Poly Cystic Ovaries, any info, treatment, advice, PLEASE HELP!?

Question

Hi everyone,

Please can anyone help? I am confused and feel left hanging around!

I am 22yrs old have have been trying to conceive a baby for 18months. I have been having irregular periods and have had no sign of pregnancy at all.

My GP sent me to a fertility clinic, and they suggested an ultra sound as my blood tests all seemed to be ok.

I went last week for my scan (12/08/08). The ultra sound lady could see 3-5 small dark areas on each ovary. She told me that they looked poly cystic but average and not too bad. I would need a blood test to see if i have the syndrome. I don't know much about poly cystic ovaries, only what it tells me on the NHS web site!! I am waiting for my consultant to contact me, i have just been left thinking about what is going on inside me!!

Will i be able to have a baby?! If you think i could, how long would it take?! (stupid Q i know, but it gives me a bit of hope!)

What happens if DO have the syndrome? And what would happen next if DON'T have the syndrome? Is there medication to help me become pregnant?!

PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!

Any sensible question warmly answered, please email me.

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Answer 1

http://www.womens-health.co.uk/pcos11.ht... this might help you hun, its very interesting and gives you the answers you might need, good http://www.pcos.insulitelabs.com/PCOS-an... luck and hope you feel better soon x.

Answer 2

Yes there is hope...My sister was and still is going though it..It took her a long time (5 years) to get pregers but she did. Her doc put her on some sort of meds to help mellow out the cysts and the added bonus it she got pregers!!

She still is having the cysts and will until she gets everything taken out... good luck

Answer 3

Sounds like you won't have a lot of problems conceiving. It may take a little longer but if they've caught it now then you are still very young.

If you do have PCOS you have a few options:

1) go on the combined pill for a few cycles to suppress your ovaries and get rid of the follicles or cysts that have formed, then try for a baby

2) start a course of Clomid to help you ttc, but this has to be discussed with a specialist.

If you don't have PCOS, which I doubt unless you just have cysts and not the syndrome, you should try either taking a low dose pill such as Marvelon (it cleared up my cysts quickly) or try alternative medicines/therapies.

I will warn you that it can take months to improve, so I would put trying to conceive on hold for a bit.

good luck xx

Answer 4

Hay dear lil..

I'll be happy to tell u that it's realy nothing, i'm having the same problem and it aint serious at all. I'm a biochemist and i can explane it to you:

you know that there are some female hormones such as estrogens, prolactin,... if the level of these hormones is disturbed for any reason (such as radiations, dipression,heredetal reasons....) the period starts to get late.. actualy 4 me i didn't see the period for about a year!! but that's not too bad as it looks!! i bet you are a sensitive person!! usualy ppl who think so much and worry about everythink suffer from hormonal disturbances..

anyway returning to explanation when hormones are disturebed the ovaries can't give a mature egg and so no period and no pregnancy for that month! the result from this is the accumulation of the immatured eggs on the ovaries and these are the spots you sow!!

about the treatment: YES dear there is a treatment.

they either may give you contraceptive pills to regulate your hormones for at least 3 months or there's a very simple 10 minets laser operation that milts the spots on the ovaries... only the doctore can deside what's better for you.

i say you don't have to worry at all dear friend .. always remember that worrying is the first step towards thousands of diseases!!

i learnd to be satisfied all the time and i always remind myself that what was written for me is going to happen and sure it's the best for me!!  in this way my life became so much better.

i think i talk tooo much ... lol .. im so sorry but i can feel what you feel that's y i wrote all this for you dear. im sure you'l have a very beautiful baby so soon.. i'l pray for you dear & hope to email me to tell me what happend with you.. smile dear lil ;)