Anyne had Ovarian Drilling?

Hi,
I am looking for stories about peoples experiences with Ovarian Drilling. Was it successful? How was recovery?

A little bit abt my history... PCOS, on metformin 850mg x 2 daily...
We have been TTC w Varying doses of Clomid for a year..My last cycle was in April where we did 150mg of Clomid and I was unresponsive. I am booked to have ovarian drilling (OD) on the 6th July...

Wld love to hear from anyone that has been through the surgery!

Thanks in advance.

actually I dont know if I answered ya question lol but I hope my post gives you some hope

Yes - we were in a very similar situation to you re the clomid not working at all. I also have endo, which was getting quite painful by that point, and my Dr was worried might also be causing fertility problems. So she booked my in for a lap operation for that; as it's a medical problem my insurance covered it all. Because she knew about my PCOS and that we were trying to conceive, she asked if I'd like her to drill my ovaries while she was in there. I told her to go ahead and she did.

The photos she gave me after the surgery looked scary (poor little ovaries with 14 holes in each one!!), but the recovery wasn't too bad. I don't have anything to compare it to, but from what I've read here it was pretty standard for recovery from lap surgery. They did the surgery on about day eight or nine of my cycle, and I kept temping to see what happened. Nothing did for a while, then I ovulated really late (well, late for a standard cycle, since I hardly ovulated at all beforehand I didn't have a 'normal' to base it on). And that was the cycle we found we were expecting Jacob, so I never got a period after that

All in all, it was a magic bullet for us. I'm sure it can't work the same way all the time, but I'd recommend it!

ETA that we had been warned that ovarian drilling can scar your ovaries, meaning once they have healed it can be even harder to ovulate. That was very obviously not the case in our situation, I ovulated first cycle after my period came back with Jacob (again, very VERY late this time, if I'd got my period my cycle would have been two and a half months long I think). I'm not sure if the ovarian drilling was still helping at all (I imagine it would have all healed over by then?), or whether being pregnant and having a baby helped change things.

Edited by Hopes

Bump for Hun

Thanks LB

Hey Hopeful, my FS was just discussing the option of ovarian drilling with me on friday and i am really torn as to whether to try it or not.

I will be interested to see how you go now! Really hope it does the trick for you!

Obviously it worked a treat for us, Hun, so in some ways I totally recommend it. On the other hand, it would be worth asking your Dr why they're suggesting that over IVF? When I talked to my Dr about it, she was pretty clear that IVF had a better success rate, and they tend to cost a similar amount (ovarian drilling may be a teensy bit cheaper, but only by a grand or so, and when you're paying that much money I'd tend to go for the option more likely to be successful). They did it for me because I was having a lap anyway for endo, so it didn't end up costing me anything. If you're in that kind of situation, I'd say go for it, and give IVF a go if it doesn't work. If you're looking at paying, I'd lean towards IVF unless my Dr had really good reasons for recommending the drilling.

Hey Hopeful - how are you going since the op? Has it made a difference at all?

Hi Hun thought u would be interested to know AF arrived today! First time in my entire life it's been on time! So that has to be a good thing right? :-)

Congrats!! Thats fabulous! You must be stoked! hope your levels continue to rise!!
xx

Jadey it can take a while for your hormones to ramp up after the op, so don't despair if they're a little slow to get going. Best of luck, I hope it's worked for you.