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PCOS & Pregnancy
Apr 14, 2009
PCOS & Pregnancy
Some women with PCOS become pregnant naturally; for others pregnancy becomes possible with the help of lifestyle changes, medical treatment, and/or infertility treatment. However, PCOS can affect a pregnant woman and her pregnancy in several ways.
Miscarriage
Women with PCOS have a higher miscarriage rate than women without it. Although the cause is not understood, it may be due to elevated levels of luteinizing hormones, insulin, or glucose. The best way to reduce your risk of miscarriage is to normalize your hormone levels. Normalizing blood sugar and glucose levels may also be helpful. If you’re taking Metformin, it might reduce the chance of miscarriage, but continuing it during pregnancy is considered controversial so be sure to talk with your doctor about what’s right for you.
Gestational Diabetes
Since many women with PCOS are insulin resistant, they have an increased risk of gestational diabetes during pregnancy. Gestational diabetes is a temporary type of diabetes that may develop during the second half of pregnancy and usually goes away after the baby is born. With gestational diabetes, your body doesn’t produce enough insulin to process sugar during pregnancy so the fetus may get too much sugar. If untreated, this can lead to a larger-than-normal baby, premature delivery, and increased chance of cesarean delivery. With treatment, however, most women have a healthy baby.
Pre-eclampsia
Pre-eclampsia is pregnancy-induced high blood pressure, and it usually occurs during the second half of pregnancy. With pre-eclampsia, the placenta doesn’t get enough blood so it can’t deliver enough oxygen and food to the fetus. This can result in low birth weight and other health problems for the baby. If detected early and treated, most women can still deliver a healthy child.
Although having PCOS does not necessarily mean you’ll have a high-risk pregnancy, you may require special monitoring. If you’re severely diabetic, insulin resistant, or have high blood pressure, ask your doctor if you should see a high-risk Ob/Gyn.
i just found out I have PCOS about a year or so ago and I was told that it was so bad that they had to do surgery on it in order for us to have another baby. We have 2 sons and they tell me I have had it most of my life and I didnt even know about it. After the surgery the doc told me that it was too deep into the wall of the uterus that I have to have a complete hysterectomy but should beable to have one more kid. We have been trying to have another one after the surgery and we are unable to conceive. I am starting to get the pain back along with the big somach again. Its been 4 to 5 months since I had the surgery and my busband and I think its starting to come back and we dont think we will beable to have another baby. I have to see her at the end of the month and we may have to deside what we want to do and I dont want to make the decission on taking it out just yet but if she thinks its a good idea that we do it then thats what we may have to do. I love my sons and I would never change a thing.
I was diagnosed with pcos yesterday, and i was devastated, my husband and i have been trying for three years for a baby, we have seen different doctors but no one ever had an answer. i have most of the side effects. Everything that i hate about my body stems from this. i am so scared and my sister also has a lot of the side effects and i am scared for her as well. The web site helped a lot and i have a great support group but i just feel like giving up. My husband and i were high school sweet hearts and wanted a large family, now i am scared it won't happen. Diabetes, high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke and cancer also run strong in my family. I want to change my lifestyle to make life a little better but i am not sure what i should do.
I was diagnosed several months ago with pcos and since I found out it has been hard because me and my new husband hae been trying for a little over a year to have a child. I have two boys already from my previous marriage I love them with all my heart but I never felt I had an issue with having another baby with my new husband until several months ago it has changed my life I have been taken all my medications as directed by the doctor and I know that I my just be rushing the whole idea but I am ready to have another baby and now I feel like I will never be able to give my new husband that has no kids at all a child. I hae not yet seeked another option from another doctor I guess I am afraid they will say the same thing. I hope and pray one day that it will happen for me im not sure what else I can do to make this happen for me and my family
i was diagnosed with the pcos about 2 years when i was 19 i am now 21 and me and my fiancé are now ready to have kids we have been trying for about the last year and I pray that there is something that can be done to ensure we will be able to have a family together
I have all the symptoms of POS and I'm going to the doctors tomorrow to see if I indeed do have it. I'm not ready to have children at this point in my life. The thought of possibly not being able to have children in the future is upsetting and unexpected, but there are so many children in the world that need a home. God must make these things happen for a reason, right?
Besides, there's nothing that appeals to me personally about ACTUALLY BEING pregnant. I can do without the stretch marks..
