Yet another low-carb baby – for free!

Here’s yet another story about PCOS, low-carb and the joy of having a baby:
Hi!
I want to let you know about something amazing that has happened to me and my spouse. I will try to make the story short. A few years ago, we decided to start trying for a baby. My spouse basically hadn’t had her period, except for a few times when she was 13-14 years old. She was later diagnosed with PCOS.
We went through IVF treatments to get pregnant. It took us more than 4 years before she got pregnant, after a number of failed attempts, with mental and physical challenges. Eventually we had our baby. Overjoyed.
A little while after the baby was born, we both started an LCHF diet. We kept under 10 g carbohydrates per 100 g of food. We started to lose weight and suddenly her period started to work again!! We couldn’t believe it was true?!
After just one attempt, at the time of her second ovulation, she got pregnant again!!! Totally incredible! And suddenly we now have 2 children! And thanks to LCHF we have saved a ton of money, which a new IVF treatment would have cost us!
Please feel free to publish on the blog, however, we would like to remain anonymous.
Thanks for your posts – they are interesting!
Congratulations!
This is not the first time that an LCHF baby comes to this world. It’s becoming quite a common story these days.
PCOS is a common hormone disorder, associated with obesity, that causes irregular periods and difficulties conceiving (and a tendency for acne and excessive hair growth). A low-carb diet is an excellent treatment. Not only may it produce weight loss and reduced symptoms from PCOS. It may also deliver the ultimate prize: a long-awaited baby.
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The Doctor: “Have You Started an LCHF Diet, Or Something?”
Second: I don't mean to imply that LCHF diets do not alleviate the symptoms of PCOS at all. I am on an LCHF diet. I love it. The benefits are many and the downside I'm still looking for and cannot as yet find. However, I'm not sure if this is the best example of a baby attributable entirely to LCHF because it is much easier to get pregnant a second time than it is the first time whether you suffer from PCOS or not.
Since my young cousin is in her childbearing years and suffers from PCOS, I'd be very interested if anyone has any non-anecdotal information on this issue. Having recently observed my LCHF transformation (we haven't seen each other in years since we live on different continents), she has adopted the diet herself and I'm hoping to add a little more to be happy about.
There is one pilot study showing that low-carb can help with PCOS:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1334192/
I remember Dr. Westman saying in an interview that 1 or 2 (don't remember the exact number) of the women in the study managed to conceive during the 24 week study period.
He also had an interview on the livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog/
@Kat: I was diagnosed with PCOS as a teenager. I was very overweight and eventually developed diabetes (t2). Just before I met my husband I lost almost a hundred pounds eating low carb, which took out almost all the PCOS symptoms and enabled me to get pregnant and deliver a beautiful baby boy. We made no connection to diet and fertility at the time, but found out later. The diet did it! :)
I found this article very interesting in explaining why sugar, particularly fructose causes the excess testosterone and PCOS syndrome.
http://davidgillespie.org/why-eating-sugar-impairs-your-ability-to-co...
8 years later I started low carb and got pregnant within 6 months. Very unexpected, very thrilled. I was 41, infertile all my life. I started ovulating without hormone treatments for the first time in my LIFE with low carb.
Daughter #2 is thirteen and our great joy. I love surprises!
But the moste comon is that PCOS is linked to metabolic syndrome.. its a speciel women side of that syndrome.
I.E. its mostly linked to hyperinsulinemia.. and that one can measure.. by measuring C-petide, and postprandial glucose levels are good to predict prediabetes.
Many prediabetics have normal fasting glucose levels.. its not befor they have get full diabetes that it rises!
The moste comon link to those condition is bad gens and hyperinsulinemia.. it then takes about 10-30 years to develope full diabetes.
One first warning for women is gestational diabetes!