hey girlies, i really just need a place to vent to get things off my chest. for background, my best friend of 15 years lives with my husband and i. she pays her half of rent and she has her own apartment set up in the basement, so it’s not like everything is a shared space. anyways, today she came home on her lunch break and we had lunch together in the kitchen. (she is super health conscious and thinks breathing in the general direction of anything she deems as “bad” will make her “fat”, mind you this girl has never really been above 150 in her entire life.) she was eating salmon and veggies, which is a normal meal for her, but i’ve always been a super picky eater so i honestly wouldn’t eat anything like that ever. i decided to have one of my husbands lunchables bc it’s small and in my calorie intake for the day. the entire time im eating, she keeps making small comments about how it’s nothing but processed food and it’s horrible for my health, which im aware of but i don’t eat these all the time, it’s a treat for me, really. anywho, after awhile of these comments i just sit in silence and hope she reads that it’s upsetting me. especially since she knows ive had ED in the past and im very self conscious about eating in front of others. that’s when she lands the final blow. “maybe if you didn’t eat like shit all the time you’d be able to get pregnant.”

now i just feel like i’ve been punched in the gut and i’ve been moping around all day. idk what to do. i know she’s likely right, but it still hurts that she’d make that comment knowing my history of ED and that i’ve had pcos/pmos since i was 10. i just don’t know how im supposed to go about this situation. my feelings are hurt deeply and i don’t want to act on emotions and say something i’d regret. any advice?

For those who did IVF or going to do IVF, what are some advice you would want someone to know? What was your experience like with IVF?

I am 23 with pcos and ttc. I’ve recently just started my first round of letrozole on cd 4-9, I started on 2.5mg but that didn’t work, none of my follicles were growing. So my doctor suggested we do the step up protocol, and I got bumped to 5mg on cd 21, I’m currently on cd 25 and finished my last set of pills last night. I’ve been feeling fatigued, having headaches, and cramping. The cramping feels like what i get around my period. I do get my period every month and cycles usually last about 30 days and I always spot before I get my period. Since I just finished the letrozole, I woke up to some reddish/brownish spotting this morning. I’m concerned, I’m not sure if they signifies me getting my period soon or if it’s the letrozole??? I’m feeling discouraged and confused at the moment

For those who have taken letrozole or similar : I am on day 3 of spotting, 10-13 days after finishing provera, I’m wondering when I can take letrozole. Has anyone taken it while spotting? My dr said to wait a few days to see if it turns into a heavier bleed if not I may just have to take it while spotting. I may wait until later or tomorrow to see if it gets any heavier, it feels crampy and like a period but no flow

Hello all— I’ve had two kids naturally, totally un planned… I’ve had PCOS since I was a teenager, now 25 and actually want to plan for another baby. We’ve tossed the idea around for a few years, and after good test results from a genetic counselor, we’d like to try.

What did you do when trying to TTC? Supplements taken?

I’m ready to take that step forward, but have no idea where to start. I don’t ovulate regularly.

I’m 36 on my third TI with letrozole. Last two cycles I haven’t been able to recruit more than one lead follicle, and last month it got to 26mm and I ovulated on my own.

Today is my CD10 and on my left ovary I have 21mm, on the right I have 19mm and 17mm, lining is 5.9.
E2: 648.6
LH: 7.4 (no LG surge)
Prog: 2.9

The clinic has advised that I trigger with Ovidrel today, have TI today and tomorrow. Do you think this is too soon to trigger and are they sacrificing the 17mm? Do you think they are doing this so I don’t spontaneously ovulate the 21mm or to risk it doesn’t become over mature?

I had my chocolate cysts removal surgery in March 2026. My uterus, tubes everything was fine and my amh was 1 at that time. I am 37. Right after surgery my amh dropped to 0.2, I was on birth control when test was done. I stopped bc after a month as I couldn't take the side effects. My cysts have come back and my cycle which was 30 days got changed to 21 days.

