So, I am starting Metformin today and I would like to know if anyone else is on it or has taken it. Also, if you have been on it, what were the results?

My doc says that I am doing Metformin for 3 months. If no baby by then, then I am adding Clomid.

What about you guys?

I'd be interested to know other peoples experiences with metformin as well - as you know I'm the same as you Sarah - literally!

So Sarah... looks like it is you and me.

I started my Metformin last night and thank god I did not get nauseous but my guts turned to liquid which was just wonderful. Oh well, I will take that over some of the effects.

They put me on metformin coz of my PCOS and weight gain....not for fertility as I wasn't TTC then.
But looking back, I was taking metformin for about 3 months before I got a BFP, but then sadly had a mc. I wasn't even TTC as i say.
Then when I was TTC around 9 months later I got a BFP again and had my DD, who is now 2 and a half.
Last year, we decided to TTC #2, and when I went to the docs, I really emphasized that I wanted to get preg quick as I was 33, so she gave me clomid. I got preggers 3 months after trying with clomid but again sadly had a mc.
Hoping I am preggers as we speak...(am 10 days late)....fingers crossed! I didn't use anything this time.

So with both metformin and clomid, thy have both been successful for me- but clomid more so...I didn't honestly know metformin helped with fertility just thought it helped with keeping PCOS symptoms as bay (ie more weight gain).

Hope this helps......
xxxx

Hiya

I've been on Met for about 6 weeks. Oh my the nausea was awful to begin with but it tailed off pretty quickly as my body got used to the meds. In the first couple of weeks I found either milk or cream cheese would help. Now bear the stuff.

I was mainy put on it for weight issues and amazingly I have lost a pound this month and I'm ecstatic - it sounds like nothing, but it's the first time my weight has dropped in the last 10 months!

I'm almost at the end of my first met cycle and I actually o'd CD15 rather than my usual 17 or 18 (I take this to be a good sign) and now in my 2WW. My LP had always been 9 or under and I am currently 12dpo so again a great sign whether or not I get a BFP.

Good luck to you both!
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I am just hoping to get fairly normal periods with Metformin so I can accurately track my periods. Right now I am waiting.

Congrats on the weight loss. Any loss is a wonderful thing, right?!

So far, the only side effect I had was diarrhea for the first couple of days but now I am fine. Moving from 500mg to 1000 on Friday.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you then!

Thanks so much. I think I am a weirdo but I am super excited to start taking two pills tomorrow. I feel like it is progress. LOL Am I weird?

Good for you! I don't think you're weird at all haha, you should be excited! I hope it does wonders for you, I can only imagine how it must be like to have PCOS and trying for so long. I will be cheering for you

Thanks Samo! You're a doll! 2 pills going now and I got cramps the other day so who knows! Could Metformin be working?! LOL This Friday, I go to 3 pills a day and then (supposedly) I might regulate! WOOT!