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Women (& maybe men): FERTILITY
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I’m only 18 (19 on July 3), and since I don’t get my periods regularly, I’m afraid that I won’t ever be able to have children. Has anyone LCed, got pregnant, and had a healthy baby? (since july 99 – lost 10 lbs) * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!
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Hello, You sound like you have PCOS. To answer your question, YES!. You may want to visit alt.support.pco There are many people there using low carbing alone to help fertility. Many others are using an experimental treatment (metiformin) to help combat insulin resistance (without diabetes) and low carbing. Not having periods have other consequences than not being able to have children. Cancer is a real risk. Also for those of us that have PCOS, diabetes and heart disease are big risk factors. An interesting article you may want to read is at: http://www.womansday.com/xp6/WomansDay/your_body.xml/pcos.xm l Kari I’m only 18 (19 on July 3), and since I don’t get my periods regularly, I’m afraid that I won’t ever be able to have children. Has anyone LCed, got pregnant, and had a healthy baby? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –
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Hi, I wasn’t LC ing when I got pregant but I had very irregular periods.try taking your temp. every morning and chart it to see if there is a pattern of ovalation.(When you ovalate your temp will drop a little with a sharp increase ,the best time to try).At 18 you are kind of young to have a baby now.Talk to your doctor about it.Just because you are irregular doesn’t mean you won’t be able to have a baby,it might make it harder too. BTW the birth control pill might make you regular,but when you stop it might go back to the old way. 
Loretta – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m only 18 (19 on July 3), and since I don’t get my periods regularly, I’m afraid that I won’t ever be able to have children. Has anyone LCed, got pregnant, and had a healthy baby? (since july 99 – lost 10 lbs) * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!
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The general consensus of many women here seems to have been that LC *helps* infertility problems. I have never had regular periods in my life. Once I have a period then I know I can generally expect another one something in the next 3-7 weeks, but that is about as regular as it has even been. Actually the last 3 years I have been low carbing my periods have been the most regular they have ever been. I can usually guess, now, within about a 10-day span, when my period will come. For me that is *really regular*. I had no problems getting pregnant with my son. In fact I got pregnant with my son while I was on the pill! Both of my sisters also got pregnant while practicing what was considered to be essentially pretty foolproof birth control methods – one of them *twice*. My two brothers-in-law have both since had vasectomies. Anyway, we’ve had several pregnant LC’ers here – including Orit who is coming up on her due date – and Wendy who has a lovely little boy, and there was Connie way back when. Probably other’s I’m forgetting. Who was it last summer who was here for a brief while, and then dropped out when she realized she was pregnant? — Debbie Cusick "When I get a little money I buy books: and if any is left over I buy food and clothes. " - Erasmus Check out the asdlc FAQ at: http://www.grossweb.com/asdlc
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -I’m only 18 (19 on July 3), and since I don’t get my periods regularly, I’m afraid that I won’t ever be able to have children. Has anyone LCed, got pregnant, and had a healthy baby?
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Before I lost weight, I used to be around 240 lbs and rarely got my period. Never having had a problem getting pregant, I had my obgyn prescribe a pill that would bring it on. I got it and 2 weeks later got pregant. Had a miscarriage, and he told me not to even try for 2 more months. Guess what. I didn’t have to try. Got pregnant 2 weeks afterwards. Being irregular or overweight or low carbing never had much of an effect on me. Good luck, and stop thinking about it! -Gabrielle http://go.to/jayde (before and after pics) 240/155/135
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m only 18 (19 on July 3), and since I don’t get my periods regularly, I’m afraid that I won’t ever be able to have children. Has anyone LCed, got pregnant, and had a healthy baby? (since july 99 – lost 10 lbs) * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!
