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PCOS and BC After LO Arrives

shanaynerzshanaynerz member
in October 2012 Moms

I know we're still pregnant and all, but I've been thinking about BC post baby and seen some other posts regarding it. But, having PCOS, my OB recommended taking the mini pill for about a year before trying again because with PCOS my hormones could get all wonky again.

DH and I had always planned we would just not use protection, but not be actively trying, and if I get KU soonish then whatever. After losing the twins I know planning is kind of irrelevant. I had chosen to wait about a year after we got married to start trying, then it took about 11 months to conceive the twins, and then we lost them.

BTW I was on BC for about 10 years prior to trying to get pregnant and my periods were regular for 3 or 4 cycles after going off, then my period went away again. I took clomid once two months prior to conceiving the twins, and was taking 1500 mg of metformin when we conceived both the twins and Chloe (this LO). 

Also, I'm wondering if maybe my cycles and things sort of evened out after having the twins, because I got pregnant 2 cycles after having them, and actually got my period and they were 28/29 day cycles. (Has anyone heard of this sort of thing? I've had friends say after having a baby everything was sort of jumpstarted.) At the time we were trying to get pregnant again, so we had lots of sex around when I thought I was ovulating, and it worked. FWIW DH's fertility is really good; my old OB tested us and was super happy with his motility and stuff.

Anyways, any other moms out there with PCOS trying to figure out what BC to use? Just was wondering what other PCOS moms have been told or been through. Thanks for reading and sharing any thoughts!

 

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Re: PCOS and BC After LO Arrives

  • annabelle8101annabelle8101 member

    I'm not a huge fan of hormones and I don't plan on having another baby for a few years at the earliest, so I am thinking a non-hormonal IUD. Planning to talk to the doctor about it. 

    I'm used to not being careful at all but am definitely aware of the possibility that the pregnancy might make me normal (for a while at least). Since I'm not used to being careful, IUD sounds good and low maintenance to me.  

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  • irish city girlirish city girl member

    I have not been formally diagnosed with PCOS, but pretty much every doctor I have seen since I was 18 told me I most likely have it.  My current OB said there wasn't much point in getting a formal diagnosis as it may or may not affect fertility.

    After having DS1, we used condoms until I stopped breastfeeding (about 5 months).  I went back on the pill immediately after stopping breastfeeding and also immediately got my period.  I didn't have my period at all while bfing.  

    When we decided to try for #2, I went off the pill about 3 months before we wanted to start trying.  The first cycle was 35 days (which is the high end of normal) and after that they were wonky.  

    I guess if I were you, I'd go back on the pill if you want to wait any amount of time between having babies.  If you don't really want to wait, then don't go back on the pill, but do something to keep track of when you're ovulating.  Once I started using OPK's, I got pregnant with DS2.  I was charting before then, but my ovulation was all over the place so I could never predict when it was happening. 

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  • mamap12mamap12

    I have PCOS... I was on the pill for 7 years and decided to go off because I started having side effects that didn't seem right to me. I had my regular period for 6 months and then it stoped and I got really sick. It came back but super irregular and I spent thousands trying every different thing the doctors could some up with. I wasn't trying to get pregnant since my H and I had decided not to have children but since we were only using the pull out method which apparently isn't sucessful here I am pregnant.

    I have been struggling with the what to do for BC after this LO is born. I don't want another child but my mom is begging me not to have my H get vesectomy since she is convinced we are going to change our minds. Our plan is to wait two years to do anything permanet so in the mean time I think we are gonna go old school and just use condoms... I  know they are super inconvienient but I figure it is SO much better than putting hormones in my body. I'm hoping that this pregnancy will be a restart for my cycle and that i'll just be normal after this but if things so back to the crazy way they were before then I guess i'll be looking back into hormone BC since my DR keeps telling me its the best way to control PCOS.

     Sorry this was so long :/ and I suck at spelling!

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  • MichelleL1118MichelleL1118 member
    I have (had) anovulatory PCOS, and needed fertility treatments (just clomid & trigger shot) to conceive DS.  I nursed him exclusively for 8 months, and did not get my period back until after he had weaned.  I had 2 "normal" (31 day) cycles, one really long cycle (about 60 days), and then got pg with this one without trying.  I would definitely not recommend just foregoing BC altogether, LOL.  And only use the mini pill if you plan on BFing - my friend just got pg on the mini pill!  I think this time, I'll probably do Mirena or Paraguard until we're positive that we're done, then DH is probably going to get snipped.
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