Hey Lime,
Well I had no idea that post-preggo hormones could last so long post-birth (ie, over a year!), but I guess that was probably it - for the last four or five months, my skin has been pretty clear apart from my monthly pre-AF pizza-face.
I recently had another scan for the suspected PCOS and whaddaya know, the mystery cysts that were only found after DD2's birth, have magically shrunk, some of them disappearing completely - it's so weird! I still have horrible period pain (which I never had in my life before DD2 was born) and clotting/heavy AF, but my Dr is telling me that it must be my body's version of 'normal'
I guess in a way it's a good thing - no PCOS is good obviously, a week's worth of super-strength codeine is not, but you can't win 'em all! I took the Yaz as prescribed for a full cycle (Dr gave me three sample packs when I explained that the cost was difficult for me) and the bleeding persisted so I gave up.