My RE is considering a diagnosis of PCOS for me. 10 cysts on one side 14 on the other and one in my cervix. TTC going on 2 years. I've never had cysts before that I know of. I have regular 28 day cycles and all normal labs. Anyone else have diagnosis of PCOS and no other signs or symptoms except the cysts?
@nurserin07 Yay I'm glad you came over here! Yes me. I have borderline pcos. My labs are normal sometimes and then sometimes not. There are a couple of issues with testosterone and dhea when I have long cycles. I also discovered that I wasn't ovulating every cycle like I thought I was because I was getting af, but I figured out that I wasn't through temping. If you've never done bbt charting, then you would have no idea probably since that would be the only way to confirm unless you got a blood test each and every cycle to confirm it.
Like you, I also have polycystic ovaries, but have never had more than 4 at a time as far as I'm aware. I do have many follicles appearing on each ovary though which I think that's what they consider to be polycystic ovaries. Cysts on ovaries and polycystic ovaries are two different things.
Other than that, I don't have insulin resistance, no weight gain, no hair growing in abnormal places, no other signs of pcos.
As far as your cervix, growths on your cervix or uterus tend to be called polyps, not cysts.
People think we become mothers when we give birth but the truth is we become mothers the moment we start calling our babies to us in our thoughts, dreams and prayers. Some paths are short and some are so long that you can easily forget where you were headed.
How I feel all of the time. My 7 Year Journey ***Tw in spoiler***
IVF IVF #1 - September 2018; Follistim, Menopur, Cetrotide & Lupron/HCG combo trigger; PGS; ICSI Back on Levothyroxine FET #1 - October 2018; cancelled, all PGS aneuploid FET #1 - November 30th, transferred anyway Wondfo BFP 5dp5dt, CB Digi 6dpt, 1st Beta on 7dpt 93 2nd Beta on 10dpt 510!
TTC #1 since 2011. Tried for 5 years before we knew there was a one year rule. Diag w/MS 2016; w/PCOS & IF 2017 New RE 2018; PCOS diagnosis taken away, IF due to ovary adhesions, but prev. RE insists PCOS IF
IUI IUI #1 July 2017 w/100mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts IUI #2 October 2017 w/50mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts IUI #3 February 2018 w/5mg Femara+trigger; low P BFP February; mc March; Subclinical hypothyroid started Levothyroxine IUI #4 March 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN Medicated cycle & TI April 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN Tried several cycles on our own; all BFN
@suzycupcake I really feel like I will end up with the same diagnosis. I hope we can find out Tuesday if I'm ovulating and next mo th if tubes are open. Then after that maybe we can get a plan of action. Thanks for the info! Glad to know I'm not in the Pcos boat alone!
@nurserin07 It is my hope that you don't end up with the same and that it will be something super simple that can easily be solved. Best wishes to you for your hsg. By the way, do what they say and take the ibuprofen beforehand. It's easy as pie. The most you will feel with the catheter going in is a slight pinch, but it's super momentary and doesn't happen all of the time. I only say it could feel that way because IUI is the same with catheter placement and it's only pinched a bit one time, but my hsg didn't pinch at all. The other thing you may or may not feel is a bit of cramping but certainly no more than mild af type of cramping when the dye is injected. So don't fret about it. It's really not a big deal at all. Please keep us posted how it goes!
People think we become mothers when we give birth but the truth is we become mothers the moment we start calling our babies to us in our thoughts, dreams and prayers. Some paths are short and some are so long that you can easily forget where you were headed.
How I feel all of the time. My 7 Year Journey ***Tw in spoiler***
IVF IVF #1 - September 2018; Follistim, Menopur, Cetrotide & Lupron/HCG combo trigger; PGS; ICSI Back on Levothyroxine FET #1 - October 2018; cancelled, all PGS aneuploid FET #1 - November 30th, transferred anyway Wondfo BFP 5dp5dt, CB Digi 6dpt, 1st Beta on 7dpt 93 2nd Beta on 10dpt 510!
TTC #1 since 2011. Tried for 5 years before we knew there was a one year rule. Diag w/MS 2016; w/PCOS & IF 2017 New RE 2018; PCOS diagnosis taken away, IF due to ovary adhesions, but prev. RE insists PCOS IF
IUI IUI #1 July 2017 w/100mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts IUI #2 October 2017 w/50mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts IUI #3 February 2018 w/5mg Femara+trigger; low P BFP February; mc March; Subclinical hypothyroid started Levothyroxine IUI #4 March 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN Medicated cycle & TI April 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN Tried several cycles on our own; all BFN
Ladies no comments on pcos since I have rarely a period, I swear extra hair, always tiny till these days etc. I never had the cysts or nothing I was aware of. No meds I took ever fixed it either. But HSG I just took three ibuprofens and found doing hsg at my fertility center vs the hospital made a huggggge difference. Hospital I screamed curse words at the tech but shady grove I didn’t fee a thing! Good luck to you ladies. If they do say it’s pcos it’s def not a death wish. Stims work wonders. We have a ton of eggs they just never drop. Let us know what they find out.
Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born.
6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived
10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP
@nurserin07 I have PCOS ovaries. All my testing was normal too and my cycles are normal as well. Just a lot of follicles on my ovaries that they think cause me not to ovulate on my own. Still get positive LH surges on OPK's, but never release an egg. It's frustrating, but sounds like you may close to the same thing.
