please advise on this???

Question

ok well im ttc at the mo and i have pcos...my docter has put me on the pill called Logynon to help regulate my cycles but all this seems to be doing is making me sick and giving me toilet probs(sorry).I have to stay on this for three months.My actual question is is there anything else i can do to help me concieve,and after the three monthswill she put me on any other form of medicine...my docter has just graduated from med school and I wanted to know as much as i can....Thank you in advance for your help It will be much appreciated.

Answer 1

Let me tell you my experience with PCOS. I had very irregular cycles for years - cycles would go 2-4 months, during which it is doubtful I was even ovulating. When I wanted to conceive, I began doing lots of research into PCOS and natural conception methods. The good news is - I conceived easily with a few changes and no medication. I am currently almost 27 weeks pregnant with a healthy little girl who is bumping around as I type. :)

Here is what is most important for you to know: many women (if not most) who have PCOS are insulin-resistant. In fact, many women with PCOS eventually get diabetes if they do not change their habits. If you want to conquer PCOS and have your greatest chance of conception, you must stop eating sugar. Now I don't say this lightly - for me, a sugar addict, quitting sugar was oh so difficult. But when I stopped eating sugar, I not only felt a hundred times better, but I also lost weight, stopped having pain in my ovaries, saw acne clear up - and I started ovulating and having regular cycles.

This is a very simple step you can take on your own. I would recommend following a low GI (Glycemic Index) diet. The glycemic index measures much your blood glucose increases in the two or three hours after eating. You want to eat foods that cause only a small increase in your glucose levels. You can find information on the GI on the internet or in books. Basically, you want 50% of your diet to consist of vegetables. Cut out sweets, fast food and soda entirely. Eat as much fiber as you can, which you can get from veggies and things like oatmeal (just don't get the store-bought kind because it is full of sugar). I know this probably sounds daunting, but if you really want to maximize your chances of success, it is a good thing to do.

In addition to regulating what I ate, I also started drinking only organic milk. Regular milk has lots of estrogens floating around in it that can contribute to your own hormonal imbalance. Organic milk is expensive, but I think that step helped also.

I began exercising - just walking mostly, but on a daily basis.

I did a lot of research into natural herbs that enhance fertility and help regulate cycles. I started taking Vitex, a Zinc supplement, EFAs (Essential Fatty Acids) and a pre-natal vitamin. I drank raspberry tea, which strengthens the uterus. I also began using natural progesterone cream, which I believe was probably the biggest help to regulating my cycles.

My cycles were irregular because I had too much estrogen and too little progesterone. You can read "What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Pre-Menopause" by Dr. John Lee to learn more about this condition. I began using progesterone cream in low, physiologic doses, and within a month or two my cycles had regulated. Physiologic means what your body is supposed to do normally (whereas drugs tend to overdose). I used a high-quality progesterone cream that costs about $25 a jar at the health food store. Expensive stuff, but it was worth it. You only use a little bit of it each day.

Progesterone is the hormone that takes over after you ovulate. It rises throughout pregnancy. Many miscarriages in the first trimester, although doctors won't admit this, are due to low progesterone. I miscarried my first pregnancy in the 10th week due to low progesterone. But think about it - if you have irregular cycles due to low progesterone, your body is probably going to have a tough time raising your progesterone levels when you're pregnant. It makes sense. With this pregnancy, I supplemented progesterone from the very beginning, stopping at about 15-16 weeks along because that is when the placenta takes over making it. Since physiologic doses of progesterone cream have no adverse side effects (because that is what your body is supposed to be doing anyway), I would recommend using it. Just read the directions carefully - you only use the cream between ovulation and your next period. Of course if you find out you're pregnant, you keep using it. In my case, I had no idea when I ovulated at first, so I just started using the cream, used it for about two weeks and stopped - I had a period right away. The next cycle, I monitored signs of ovulation (BBT, cervical mucus, cervical position) and was able to start using the progesterone around the right date. It may take a few cycles to get this rhythm down, or you may get pregnant right away, you never know. I think I got pregnant on my third cycle after starting the cream.

I feel for you because I was once in your boat. Doctors won't tell women this stuff - they rely on medicine to solve everything, but medicine often causes more problems. With me, I never talked to the doctor about it and just tried to do everything naturally. I have known women who have struggled to conceive for so long with medicine, and I feel bad for the lack of information out there. That's why my response to your question is so long. I believe information is power.

There is a really good website out there with PCOS success stories on it. Many of the stories echo what I have just said. The link is: http://www.ovarian-cysts-pcos.com/PCOS-success.html. Read some of the stories on that website, and I think you will benefit from them.

I wish you the best of luck. :)

Answer 2

I say throw the meds away and find a herbal supplement.
B vitamins and folic acid will help u.
http://www.herbalremedies.com