PCOS/PMOS: How to improve your chances of conception?
Sometimes, I am contacted by recipients who have PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) - also lately renamed to Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS). This condition makes it challenging to get pregnant, but you can take steps to improve your chances. First of all, let's dispense with obvious and easy advice: Be patient and prepare for lots of tries. It takes more cycles to get pregnant with PCOS for those who succeed. Pick a proven fertile (or is that virile?) donor. Someone who has had at least several recent successful pregnancies. Ideally someone who helped recipients with PCOS/PMOS before Get a good medical/fertility provider. PCOS/PMOS is not a simple condition, so your regular family doc or even your random ObGyn may not be perfectly equipped to help you with all the nuances and possible tests and treatments. If possible, get seen by a fertility specialist who specializes in or at least has good experience treating PCOS/PMOS (and track record of success). A ...