Well, for those of you who listened to me whine about my crazy cy last month, I just got back from my dr.'s appt. The good news is, she thinks I'm ovulating. The "bad" news is, she thinks that I either had an additional egg that turned into a cyst and burst, or that the corpus luteum cyst burst, and that caused the spotting. I'm supposed to call and go in for a sonogram this month if the pain starts up again after O this cy. She thinks it is entirely possible that the cyst last month was a one time thing, but if it happens every cy, we'll develop a new plan of action. If the spotting starts up again, I'm going to start a progesterone supplement, and she'll give me a sonogram just before and just after O next cy. She said if we then can't resolve the spotting issue with progesterone supplements, she would put me on clomid in a few cys.

So, I'm glad to know that there was something going on, but that she doesn't think it will hurt our chances of conceiving.

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That's great that you have some answers. I'll bet it's a relief to know where things stand.

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Thanks, Jenny. It is a relief. How was your move?

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I was just lurking on by when I noticed your post. Back in Jan. when I was diagnosed with PCOS I went in to the dr. because of really really bad pain every few months around ovulation. After an ultrasound she said PCOS, but that I had rupturing cysts and that she figured the reason I only had them every few months was because that's how often I was actually ovulating. I think she's right, because after starting Metformin I have them every month just not quite as bad as before.

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im sorry to hear about the cyst! i know how they feel! but i am glad that you got answers and your doc says go ahead and continue ttc!

nichole im sorry you had to go through the cyst as well!

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Michelle (25) and Brad (28)

CO-HOST OF TTC 2+ YEARS
HOST OF Alternative/Herbal/Non-Traditional

Nichole - thanks for the comments. I really hope this doesn't become a monthly thing for me . . . I don't know how you do it! I was out of commission for almost 2 weeks - makes working quite difficult. I kept saying that I didn't understand how people can tolerate living off of bcp! I'm hoping it isn't like that every month. I was really worried that the rupturing cysts meant something about the egg quality, but she seemed to think it was no big deal - just uncomfortable.

Michelle - thanks for all of your support and input. I'm hoping for a luckier, relatively pain-free cy this time.

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Yeah the whole idea of rupturing cysts really freaked me out a bit too, but the dr. didn't seem to think it was anything to worry about. I'm with you though, that pain is something else! There have been days where I couldn't move from the fetal position on the bed, had DH call in sick for me! I hope this doesn't happen for you all the time. I'm thinking that after we have a baby I'll go back on bcp because it seemed to control a lot of my problems just fine.

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I'm with you, Nicholle! I can't WAIT to go back on bcp and my migraine medicine post-baby.

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