I was put on Metformin as a "preventative measure" and I really distrust any medications but even more so now that I am pregnant.
My medical history is a comedy of errors and I have very little faith in local doctors. I needed surgery to remove internal scar tissue that was causing major malfunctions of some internal organs but my local small town doctors totally dropped the ball, put me on the medicines that I kept telling them were making me worse, then they decided that I had an autoimmune condition (which I didn't) so they pumped me full of huge doses of steroids and gave me a really nice case of Cushings syndrome which ballooned up my weight and gave me diabetes. Finally, I gave up on local doctors and found one that had a brain instead of just a prescription pad. Long story short, a few surgeries later I am more or less fine but I still have a medical record like a Russian novel and when doctors see it they just seem to feel like they have to follow up all that by at least prescribing one new medication.
Anyway, when I told my doctor that I was going to do IVF he put me on metformin and when I questioned my RE about the actual need for it he blew me off. (I am no longer diabetic, it was all medication induced and went away when I went of the unneeded steroids and it seems stupid to put me on medication for diabetes that I might get) The RE didn't want to wade through my medical records for something that really was a decision that belonged to my OB and I can understand that but Monday I am going to my local OB and frankly I have zero faith in doctors after all I have been through. I know I am high risk due to age, weight (I'm still trying to lose the weight the Cushings put on me) and the internal damage that could not be repaired. It just doesn't seem logical to treat me for conditions that I might get. From what I see online Metformin is a class C medication and they don't really know if you should take it while pregnant because they don't have enough data.
Can anybody give me some feedback on how risky it is for a nondiabetic to be taking it while pregnant because Monday is my first appt with my local OB and I want to be able to wade through the BS and know if it is really a good choice for me. Also, could I have done any damage by taking it up to this point. I am 6 weeks pregnant.