Metformin users here!

[piglet24]

Hi guys!

We have been on this TTC journey for almost 4 years now.  Tanong ko lang whom among you here have used metformin?

I was prescribed by my doctor to take 1500 mg per day.  One tablet before meal three times a day.  December ako nag start and di ako dinatnan nung time na yun as well as January because as per my OB mataas pa rin daw ang insulin ko.  So continue ko pa rin yung Metformin.  By February nagkaperiod na ako.  Tapos this March which is patapos na di pa ako dinadatnan.  Anybody who has the same experience?

haven't gone to my OB yet as she is out of the country.  Will be setting an appointment by the end of the month. 

Share your experience and triumphs with using Metformin.

By the way, I'm diagnosed with PCOS.

[gummy bear]

^Hi Sis! Have used metformin for 2 years due to PCOS. Then I stopped working, stopped taking metformin, basta dapat stress-free ako.. After almost 8 months, got pregnant.. Para hindi na bumalik PCOS ko, nag-enroll ako sa gym after I gave birth.. Try to exercise pag may time ka.. It worked for me.. 2 years na regular na mens ko.. No need for metformin and provera. 

[piglet24]

^ sis for two solid years ka nagtake ng metformin?  Nagwork ba agad ang meds sayo? like nag regular agad ang period mo? 

Sorry dami akong tanong.

Congrats kasi nagkababy na kayo.

Been doing little exercise here and there.  So I guess, di lang masyadong magpakastress and keep on taking the meds noh?

[gummy bear]

^ sis for two solid years ka nagtake ng metformin?  Nagwork ba agad ang meds sayo? like nag regular agad ang period mo? 


Yes Sis nag-take ako ng metformin for 2 years. With pills pa 'yun kaya nagkakaroon ako ng mens monthly. Pero after I gave birth, hindi na siya bumalik, regular exercise lang ginagawa ko.

[piglet24]

^Ah. So hindi pala metformin lang ang tinetake mo. Hopefully, this will work for me.

Good to know na regular ka na.

Sana may iba pang mag post about metformin.  Need to know their experience din.

[andi16]

hi sis, hubby and i are ttc for 15 months now, 13 months naturally and two months with medication...last two cycles that we went sa obgyne she prescribed me with folic acid, glutathione and metformin..she diagnosed me as PCOS even that i have my cycles monthly paiba iba nga [textspeak!] ng lenght but no more than 40 days and no less than 28 days, two consecutive cycles ko she gave me clomid cause sabi sa pcos you are not ovulating that your eggs doesn't mature but during my clomid intakes we had follicle monitoring my egg naman ako na nagmature and parehas na cycle 2 pa nga yung eggs ko...but still negative result pa rin..kaya we decided to stop muna seeing the doctor but we continue the medication but not clomid and still follow the same schedule she gave us before...we were thinking na kulang lang kami sa right timing at parehas kami stress sa work...but still we are praying and hoping na ma grant naman wish namin to have our own baby sana sooner kasi medyo dina rin bumabata...

[dia17]

Hi mga sis!

I'm a metformin user since April of 2013. Went over 2 cycles of clomid may and june 2013 but I decided to stop dahil sobrang stressed sa work and I just lost my grandmother last May. So inisip ko parang non sense na magpa check up ako if I'm waaay too stressed. I stopped going to my ob july 2013. Btw I had pcos since 2009 pero just got married june 2012 and decided to do fertility work up april of 2013 kasi di kame makabuo in a natural way. I just continued taking metformin 500mg 3x a day until december 2013. nadelay ulit ako d ako nagkaron whole month ng november. Usually kasi ang cycle ko is 36 to 38days. LMP ko was oct 30 2013. Nagdecide ako mag pt ng dec 7 then lo and behold it was 2 lines. I am currently own my 20wks of pregnancy now. It worked for me kasi both ovaries ko eh may pcos pero when I had my tvs last dec 8 ok na yung right ovary ko and yung left nlng may pcos nabuo yung baby ko sa right ovary. bago pala ako magpa ob ulit nung april 2013, 5 months ako di dinatnan ng period ko. After taking metformin and duphaston aun nag karon na ako monthly. Until now that I am pregnant I'm still taking metformin 3x a day 500mg. As per dra aguilar kasi pag tumaas daw sugar ko at magka gestational diabetes ako malaki ang chance na makunan ako.

