Comments on: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome http://blog.fertilitycentermi.com/2008/11/06/polycystic-ovarian-syndrome/ Providing exellence and education in infertility care. Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:39:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Lowell Butac http://blog.fertilitycentermi.com/2008/11/06/polycystic-ovarian-syndrome/#comment-1489 Lowell Butac Fri, 21 Jan 2011 07:12:44 +0000 http://blog.fertilitycentermi.com/?p=9#comment-1489 Very nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I've truly enjoyed surfing around your blog posts. After all I will be subscribing to your rss feed and I hope you write again very soon! Very nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I’ve truly enjoyed surfing around your blog posts. After all I will be subscribing to your rss feed and I hope you write again very soon!

]]> By: Kathy http://blog.fertilitycentermi.com/2008/11/06/polycystic-ovarian-syndrome/#comment-1432 Kathy Sat, 20 Nov 2010 23:19:17 +0000 http://blog.fertilitycentermi.com/?p=9#comment-1432 I have to disagree with the statement about Metformin not having any benefit with PCOS. I personally have PCOS, having been diagnosed in January 2007 by another RE. He put me on Metformin (1500 mg XR) and recommended diet and exercise to lose some weight. After 11 months, I had lost about 40 lbs and got my positive pregnancy test. During that 11 months that I was on Metformin, I never once took Clomid or any other fertility medications to assist in ovulation. I absolutely credit my getting pregnant to the Metformin. As all of us familiar with PCOS know, carrying additional abdominal weight is a big factor in PCOS. Metformin is known for helping those with insulin resistance and, I believe, those with insulin resistance tend to carry more abdominal weight. So to me, it makes perfect sense to put a woman on Metformin who has PCOS. By the way...in the months that I took Metformin I was able to have a somewhat regular cycle of 35 days and I was definitely ovulating. Prior to taking Metformin, I never got a regular cycle and did not ovulate. It worked for me and it can work for you! I have to disagree with the statement about Metformin not having any benefit with PCOS. I personally have PCOS, having been diagnosed in January 2007 by another RE. He put me on Metformin (1500 mg XR) and recommended diet and exercise to lose some weight. After 11 months, I had lost about 40 lbs and got my positive pregnancy test. During that 11 months that I was on Metformin, I never once took Clomid or any other fertility medications to assist in ovulation. I absolutely credit my getting pregnant to the Metformin.

As all of us familiar with PCOS know, carrying additional abdominal weight is a big factor in PCOS. Metformin is known for helping those with insulin resistance and, I believe, those with insulin resistance tend to carry more abdominal weight. So to me, it makes perfect sense to put a woman on Metformin who has PCOS.

By the way…in the months that I took Metformin I was able to have a somewhat regular cycle of 35 days and I was definitely ovulating. Prior to taking Metformin, I never got a regular cycle and did not ovulate.

It worked for me and it can work for you!

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