How To Get Pregnant With PCOS – Fertility Help

Boost Chances of getting pregnant – Fertility and Smoking

April 11, 2011

If you are a smoker or your partner is a smoker then trying to stop could be the most important thing you could do to increase your chances of getting pregnant, and staying pregnant. The evidence is very strong with over 1350 articles on the effect of smoking and fertility… Multiple studies have showed that [...]

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PCOS Advice For A Woman Having Fertility Treatment

April 6, 2011

This is a reply to a woman who communicated with me recently about problems she is having with her fertility treatment… I’ll add her question. Q/ Hello doctor… its really nice information… Actually i have the same PCOS problem… … my doctor has given me clomide and 1 injection also, but i had a period [...]

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PCOS Stories 7 – Dianna’s Pregnancy Story

April 4, 2011

Dianna’s PCOS Story Names have been changed for confidentiality I’ve known Dianna since 2003 when aged 28 she and her husband were referred to my fertility clinic by another colleague to help her get pregnant with her PCOS. Dianna was diagnosed with PCOS as a teenager and back then, was commenced on the contraceptive pill [...]

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PCOS Stories 6 – Elizabeths PCOS Story

December 6, 2010

Elizabeth is a woman of 32 years of age who had been diagnosed with PCOS by her endocrinologist earlier at 27 years. I first met her and husband Peter about 12 months ago after they had been trying to get pregnant for the 18 months prior with no success. Elizabeth has the typical PCOS picture… [...]

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Invitro Fertilisation (IVF) – Fertility Treatment For Women With PCOS

December 6, 2010

In vitro fertilization (IVF) is usually not the first-line treatment for woman with PCOS, but some will need to have IVF treatment to help them to conceive. If this is you, don’t feel like a failure or be frightened by it. The IVF success rate with this treatment is the greatest when compared with the [...]

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Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Treatment and Metformin

November 16, 2010

Metformin is an insulin sensitizer drug that has been used for type 2 diabetes for years and is now being used for polycystic ovarian syndrome treatment. Polycystic ovarian syndrome (also called PCOS), is a common endocrine disorder affecting about 5-10% of women and adolescent girls. It is characterized by hyperandrogenism (raised male hormones) giving women [...]

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PCOS Stories 5 – Getting Pregnant With Ovulation Induction

November 2, 2010

Josie’s Story: Getting Pregnant With Ovulation Induction I want to talk to you about Josie who by the way is pregnant and well now after her fertility treatment, but she did develop two known problems as a consequence of her fertility treatment. Josie is a 29 year old university student with PCOS who had been [...]

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Trying To Conceive?

November 1, 2010

If You Are Trying To Conceive Then Changing Your Lifestyle Could Increase Your Chances Of Pregnancy As a fertility doctor I have had the wonderful privilege of helping many couples who have been trying to conceive have a baby, however a day never goes by without hearing the same question from my patients….. “what can [...]

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PCOS Stories 4: Getting pregnant with Clomid

October 25, 2010

Alicia’s PCOS Story: Getting pregnant with Clomid I initially meet Alicia 3 years ago when her menstrual cycle did not return after stopping the contraceptive pill to get pregnant. Back then I made the diagnosis of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome – PCOS, and she went on and conceived using the ovulation treatment called Clomid ( see [...]

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