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In that light, what can you recommend I do when I do get pregnant this cycle??? should I quit? up my carbs to 80? stay on the 40 – 50 carbs that I will be on after my 2 weeks induction? WHAT?? Your opinions aere really appreciated… — CAD 4/19/2000 265/258/150
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Before I lost weight, I used to be around 240 lbs and rarely got my period. Never having had a problem getting pregant, I had my obgyn prescribe a pill that would bring it on. I got it and 2 weeks later got pregant. Had a miscarriage, and he told me not to even try for 2 more months. Guess what. I didn’t have to try. Got pregnant 2 weeks afterwards. Being irregular or overweight or low carbing never had much of an effect on me. Good luck, and stop thinking about it! -Gabrielle http://go.to/jayde (before and after pics) 240/155/135 I’m only 18 (19 on July 3), and since I don’t get my periods regularly, I’m afraid that I won’t ever be able to have children. Has anyone LCed, got pregnant, and had a healthy baby? (since july 99 – lost 10 lbs) * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!
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I think LC makes pregnancy more possible. When I was young on a low-fat, high-carb, but very low cal diet, I had lots of problems and my dr. said I was very deficient in good oils. The ovaries depend upon adequate oil intake to function properly. Also, I had very irregular periods when I was your age. I would go months without a period. I have endometriosis and I had hypothyroidism. Plus, my mother had 11 miscarriages and my only aunt couldn’t get pregnant for 20 years. Well, I have had 6 kids in 8 years, despite using birth control and breastfeeding. That’s just my experience, but I wouldn’t worry overmuch about the irregular cycles. Jane
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m only 18 (19 on July 3), and since I don’t get my periods regularly, I’m afraid that I won’t ever be able to have children. Has anyone LCed, got pregnant, and had a healthy baby? (since july 99 – lost 10 lbs) * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!
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i did lc and lost 75 lbs… I got pg with twins… Meredith Jan3, 2000 265/241.5/200 265/238/230 mini goal
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I just wanted to add, if someone is not getting their period regularly it is something to worry about. 6-10% of women have PCOS. PCOS is named wrong, it is an endocrine disease that puts women at risk for diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. If you have symptoms such as irregular periods, high blood pressure, acne, infertility, high insulin levels, excess hair on face and/or body, male pattern baldness, weight gain (especially around the waist), cyst on ovaries; you need to get diagnosed. You dont have to have all the symptoms to have it. Speaking from someone that had irregular periods from age 14 to 30, then a hysterectomy at age 30, due to precancer; I can say it is very important to have regular periods. Birth control pills are normally the first option most doctors recommend, but for women with pcos this is not usually a good option. Birth control pills have shown to make insulin resistance worse in us, putting us at a higher risk for diabetes. New treatment, such as insulin sensitizing drugs, have shown to help a person lose weight, correct hormonal problems (like high tetesterone which causes excess facial hair, high dhea which cause acne and oilness, lower insulin levels which might help prevent diabetes), and bring back ovulation and periods (which should prevent cancer). Anyway what I am trying to say is, irregular periods are a big deal. Check out the the following site and see if it applies to you. If it doesnt, you still need to find out why you are having irregular periods. Dont let anyone (including a doctor) just say, because it happens sometime. http://www.pcosupport.org/ Be well and take care of yourself, Kari
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Bravo Kari! Very well spoken. Thank you. I have all this stuff in my head, but it won’t come out my mouth. You’ve said it beautifully. K
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I just wanted to add, if someone is not getting their period regularly it is something to worry about. 6-10% of women have PCOS. PCOS is named wrong, it is an endocrine disease that puts women at risk for diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. If you have symptoms such as irregular periods, high blood pressure, acne, infertility, high insulin levels, excess hair on face and/or body, male pattern baldness, weight gain (especially around the waist), cyst on ovaries; you need to get diagnosed. You dont have to have all the symptoms to have it. Speaking from someone that had irregular periods from age 14 to 30, then a hysterectomy at age 30, due to precancer; I can say it is very important to have regular periods. Birth control pills are normally the first option most doctors recommend, but for women with pcos this is not usually a good option. Birth control pills have shown to make insulin resistance worse in us, putting us at a higher risk for diabetes. New treatment, such as insulin sensitizing drugs, have shown to help a person lose weight, correct hormonal problems (like high tetesterone which causes excess facial hair, high dhea which cause acne and oilness, lower insulin levels which might help prevent diabetes), and bring back ovulation and periods (which should prevent cancer). Anyway what I am trying to say is, irregular periods are a big deal. Check out the the following site and see if it applies to you. If it doesnt, you still need to find out why you are having irregular periods. Dont let anyone (including a doctor) just say, because it happens sometime. http://www.pcosupport.org/ Be well and take care of yourself, Kari
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Guess this is an area I am very ignorant in. Why do ovulation and periods prevent cancer? — Debbie Cusick (who has had irregular periods for 37 years so far) "When I get a little money I buy books: and if any is left over I buy food and clothes. " - Erasmus Check out the asdlc FAQ at: http://www.grossweb.com/asdlc – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – bring back ovulation and periods (which should prevent cancer).
