Does having polycystic ovary syndrome make you infertile?

if not, does it make it alot harder to ever get pregnant?

It can make your infertile (because you aren't ovulating) but most times it just makes it really hard to get pregnant. I have it and it took my husband and I 2 1/2 years to get pregnant....

They have drugs and procedures they can do to help you get pregnant if you have PCOS (I was on Metformin.....my friend was on Metformin AND clomid) so don't go thinking that if you DO have it, you aren't going to get pregnant because that might not be the cause....it might just take a little longer.

Good luck.

My adoptive mom struggled for almost 20 years to conceive after she lost twins back in 87 at 28 weeks. After 5 years of struggling to no avail they adopted my sister and me from our mother. She was diagnosed with PCOS when she was 31 and soon after that she began rounds of fertility treatments in hopes that she would conceive and carry a baby before she got too "old". After 3 more miscarriages she gave up figuring that she would just never be able to have a baby due to her weight (she was about 300 lbs) and PCOS. In 2004 at the age of 36 she underwent gastric bypass in order to get her life back. After ten short months she had lost 100 lbs and discovered that she was pregnant with my baby brother. On November 12th 2005 she gave birth to a beautiful 6 lb 7oz little boy named Brett. They adopted my sister and my brother Kyle soon after. When he was 8 months old she made a very surprising discovery. After 20 years of trying she was pregnant twice in less than two years. On March 9th 2007 she gave birth to a gorgeous 7 lb 2 oz girl she named Grace. These two little angels (terrors because they are now 3 and almost 2) were literally miracles after 20 years. They now have 3 adopted children (Me, Kyle 17, and Tia 16) and 2 children they had on their own. We're dysfunctional to say the least because Brett was born in my senior year of high school and Grace my Freshman year of college, but we couldn't be happier. Though my two "older" sibling would disagree because they still live at home.

Conceiving naturally with PCOS is difficult, however possible. There are instances where yes PCOS can make you infertile and I hope this isn't the case for you if you have it. If you are trying without any success I would suggest seeing a fertility specialist just to see what they think. Perhaps they could start you on something like Clomid or even could have you under go rounds or Intrauterine Insemination's.

Whatever your options may come I wish you the very best of luck.

Infertile means not being able to get pregnant in one year. It is different than sterile which means inability to get pregnant at all. About 70% of women with PCOS suffer from infertility, but with help (fertility drugs, IVF, surgery, medication) PCOS sufferes have about the same conception rates as women with normal fertility. However, that means 30% of women with PCOS do not have problems conceiving within one year.

PCOS can cause infertility. However, in some cases women can still get pregnant but it might take them longer to conceive,etc.

My friend has PCOS and the doctor told her if she ever wants to have children, she'll have to start taking hormonal pills 2 years prior to trying to attempt to have a successful pregnancy.