Even though women affected
with the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) can become
infertile, there are many who can become pregnant, with
some help that promote ovulation. However, women pregnant with
PCOS
go through much more health related problems as
compared to those who do not suffer from such hormone
imbalanced conditions. Some of the primary health
hazards faced by pregnant women with PCOS include
pregnancy-induced high blood pressure, gestational
diabetes, miscarriage, and insulin resistance, premature
delivery with macrosomia.
Studies have revealed that
pregnant women with PCOS are at a greater risk of
pregnancy-induced high blood pressure, while many others
have argued that it has nothing to do with hypertension
during pregnancy. However, it is an established fact
that women with borderline hypertension developed prior
to pregnancy, tend to develop increased blood pressure
in pregnancy.
Surprisingly enough, women
with PCOS having no history of diabetes are often found
to have high blood sugar levels during pregnancy - a
condition that is clinically termed 'gestational
diabetes'. It is more pronounced in obese women with
PCOS, who are in the habit of taking ovulation inducing
medications.
PCOS women who have managed to
become pregnant appear to win half the battle as they
have a greater risk of losing their pregnancy. The
underlying cause behind this is their imbalanced hormone
ratio. They tend to produce more progesterone
than what
is called normal, and as a result, can lose their much
prized pregnancy.
PCOS thus needs to be treated
quickly. There are natural PCOS treatments and also
conventional treatments. But they can just treat the
symptoms. Holistic remedies however treat the root
causes and so, once the main causes are eradicated, the
PCOS problem never comes back. This is however not so
with the other approaches.
