Question for the ladies

Ashlee143 · 01-02-2006, 11:43 AM

Ok since starting LC has your TOM been messed up or not on track at all?
I have PCOS and since starting taking my meds about a year ago i have been right on time every month. I am about 3 to 4 days late right now??? Anyone else think this is normal or should i go to walmart and get a preg test?
Thanks Yall, Ash

xfatchik · 01-02-2006, 11:45 AM

Mine has been a little screwy too. I have mine about every 20 days instead of 28. I would wait on the preg test and see if you have it in the next couple days.

Ashlee143 · 01-02-2006, 11:48 AM

I know and i keep tellin myself that that but its driving me crazy cause like i said i got so used to being on time...so now my brain is going 100 miles per hour. lol

Denise85 · 01-02-2006, 11:49 AM

When I was on Atkins I got my period for three weeks straight. It went away for a few days and came back for another week. On the three months I was on Atkins my period was never normal. I'm now on the BFL plan and my period is normal. I have a friend who went through the same thing. She had her period for several weeks and after a few days it started all over again.

Nean · 01-02-2006, 12:03 PM

The surest way to start TOM is to buy the EPT. 24hrs max and here comes Aunt Flo

sometimes even on the way home before you even use it

BeachTeach · 01-02-2006, 12:12 PM

TOM has been nice and regular since I've been LC'ing, so who knows? Nean is right though--buying your EPT will definitely bring it on within hours!

KissysMom · 01-02-2006, 12:39 PM

When women first starts lowcarbing, excess hormones are released from inside the fat cells as they shrink. This is the reason that a lot of women experience messed up cycles for a while. It will pass...but take an EPT JUST to make sure. Lots of women that have found themselves in the past to be not-so-easy concievers, find out quite differently once they start low carbing also.

01-02-2006, 12:42 PM

What you are experiencing is perfectly normal..and trust me, it will sort itself out over time...unless you are pregnant..and well, that usually resolves itself in about 40 weeks

Take heart. I too, am (actually WAS) a PCOS sufferer...low carbing and losing the weight and keeping my insulin under control has allowed me to cease all PCOS meds and for quite some time, everything was picture perfect normal...then early menopause hit

(it runs early in the women in my family so I wasn't surprised) but so far it's quite OK

compared to the horror stories I've haerd other women tell. To be honest, I credit this to a healthier way of life also. My poor mother started menopause with a vengeance at 38...she will turn 70 this coming first of March and until about 4 month ago she was still having to go through in excess of 40 hot flashes a day, not sleeping, anxiety..you know, the usual. It was hard to watch her suffer so..and she had tried every rememdy out there, natural AND prescription. All they seemed to do for her was give her one terrifying breast lump after another. (This was very scarey for her as every women in her family has succumbed to breast cancer prior to the age of 56 so you can image the absolute terror she endured with every mammogram and subsequent lumpectomy) Four months ago, my mother began to low carb having seen how much happier and healthier I was and lo and behold, her life is now profoundly different...almost all her menopausal symptoms are markedly lessened if not completely gone. It's a break she deserves after 32 years of hormonal hell. While she's never had a serious weight problem, as her age increased a few pounds crept in around her middle...I'm so proud of her...she's two inches taller than me but now weighs less than I do!

She's off for a 7 week vacation to Australia in a couple of weeks...she asked me if Kangaroo was low carb..my reply? "BLECH!"

Low carb is amazing!!!!!

averyjenn · 01-02-2006, 04:01 PM

Hey Ashlee - I'm PCOS too and yes, mine is sometimes more late and definitely lighter doing Atkins. I asked my RE about it and he said it's normal. I take Metformin - is that what you take?

Heatha79 · 01-02-2006, 04:04 PM

I have PCOS......I never get periods.......maybe once a year i'll be surprised.....even with Lcing i still dont get em.... But if you feel pregnancy symptoms, or just want to clear your head, go ahead and get one. I have taken a million preg. tests in my life, cause i was never really sure.....until the time i started to get sick, and really was preg., I didnt find out until i was already 3months preg.