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In that light, what can you recommend I do when I do get pregnant this cycle??? should I quit? up my carbs to 80? stay on the 40 – 50 carbs that I will be on after my 2 weeks induction? WHAT?? Your opinions aere really appreciated… — CAD 4/19/2000 265/258/150
I can only tell you what I did, I have no scientific proof it’s the right thing to do… Before I got pg, I went looking for the level of carbs that takes me out of ketosis. Not that anyone has shown ketosis during pregnancy to be a problem, but some think it might be, and I follow the "better safe than sorry" path. So I added 10gm carb to my daily limit every week, until the sticks stopped turning. This would be the minimal amount of carbs I wanted to eat every day, so as not to fall back into ketosis. Then I went looking for my CCLM (critical carb limit for maintenance), the level of carbs at which I would neither gain nor lose weight. This would be my maximum carbs a day. Now, I had reached goal before getting pg, so my goal during pregnancy was to "maintain" – i.e., not gain more than a healthy pregnancy should. So I stayed near the top limit. But you still have 100 lbs you want to lose, so you can stand to lose weight during pregnancy and still be healthy. In your place, I would stay near the bottom limit (i.e., just beyond ketosis) of carbs. You should, of course, make sure you’re getting plenty of protein and all the vitamins and minerals (especially folic acid, iron, and calcium). Good luck, Orit in Israel 156 (3-Jan-99) / 110 (9-July-99), Atkins — Sorry about the spamblock address — replace x’s with o’s to reply via e-mail
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I wasnt specific. I was talking about endometrial cancer. Missing your period causes your uterine lining to thicken, which puts you at greater risk. Some women spot and bleed but dont really have a full ‘real’ period. Without having a ‘real’ period (where you shed the entire lining) you are still at risk for endometrial cancer. Hope that helps, Kari Guess this is an area I am very ignorant in. Why do ovulation and periods prevent cancer? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –
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I well, when I *do* have a period (usually once every 3-5 weeks) I’m sure I must shed my entire endometrial lining. Heck, for almost a couple days there I need to get into the bathroom at least every 45 minutes. I don’t even dare go out to lunch on the first or second day of my period! — Debbie Cusick "When I get a little money I buy books: and if any is left over I buy food and clothes. " - Erasmus Check out the asdlc FAQ at: http://www.grossweb.com/asdlc – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I wasnt specific. I was talking about endometrial cancer. Missing your period causes your uterine lining to thicken, which puts you at greater risk. Some women spot and bleed but dont really have a full ‘real’ period. Without having a ‘real’ period (where you shed the entire lining) you are still at risk for endometrial cancer.
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My friend, who has had 2 miscarriages and 2 D & C’s says that her doctor told her that most women have a major shedding every 3 months. The third month is normally heavier according to him. Of course, I’ve personally never been that regular until I started this diet. But boy am I glad that now things are beginning to be normal! K
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I wasnt specific. I was talking about endometrial cancer. Missing your period causes your uterine lining to thicken, which puts you at greater risk. Some women spot and bleed but dont really have a full ‘real’ period. Without having a ‘real’ period (where you shed the entire lining) you are still at risk for endometrial cancer. Hope that helps, Kari Guess this is an area I am very ignorant in. Why do ovulation and periods prevent cancer?
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I hadn’t been reading this thread, but what about those on the depo shot, or with the progesterone IUD that may not have a period (few or rare if at all) due to their Birth control choice. Is that dangerous? —