TTC #1 since April 2015 June 2016 - CP 2017 - Medicated Cycles & IUI's IVF w/ PGS - January 2018 FET #1 - April 2018 - BFN ERA Cycle May / June 2018 ERA Biopsy June 2018 ~ Results: receptive (no change) FET #2 - July 2018 - BFP Beta #1 - 137 Beta #2 - 410 U/S #1 7wk1d - HB 144 U/S #2 9w1d HB 166 Anatomy Scan 1st 11/2/18 2nd AS 11/19 EDD March 28, 2019 Baby Girl born 3/26/19
PCOS here. I am overweight, have oily skin, a sad balding patch at the front of my scalp (W swears she doesn't know what I'm talking about but I'm super self-conscious about it), and I'm anovulatory. I read It Starts With the Egg and I'm taking Myo-Inositol and NAC to help with the symptoms. Supposedly they help with egg quality. There's some decent research about both supplements that seems promising so if you haven't heard of either before you should check them out.
The Inositol makes me kind of gassy but otherwise, no major side effects.
I’m diagnosed with PCOS, but the only symptom I have is anovulation and weight gain. I never have cysts, or any other symptom. PCOS is a fickle thing...
Me - 29 PCOS, Hypothyroidism, elevated Prolactin DH - 30 Azoospermia Dating since 2007, married since 2014
Re: PCOS?
Like you, I also have polycystic ovaries, but have never had more than 4 at a time as far as I'm aware. I do have many follicles appearing on each ovary though which I think that's what they consider to be polycystic ovaries. Cysts on ovaries and polycystic ovaries are two different things.
From the Mayo Clinic: "The ovaries may develop numerous small collections of fluid (follicles) and fail to regularly release eggs" https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pcos/symptoms-causes/syc-20353439
Other than that, I don't have insulin resistance, no weight gain, no hair growing in abnormal places, no other signs of pcos.
As far as your cervix, growths on your cervix or uterus tend to be called polyps, not cysts.
My 7 Year Journey ***Tw in spoiler***
IVF #1 - September 2018; Follistim, Menopur, Cetrotide & Lupron/HCG combo trigger; PGS; ICSI
Back on Levothyroxine
FET #1 - October 2018; cancelled, all PGS aneuploid
FET #1 - November 30th, transferred anyway
Wondfo BFP 5dp5dt, CB Digi 6dpt,
1st Beta on 7dpt 93
2nd Beta on 10dpt 510!
TTC #1 since 2011. Tried for 5 years before we knew there was a one year rule.
Diag w/MS 2016; w/PCOS & IF 2017
New RE 2018; PCOS diagnosis taken away, IF due to ovary adhesions, but prev. RE insists PCOS IF
IUI
IUI #1 July 2017 w/100mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts
IUI #2 October 2017 w/50mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts
IUI #3 February 2018 w/5mg Femara+trigger; low P
BFP February; mc March; Subclinical hypothyroid started Levothyroxine
IUI #4 March 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN
Medicated cycle & TI April 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN
Tried several cycles on our own; all BFN
My 7 Year Journey ***Tw in spoiler***
IVF #1 - September 2018; Follistim, Menopur, Cetrotide & Lupron/HCG combo trigger; PGS; ICSI
Back on Levothyroxine
FET #1 - October 2018; cancelled, all PGS aneuploid
FET #1 - November 30th, transferred anyway
Wondfo BFP 5dp5dt, CB Digi 6dpt,
1st Beta on 7dpt 93
2nd Beta on 10dpt 510!
TTC #1 since 2011. Tried for 5 years before we knew there was a one year rule.
Diag w/MS 2016; w/PCOS & IF 2017
New RE 2018; PCOS diagnosis taken away, IF due to ovary adhesions, but prev. RE insists PCOS IF
IUI
IUI #1 July 2017 w/100mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts
IUI #2 October 2017 w/50mg Clo+trigger; BFN; benched w/big cysts
IUI #3 February 2018 w/5mg Femara+trigger; low P
BFP February; mc March; Subclinical hypothyroid started Levothyroxine
IUI #4 March 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN
Medicated cycle & TI April 2018 w/7.5mg Femara+trigger; BFN
Tried several cycles on our own; all BFN
Married: 5/09 ~ TTC Since: 10/10 ~ PCOS ~ Progesterone from 10/10 - 2/11 ~ HSG on 3/18 - Clear ~ Started Metformin 1000mg & Clomid 50mg 2/11 ~ Metformin upped to 1500mg 4/6 ~ 6/7 Now going to SG and put on Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal F, Prometrium, Estrace ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP!!!!!! March 6th our little man was born.
6/17/13 - Ovidrel, Follistim, Prometrium ~ IUI #1 7/2 = BFP! March 17th our St. Pattys day baby arrived
10/29/17 - Started process for IVF, got pregnant & miscarried a 2nd time since summer. 2/22 started stims - Menopur, Gonal F, Cetrotide - retrieval 3/6 - , PIO, estrace 3xday - FET 4/18 = Beta 1: 616; Beta 2: 1342 = BFP
June 2016 - CP
2017 - Medicated Cycles & IUI's
IVF w/ PGS - January 2018
FET #1 - April 2018 - BFN
ERA Cycle May / June 2018
ERA Biopsy June 2018 ~ Results: receptive (no change)
FET #2 - July 2018 - BFP Beta #1 - 137 Beta #2 - 410
U/S #1 7wk1d - HB 144 U/S #2 9w1d HB 166
Anatomy Scan 1st 11/2/18 2nd AS 11/19
EDD March 28, 2019
Baby Girl born 3/26/19
The Inositol makes me kind of gassy but otherwise, no major side effects.
DH - 30 Azoospermia
Dating since 2007, married since 2014
TTC since 11/16
IVF w/ICS I#1 9/17 - 0 eggs fertilized
IUI w/DS - 3/10/18