Ashlee143 · 01-02-2006, 05:00 PM

Since i found out i had PCOS i started Actos and have been regular for the first time since i was about 17. For the last year since i started actos its been right on time every month....thats the only reason it crossed my mind and of course i want a baby more then anything. I bought a test but not gonna do it untill in the morning....WE WILL SEE lol...i will let yall know!!!

Mickey Lou · 01-02-2006, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nean

The surest way to start TOM is to buy the EPT. 24hrs max and here comes Aunt Flo

sometimes even on the way home before you even use it

AMEN

Mickey Lou · 01-02-2006, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Heatha79

I have PCOS......I never get periods.......maybe once a year i'll be surprised.....even with Lcing i still dont get em.... But if you feel pregnancy symptoms, or just want to clear your head, go ahead and get one. I have taken a million preg. tests in my life, cause i was never really sure.....until the time i started to get sick, and really was preg., I didnt find out until i was already 3months preg.

Heatha, I'm really surprised LCing hasn't straightened you out...it did for me, I've been like clock work for 5 years now, after 10 years of nearly no cycles. I had the same thing happen to me, too- didn't know I was pregnant, and I was (had a negative test) and it was when I started feeling sick.....

Heatha79 · 01-02-2006, 06:28 PM

yeah, i'm just really strange.....sometime's i noticed that stress will bring on a period. And when i do FF, i might get a period, which is weird too. But regular lc won't help me. My hormone's are all messed up. I dunno, I just know that low carb helps me lose weight cause of the insulin resistance.

Ashlee143 · 01-03-2006, 03:44 PM

Well guess what......Im preg.. I took 2 tests this morning and they were both positive.
YAYYYYYYY im so happy.....

Anyone who has LC through preg. tell me about it ok. THanks....Ash

KissysMom · 01-03-2006, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ashlee143

Well guess what......Im preg.. I took 2 tests this morning and they were both positive.
YAYYYYYYY im so happy.....

Anyone who has LC through preg. tell me about it ok. THanks....Ash

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Ashlee143 · 01-03-2006, 03:51 PM

Thank you so much.....i NEVER thought i would ever have a baby...with pcos and my messed up thyroids and TOM's but god answered my prayers. I am sooooo very grateful.

KissysMom · 01-03-2006, 03:53 PM

SO..did ya break the news to Daddy yet???

Ashlee143 · 01-03-2006, 03:55 PM

lol oh yea when he heard me screaming in the bathroom this morning....it woke him up LOL

mrstmitch · 01-03-2006, 03:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nean

The surest way to start TOM is to buy the EPT. 24hrs max and here comes Aunt Flo

sometimes even on the way home before you even use it

I always use the expression, "Aunt Flo", too!!

Yea, my cycles have been "off" since low carbing-- no real consistency with them from month to month.

mrstmitch · 01-03-2006, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ashlee143

Well guess what......Im preg.. I took 2 tests this morning and they were both positive.
YAYYYYYYY im so happy.....

Anyone who has LC through preg. tell me about it ok. THanks....Ash

Congrats!!

Heatha79 · 01-03-2006, 04:29 PM

Congrats Ashlee!!! I am soooo happy for you..... I was told that i couldnt have kids, and I have my little miracle baby!!! Just be sure to let your obgyn know you have PCOS. YAY!!!!! I'm sooo happy!!!

I didnt do low carb while pregnant....and ate everything under the sun and gained 80 pounds total....so be careful. I would look into eating like maitenence or do South Beach, just to be on the safe side. Someone else may have bettter understanding of this...

Heather

Mickey Lou · 01-03-2006, 04:34 PM

That's GREAT!!!

snowdancer79 · 01-03-2006, 04:38 PM

Contratulations! There's nothing more exciting than being pregnant!!

KissysMom · 01-03-2006, 04:39 PM

DEF. go to sugar busters or some kind of "maintainence" program RIGHT away.

