PCOS doesn't have to be your life, I am an example!
I am a 35 year old female, mother of twin girls 20 months old. Since I was 8 years old, I was told that I had what used to be called Stein Leventhal Syndrome and now is known as PCOS. I am new to this Forum and as I sit here and read all the threads that women have written regarding PCOS, Low Carb Diets and facial and bosy hair, honestly, it is nice to know that I am not ALONE! PCOS has been a part of my life when most young girls are running around playing and laughing, I was laid up in pain most months with the WORST periods anyone can imagine. As most of know, with PCOS, your menstrual cycle is never normal. I remember getting my period at the age of 8 and it seemed as though I would always have it. It would come for 3 months and then not show up for 5 months! I was lucky enough though not to gain the weight when I was younger and didn't know about facial hair(wish I was young again). When I turned 14, that is when all the other factors of having PCOS starting showing up. Hair grew on my face, my stomach, I started to gain the weight, I was tired all the time from bleeding so much!
I remember being told by 2 different doctors when I was 14 that I wouldn't ever be able to have children b/c the PCOS was so bad. Hey, I didn't think about having children at 14 and knew that if God wanted me to bear children then it was totally up to him and that one day I would be able too. I lived with the PCOS and the symptoms almost all my life. Two years ago, my husband and I decided that we were going to go to a specialist (actually more then one it turned out to be) to see if we could get pregnant. I have to tell you, it was NOT fun! I think I had been to every damn specialist on Long Island and all of them after blood tests, shots, sonos, more shots, clomid, glucophage, a test to see if I had blocked tubes, more shots decided that I was not going to be able to get pregnant. I have to tell you, it was a horrible couple of months. My husband and I used to get so excited only to be let down in the end. We decided to wait a few months. About 6 months later, I received a name of a Infertility Specialist in Port Jefferson that was supposed to be awesome. We decided, what the heck, we have tried everything else. I have to say, this time it worked.... I was put on Clomid at first because I think that is what every Dr. starts patients off with. The clomid made me crazy. I was INSANE! I went right back to the Dr's office and explained that if he didn't take me off of the medicine, I was going to kill someone! ( I am sure that we have all had that feeling on medicine at one time or another).. From that point on, I am not even sure what happened. I started on Gonal F shots that I had to give to myself everyday for a week. I remember taking the shots (oh my goodness, they hurt) and the next thing we did was insemination. The Dr. explained to us that there was a 15% chance that it would take the first time so that I didn't get my hopes up. Well, we waited the two weeks and come to find out, I got pregnant( no applause just yet).
4 days after hearing the news, I went in for a sono and bloodwork, we had lost the baby, my HCG levels had dropped. Ok, that was a big time hit on us but on the positive side, I GOT PREGNANT! Something I never thought would happen. So we realized that it was not that I was not able to get pregnant, it was that the sperm didn't survive the long trip. It was almost like the sperm would enter and be killed off by some sort of acid.. We just needed help for it to get there! We waited a month and tried again on Dec 28th 2006... I am happy to say that I have two beautiful, amazing miracles by the name of Madison and Paige. They are 20 months old and were born at 28 weeks. Each one was 2 pounds a piece and are now 29 and 30 pounds..
I must say Glucophage does work for losing weight. I started my journey at 175, on glucophage, I got down to 155 and then with all the shots and crap that was happening, I went up to 199. I gave birth to my twins at 212 and I am now back down to 175. I still have the facial hair which I am hoping that
Atkins will help change that! If anyone has ANY questions, please do not hesitate to ask me...
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