Anyne had Ovarian Drilling?
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Topic: Anyne had Ovarian Drilling?
Posted By: hopeful83
Subject: Anyne had Ovarian Drilling?
Date Posted: 22 June 2011 at 3:09pm
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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. |
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Posted By: noodle
Date Posted: 22 June 2011 at 3:18pm
you sound like I was hopeful, on met and did lots of rounds of 150mg clomid cycles with no ovulation. I had the ovarian drilling done and got pregnant 4 or 5 months later. I did do another round of clomid though but bloods came back that my body wasn't responding either so left it a couple of weeks did another blood test checking estrogen, progestrone and pregnancy and all came back that I wasn't doing anything so they got me to do a round of provera to bring on AF so did 10days worth and AF never came. I now have a 2 and a half year old as a result of all that non responding...I still wonder how all the blods showed nothing happening but I managed to get pregnant. As for the op I was a bit sore for a few days after but it didn't take long to feel normal again. Hope all goes well for you chick and you have that BFP soon! hugs hun!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: noodle
Date Posted: 22 June 2011 at 3:18pm
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actually I dont know if I answered ya question lol but I hope my post gives you some hope ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: hopeful83
Date Posted: 22 June 2011 at 3:40pm
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Hi Noodle, thank you for sharing :-)
Thank you for the positive story-inspiaftional! Congrats on your 2 1/2 yr old, it must be an amazing feeling getting BFP after all the disappointing cycles! X 
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Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 24 June 2011 at 12:58pm
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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. -------------   
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Posted By: Ceres
Date Posted: 30 June 2011 at 4:54pm
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Another success story here too, much like you went through countless rounds of an increasing dose of clomid with no responding, so we went ahead with ovarian drilling in a last ditch effort before IVF (we had MF issues too). Like Noodle, post surgery my bloods showed no activity so we added 50mgs of clomid into the mix. And ovidrel, and progesterone. Bang; pregnant on the first cycle I actually ovulated, and had a long enough luteal phase. And that was our wonderful DD. Recovery from surgery wasn't too bad. I think I found the recovery from the general anesthetic the hardest bit, but that could have been because I was doing massive hours at the time so was tired anyway.
Best of luck to you! On a side note, Hopes, I was never warned that it could make things even more difficult in the future  .------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  <
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Posted By: LadyBee
Date Posted: 11 July 2011 at 3:34pm
Bump for Hun  ------------- TTC for 4 1/2 years IVF #1 - April 2012 short BFP, no frosties IVF #2 - August 2012, BFP!! 3 frosties! http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: hopeful83
Date Posted: 11 July 2011 at 4:06pm
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Hey ladies, thanks for your stories!
Had op on Wednesday... Ended up aswell as drilling, hvn a 6cm cyst removed, some endometriosis removed and dye testing... I'm ok, but if miss a dose of pain med's get these horrendous , take your breath away cramps... Time I guess... I have a f/up in 6 weeks so that's good.. On a positive note tubes r clear... FXd this will do the trick! |
Posted By: Hun
Date Posted: 11 July 2011 at 9:59pm
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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! ------------- [url=http://www.TickerFactory.com/] 
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Posted By: hopeful83
Date Posted: 11 July 2011 at 10:22pm
| Thanks Hun I'll keep u posted. Xx |
Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 12 July 2011 at 6:12am
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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. -------------
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Posted By: Hun
Date Posted: 12 July 2011 at 8:43am
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Hi Hopes
To be honest I am kinda confused by this specialist - I have been seeing one in chch with a totally different treatment plan, but as I now live in Dunedin I went to see this new guy, and he seems really pro ovarian drilling. I am actually not so keen on it myself, and would rather try other things first - I have PCO, so he would book me in for a lap under public funding and do it then if i wanted, but the thing is that I would be eligible for IVF at about the same time as my turn would come round on the waiting list for the lap. And he doesn't want to try any of the other drugs available apart from clomid, whereas my other specialist was going to look at FSH injectables etc. I am just so confused! ------------- [url=http://www.TickerFactory.com/]
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Posted By: Hun
Date Posted: 31 July 2011 at 1:09pm
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Hey Hopeful - how are you going since the op? Has it made a difference at all? ------------- [url=http://www.TickerFactory.com/]
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Posted By: hopeful83
Date Posted: 01 August 2011 at 7:40am
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Hi Hun,
Thanks for message :-) No change that I've noticed yet... Back t dr on 15th so I guess they'll tell me then if I am wrong... No sign of ovulation and op will b 4weeks ago Wednesday... Sorry can't tell u anything positive... What is happening with you?? |
Posted By: hopeful83
Date Posted: 03 August 2011 at 8:57am
| 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? :-) |
Posted By: Hun
Date Posted: 03 August 2011 at 10:47am
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Hopeful that's awesome!!!! Congratulations! must be good to know that its done its job - really hope you get your BFP quicksmart now!
