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? for those of you who took metformin for PCOS...

annie145annie145
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My RE is telling me to stop taking the metformin now, since we got a heartbeat at our appointment today.  My husband, however, has been going insane doing internet research and thinks that I should stay on it till the end of the 1st trimester.  I never had any blood sugar issues, I just started metformin when we started TTC.  Any thoughts?  How long did you stay on the metformin?
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Re: ? for those of you who took metformin for PCOS...

  • jenber77jenber77
    I'm in the minority here, but my RE told me to stop taking metformin the moment I got a BFP.
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  • JourneyToBabyJourneyToBaby member
    I kept taking it until 8 - 10 weeks.  I too never had blood sugar issues.  Good luck.
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  • jamalynnjamalynn
    I was told to take it through the 1st tri.  I stopped taking it at 14w.
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  • ShannonSkyShannonSky member
    I took it until the end of first tri.
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  • mrsolsenk12mrsolsenk12
    I took mine until the end of the 1st tri. Are you Insulin Resistant? That usually has an impact on how long you take it. I am IR and ended up as a Gestational Diabetic. There is an increased risk for GD if you are IR.
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  • cmw&tdmcmw&tdm member
    I'm not IR and I'm on until 14 wks.  With DS my OB had me stop at 11-12 wks and with DD and this one my new OB has me stopping a couple weeks later.
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  • KYRNKYRN
    With my first it never really came up and I stopped at 21 weeks.  If I get pregnant again I'll be on it until 14 weeks.  I'm not IR.
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  • madhatter2003madhatter2003
    I stopped at the end of the 1st tri.
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  • ardillaardilla member

    My OB had me on it until the end of my first trimester.  She had me step back from 1500 mg to 1000 mg to 500 mg over a week.  FWIW, my PCOS is not insulin resistant. 

    ETA: I did wind up with GD, diagnosed at 28w and change.  My OB blamed the fact that I was on terbutaline and a multiples pregnancy for the GD.

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  • BeccaLandesBeccaLandes member
    I took it up until I was 12 weeks.  Like you, my blood sugar was also fine, but my RE said there is some evidence of it protecting against miscarriage, so I stayed on it.  As far as I can tell, it didn't harm the pregnancy or my babies!
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