When to see RE

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I am 5’7”, 28 years old, and 357 pounds. I am wanting to see a fertility doctor but I want to lose some weight first. I have battled PCOS my whole life. I am taking steps to lose weight but I’m curious how much I should lose before setting up a consultation. I know a lot of people say 10% so I am thinking if I lose 36 pounds, maybe then I could call? I still feel like they might turn me away or just tell me to lose more weight. Any advice?

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See one now!!! Ask for advice for weight loss and ttc. Get tested to make sure all is good. :) my dr did not even mention my weight and I was going to hold off on the appt to lose more weight.

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From my experience, they will probably tell you to loose more weight. I went to a fertility specialist at 320lbs and they said that at that weight any procedures would have a lot more risks and the chances of it working were smaller. They wanted my BMI to be under 35. That’s my goal. I’ve lost 90lbs so far and still working on it. They were willing to try at that weight but I wasn’t going to pay thousands of dollars for it to not work. I want my best chance. Good luck!

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I haven’t gone to any fertility doctors, but I do have PCOS- and 6 months ago I read this book I bought off of Amazon called Period Repair Manual by Lara Briden. It changed my life. It suggested cutting out sugar entirely (very hard, I know) and all sweet things except for a couple of pieces of fruit a day and taking Magnesium Chellate and Zinc Citrate (which I also bought off of Amazon). I did these things starting in September and it is now February and I have lost 35 pounds not working out or changing my life at all! I was 215 starting off, now down to 180. I also started getting a period- which blows my mind because I’ve only had like one period a year at the most since I got a period at all. I wanted to lose weight before going to any doctors about trying to conceive. Now I’m going to try to conceive without going to them at all. They tried to put me on Metformin when I went to them a couple of years ago, for the PCOS, not diabetes, and it only made me really sick, without losing any weight or getting a period. It was always sugar that was my downfall! Who knew. I had to cut out milk and bread and weird things that had sugar and I never knew- and looking at nutritional labels all the time is super annoying. It’s crazy how much sugar we eat in things and we don’t even know it. The book mentions that in general people should be eating only 25 grams of sugar a day, which is less than what is in a glass of juice. Anyway, good luck! PCOS sucks!

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I’m 5’7’’ and 259. I went to a fertility doctor last week and she told me I needed to lose 50 lbs before they would do anything for me

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Check with your obgyn before you see and RE. Since you already know you have pcos you can see them before ttc for a year. They may tell you to lose weight but they will probably help you with a plan for that if you need it

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Would definitely lose more!!!
I was 256 when I got pregnant with my first baby. My husband and I want to try for a second but I definitely want to be under 200lbs and I also want BMI to less than 30. Getting your body as healthy as possible is best for you and your baby. Good luck! 😊

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