PCOS and Loosing Weight?

Question

My older sister and I are sitting here talking and we need some advice- My sister thinks she has PCOS- she has been trying to conceive for about 6 months now with no luck- she has irregular periods, is overweight (and all her weight is carried in her mid section above her hips), and some dark patches of hair (like a happy trail on her stomach and a patch of light hair on her lowerback). She is about 5 foot 5 and weighs about 200lbs so in order to be in her BMI she should weigh about 150. Do you guys think she should loose weight first and then go to the gyno to be diagnosed with PCOS or should she get diagnosed and then attempt to loose the weight. Will having PCOS affect her ability to loose weight? Any help would be great.

Answer 1

if she has researched and have at least 3 or more of the pcos symtoms i would go to the gyno.. asap... me and my husband have been trying for over 2 years and someone told me i had symtoms of pcos.. i researched and had almost all of them... went to the gyno my harmones were so low i wasn't even ovulating and on the verge of menopose-- at 30 i was mortified,, he put me on harmones for a few months at which time the weight started to come off around 80 lb in the last 5 months after harmones got back to normal i began ovulating and becouse of my age and history gave me clomid last month to increase my chances... well needless to say i should have had my cycle on sept. 28 and i still have not seen it... i want to wait till i am a full month late to test.. but yall pray for me.... good luck happy concieveing... if u need to talk feel free to email me

Answer 2

It is a fairly simple test to determine if a person has PCOS or not. It involves a blood test. My daughter was diagnosed with PCOS earlier this year through an unusual series of events. She went to the doctor for an ingrown toe nail. The doctor who removed the toe nail noticed several unusual moles and suggested they be removed. The doctor who removed the moles was looking aroung her neck, shoulders, and back for other moles and noticed the hair growth on her chest and back. She asked if my daughter had ever been tested for PCOS and my daughter said she had never heard of it (nor had I). That doctor sent her for the blood work. In addition to difficulty losing weight, carrying her weight mostly in her stomach, male-pattern baldness, irregular periods, and unusual hair growth, her testesterone level was high as was her blood glucose level. She went for an ultrasound of her ovaries and has cysts on both of them. It has been a long few months for her trying to adjust to taking birth control pills to regulate her periods and take Metformin for the Insulin Resistance. She has had some issues with side effects. Your sister will likely find losing weight a difficult endeavor without some medical help. Women with PCOS often have a very hard time losing weight even when actively trying to. Our family practice doctor was the one who diagnosed PCOS for my daughter, who will be 23 in Novemeber. As the mother of a daughter with PCOS who has done some research, I suggest that your sister first go to the doctor (it doesn't matter if it is a general practioner or an ob/gyn). If she has been trying for 6 months to get pregnant, then the ob/gyn may be the best way to go. I say forget about losing weight first (as it won't likely happen quickly or easily for her). Not all doctors are familiar with PCOS so she may have to try a few doctors to find one that is knowledgable. Our family doctor happened to have a sister with it and recognized the potential signs, but she said most women find out they have PCOS when they are trying to conceive. There are numerous medications that can be prescribed for your sister if she has PCOS and she needs to find the right combo for her which may take a while.

Answer 3

Weight loss will not affect a patients diagnosos, which will be done by an umtrasound scan.

Weight loss can be more difficult for a PCOS sufferer, but it really doesn't matter whether you start now or later, but you may feel better if you start sooner. Weight loss will make TCC easier.

Good luck, hope all is well.

Answer 4

Have her thyroid checked!! Have her doctor test her TSH [thyroid stimulating hormone] and T4Free. It sounds like she is hypothyroid!
[If she is hypothyroid .. that can cause weight gain, and irregular periods, and unable to have children until the thyroid levels are normal with medication]
I have had hypothyroid since I was 12 [it was diagnosed before I became overweight, I got checked because both of my parents have thyroid conditions. My dad is hypo and my mom is hyper .. so low and behold, I got it too!]
It's easily fixed. You just take 1 pill a day [Synthroid] and it will stimulate your thyroid to function better. Once her levels are normal, she will be able to have a perfectly healthy baby like anyone else :]
good luck! God bless!

Check this link:
http://thyroid.about.com/cs/basics_starthere/a/symptoms.htm

Answer 5

i be attentive to precisely what you're dealing with i grew to become into clinically determined with PCOS in 2007 and for the previous year and a 0.5 up till at last february i grew to become into seeing a dietition, i grew to become into advised to eat meals that are intense in water, eg soup, melon, apples, and different nutrients it relatively is cooked in water like rice and pasta, no longer each and every thing you think of is healthful is sweet i grew to become into advised to no longer eat bananas as they're very stodgy and have very low water content fabric, ontop of the water content fabric seem for a fashion plenty fat there is interior the nutrients in line with 100g i've got been given into the habit of as quickly as I went identifying to purchase i could seem on the back and wouldnt purchase meals with better than 5g in line with 100g this could be 5% fat or much less, i additionally ate alot of ice pops that i produced from fruit juice and water, i found this worked and that i went to the wellbeing middle around 4 or 5 cases each and every week despite if it grew to become into just to bypass on the treadmill or bike i had to artwork puzzling yet I easily have controlled to lose purely over 25lbs so a ways, i be attentive to it relatively is puzzling yet you need to stick at it and it will all pay off, good success i wish this facilitates

Answer 6

She needs to start working on her weight this very second. I wouldn't even THINK of TTC while being so grossly overweight. It's bad for the baby.

She may not even have PCOS so I suggest she sticks with losing weight and of course she needs to speak with her obgyn. She should get on prenatals while TTC as well.