No Ketosis while preggo, and yep..u r now officially a PREGGO! LOL

GardenGirl639 · 01-03-2006, 04:59 PM

Congrats

I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes for you

What a wonderful surprise to start the new year.

Ashlee143 · 01-03-2006, 06:36 PM

Thank you all for all your support....we are just so happy. I REALLY do not want to gain alot of weight since ive worked pretty hard to take almost 40 off so i am going to really try to stick to LC most of the time. I just plan on eating lots of veggies and meat and eggs and stuff. I never really ate fruit before but im gonna read up on if i should while i am preg. I will be googleing everything tonight beleive me lol

thanks again everyone

gonnabethin · 01-03-2006, 06:39 PM

Congratulations!!

elyseelyse · 01-04-2006, 03:01 PM

What a wonderful way to start off the new year!!! Wow a baby, I remember finding out I was pregnant, my heart was never happier!!!!

LunaAshling · 01-04-2006, 05:31 PM

Come on over to the pregnancy thread!!!!!!! Just follow my siggy!

01-02-2006, 11:43 AM	#1
Ashlee143 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Va and Tx Posts: 77 Gallery: Ashlee143 Stats: 312/276/155 WOE: Atkins Start Date: October 10th 2005	Question for the ladies Ok since starting LC has your TOM been messed up or not on track at all? I have PCOS and since starting taking my meds about a year ago i have been right on time every month. I am about 3 to 4 days late right now??? Anyone else think this is normal or should i go to walmart and get a preg test? Thanks Yall, Ash

01-02-2006, 11:45 AM	#2
xfatchik Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Viva Las Vegas! Posts: 15,439 Gallery: xfatchik Stats: size 22/4/4 WOE: Atkins ( 126 lbs gone! ) Start Date: June 9, 2003	Mine has been a little screwy too. I have mine about every 20 days instead of 28. I would wait on the preg test and see if you have it in the next couple days.

01-02-2006, 11:48 AM	#3
Ashlee143 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Va and Tx Posts: 77 Gallery: Ashlee143 Stats: 312/276/155 WOE: Atkins Start Date: October 10th 2005	I know and i keep tellin myself that that but its driving me crazy cause like i said i got so used to being on time...so now my brain is going 100 miles per hour. lol

01-02-2006, 11:49 AM	#4
Denise85 Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Chicago burbs Posts: 21,924 Blog Entries: 11 Gallery: Denise85 Stats: 261/148/140-5'5" WOE: Dietician's plan	When I was on Atkins I got my period for three weeks straight. It went away for a few days and came back for another week. On the three months I was on Atkins my period was never normal. I'm now on the BFL plan and my period is normal. I have a friend who went through the same thing. She had her period for several weeks and after a few days it started all over again.

01-02-2006, 12:03 PM	#5
Nean MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 1,087 Gallery: Nean Stats: (280ish) 223/196/135 Start Date: 5/21/05	The surest way to start TOM is to buy the EPT. 24hrs max and here comes Aunt Flo sometimes even on the way home before you even use it

01-02-2006, 12:12 PM	#6
BeachTeach Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 353 Gallery: BeachTeach Stats: 165/154/125 WOE: Atkins & Exercise Start Date: December 3, 2005	TOM has been nice and regular since I've been LC'ing, so who knows? Nean is right though--buying your EPT will definitely bring it on within hours!

01-02-2006, 12:39 PM	#7
KissysMom Emily1965's loyal servant! Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 6,933 Gallery: KissysMom	When women first starts lowcarbing, excess hormones are released from inside the fat cells as they shrink. This is the reason that a lot of women experience messed up cycles for a while. It will pass...but take an EPT JUST to make sure. Lots of women that have found themselves in the past to be not-so-easy concievers, find out quite differently once they start low carbing also.

