Is anyone on Metformin

Is anyone else on metformin to help cause ovulation and to help get you pregnant ? I have been trying to get pregnant for the last 2 years and the Army dr's finally decided to put me on the metformin to help regulate my cycles. I am also going for a pelvic u/s on April 4th. To see if there is anything wrong with my ovaries.

[MW5M]

I think Kat was using it at one point in time...

[Kaymara]

I am on metformin. I used it to conceive my son along with clomid. After 9.5 years of infertility the combo of metformin and clomid caused me to finally ovulate and I got pregnant with my son. I have PCOS so I am to stay on it to help with those symptoms.

I had taken clomid before and conceived and sadly had a miscarriage. My new Dr back in 04 had read up on PCOS, metformin and clomid and decided to try me on that combo. It worked. I tracked ovulation etc and my son was conceived the first month I was on it

[Kym]

I am so confused now. I am on Metphormin but it is for type 2 diabetes. I did a google search and it didn't matter how I spelled it, it is for diabetes. So how can it be used for ovulation?

[Kaymara]

Originally Posted by Kym I am so confused now. I am on Metphormin but it is for type 2 diabetes. I did a google search and it didn't matter how I spelled it, it is for diabetes. So how can it be used for ovulation?

Kym,

It can cause ovulation. And it is widely used for women with PCOS. It IS for type 2 diabetes but is used for other things. If you read the side effects on the hand out it even states that it can cause pregnancy due to causing ovulation and to use protection if you do not want pregnancy

http://www.endocrine-abstracts.org/e...ea0003p228.htm

Metformin has gained a reputation as an effective fertility treatment in PCOS. Most publications use ovulation rate as the main outcome measure and few quote pregnancy rates. We have audited the first 39 patients with PCOS treated with Metformin in our Reproductive Unit. In this practice, as opposed to a research setting, there were often multiple factors contributing to infertility and they were usually proven resistant to other forms of treatment.

http://infertilityspecialist.com/metformin_kutner.html

Metformin is an oral medication that can induce ovulation in some women with infertility caused by anovulation and polycystic ovarian syndrome.

[Kym]

ok, thanks

[JKirstiH]

http://www.hormone.org/learn/pcos_3.html
I have PCOS did metaformin...but couldnt hack it. Many women who went to our support group could. They also loved clomid. National Institutes of Health is where I was treated. www.nih.gov...great drs

[mElIsSaE]

I was on it and went off of it in Sept made me too sick. I decided to go off of it for a break time and in June I was suposted to take clomid and metformin together but in Feb we found out that I was pregnant .
Good luck to you and passing on my baby dust.

how long did you have to take the metformin before you had a period. I haven't had one now in 60 days. And I started taking it March 8th. Today I started my new dosage of 850 mg twice a day. I am so tired of not having a period and also not being able to get pregnant. It bothers me so much that I have been wanting to get pregnant and with my daughter I didn't have a problem

I also always am having pain in my ovaries so I am not sure what my problem is.

[MW5M]

What kind of doctor are you seeing? Have you had an HSG done to make sure there isnt any scar tissue blocking your tubes?