I went to the RE today.
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I'm going to be starting metformin again but a little differently than last time: 500mg per day for 3 days, then 1000 for 3 days, then 1500 for 3 days and finally reaching 2000.
It was difficult to remember to take it 3x a day last time, so the RE wants me to do 1000mg twice a day to make it easier to remember. I am used to 500mg (because doc said it wasn't a huge deal to take all 3 so I quit trying) and the minimal side effects I had with it. RE really wants me to be consistent with 2000 though because he says it helps the fertility drugs work better.
Anyway, what foods do/did you have issues with on metformin? I'd prefer to be careful with those kinds of things to avoid the asspee as much as possible. Lettuce and too much fried food was mostly it at 500, is there anything else I should be careful about?
I know everyone is different, but I kind of just want a little heads up so something doesn't come out of nowhere and keep me confined to the bathroom for hours.
Re: I went to the RE today.
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Doc wants to avoid injectibles and the like if at all possible because that gives me a higher chance for multiples (obviously) so he's sticking with the Met and Femara for at least the first few cycles and then we'll see what happens from there. He wants to avoid the strain of a multiples pregnancy on my body if possible.
I asked if we needed to do any more testing and he said since I've already done everything that it wasn't necessary at this point because it wouldn't change the way he wants to treat me. He mentioned another possible HSG (but with oil contrast instead of the iodine dye) if the first few cycles of femara don't get me pregnant but otherwise no more testing, either.
I asked what we'd do if femara and TI or IUI didn't work after awhile and he said we'd then move on to injects but he feels like doing that now would be jumping the gun so we're going to hold off on that.
He asked me to continue my diet and exercise and said that Met will probably help me with weight loss, too, so that gives me at least 4 weeks (because I'll probably have to take prometrium again to bring AF) to lose as much weight as I can before we start treatment. Plus whatever I lose during treatment.
Thank you for the luck, ladies. Doc mentioned that I probably should have come to see him a couple years ago. I kind of wish I would have.