any advice

monkeytoes wrote: [COLOR=red]Hey girls,
Sorry I haven't been on lately, But I had to have surgery again for my cysts. Well my Fiance and I are getting married on July 30 just a couple weeks away and we are so exited. We have been trying to concieve since we got ingaged in december of 2003 and as of yesterday i became an aunt again for the 4th time and i just have been really down because of my cyst problems. the doctors told me to get on birth control but that just speeds up the process so either way im going to get more cysts just don't know when. I was wondering if there is anything i could take or do to try to get pregnant we have tried everything but the doctor said that it was because of my cysts that im not but there is nothing i can really do about that. if anyone has anvice i could really use some.

thanks
Candice

kit_kats_mom replied: I don't know the gory details but I know that my girlfriend had terrible fibroids which had kept her from getting pregnant. She had them removed with laproscopic surgery and is due with her first bundle of joy on August 1st.

If they aren't the same thing, sorry. I'm not terribly well versed in the "female problems" unless I've had them or know someone who has.

Good luck and enjoy your wedding!

monkeytoes replied: Well everytime you have your period the pain that you get with cramps is actually cysts on your overies. im only 21 and have had 3 surgeries for them and trust me they suck. basicly i have polycystic which is that instead of being like normal women when they get there period mine are iregular and my cysts don't go away they just keep growing with every peroid the first cyst i had removed was the size of a grape fruit. that is the problem i have and the doctors don't want to help me or anything. we told them that we wanted to try to have a kid but they just told me to get on the pill till a later date when i might not have that much longer to have a kid the way im heading right now... my mom had the same thing but hers started in her 30 and had a hystorectomy when she was in her 40. i started having mine when i was 16 and im going to be lucky to make it to 30 without a hystorectomy.. ive already lost half of one of my overies im just besides my self i have been to so many doctors to help and no one will because they think im 2 young but they don't understand how serious this is.

thanks for your help
candice

kayla's mama replied: Hang in there. I know its easier said than done!!!!!!!
Have you gone to an endocrinologist? From what I've heard about them they are very good at getting to the root of the problems. I have PCOS, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and its very aggrivating, cause there is really nothing the docs can do. If you need someone to talk to you can email me.

Good Luck!!!

jacobsmama replied: Hey There..I'm a nurse at an OBGYN I work with a female Dr. who does alot of testing with PCO and fertility. I would be intersted in talking to you more. I mean we deal with this every day I dont' see why you can't do some fertility workup and maybe some clomid which is a fertility drug to help you to get preg. of course there are test that need to be done first to make sure you are a good canidate for comid. I guess just need some more history and info don't worry it will all work out. Good luck.

red_deermom replied: there are also lots of PCOS support groups out there that would help you too!..just google PCOS..! GL

maestra replied: I also have pcos, and what really helped me was charting my cycles. I was able to confirm that I actually am ovulating, and to know approximately when it would happen, and to know after the fact that it did. I charted a few months before trying for my second (which my ob told me I would only be able to conceive after a few months on clomid), and found out I was pg with #2 six weeks after we started trying. I was able to do it without clomid.

I would really check out this book- it tells how to chart and everything, and made it all very easy for me to understand. It also helped me to know if I was ovulating or not. Whatever you find out by charting is helpful information for your ob- mine was very pleased that I knew what I did about my body.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=books&n=507846

HTH!

kit_kats_mom replied: The book that maestra posted a link to also has some software. that's what I used to help me chart and it was great. I was pregnant in 3 cycles. You can go to www.tcoyf.com to read about it

jem0622 replied: With the PCOS (my sister has it BTW) have you been told that you needed to be on glucophage, in addition to trying a few rounds of clomid?

TCOYF can give some insight, but you will need more support for your health issues. You CAN have a baby with PCOS, just like maestra has...but you need doctors who know what is needed to help support you in TTC.

HUGS

Alice replied: Please don't take this the wrong way,but have you considered adoption? We adopted Brian after more-or-less trying for 9 years. Now, 7 years later, I can't imagine my life without my son. (My girls are biological, born 13 months and 4 years after Brian arrived.)

I know it's not the right solution for everyone, but if you're considering it, let me know... I can point you in a direction.

Hillbilly Housewife replied: Here's how to get pregnant - stop trying.


lol!! Seriously - a lot of people put too much stress on getting pregnant.... my aunt was one of them.... they finally adopeted after 11 years of trying - and 3 months after getting the new baby, they got...you guessed it...pregnant!!

I'm sure you know this - but have sex every 2 days from the day your period stops, for 2 whole weeks.

It`s fun even if it doesn`t work out in pregnancy... and don`t even HTINK about it making a baby! Just have FUN with it!


Good luck though.... I`ve had several cysts and small fibroids. They really can be a pain, no pun intended!

PrairieMom replied: I know a couple people that have fibroids, and were never supposed to have children, that have had oops pregnancys and healthy children. Don't give up.
I would also try to find a differnent Dr. One that will listen to you, that you are comfortable with. Keep looking until you find one. there is nothing worse that feeling like the one person you are lookig to for help won't help you. its their job to listen to you, and to alevieate your concerns, and if they aren't doing that, you need to "fire" them!