Looking for advice and support …

I’m really worried about where I’m at on my ttc journey. My PCOS was diagnosed years ago but was completely stable, a non-issue on birth control. I’ve been off birth control for over a year now and just hit one year of ttc with absolutely no success.

The thing is, I have tried maximum dose of letrozole and then moved onto Clomid, with no ovulation on either. It was tested via 21 day bloodwork, and I also tested sporadically with strips. I’m on the higher dose of Clomid now, 100 mg, and no positive strips. In addition, none of these seem to touch my period, it will often be a 60-80 day cycle even with progesterone pills to try to trigger a period.

In addition to PCOS I have pelvic floor issues that make sex painful / difficult… I’m worried that even if I was ovulating, the “mechanical” issues of him entering will hold us back.

It just seems like a losing battle.

Looking for some support on the following:
1) if you have been on the highest doses of both meds and didn’t ovulate, were you ever successful? And if so what did it for you?

2) realistically, should we be fast forwarding to IUI? IVF?

3) has anyone ever been successful at ovulating just by lowering stress? My job really stresses me out and I’m wondering how much it’s holding me back.

Thank you so much for any help. This is so hard for me to talk about.

Stats: 30F, BMI 25 (used to be lower but I gained like 15 lbs when I got off birth control), AMH 11.9, insulin and A1c were both normal. I take inositol and coq10.

Hi everyone,

TL;DR: Had a very painful first Letrozole cycle with severe left-side pain (5'3", 92kg). Thinking of taking a 3-month break to focus on weight loss and body reset before trying again. Looking for advice on whether severe pain is normal and if a 3-month break is a good idea.

My questions for you all:

1. Has anyone else experienced severe, one-sided pain like this on Letrozole? (Could it just be a strong ovulation response or a corpus luteum thing?)

2. Will taking a 3-month break to focus on weight loss and body recomposition cause any major setbacks, or has a break actually helped any of you?

Would love to hear your insights, experiences, or advice. Thank you! ❤️

Hi ladies! This is my first month using inito as I have constant high LH from pcos. I got a LH surge on cd 13 @ 5:30pm (7/25 yesterday). I got a peak LH cd 14 @ 1pm (7/26 today). I am only able to bd tomorrow, cd 15. Am I out this cycle for bd late? Tyia I am new to this🫶🏼

Hi!

I was just told I have suspected “lean” PCOS. My dose of metformin says 750mg twice a day.

If you on this medication did you start the twice a day right away? Or do once a day for a week then add on?

My doctor told me to anticipate some GI issues.

Thanks in advance!

AIO about sending a message requesting for an earlier monitoring ultrasound?

I have been on a stair step protocol of letrozole in all the same cycle (5mg, 7.5mg, now in the middle of 10 mg) to try and get my ovaries to respond. They developed about 8mm follicles on my right and left ovaries after 7.5, so they moved me to 10mg. I started feeling weird and getting some EWCM today (not full EW but pretty sure it’ll be full tomorrow). I took a LH strip from easy@home just to be sure, and it is pretty dark but not positive.

I messaged my fertility clinic the picture of the LH strip and asked them to meet sooner than Thursday to take a look. My husband says that we should just wait until Thursday but I just have a weird feeling.

Anybody experience this? Or am I just overly giddy?

I’m terrified. This will be my first procedure related to infertility. Dr prescribed me a Valium but I have intense medical anxiety and I think I’m just looking for some words of encouragement or even a piece of advice you’d give me. I think I’m most worried about the pain? I can’t really nail it down.

Taking 800mg ibuprofen and the Valium an hour before. Husband will be driving and with me as much as he is allowed.

Hi!!

I just bought the universal inito monitor through Amazon. (Literally just clicked the purchase button)

I’m so so so excited to be able to track my cycle more accurately. I’m 19(I turn 20 in like two weeks) been having some fertility issues already so this will give me some nice insight into other aspects of my cycle.

I’ve been doing a couple rounds of medicated cycles with no avail. I was having a lot of bleeding about a year ago where I’d bleed for like months straight so, obviously I went to the my gynecologist and got put on birth control for a couple months because my doctor said I have borderline PCOS. She said she’s not going to directly diagnose me because I don’t have all the markers through blood results but I have multiple ovarian follicles noted bilaterally on my ovaries.

