| Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is the primary | | | | PCOS. Some woman, despite their irregular ovulation |
| cause of infertility of most women. Due to excess | | | | due to PCOS, still manage to become pregnant. |
| insulin production a woman's body produces too much | | | | Some of the other symptoms of PCOS are unnatural |
| male hormones. Some PCOS sufferers are also in | | | | hair growth, especially in areas such as the face, |
| danger of developing diabetes due to insulin | | | | chest or back. |
| resistance. | | | | Apart from irregular menstruation, some women also |
| A woman's ovaries have numerous follicles and during | | | | suffer from pelvic pain, obesity, acne, thinning of hair |
| a normal menstrual cycle these follicles develop each | | | | and high insulin levels. Some of the symptoms of |
| with a egg inside. If everything progress as it should | | | | PCOS can be alleviated by losing some weight. For |
| during the menstrual cycle then an egg will be | | | | women that have difficulty with obesity their |
| produced from one of these follicles. This matured | | | | hormone levels might even stabilize enough for them |
| egg will burst from the follicle when the Luteal | | | | to ovulate. Most treatments of PCOS involve the |
| Hormone (LH) levels increase. This is the ovulation | | | | medication called Metformin. |
| phase. Unfortunately with someone suffering from | | | | Metformin is normally safe even for diabetics |
| PCOS it never reach this stage because due to the | | | | because the Merformin assist the body with insulin |
| lack of the right amounts of female hormones the | | | | absorption. Clomid treatment cause the brain to think |
| egg don't mature and ovulation don't follow. | | | | that estrogen levels are lower than what they are so |
| For PCOS sufferers this means that their follicles are | | | | more LH and FSH are release that causes ovulation. |
| in danger of developing cysts. When this happens, | | | | IVF statistics indicate only a thirty to forty percent |
| these cysts, when examined under ultra sound, looks | | | | ovulation rate that leads to a successful pregnancy |
| like a string of pearls. The outside of the ovaries are | | | | when Clomid is used for treatment. |
| normally covered in a multitude of small cysts and | | | | In Vitro Maturation (IVM) is other treatment for |
| the immature undeveloped follicles inside is what give | | | | woman that due to PCOS are classified as infertile. |
| it the appearance of a string of pearls. | | | | IVM involve the harvesting of some immature eggs. |
| Because ovulation doesn't happen, the hormone | | | | IVM is normally an option for women that suffer |
| progesterone don't make the nice thick uterine lining | | | | from PCOS that had no success from drug |
| that is needed. Statistics indicate the about five to | | | | treatments. The immature harvested eggs are, in a |
| ten percent of woman are afflicted by PCOS. An | | | | laboratory, artificially matured. Once the eggs are |
| irregular or no period at all and no ovulation are | | | | matured, they are then further developed , fertilized |
| normally a sign of possible PCOS. | | | | and implanted into the uterus with IVF. |
| Older woman also sometimes suffer more from the | | | | Most women with PCOS don't have to despair for |
| symptoms of PCOS. Around twenty five percent of | | | | most of them can be helped to fall pregnant. |
| women are totally unaware that they might have | | | | |