https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 21:46:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-think-the-metformin-may-be-working#post-1496557 Sun, 16 Mar 2014 05:26:16 +0000 MsMini 1496557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got my BFP on my first metformin cycle. I honestly feel like it was a miracle drug for me. I wasn't temping/doing OPKs that cycle, and we just BDed as we felt like it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-think-the-metformin-may-be-working#post-1496491 Sat, 15 Mar 2014 23:43:05 +0000 LaughLines 1496491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So can metformin significantly shorten cycles but not help with ovulation? Are those independent of each other?</p> <p>@badwolf: i'd never heard that ovulation tests don't work for people with pcos, i'll have to look more into it. </p> <p>right now i have no idea if i'm ovulating, but i do know my cycle is way shorter, so it's a start i guess... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-think-the-metformin-may-be-working#post-1493813 Fri, 14 Mar 2014 09:26:04 +0000 RsMom 1493813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also have PCOS with really long cycles and TTC for many years with no success. I was give clomid for several cycles but didn't get pregnant. Then started metformin and conceived the next month. I'm not positive if this was the metformin or perhaps just a random coincidence.<br /> I went back on metformin after my son's birth and for the first time in my life have regular cycles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-think-the-metformin-may-be-working#post-1493182 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 21:34:31 +0000 kentuckygirl 1493182@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm happy it is helping you!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-think-the-metformin-may-be-working#post-1492899 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:51:11 +0000 badwolf 1492899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll be exploring this same thing soon...I was diagnosed with PCOS as a teen and have been on BC for years, but starting in April we will be NTNP and TTC in the summer - I have no idea what my cycles will be like. I've been on Metformin for a year or two and it definitely helps my insulin resistance, but I don't know what effect it'll have on my cycle, or whether I'll ovulate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-think-the-metformin-may-be-working#post-1492785 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 18:59:47 +0000 hotchildinthecity 1492785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did the whole pcos/metformin cycle and it didnt work for me but one thing my fertility specialist told me is that ovulation tests dont always work on people with pcos. Mine literally never came up positive no matter what day i took them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-think-the-metformin-may-be-working#post-1492730 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 18:29:13 +0000 LovelyPlum 1492730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is awesome! Are you being monitored? I think they can detect O with a blood test, but I don't know how that works with OPKs. There are a few bees with PCOS on here, though, so hopefully someone can help! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-think-the-metformin-may-be-working#post-1492604 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:46:30 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1492604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No advice but I want to bump this for you </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/i-think-the-metformin-may-be-working#post-1492518 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:13:25 +0000 LaughLines 1492518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some background: I went off birth control and didn't get my period for a long time so I went to the doctor on CD99 and he prescribed me progesterone to induce my period. It ended up being a 120+ day cycle. I got an ultrasound and he did see cysts and along with my long cycles he said that was enough to diagnose PCOS (he did other blood tests/hormone tests and everything was in the normal range). Then, my next cycle I went to the doctor at CD150 and got progesterone again to induce my period. This time he also prescribed me metformin. I started taking that before the beginning of my current cycle and today I just got my period on my own (for the first time off bc without progesterone)! It was a 38 day cycle, so it is still a bit long, but WAY better than prior! </p> <p>Now, I still don't know if i ovulated because i'm a TERRIBLE temper.... I'm the lightest sleeper every and can't possibly always wake up in the same 30 minute window. I don't think i've ever done that. So, I was thinking this cycle i should try OPKs to get a better idea of if i'm actually ovulating or not. </p> <p>Any advice? Has anyone else used metformin to shorten their crazy long cycles? </p>