageMrsSummitCounty:

    While PCOS is a possibility, it's not something that can be diagnosed without blood tests for your testosterone and FSH level.

    My OB had dx'd me PCOS due to symptoms and blood levels (which turned out to be wrong because she did them at the wrong time in my cycle instead of CD3.)

    I went to see a RE because my OB had ignored my complaints about long cycles for, oh, 4-5 years. My RE went through the CD3 bloodwork and guess what? No PCOS. I actually have elevated estrogen levels which throws off my ovulation, not testosterone.

    Today is cd 3 so I thought at the least she would do b/w since I know today is an important day for that. *sigh*



     6/09 right tube loss (fallopian torsion) 12/09 BFP #1 (DD born 9/10)
    8/12 dx Lupus (ANA+/APA-), 12/12 BFP #2  natural m/c 6w 2d 
    TTC#2  since 9/12  50mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #1 Beta 10/4=BFN
                                 50mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #2 Beta 11/1= BFN
                                      100 mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #3 Beta 12/26=BFFN
    100 mg Clomid/Ovidrel IUI #4 Beta 2/14= BFFN
    Took a LONG Break
    Lots of Luck and Love BFPB for life KOFMKG
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