I have some news too... did a test on monday and what do you know... double lines! I still cant believe it but had a blood test monday afternoon and my hcg levels were at 300. Got another one today to make sure they're rising nicely I am just so amazingly happy - and want to be in the second trimester already so i can relax!------------- [url=http://www.TickerFactory.com/]
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Posted By: hopeful83
Date Posted: 03 August 2011 at 3:52pm
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Congrats!! Thats fabulous! You must be stoked! hope your levels continue to rise!!
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Posted By: Jadey
Date Posted: 06 September 2012 at 2:53am
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i was diagnosed wit PCOS when i was 15 and when my partner and i began ttc we tried for a year with no luck so was sent to the Dunedin hospital fert clinic.
i was the same i have been ttc with clomiphene 3yrs now it worked for the first 2 cycles and i conceived on the 2nd cycle but that was not to be i mc on the 3rd march 2010 at 3 1/2 weeks ever since then clomiphene hasn't worked even when we went up to 200mg my Dr then sent me for all these different test to make sure he ruled everything out and also sent me to a dietitian to get me to change my eating and lose weight but i changed my eating but failed to lose weight then he put me on the weighing list for OD so last Thursday 30/8/12 i had my op and found the pain not to bad its been a week now and i dnt feel any different to what i was b4 the op. so now im going for bloods to see what my hormones are doing on day 11 which is Sunday so i hope that lab is open i really hope this works has i dnt think i could take anymore bad news |
Posted By: Ceres
Date Posted: 06 September 2012 at 11:36am
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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. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> <
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Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 09 September 2012 at 1:18pm
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Yes, I agree with Ceres - my cycle after the op was a little longer than average (average being four weeks, like it is for most people, because I have no real personal average to work with as I don't really ovulate on my own). I think it took a while for my body to get used to it all. I would have ovulated about three or four weeks after the operation. -------------
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Posted By: Jadey
Date Posted: 28 February 2013 at 12:38am
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its been 5months now since OD and i finally got my period but its not my normal 30day is dropped to only 22days this month! is that bad? i was hoping it was working because of the OD but my doctor says its not that i should have got it months ago if the surgery had worked, so we are now due for IVF in september. Could OD have worked or am i fooling my self? |
Posted By: Laura121343
Date Posted: 27 June 2013 at 11:09pm
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Hi i would like to post my OD success story to give others hope. After 14 months of trying to concieve i was diagnosed with anovultory, which basically means everything was fine except i was not ovulating. I had 3 rounds of clomid with only one (first cycle) ovulated but did not concieve second two cycles did not ovulate. my gyn offered me overian drilling which took alot out of me worrying myself sick as i'd never had an operation before. i can honestly say it was nowhere near as bad and i was able to go home within a few hours the month after my ovarian drilling i was given clomid 50mg again. i phoned for my bloods and confirmed i had ovulated! i waited for my period but it never came took a test and boom!! BFP!!!!! Cannot believe it wow!! ovarian drilling lap and dye is amazing!! 5 weeks pregnant and so excited and nervous!! [=D>] [:D] |
Posted By: Icecream
Date Posted: 28 June 2013 at 7:05am
| Great story - congratulation on your bfp and good luck for your pregnancy |