be wary of the pill helping mood swings hun - i've been on it once, for a month, as part of ivf treatment - and i was THE biggest HAG! hope that doesn't happen to you
can sympathise on the long AF's - my worst (well the worst i could recall) was just after DH and I got together - it last for over 5 weeks - would almost stop and then start again. post pg bleeding is easier to deal with!
Oh, i hope that doesn't happen to me! i havent been on the pill before i was always too scared too but since i have PCOS i have to go on it to manage it. I'm pretty sure my partner would leave me LOL i have been absolutely awful to be around, the littlest thing makes me go on a huge rant.
I haven't started the pill yet i have to wait until the 8th thats when im due, thats if i get it if not my doctor wants me to take it then anyway.
I forgot to mention that a 18 months ago i had a ruptured cyst as well as appendicitis. While taking my appendix out they cleaned up the area. I was supposed to be all healed after 6 weeks but i still had rotten pains. I went to my doctor and they did an ultrasound to see what was wrong they thought maybe another cyst had burst but it wasn't my ovaries were healthy nothing on them but i had fluid in my pouch of douglas (that made no sense to me but stopped me worrying) so when they did an ultrasound last week i was surprised to see so many cysts had formed in 18 months.. its actually scary. The lady who did it did my first and she was shocked.
I'm not wanting to fall pregnant just yet.. my doctor wants to wait until my insulin levels are down, or back to normal. And he also wants my cycles to be normal. So this time next year i want to be pregnant, so when im healthy and have lost atleast 10kgs.
I was diagnosed in 2004 with PCOS we were ttc our first child. It was soooo hard for me to come to terms with. My other half was ready to go, and I was still coming to terms with the diagnosis. In the end I went on clomid to conceive both our daughters. With Gemma we fell preggers 2nd cycle on clomid, Jasmine was first cycle.
And yep I have all the classic traits of it, including weight, especially around my middle. BUT I have in the last 4 weeks lost approx 8kg! Its hard work, but it is acheiveable!
Oh and the most telling signs that I had it when I was officially diagnosed was the blood test results and ultrasound. I was riddled with cysts and my hormone levels were horrible. I have elevated testosterone and really really low progetorone levels. And my period is non existent and I don't ovulate.
I wish you all the luck in the world hun......................I hope you have a bub of your own to hold soon...........xxx
*twinkle* thanks for your reply. My partner really wants kids but he had left it up to me to decide when to start having babies.
We have been together 5 years so its not as if we are jumping into the deep end (although some of my friends think we are) it upsets me that the only thing stopping us is me and this condition.
My mum had trouble conceiving so i knew that i could also have problems but i didnt think i would have PCOS. I'm trying not to let myself get down about it but its not something you easily come to terms with, im happy now that i know why i have so much weight on me.
When i got the blood tests done they did a hormone test and they were normal which i find odd because i am so all over the place.
And thank you so much your really sweet i hope i have a bub soon too. And congrats on your 2 girls!
Great to see you have got heaps more information from people. My symptoms were secondary amanorah (sp?) - which is loss of periods. My cycles are so irregular it is impossible to predict when I will have a period - often it is 6 months or longer between cycles. I had an ultrasound done when I was finally diagnosed and I had 30 cysts on the right ovary and 30 on the left! So heaps of cysts! I also had a problem with my levels of FSH and LH - both hormones that help with the formation and release of an egg. Apparently the levels were the wrong way around if that makes sense - the one that was meant to be higher was lower. I also had some bone loss due to all of the years of no periods - that is also part of the reason that doctors put you on the pill if you are not currently trying to get pregnant - regular periods help slow down bone loss. In regards to weight gain, acne, insulin resitance and hair growth - I had none of those symptoms. So as you can see we all have the same syndrome, but with so many different symptoms.
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