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HI Sooji

I was diagnosed with PCOS a few years ago.

My TTC journey started about 4 years ago, when I changed OBs a month after I was married, I learned that I had a retroverted uterus. I knew that alone didn't have mean I would be infertile or have trouble conceiving so we still went ahead and put our TTC plans on hold.

A year after we were married, we embarked on the "not trying to prevent" plan with no success. About half a yr of that I finally went to another new OB that my sister recommended.

She diagnosed me with PCOS and the ultrasound of my ovaries helped confirm it. I really didn't know what all that meant but she assured me that plenty of women with PCOS go on to conceive naturally and successfully. It was in no ways a death sentence. She sent me home urging me to try again naturally for another 6 more months before going back to see her. Most drs won't even take you seriously until you've tried for at least one year without any success.

Through the next 6 months, I tried basal body temperature, peeing on fertility sticks. One thing about PCOS is that it makes it so hard to track your fertile period because our periods are all over the map. It was soo hard, in a 6 month period, I might have had my period 4 times. My cycle was definitely not a 28 day cycle.

I did my research and I knew I wanted to try a round of clomid. I went back to my OB after 6 months and I firmly told her that I wanted to try clomid and she okayed it. She gave me a prescription for 3 cycles. A lot of insurance doesn't cover it so I paid out of pocket for it. Luckly clomid is very affordable. I think I paid $75 for my first cycle. I got pregnant right after my first cycle. I still remember taking my pregnancy test that morning, half in disbelief when the the double line showed up immediately. I ran out and bought 3 more boxes and after the 3rd stick, I was finally convinced it wasn't a fluke.

My little girl is now 7 months! So yes, you absolutely can conceive with PCOS. Yes it might be more difficult, even impossible for some but you never know until you try. Don't let the diagnosis itself scare you.

Awhile later, I found out some of my other friends had also been diagnosed with PCOS and they were all able to conceive naturally.

I was diagnosed with PCOS 6 years ago. I had really irregular cycles and a lot of pain which turned out to be rupturing cysts. It stayed that way until about a year and a half ago I started really focusing on losing weight. I started running and eating whole/healthy foods and ended up losing a little over 50 pounds. At about 30 pounds down I started getting my period every month like clockwork and a few months after that I noticed signs of ovulation for the first time. 2 months after that we got married, decided to NTNT and I got pregnant the first try. Due to my PCOS though I've always had low progesterone and that contributed to me having a MC at around 7 weeks. We started TTC again the month after and conceived again after 2 more cycles. That pregnancy also ended in a MC really quickly just shy of 5 weeks in.

Right now I'm taking the cycle off so that my doctor can do more extensive testing. We're trying to figure out exactly what my hormones are doing so that she can have a baseline to determine treatment for next time. I'm on progesterone supplements already but that didn't do the trick these last 2 times. So for us the problem wasn't conceiving, it's been sustaining the pregnancy.

I'm really hopeful though that after this month of testing we'll be able to get a solid plan and get a sticky baby

Good luck!

I have PCOS. I was diagnosed about a year ago and started on supplements and metformin. I started dieting and exercising and lost about 20 lbs, but it didn't help my cycle. We started Clomid in July and just finished our third unsuccessful cycle. We're trying naturally this month before looking at other options. I know I need to get back on the healthy eating and exercise bandwagon, but TTC has been so stressful for me and I worked so hard for those first 5 months without seeing any improvement in my cycles. Wish I had a more positive story for you.

Good to know Metformin works for some - it didn't help with my weight loss at all, and mine has been increased to 2000mg with Clomid. Gah!