01-02-2006, 12:42 PM	#8
MandyDee Guest Posts: n/a Gallery: MandyDee	What you are experiencing is perfectly normal..and trust me, it will sort itself out over time...unless you are pregnant..and well, that usually resolves itself in about 40 weeks Take heart. I too, am (actually WAS) a PCOS sufferer...low carbing and losing the weight and keeping my insulin under control has allowed me to cease all PCOS meds and for quite some time, everything was picture perfect normal...then early menopause hit (it runs early in the women in my family so I wasn't surprised) but so far it's quite OK compared to the horror stories I've haerd other women tell. To be honest, I credit this to a healthier way of life also. My poor mother started menopause with a vengeance at 38...she will turn 70 this coming first of March and until about 4 month ago she was still having to go through in excess of 40 hot flashes a day, not sleeping, anxiety..you know, the usual. It was hard to watch her suffer so..and she had tried every rememdy out there, natural AND prescription. All they seemed to do for her was give her one terrifying breast lump after another. (This was very scarey for her as every women in her family has succumbed to breast cancer prior to the age of 56 so you can image the absolute terror she endured with every mammogram and subsequent lumpectomy) Four months ago, my mother began to low carb having seen how much happier and healthier I was and lo and behold, her life is now profoundly different...almost all her menopausal symptoms are markedly lessened if not completely gone. It's a break she deserves after 32 years of hormonal hell. While she's never had a serious weight problem, as her age increased a few pounds crept in around her middle...I'm so proud of her...she's two inches taller than me but now weighs less than I do! She's off for a 7 week vacation to Australia in a couple of weeks...she asked me if Kangaroo was low carb..my reply? "BLECH!" Low carb is amazing!!!!!

01-02-2006, 04:01 PM	#9
averyjenn Queen of Cream Cheese Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 6,169 Gallery: averyjenn Stats: 240/156 now 180/170/148 5'6" WOE: Kickin' it old school Start Date: 2/21/05	Hey Ashlee - I'm PCOS too and yes, mine is sometimes more late and definitely lighter doing Atkins. I asked my RE about it and he said it's normal. I take Metformin - is that what you take?

01-02-2006, 04:04 PM	#10
Heatha79 Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Daytona Beach, FL Posts: 5,289 Gallery: Heatha79 Stats: 230/134/120 5'6 WOE: PSMF Start Date: 03/23/07	I have PCOS......I never get periods.......maybe once a year i'll be surprised.....even with Lcing i still dont get em.... But if you feel pregnancy symptoms, or just want to clear your head, go ahead and get one. I have taken a million preg. tests in my life, cause i was never really sure.....until the time i started to get sick, and really was preg., I didnt find out until i was already 3months preg.

01-02-2006, 05:00 PM	#11
Ashlee143 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Va and Tx Posts: 77 Gallery: Ashlee143 Stats: 312/276/155 WOE: Atkins Start Date: October 10th 2005	Since i found out i had PCOS i started Actos and have been regular for the first time since i was about 17. For the last year since i started actos its been right on time every month....thats the only reason it crossed my mind and of course i want a baby more then anything. I bought a test but not gonna do it untill in the morning....WE WILL SEE lol...i will let yall know!!!

01-03-2006, 04:34 PM	#23
Mickey Lou Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Broomfield, Colorado Posts: 4,159 Gallery: Mickey Lou Stats: 267/>150<200/150 WOE: death to the marcupial pouch Start Date: Early Spring 2000; 100#off	That's GREAT!!!

01-02-2006, 06:28 PM	#14
Heatha79 Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Daytona Beach, FL Posts: 5,289 Gallery: Heatha79 Stats: 230/134/120 5'6 WOE: PSMF Start Date: 03/23/07	yeah, i'm just really strange.....sometime's i noticed that stress will bring on a period. And when i do FF, i might get a period, which is weird too. But regular lc won't help me. My hormone's are all messed up. I dunno, I just know that low carb helps me lose weight cause of the insulin resistance.