[piglet24]

@dia17: oh wow!! Congrats sis!! I'm so happy for you.  Sana kami din swertihin na. ako last year di ako dinadatnan unless may duphaston.  Yun nga lumipat ako ng OB pina metformin niya lang ako. nung Feb nagkaperiod pero March wala. so scared ako. anyway, I pray na you will have a safe pregnancy.

[dia17]

@dia17: oh wow!! Congrats sis!! I'm so happy for you.  Sana kami din swertihin na. ako last year di ako dinadatnan unless may duphaston.  Yun nga lumipat ako ng OB pina metformin niya lang ako. nung Feb nagkaperiod pero March wala. so scared ako. anyway, I pray na you will have a safe pregnancy.

Thanks sis! I will pray na lahat ng mga ttc kong friends eh mabiyayaan na rin ng baby. Baby dust to you and to our sisses here!

[Carylldax]

@sis dia17

Sis nag limit ka din ba sa sweet foods? Ginawa ko yan kasi for the last months but nag crave ako after so bumalik ako sa pag kain ng sweets

[piglet24]

@Carylldax:  Sabi ng OB ko avoid carbs daw.  Likke all carbs.  parang harsh.  Instead I try eating food na nakakalower ng insulin like oats and sweet potato.

[dia17]

@sis dia17

Sis nag limit ka din ba sa sweet foods? Ginawa ko yan kasi for the last months but nag crave ako after so bumalik ako sa pag kain ng sweets

Hi sis! Di ako mahilig talaga sa sweetspero nung nag buntis ako puro sweets ang cravings ko. Feeling ko candidate na ako for GDM next week ko malaman. Nag gym ako sinabay ko sa work up pero ang hirap mag lose ng weight pag may pcos mas malaki pa nalose ko ngayong buntis ako. Pero nag stop ako mag gym around september kasi pag gusto mo mag try mag baby di ka pwede matagtag. Kaya Sabi nung dr ko na friend maghinay hinay ako. Ang gawin m nlng 30mins prior to your meal inumin mo na yung metformin nakakatulong yun mag lose ng weight.

[Carylldax]

@Carylldax:  Sabi ng OB ko avoid carbs daw.  Likke all carbs.  parang harsh.  Instead I try eating food na nakakalower ng insulin like oats and sweet potato.

Hi sis, even oats pinagbawal sakin ng doc. Ang gulo noh? Puede sweet potato

[onlytechgirl]

Hi mga sis dapat ba before meal take un metformin? Kasi take ko siya lagi after meal, hirap na hirap tuloy ako sa 3 times a day.

[eilin0823]

ask lang po anong brand name po ng metformin ang tinitake nyo or yan po ang generic name? TIA

[EYESCREAM]

Hi mga sis! Question lang po? Pwede po ba pag sabayin ang Provera at Metformin? My ob prescribed me this 2 meds. Plus clomid when AF arrived. Wala naman po siyang sinabing huwag pagsabayin, pero meron po ba sainyo na ganito din po and ginawa? Tia disses. Sticky baby dust to all. God bless

[blueberryalmond]

Hi mga sis, share ko lang un metformin experience ko. Mejo me phobia ako kasi 3 yrs ago pinagmetformin ako for my pcos, then a few days after, i had a bacterial infection ( vagina ). Very traumatic for me kasi super sakit magwiwi as in. Then naconfine pa ko. Yun OB ko cannot explain if it was caused by metformin kasi hindi daw dapat yun magcacause ng ganun. In a few days balik metformin ulit ako kinda scared pero must do it to cure my pcos.

[bitam13]

Hi sis dia17.. Si dra. Angela aguilar ba ob mo? Meron ba sya sa paranaque na clinic??

Sis buong 9months mo ba ininom yung merformin? Sa met din ako nabuntis pero at 6 weeks nakunan ako... Kasi 5 weeks pa lang pinatigil na ako nung dati kong ob... Mahilig ako sa sugar... Im really devastated... Sana reply ka sis. Thank you

[jonahh08]

Ako naman guys may PCOS both ovaries, diagnosed 3 weeks ago. Pinag FBS ako and nakita na mataas blood sugar ko. My OB prescribed Metformin along with other meds. Sabi ni doktora maganda daw naging response ko sa Metformin.  Maganda daw results ng follicle monitoring ko and nakita na nga na nag ovulate ako. I'm also taking Duphaston. Waiting game na ngayon..sana nga tuluyan nang hindi dumating si period at magka positive na hehe.