Guest guest Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 FWIW, PCOS can be so borderline that hyperstimulation with Clomid is one of the few signs. There are a few metabolic pathways that may or may not act to cause PCOS, so even bloodwork can fool you and your doc. It is a syndrome, and that means that nothing about it is cut and dried. Nothing. You can be thin, non-hirsute and ovulatory and still have PCOS. There is a whole subset of women who are normal or only have mild symptoms of PCOS who are nevertheless very close to having a big problem later on. Such a woman may have nothing overtly wrong with her except a few more cysts than normal on her ovaries and perhaps an abnormal C-peptide test. She may get pregnant easily, or she may be subfertile. She may miscarry more than usual. And in PCOS, insulin-sensitizers such as metformin, while not a sure-fire cure for all, are a great boon to some women. They can cause spontaneous ovulation, defeat Clomid resistance (very common to PCOS), minimize hyperstimulation, and greatly decrease the chances of miscarriage, if taken to at least 7 weeks, LMP. I have mild PCOS, myself. One thing my body does right is to ovulate every month, so I did not need fertility meds, but with my record of miscarriage, I opted to take metformin throughout my pregnancies and am glad I did. Between PCOS and SU, I wanted to take everything that might help, including metformin, progesterone and low-dose aspirin. -- Beth SU/BU & Theodor's mother b. & d. 12/25/99 & b. 12/3/02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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