01-03-2006, 03:44 PM	#15
Ashlee143 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Va and Tx Posts: 77 Gallery: Ashlee143 Stats: 312/276/155 WOE: Atkins Start Date: October 10th 2005	Well guess what......Im preg.. I took 2 tests this morning and they were both positive. YAYYYYYYY im so happy..... Anyone who has LC through preg. tell me about it ok. THanks....Ash

01-03-2006, 03:51 PM	#17
Ashlee143 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Va and Tx Posts: 77 Gallery: Ashlee143 Stats: 312/276/155 WOE: Atkins Start Date: October 10th 2005	Thank you so much.....i NEVER thought i would ever have a baby...with pcos and my messed up thyroids and TOM's but god answered my prayers. I am sooooo very grateful.

01-03-2006, 03:53 PM	#18
KissysMom Emily1965's loyal servant! Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 6,933 Gallery: KissysMom	SO..did ya break the news to Daddy yet???

01-03-2006, 03:55 PM	#19
Ashlee143 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Va and Tx Posts: 77 Gallery: Ashlee143 Stats: 312/276/155 WOE: Atkins Start Date: October 10th 2005	lol oh yea when he heard me screaming in the bathroom this morning....it woke him up LOL

01-03-2006, 04:29 PM	#22
Heatha79 Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Daytona Beach, FL Posts: 5,289 Gallery: Heatha79 Stats: 230/134/120 5'6 WOE: PSMF Start Date: 03/23/07	Congrats Ashlee!!! I am soooo happy for you..... I was told that i couldnt have kids, and I have my little miracle baby!!! Just be sure to let your obgyn know you have PCOS. YAY!!!!! I'm sooo happy!!! I didnt do low carb while pregnant....and ate everything under the sun and gained 80 pounds total....so be careful. I would look into eating like maitenence or do South Beach, just to be on the safe side. Someone else may have bettter understanding of this... Heather

01-03-2006, 04:38 PM	#24
snowdancer79 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leadville, Colorado-Highest City in U.S. 10,200 ft Posts: 875 Gallery: snowdancer79 Stats: 170/oh phooey, who cares!!/130-135 5'8"	Contratulations! There's nothing more exciting than being pregnant!!

01-03-2006, 04:39 PM	#25
KissysMom Emily1965's loyal servant! Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 6,933 Gallery: KissysMom	DEF. go to sugar busters or some kind of "maintainence" program RIGHT away. No Ketosis while preggo, and yep..u r now officially a PREGGO! LOL

01-03-2006, 04:59 PM	#26
GardenGirl639 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,422 Gallery: GardenGirl639 Stats: 229/181/145 5'3" Start Date: June 25, 2007	Congrats I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes for you What a wonderful surprise to start the new year.

01-03-2006, 06:36 PM	#27
Ashlee143 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Va and Tx Posts: 77 Gallery: Ashlee143 Stats: 312/276/155 WOE: Atkins Start Date: October 10th 2005	Thank you all for all your support....we are just so happy. I REALLY do not want to gain alot of weight since ive worked pretty hard to take almost 40 off so i am going to really try to stick to LC most of the time. I just plan on eating lots of veggies and meat and eggs and stuff. I never really ate fruit before but im gonna read up on if i should while i am preg. I will be googleing everything tonight beleive me lol thanks again everyone

01-03-2006, 06:39 PM	#28
gonnabethin Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Georgia Posts: 261 Gallery: gonnabethin Stats: 195/175/130 WOE: Atkins Induction	Congratulations!!

01-04-2006, 03:01 PM	#29
elyseelyse Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Just north of the Peoples Republic of Cambridge Posts: 12,313 Gallery: elyseelyse Stats: Still too much....grrrrrr.... WOE: Counting calories w/ a LC emphasis Start Date: Sept 2005	What a wonderful way to start off the new year!!! Wow a baby, I remember finding out I was pregnant, my heart was never happier!!!!

01-04-2006, 05:31 PM	#30
LunaAshling Queen of the Planet of Redheads Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Here, no really. Posts: 3,685 Gallery: LunaAshling Stats: 2??/???/130-ish @ 5'5 WOE: Atkins/Weston Price Start Date: 3rd times the charm! 11/08	Come on over to the pregnancy thread!!!!!!! Just follow my siggy!