I have recently been diagnosed with
premature ovarian failure (pof) at the age
of 27. I am at the beginning stages of
treatment (hrt) and dealing with the
emotional issues that go along with this.
My husband and I are both devastated. I
would really appreciate any advice on
effective treatment, how to deal with the
constant "when are you guys having kids?"
questions, etc.
also, though my doctors all say no, does
anyone know if the depo provera shot has
been known to cause infertility? I was
on it for 5 years and it just seems a bit
coincidental.
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sandyallen
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 4580
Posted: 06-30-04 21:14pm
Have you spoke with an infertility
specialist, tried some natural herbal
meds, I am no Dr., but I am sure their are
a lot of channels to approach with a
situation such as this, keep going until
you get the answers you want! Good luck!
Bless you!
Sincerely,
sandy
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Karli
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jul 2004 Posts: 1
Posted: 07-03-04 09:41am
Lotus i'm so sorry for what you're going
through. I was diagnosed with premature
ovarian failure at 33, right after I had
my 2nd child. The doctor told me it
shouldn't be a problem unless I wanted
more children. There was help for women
with pof at the time, some studies in
boston, and he wanted me to know about
that.
I also questioned why that happened to me.
I thought I did something to myself, but
my doctor also said no.
A fertility expert would be your best bet
at this time. I wish you all the best.
Karli
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Maja
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Jul 2004 Posts: 12 Location: Croatia
Posted: 07-06-04 14:25pm
Wish you luck lotus and be strong, becouse
you are!!!!!
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sandyallen
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 4580
Dumb Dumb Me! Posted: 07-06-04 15:16pm
I do opologize, I should have said, in my
post to see a fertility specialist, not
infertility specialist.
Sincerely,
sandy
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CheekyMonkey
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Jun 2004 Posts: 34 Location: Ontario, Canada
Posted: 07-09-04 08:38am
I'm so sorry that you've had to deal with
this at your age.
I have a couple of questions.
What was your fsh level?
Did the doctor tell you if your ovaries
have completely stopped functioning on
their own or if you're in an earlier stage
of pof?
There are options but they still depend on
"nature".
Elevated fsh levels indicate diminished
ovarian function, reserve and quality but
some women respond well to medications and
hrt.
If you can acheive some ovarian funtion,
ivf with pgd (pre-implantation genetic
diagnosis) can afford you some hope.
Sometimes the egg may appear fine, but the
quality is compromised. Pgd ensures that
only quality, healthy embryos are
transferred during ivf and, while it costs
more, it eliminates the guesswork.
While there are no guarantees, many women
with your condition have gone on to become
mothers.
I hope you're one of them.
Just a word of advice... Find a fertility
specialist or reproductive endocrinologist
now. Don't trust your gynocologist with
this. They often don't know very much
about fertility beyond the basic
"mechanics" of it.
I wish you all the best.
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oldwig
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Oct 2007 Posts: 1
Pof Posted: 10-10-07 21:43pm
Hi girls,
I am a 43 year old career woman, who met
my partner at 38 and felt ready to have a
child. I had a termination at age 28, and
though I have regrets, it was the right
decision at the time. Now, I could blame
myself and have made a real effort not to,
cos I have been diagnosed with Pof
....yeah I am not that young ...but I'm
not that old either. I was devasted at
first, but now, quite frankly, I only wish
some of the symptoms would go away. I
never know when I might have a period, I
find "air" a big problem and I have
periods of hot flashes, usually a week in
every 6months, I have gained around 1
stone in wieght (british!), and feel
constantly like I am due on......I would
have expected this in a few years, and
would have assumed peri-menopause, but
both my mother and grandmother were 50+
when they went through the meno. and my
elder sister has no signs what so ever and
has 3 wonderful children......it can be
depressing, but think positive, YOU ARE
NOT entirely infertile, and even if this
is the case ....there are a million
wonderful children out there waiting for a
wonderful family. OR you could just live
YOUR life, without money concerns,
dependants, taking off on a holiday when
you fancy, no search for schools, no
worries about your grown up child
appearing on your door step when you are
seventy sobbing about a failed
marriage....etc. Don't get me wrong , if I
could have , after the abortion...I would
have, but I can't and I look at my friends
who have and they are stressed and
financially pushed to the limit and pre -
occupied and worried CONSTANTLY! To be
honest, I don't know if I really want that
stress in my life......do you???? Think
about it, carefully and
intelligently....wiegh up the pros and
cons and don't be sentimental! We are not
all baby machines.....some of us were
designed to do something else.....find
your "something" and don't panic about the
"ovary time clock"
