Guest guest Posted June 17, 2003 Report Share Posted June 17, 2003 Hi! I'm new to the group and hoping to get feedback and learn things from other women who have been where I am. I tried getting pregnant through donor insemination a few years back, when I weighed around 300 pounds. Now I'm down to 180 and 8 months post-op. For the past several years I've been on birth control pills just to regulate my body because I had such heavy, horrible bleeding cycles. I've read that is common with overweight women. Both my mother and sister were very fertile women. I tried for only 5 months, and on Clomid, but then the doctors wanted to run a bunch more tests, etc. and my life was going through a change, so I stopped trying. Now I'm ready to try again and hopeful that my infertility was more weight-related than anything. Has anyone been through this???? Demrie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2003 Report Share Posted June 17, 2003 Hi, Demrie I conceived my daughter via donor insemination. I think I was about 220 pounds at the time. It took 7 tries, and he put me on clomid after the first 3 tries. My period always had been regular until after the pregnancy. I breastfed for 10 months, but didn't get a period until about 14 months after the birth. They were sporadic, too. Probably because I gained so much weight. So I am hopeful that as I get slimmer, my periods will return to normal. I hope you find yourself more fertile! Good luck! Inga > Hi! > I'm new to the group and hoping to get feedback and learn things from > other women who have been where I am. I tried getting pregnant > through donor insemination a few years back, when I weighed around > 300 pounds. Now I'm down to 180 and 8 months post-op. For the past > several years I've been on birth control pills just to regulate my > body because I had such heavy, horrible bleeding cycles. I've read > that is common with overweight women. Both my mother and sister were > very fertile women. I tried for only 5 months, and on Clomid, but > then the doctors wanted to run a bunch more tests, etc. and my life > was going through a change, so I stopped trying. Now I'm ready to try > again and hopeful that my infertility was more weight-related than > anything. Has anyone been through this???? > > Demrie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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