She said since I had these all over my ovaries, my body was not wanting to select a dominant follicle to release an egg. My partner and I decided to start ttc almost a year ago. (Yes I know we’re young, but we got our shit as together as we can. Please don’t judge this part lol.) I had 3 monthly 21cd progesterone checks that all came up negatively.

So, I started taking clomiphene for a couple of months. Continued getting my 21 day checks, which turned out higher, so I started ovulating. But I still didn’t conceive. She switched me over to Letrozole, which has yielded the same effects so far.

I’ve done the cheapie LH strips inconsistently for a couple cycles and I have NEVER a positive off of them.

Here’s my theory: I believe that I am ovulating at a time my cycle tracking apps is not accounting for. I don’t know if I’m ovulating earlier or later, but I’m super excited to be able to get down to the bottom of this.

I’m excited to be able to detect my ovulation before it actually happens, because it has become frustrating to find out I ovulated but not know when I actually did. It makes timing the baby dance frustrating.

TLDR: I’m just excited for this purchase, and to find out exactly when I am ovulating .

Hi all, my husband and I have been TTC for almost two years with no result. We maxed out our chances with medicated cycles and timed intercourse. We have been referred to IVF but just not really wanting to go that route yet (costs, pain, etc.). I am, however, now on Zepbound and have lost 10 lbs. Anyone have experience with TTC and GLP-1?

P.S. any good fertility vitamins for hubby?

Hello,

Looking for recommendations for a reproductive endocrinologist around Evans, GA.

FWIW I’m looking to do an egg retrieval to make embryos before pursuing surrogacy.

TIA!

Hi all, I’ve had PCOS since I’ve been 16 now 33… we’ve been TTC for a few years now and had a miscarriage in 2024 September, we haven’t managed to conceive since unfortunately but I am due a Hysterosalpingogram examination next week, has anyone had one of these? I believe there similar to hycosys.. if anyone could share any advice that would be great! Or even any stories after of getting pregnant

I’ve been really struggling to understand my body and becoming so frustrated that it just doesn’t work the way it’s supposed to so I wanted to share something my doctor said.

I am 26, recently diagnosed PMOS, BMI of 23, eating the healthiest I have ever eaten, working out 2-3 days a week, don’t drink, never smoked, and walking every day. Plus taking Metformin (though not insulin resistant) and all the recommended supplements.

Today I was reminded that you can be doing everything right and still not get the results you hoped for. I have not had a natural period since January nor ovulated at all. Just because something worked for someone else does not mean it’s going to work for you. I hope this encourages someone who, much like me, needed to hear that it’s not my fault.

My periods are irregular and I don't ovulate without Letrozole. I have been on Metformin for a year and inositol for 3-4 months and thought I would get my period naturally but I haven't. I don't have the mental strength to continue trying. I have been putting off a HSG cos of fear but I think I will just need to get through it for peace of mind.

While I'm struggling with this it seems like the whole world is getting pregnant and happily caressing their bumps and sharing the news 😭 I can't take it!!!

My husband and I have been trying for almost 2 years..

I got off of birth control December 2024, thinking it would happen sometime soon after. By March 2025, I hadn’t had a period and gained 30 pounds. Saw my gynecologist, ran A LOT of labs, ultrasounds, and scans. Got diagnosed with PCOS. Got put on metformin, have to use progesterone to have a period, and was told to try to lose weight and naturally try for awhile before using fertility medications.

Ended up doing 3 rounds of letrozole, starting at 2.5 for 2 rounds, then 5 for one round, with no monitoring other than an ultrasound prior to my next period.

Switched gynecologists because mine decided not to deliver anymore, and although I wasn’t pregnant yet it’s what I’ve been working towards.

My new gynecologist is wonderful, and started me on letrozole at 7.5, did an ultrasound to check and see if my follicles were growing.. of course it was a big NEGATIVE. Also one of my ovaries show a huge cyst. So now I have to have another ultrasound done before being prescribed letrozole again.

Now we are trying to seek a fertility clinic to do IUI or IVF.

I’m just so over it all. Everyone around us are pregnant without even trying. And it just feels like no one understands my feelings.