I was diagnosed with pcos about 4 years ago when i was 19. I am 23 now and i have been trying to get pregnant for about a year. I am really trying to find a doctor near me in my area that i can talk to about helping me conceive. My symptoms include: excessive hair growth on my chin and chest, irregular cycles and sometimes no cycle at all. By me being the only child i really want to be able to give my mother a grandchild. Thats one of her dreams. I love children with a passion and there is nothing more enjoyable then to be able to conceive and carry a child of your own. Please can u help me.
im 16 years old and just got diagnosed with pcos and my doctor told me that it will increase my chance of pregnancy and i dont think she is correct but i hope all of you that are trying succeed
I'm 28 soon 2b 29. After dating since I was 13, I have finally met the man I want to be with. We've already planned on getting married but we also want a baby. I've spoken to my OBGYN and he informed me that my PCOS is severe but nothing that can't be treated. I'm overweight, always have been and my PCOS symptoms have been the weight and slight facial hair. My doctor recommended that I get the lap band so I can drop the weight and then we can discuss a baby. My thing is, that isn't a permanent fix to the weight loss. I don't know how to loose the weight, I've been this way my entire life. Will I need those shots to concieve? Will I be able to do it naturally. I'm on metformin and the nuvaring which my cycles are pretty much regular after being on both for so long. I get my cycle regardless now. I am terrified that if we wait too long, I'll never be able to have a child, having a child is something I've wanted for sometime now and I've gotten over the stigma of waiting until after marriage. Although my doctor said if I wait it won't be a problem, I have this nagging feeling in my gut telling me, if I wait, it will be a problem. This wedding probably won't happen for another 2 years, should I wait? If not, how go I get pregnant....minus the obvious....I KNOW HOW!
I was diagnosed with pcos a year ago after 8 years of odd cycles and every other symptom. i was told i would need treatment and possibly fertility specialists, and even then it might not be possible to get pregnant. i was devastated to hear having children would be impossible or extremely difficult and i eventually gave up on the idea of being a mom. i recently found out that i am pregnant and i just want all of you to have hope. surprises and miracles happen everyday and i hope all of you get yours, im due in december so keep me and my baby in your thoughts we need all the help we can get.
i was diagnosed with pcos about 8 months ago i was heart broken because i wanted another baby and know with this i feel its impossible to do.The doctor put me on prometrium which i feel is kinda working but not as good as i would like it to.i have uncontrolled weight gain,abnormale hair growth no periods and cysts on my ovaries and i dont know what i should do im only 26 years old.
I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 17 years old and am now 26, I have been taking medications Metformin to be exact. They have done studies that showed that this helps women with PCOS get preganant and though it hasn't been successful for me (as I've not actively been trying to get pregnant for financial reasons) it did work for my cousin in about three months or maybe 4. I have all of the same things that you do weight gain hair growth and period issues and cysts too. My ovaries are actually larger than my uterus at this point. I am seeking a secon opinion on Monday from another DR after 10 years with the same doctor I am ready to know more. I cried when I found out and still cry now at the thought of not being able to have my own children. Ask your dr about the metorformin and see if that is right for you.
A little faith goes along way.
I was diagnosed with pcos when I was 23, I am now 27. I dont have unusual hair growth, but I do have crazy periods, my weight goes up and down alot and much more. Sometimes I have more than one period a month sometimes for only a few days, one my period lasted for almost five months. I get really bad abdominal pains and as embrassing as it sounds i get boils in the inner thigh of my legs sometimes. Thats what made the doctors check me for pocs. Anywas Ive wanted a baby for so long! I love children and Im afraid I will never have them bc of our condition! Im already 27. Ive been with the same man for 11 years and for like 10 years we havent prevented from getting pregnant nor plan but just hoped one day it will happen before I get to old at that! Its very stressful and devestating! I find myself depressed about it! All we can do is wait and hope I guess!
I was diagnosticated with pcos 4 months ago me and my husband were very exited thinking I was pregnant but all my pregnacy test tead negative I went to the doctor and after many tests she told me I had that. I'm very upset since i wanted a baby so bad after that that i lost my job so I got more depress I hope some day I will be able to have a wonderful baby.
My daughter has pcos and has gone through fertility treatments for years off and on ,never got pregnant. her drs. told her it would help to loose weight. although the pcos made it hard. She had the gastric sleeve done. lost 90lbs and conceived. she is 7 months preg. we give God all the glory. He ultimately allowed this gift. It is very discouraging to try so hard to have a child and feel so helpless. I pray for all of you that God will give a blessing of a child because children are a true blessing from God.
