To take metformin or not?

[RecipIVF]

Hi all 👋🏻

Think I’m having a last minute wobble but wanting to get some other opinions.

I have PCOS and in the past have had 60+ day cycles. I pushed the clinic to give me metformin which (no surprise) made me feel crap so when I got covid in august I stopped taking it after only 3 weeks and never went back to it.

For the past 3 months I have been to see a Body Talk therapist who has helped me have 3 x 35 day cycles which has never happened before 🙌🏻

However I’m due to have a transfer all being well around 06/10/21. Should I go back on the metformin to help with the hormones?What would you do?

Not eating the exact PCOS diet but I am trying to be very good.

Every step is such a gamble and I just don’t know what to do xxx

[Bluelady-sing]

What was your AMH, have you had a response from Metformin, I have pcos I am wondering what they will do

[Hidden in reply to Bluelady-sing]

It helps with weight and having regular cycles and even ovulate!! Many women got pregnant naturally being only on Metformin.

[RecipIVF in reply to Bluelady-sing]

I don’t know what my amh is, we are using my wife’s eggs and I’m trying to carry. Generally people with pcos have a high amh though x

[Hidden]

I'm on Metformim from December 2020, I have PCOS and it helped a lot with my cycles. After many years I had perfect cycles every month 30 days long. I just started a new IVF round and I'm still taking them and even if I get pregnant I have to take Metformin until I get to 12 weeks of pregnancy. PCOS rises the odds of having a miscarriage. That's what my clinic told me.

[RecipIVF in reply to Hidden]

Thanks for replying. Think I’ll go back on one tablet a day (3 tablets a day was a disaster 🤦🏻‍♀️) how many do you take? X

[Hidden in reply to RecipIVF]

When I started them, I took for a week one pill, next week 2 and 3rd week 4 pills for but I was very very sick because of them, I was vomiting, losing weight fast (in 2 days went 1 kg down) but my nurse told me if I feel bad to lower my dose until the point where I feel good...soo I'm at 2 per day and I felt perfect from the moment I lowered them. The only thing that stayed from December....lots of pooping😆😂

[RecipIVF in reply to Hidden]

Oh not a chance of constipation on it 😂 suppose that’s good for the progesterone too! Thanks you’ve helped make my mind up! X

[Hidden in reply to RecipIVF]

Happy to help!!😁🥰🥰🥰

[Bluelady-sing in reply to Hidden]

Really I wonder if I will have to take I have pcos, no weight problems though l

[Hidden in reply to Bluelady-sing]

I started Metformin a few months after I lost a lot of weight and being at 46 kg. So it didn't helped me to lose weight, it helped me to have regular cycles and ovulate.

[RecipIVF in reply to Hidden]

Same here, I consistently weigh just under 8 stone and it was to regulate my cycle and hormones, not lose weight

[Bluelady-sing]

If it will prevent miscarriage

[ZessB]

Hi, I also have PCOS and have been on Metformin on and off for the last 5 years. My consultant put me back on them after my missed miscarriage as there is some evidence that suggests it helps prevent miscarriage if taken during the first trimester. I too had a poor reaction to it and felt quite sickly all the time so decided to drop it to one a day. I was lucky during this FET cycle but don’t know if it was down to Metformin or a better egg. Good luck to you! By the way, us PCOS ladies tend to have a really high egg reserve so you should get there in the end! X