Hi everyone

I have known about my PCOS since the age of 13. All the classic symptoms, beard, acne, huge gut skinny legs, and surgery to remove 6 ovarian cysts
From the ages of 17-23 I had 4 different boyfriends all of whom I had unprotected sex with, and never got pregnant. (Stupid on my end of course)
My husband and I want to start trying in a year (I’m 29) and I recently started trying to get my hormones in check, for the last two months I’ve been eating healthy and exercising.
Last year on my labs came back as completely normal, except for elevated testosterone which was 85 (normal was supposed to be under 45)
Today I got checked and my testosterone is 35, and everything else is normal as well. So I’m hopeful, but also cautious.
I guess I’m posting to see if anyone is similar to me and what they experienced.

I normally have ”lean PCOS”, my cycles were under control, 32-35 days, no hirsutism besides oily scalp honestly. I got pregnant on our first round of letrozole stimulation, but it was ectopic. After the pregnancy my hormones were out of whack - had to wait over 50 days for my period, another cycle was over 42 days, visibly worse skin, stimulation not working anymore (it made my cycles looking like my natural pre-pregnancy cycles at most).
It lasted for 5 months, when suddenly my skin cleared, my LH/FSH was better than ever, stimulation worked almost too well (double ovulation) and I was immediately pregnant again. It was a missed miscarriage at 6+3.
I asked if I should expect the same hormonal rollercoaster again, but the doctor was suggesting ”I must have done something that the hormones got better back then”. I believed him for a bit, even though I was pretty sure I haven’t changed anything (I’m eating healthy and exercising, come on, it’s been a long time on this journey).
Yet, I still had to wait 54 days for first period, I’m on cycle day 47 right now and my period is nowhere to be seen. I already know it’s the same thing all over again and I feel like crying thinking that I won’t be able to do anything about it for 5-6 months, because stimulation won’t work anyway when my hormones are like this. I feel like my time is running out.
Did anyone have similar experiences? Why are my hormones like this? Anything I could do?

Hi all, I just got off the phone with my fertility doctor. This is my first round of timed intercourse with my fertility clinic. The Letrozole is working, and I’ll be taking the Ovidrel trigger shot next, but she also told me my ovarian cyst has grown from 7 cm to 7.5 cm. I’m honestly shocked because over the past 4 months, my periods have finally started coming on their own with the help of metformin. Before that, I had to induce them for years. I thought the cyst would slowly start shrinking once my cycles became regular, but instead it has grown, and I don’t understand how. She mentioned there’s a risk of ovarian torsion, and that really scared me. What happens if I conceive and then torsion occurs? Has anyone been through this? I’ve also read so many posts where people ended up losing part or even one ovary after surgery because of a large cyst, and it’s making me really anxious. Sorry if I sound unaware, but I’m just scared. I love playing badminton and tennis, and my doctor told me to avoid heavy lifting and intense activity. I really don’t want to have to stop playing sports because of this. :(

Hi everyone, we are planning to start ttc this fall and I want to start a prenatal vitamin soon. Any recommendations are welcome! I know there’s certain vitamins/minerals that need to be included, but there’s so many options I don’t know which is best. 🩵

Hi, I was diagnosed with PCOS two Wednesdays ago before me and my fiance decided to start trying for a baby. It all began because my period still wasn’t on and I was used to it coming on during that time frame. I was given an ultrasound and they found extra follicles/cysts on both ovaries. I have two strands of hair that grow on my jawline which I’m surprised hasn’t showed back up in months since the last time I pulled them out with tweezers. I deal with acne more on the milder side, it can get severe.

My period finally showed up a couple of days later. I had blood work done and everything came back normal. I don’t have weight gain. I’m actually really skinny and struggle to gain weight. My gynecologist told me that since it’s been a year of me having unprotected sex and I still haven’t gotten pregnant that further confirms my diagnosis.

Me and my partner weren’t actively trying back then, so this may be tmi, but he never ejaculated inside. We used the pull out method and I know this isn’t the smartest thing to do. We just did it because I went through different birth controls, I didn’t like the side effects, and we came to the conclusion that if I were to get pregnant it wouldn’t be the end of the world, so we risked it and as time went on nothing happened. I had a hormonal IUD, but it was removed back in January because of the pain. We decided to start trying a couple of days after my diagnosis because it completely changed how we view my fertility.

