Okay before everyone gets on my case about seeing my doctor let me explain. My husband will be leaving shortly for Afghanistan again. We have been trying for a long time to have a baby but I never get my period (never as in, in the last 2 or so years I’ve had it 3 times) it’s kind of difficult. In my husband’s last deployment his dear friend passed away and since then my hubby has been really determined to make the best out of life and go for what he wants.
Well like I said we have been trying, and trying to do it naturally but I never get my period. So recently I have been doing research and I am pretty sure I have PCOS (poly cystic ovarian syndrome) and I have seen a lot of info and heard from people in my family that metformin has worked to treat their PCOS and help them concieve. So I was wondering if I got metformin and began taking it would there been an extremely risky side effects? For example, chlomid helps ovulation but if used incorrectly it can cause permenant infertility, is there any risk like that with metformin?
I would go to the doctor but in the army appointments are booked so far behind, and the doctors tend to jerk you around a lot before giving you any sort of help. My husband leaves in a few months and I really want to try something before he goes and I have to wait another year.
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AnotherArmyWife says:
December 2, 2011 at 11:22 am (UTC 0)
I am in the EXACT situation that you posted about. Please let me know how things went? I finally made an ICE complaint about my doctor who literally didn’t test anything and said, “well, there is no magic bullet I have for you” and sent me away. I was contacted by the damage control team from the clinic and was told I could see a civilian doctor (in Germany!! yikes) or another provider. I am working on this but I know that I cannot just tell Army doctors I did my own research and this helps..
BigRed TTC 1 says:
September 1, 2010 at 7:14 am (UTC 0)
I know that this is not what you want to hear but you need to discuss this with a doctor. If you try and self treat your self without a diagnosis from the doctor you can cause more harm. If drugs like this are not used properly and under supervision of a doctor, it can cause further infertility. There are natural ways to induce ovulation that you can research and see which would work best for you until you can get to see a doctor.