The best way to have a spontaneous successful ovulation that will result in pregnancy is to LOSE WEIGHT. Losing 10-30 pounds or more depending on how overweight you are can trigger an ovulation. But the most important thing to do if you have pcos is to live as if you are already diabetic, whether you are yet or not. If you stop eating sugar, count your calories and carbs and drop some weight, along with taking metformin if your doctor prescribes it, then you will have the best chances of improving your health and getting pregnant. Exercise can cure PCOS in overweight insulin resistant and diabetic women. There is not enough I can say about how important diet and exercise are when you have pcos. It's depressing and difficult to live your whole life on a diabetic diet and have to monitor your health so closely, but if you have pcos or insulin resistance at any age then you can't afford not to. I was born insulin resistant and was obese by age 5. I have been obese my whole life. After years of continuing to eat sugar and pretend there was nothing wrong with me and only taking the metformin when i felt like it, I found myself at 350 pounds and lost the feeling in my feet. Then it was clear I was a full blown diabetic and if i didn't change I was going to die. I always figured I was a humpback freak ( seeing as insulin resistance causes upper body obesity) with skin tags and a black neck and irregular periods who was obviously just going to be fat, miserable, and infertile, but when I got diabetic nerve damage in my feet that was going to permanently disable my life I knew I had to change. I have finally lost almost 100 pounds and am now pregnant. So I will tell you what they should have told me over and over throughout my childhood that they were beating around the bush about, IF YOU EAT SUGAR AND STAY FAT YOU WILL ONLY GET FATTER AND FATTER UNTIL YOU GET DIABETES AND THEN YOU WILL LOSE YOUR FEET, KIDNEYS, AND EYES. BY THAT TIME THE PCOS AND INFERTILITY WILL BE THE LEAST OF YOUR WORRIES, SO STOP EATING REFINED SUGAR AND START EXERCISING. The damage in my feet is irreversible, but i can prevent it from getting worse, and if I control my blood sugar and keep from gaining weight then I will have the best chance of a healthy pregnancy and being able to have more children and live to care for them. So whether you're 14 or 34, take control of this now. If you still have the chance to prevent diabetes then please don't pass it up. If you happen to not be overweight, then stay that way because the longer you are insulin resistant the closer you are to diabetes and the easier it is to gain weight. Diet and exercise are still paramount to regulate your body. Best of Luck to all from a lifetime sufferer of pcos who thought losing weight and having children were impossible for me.
Is it narmole to want kids real bad with PCOS? Latly i been want to get pregnet every time i see bay stuff or a baby. Is that normel.
im 21 n found out that i have pcos in october of last year... it has to be normale to want a baby that bad... cause its always in the back of my mind what it i cant have a baby... im the same way when i see baby stuff or babies... its really hard too because i work at a day care... i cry alot thinkin that i wont be able to. i am currently on metphormin n since october i have lost about thirty pounds... i guess im on the right track because now i have my period every month... i was just researching the medcine when i found this page. im happy i did... i always felt crazy about the way i feel n how sad i get all the time... its nice to know im not alone with the way i feel... i wish every one luck in your hopes n efferts... i can say one thing that keeps me going is praying... i pray every day that God will give me a baby... i know it seems crazy since i am kinda young... but i want a baby so bad... both of my cousins wifes have been able to concieve with metformin...
I'm 27 years old and have a 7 year old daughter, my husband and I have been trying to have another baby for 5 years now. I have pcos, I been on clomid for 6 months now and I just got on Medforne. Hopefully we can have another baby soon.
I was diagnosed about two and a half years ago with PCOS. I'm engaged to be married and this has been affecting me more than I thought it would. Before I met my fiance, I just thought "Okay, I'll deal with it when I get to that point in my life"... Now that I'm at that point though, all I get from the issue is deep sadness. I've always wanted a big family, to be a soccer mom who loves every minute of life. Now, although I can't complain about what I've made of a life for myself; I still somehow feel empty. Everytime someone I know gets pregnant I breakdown and think why is she pregnant and terrified when I would give anything just to carry my own child inside of me without worrying about a high risk pregnancy or never even getting THAT chance. . Well, enough of my venting.. I recently started looking for more information on PCOS just to see how common it is and I stumbled across this website. I just want to say.. Please keep posting. Just hearing everyone's success stories and hardships shows us all that we are not alone. That even in our darkest moments someone can be there with hope. Thank all of you for posting, you give me strength.
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