Hi ~

My name is Kimberly and I am 28 years old. My husband and I have been tc for about 5 years now. I have had 3 pregnancies. Two of which were miscarriages and the last one was an Ectopic pregnancy. Since that time we have not been able to concieve. Before I was diagnosed with PCOS I was skipping periods, gaining a large amount of weight, and getting DARK facial hair (I had facial hair before, runs in the family). I was exercising at the time and of course not watching what I ate. I really did not eat. And if I did it would be junk food or Starbucks. Oh, I really love Starbucks!

Well I saw a specialist when dh and I continued not to concieve and my OB/GYN referred me. They ran some tests and confirmed that I had PCOS. This was the first time that I had heard of it. My doctor told me to continue to exercise and eat right and take Glucophage. I took it for a month and continued with my normal lifestyle. I found that I had to take Gluchophage with a lot of milk since it casused an acid reflux type reaction. I eventually took myself off the medicine, since I am person who generally hates medicine and can not remember to take it. I did not go back to the specialist after that. My insurance declined to cover the specialist and soon after I quit that job and have been on Military insuracne since my dh is in the Army.

Anyways, as of last years I ballooned up to 306 and decided that I need to make a change. I started LC'ing about 3 1/2 months ago and have gone from 306 to 275. I was at 271...but somehow gained the weight back.

I am glad to have found this forum to give me support and suggestions as to what to do. I have not, like I said before, seen a doctor in about a year in half. I plan to go back when I move to Ft. Hood, TX in november. Right now I am doing the Atkins, excercising for 45 minutes everyday and drinking my water......welll maybe not drinking my water. I started today with a goal to drink a gallon a day. I have done real well so far.... today.

Well that is my story in a nutshell.. I hope to get to know everyone better

Kimberly
"Firedancer"