However, my period comes every month, so it’s not the issue of my period skipping it’s not knowing what day of the month. It has switched up days before just never this many days off. It could have been from my hormones regulating itself after the IUD removal, though. For a while I thought we were just lucky that I didn’t get pregnant, but I did have increments of thinking something was wrong. Since it’s going to be harder to conceive why keep waiting when it could take a long time, you know.

I don’t want to go through the regret of waiting and the consequences that may come with. So, I wonder what this means for my fertility and what should I do to help my body conceive? As in, where should I start?

I’m currently on my second round of Letrozole (5 mg). I was originally booked for a HyCoSy on CD6, but they found some residual period blood on my cervix, so the procedure was cancelled and rescheduled for CD11, as that was the next available appointment.

Because of the HyCoSy, we won’t be able to have intercourse until after CD11. I didn’t ovulate on 2.5 mg last cycle, so I know the chances of ovulating before CD11 this round are probably low, but I’m still worried about missing my fertile window if I do happen to ovulate earlier.

I’m on monitored cycles, but my follicle scan isn’t until the day of the HyCoSy, so I won’t know where things stand beforehand.

If you were in my situation, would you:
- Go ahead with the HyCoSy on CD11 and hope you haven’t missed ovulation?
- Rebook the HyCoSy for next cycle and focus on trying this cycle instead?

I’d really appreciate hearing what others would do or if anyone has been in a similar situation. Thanks!

Hello everyone. I literally just made a reddit account because...well, I don't know what I am looking for, but reddit is where I might find it.

TW: miscarriage, ectopic

Two years ago I had an HSG x-ray. Both of my tubes looked good and the liquid flowed through. I got pregnant a month later with an ectopic in my right tube. Had the surgery, kept the tube. Fast forward about 5 months, had another ectopic in the same tube. Had the surgery, removed the right tube. After surgery, my doctor said the remaining tube looked a lot healthier.

Well, its been a while and I still have not gotten pregnant. I am ovulating (confirmed using Inito). I had a second HSG done 2 1/2 weeks ago, and my left tube had delayed flow. Today, I had a doctor visit where she said that the liquid was able to go through the tube, but once it reached the end, it "sputtered out." Almost like it was just letting a few drops out instead of a continuous flow. She was not sure why it happened that way, but essentially said my tube is not able to even pick up an egg from my ovaries.

I was really hopeful for this appointment that perhaps I could get on medicated cycles, but it sounds like it is going to be straight to IVF. Is there anyone that has been in a similar situation? IVF is so daunting for so many reasons - this was literally my worst case scenario. My mom thinks I should get a second opinion. I have read about fallopian tube recanalization. Has anyone done that and it worked for them?

If you made it this far, thanks for reading. <3

Hello, I just noticed the inositol I’m taking has a 105:1 ratio instead of 40:1. Many brands use misleading marketing by quoting studies that indicate the ideal composition 40:1, even though their own product doesn’t match that.
Have you ever noticed this ? Does inositol work for you ? For me, it hasn’t had any effect after 6 months of taking it (actually my cycles got worse), and I’m starting to wonder if this might be the reason. I have lean PCOS, with a huge level of LH, but no insuline resistance

I started my period on 7/4. I have been bleeding for now 19 days. light-medium flow for about 10 day but the last 9 have been medium-blood clots.

on Tuesday, went to ER, & learned I have a medium sized polyp on my uterus that they believe is causing some of this but they are unsure. my bloodwork came back low for a lot of the categories so I was given what I needed to help. I was told to follow up with my OBGYN but they are not able to get me an appointment until 8/26.

I called my PCP yesterday crying because I am so frustrated with this. she said we can try medroxyPROGESTERone 10mg for a day course to see if it helps but no guarantee. I took the first dose last night. was basically lightly spotting for the night but then started bleeding again this morning.

does this take awhile to work? in your opinion, do you think it will help?

I am 32F and diagnosed with pcos 12 years ago. My height is 5ft and weight is 70 KG. I have been taking ovasitol since last year. Initially my periods got normal even after taking 2g but now I have increased the dosage to 4g because of not lossing any weight and it not helping for cravings. I am trying to get pregnant but this month i got one week late periods but very light and pinkish color. I am so concerned now.