Metaformin and pregnancy.....?

Question

If you get pregnant while on metaformin (for ttc w/pcos), do you continue to take it throughout your pregnancy or do you stop once you get pregnant. (I forgot to ask my doctor, and I am not pregnant, yet.....)

I have never actually been diabetic, but some years ago a doctor determined that my body produces too much insulin.
I was diagnosed with PCOS about 3 months ago...

yes, i have to eat 6 small meals a day to keep my insulin regular

and finally it IS inducing a period for me!!

Answer 1

There have been no studies on how safe it is to take metformin throughout your pregnancy, so many docs will want you to stop it after you first trimester. A few enlightened ones will let you stay on it.
For your first trimester, it is extremely important to stay on it. People with PCOS very frequently have miscarriages. Staying on the Met cuts that risk dramatically.
It has been shown that women who stay on the drug throughout pregnancy have a much less chance of developing gestational diabetes.
For my first, I was convinced I had PCOS but could not get a doc to diagnose me as such. I developed Gestational diabetes and had to take insulin shots. After I gave birth, I was still diabetic and have been ever since.

Answer 2

You will go off of it once you are prego, assuming that you are on it to GET pregnant? I was on it while TTC but it would not induce a period for me. You might want to check your blood sugars as well. If your body is producing too much insulin, your blood sugar will already be low so Metformin can decrease it even lower.

Answer 3

I am taking metformin,my doctor told me if I get pregnant I will continue the pills for the first one or two moths.

Answer 4

i stopped taking it while i was pregnant. but this was 5 years ago, maybe they did research and found that the pills do not affect baby.

its a diabetic drug so i soppose diabetics must use it when they are pregnant.