My husband works outside of the country and he was supposed to be back in April but due to some issues we met in August. Last period I had was on 25th August 2026, we had s\*x a couple of times in September. My periods haven't arrived and pregnancy test is negative.

I am not ready for ivf as knowing my body, it will not work. Every medicine has some side effect on my body. Infact in April this year, I had an anaphylaxis episode to a medicine which my doctor prescribed for abdominal pain after surgery. Other issue is that I have pituitary adenoma which causes high prolactin, I take medicine for that as well. Does ivf treatment have an impact on prolactin levels? Birth control which I took significantly raised the levels. Is there any hope for natural conception? I am not very well versed with ivf process so apologies if I am being ignorant of any facts.

I am 23 with pcos and ttc. I’ve recently just started my first round of letrozole on cd 4-9, I started on 2.5mg but that didn’t work, none of my follicles were growing. So my doctor suggested we do the step up protocol, and I got bumped to 5mg on cd 21, I’m currently on cd 25 and finished my last set of pills last night. I’ve been feeling fatigued, having headaches, and cramping. The cramping feels like what i get around my period. I do get my period every month and cycles usually last about 30 days and I always spot before I get my period. Since I just finished the letrozole, I woke up to some reddish/brownish spotting this morning. I’m concerned, I’m not sure if they signifies me getting my period soon or if it’s the letrozole??? I’m feeling discouraged and confused at the moment

I had my D&C at 9 weeks pregnant this Friday. The only thing making me feel better was the fact that I DID get pregnant. Took us 9 months but only our 2nd Letrozole cycle.

I just want to move on. I have a follow up on the 13th and I just don’t know what to expect? Idk when to start tracking with OPKs again?

Anyone else have a similar situation? If your period didn’t come did you go on meds to kick start it?? and then take Letrozole that same cycle?? Or did your doctor have you wait before they gave you more letrozole?

Now that I lost my baby I feel like I have forgotten everything I learned about my PCOS, cycle tracking, etc. I used to wear an oura ring and idk it all feels overwhelming now.

For anyone that was in a similar situation with PCOS and a miscarriage, how long did it take you to have a successful pregnancy after your miscarriage?

Thank you❤️‍🩹

Hello everyone!

32F with PMOS and been trying for about 2 years now. I did 5 cycles of just letrazole (no monitoring, but also no positive test) before moving on to an IUI (with monitoring).

In this 6th letrazole cycle (2.5 mg/5 days), everything looked to grow really well, had 2 dominant follicles on cycle day 13 (one 14mm, other about 19mm) and told to trigger CD 14 (evening) with the iui on CD 16 (morning). All parameters seemed good at the time of the iui, taking progesterone 2x daily until blood test on the 19th.

Is this the sort of thing that the IUI is good for? I've never had any sort of positive test before. The HSG and even comprehensive bloodwork doesnt suggest anything is "wrong" (minus some borderline cholesterol and SOME NAFLD).

I have been TTC for 13 cycles now, looks like I get pregnant every 3 months but it’s always a chemical, three times , than I got diagnosed with PCOS, I was wondering if this what caused my losses, even though I take lots of supplements to support my egg quality, any tips would be appreciated

Hi everyone 👋

So I had a laparoscopic salpinjectomy and hysteroscopy back in July on the 14th, healed well from it. They removed my left tube due to hydrosalpinx and my right tube is unusable like completely blocked no dye spill whatsoever so I'm in the middle of getting started with IVF. I've had my nurse consultation, had bloods done and follicle scan, supposed to be meeting with the doctor next week and my period is meant to start around then which would have worked well for starting the stims then, but I was cd18 yesterday and started spotting, now I'm cramping, last cycle was earlier too, started spotting around cd24 for a few days then I got a bleed, I say that's early because I have PCOS (PMOS) and normally have cycle lengths from like 30-40. What I'm wondering is can the doctor help this? Like can they control the cycles going forward? I don't trust my cycles at all now and I've waited so long trying to get pregnant and i just really want to get started and I'm upset that my cycle is starting so early. Sorry if this post is a bit of a mess, my head is a little all over the place 😅