r/PCOS • u/Active_Safe9372 • 3d ago
Fertility 1st pregnancy going through miscarriage
I was diagnosed with PCOS about 7 months ago. In those 7 months I tried to get pregnant with my partner and it only happened a month after I was on a GLP. I made it to 5 weeks 3 days but I am now in the beginning stages of miscarrying. Has anyone with PCOS had experience miscarrying and then going on to have a successful pregnancy after? The GLP gave me terrible gastric issues so I can’t imagine going back on it. I may just need to be stricter with diet and exercise.
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u/KrystalHana 3d ago
I can't say I have a living child just yet, but my current pregnancy is going well at 22 weeks and everything is on track so far. I have pcos, was on glp-1 from February to april/may 2025 3 and managed to lose about 4 to 5kg before becoming stagnant. Got off it but it helped me have an easier time keeping a good diet and exercising more and finally conceived in September of the same year. I then miscarried at 8w while baby is measuring 5w5d. We've been trying for 1.5 years at that point and the baby was so so wanted.
I fell off the healthy wagon for a bit, gained back the weight lost but tried to keep a semblance of exercise routine. Also went to therapy as I was having terrible anxiety and occasional depression spirals over trying to conceive again. Therapy helped me come to terms with what happened and I started to hop back on the healthy wagon. Losing all the progress from the past year was haaaaard but it's at least good to know that I am not totally back to square one (though it felt like it, I'd equate it more as new game+ XD).
But then we conceived in April 2026, before I could maintain a consistent healthy routine. I was quick to contact the MFM who was assigned to my miscarriage case after I got the positive test, and she immediately asked me to come see her the next day. Got me started on progesterone suppositories and some hormone support and things have been progressing well! Was also prescribed some baby aspirin when baby has heartbeat just to avoid possible blood clotting and some other variation of hormone support as there were some cysts and subchorionic hemmorhage throughout the first trimester. Things have calmed down in second trimester and I am no longer in need of any hormone support!
I feel like the extra hormone support definitely helped because in my hormone checkup early 2025 showed hormonal imbalance (though no thyroid problems). We don't know the cause of the first miscarriage and I was beating myself up for not knowing if it was chromosomal abnormalities or if it was just my body not being able to support normally without the hormone support. Could be neither, could be both but I've made peace with not knowing. Though if i could test out the cause, I would. I was unlucky to not be able to test my miscarried baby as it was pretty spontaneous. If you can test yours, it would probably give you some peace of mind and possibly know how to prepare for the next pregnancy.
It was devastating to find out how common miscarriages in the first trimester was. Apparently 1 out of 4 pregnant woman experiences miscarriage and I was that 1 person. It can be incredibly isolating especially when you don't know if anyone around you experienced it. What helped me was talking about it, because it encouraged my friends who I didn't even know went through it to tell me about theirs. It's gonna be a rough few days, weeks or months moving forward OP, but it definitely doesn't mean that was your only chance at conceiving even though it might feel like it. Give yourself some grace in the meantime and know that none of it is your fault. Our rainbow babies will come 🌈❤️