Hi there my name is Jacinta, I live in Canberra in Australia. I was recently diagnosed with Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome. Even though i had been having problems since i was 17 (im now almost 21). i didn't know much about it before i found out i had it but i did know that it can cause infertility. So when the blood tests came back that I had it i was completely shattered, i cried for days and days. What made me more upset is that they could have diagnosed it 3 years ago when all my problems started, i gained close to 15kgs in 3 weeks, my doctor at the time put it down to a sudden growth spurt. I went from being 65kgs to now 100kgs. How that can be normal I don't know, I also found out I am insulin resistant so I have been put on metformin to lower my levels. I started to worry when I hadn't fallen pregnant yet, I'll be completely honest and say that we never use protection, we have been really careless and I haven't fallen pregnant so i went and saw my doctor. They asked about my cycles and I haven't had a regular period cycle since i was 17 so they ran some blood tests and sure enough i have PCOS, they did an ultrasound to see the extent of it, my doctor said you can have PCOS and not have the cysts, i got my results yesterday and i have the cysts, my right ovary has a few but my left has lots. I have been put on Yasmin to stop the cysts forming. I am not coping with it all, many of my friends are either pregnant or have kids and I know that I am young and Im not saying that i want to be pregnant because they are, no one i know has this condition its always something that a friend of a friend has. I just want to be able to do the deed and fall pregnant.

I'm sorry if my post is all over the place, talking about it makes me really emotional still coming to terms with it all i guess. I would really love to talk with ladies who are going through the same thing and any advice is muchly appreciated