I myself am on Yaz, the same as Yasmin, but because of my migraines my gyno felt this was a better option for me, for there are less days of in active pills which means less days of hormonal flucuations. I've noticed since I've started it a few things.... 1. My appetite has actually decreased some! Since I've started taking YAZ, I've lost 7 pounds.... to me thats huge. I've also noticed my cravings for sweet foods has decreased as well. 2.The body acne (my face has thankfully been fairly clear the past few years) has all but disappeared! 3. My migraines are actually LESS frequent. When I would go through spells of not having a period, I would have migraines nearly every other day. 4. The hair on my head is getting thicker and the hair everywhere else is lightening. 5. I seem to get more leg cramps, doctor told me to start taking a daily multi vitamin, calcium and vitamin D. I know I should of already been doing this but it gets SO EXPENSIVE! 6. My periods are still irregular, but whether I had a period or not, I would still have severe cramping before, now that to has disappeared. 7. I've found that while my frequency of urination hasn't really increased or decreased, the potency? of my urine has. Where it used to be clear it is often bright yellow and more pungent in odor. Sorry if this is TMI but I wonder if anyone else has experianced this effect? I heard it could be caused by an increase in potassium in your system, as urination is how the body rids itself of extra vitamins and minerals it doesn't need.
As for the not having regular periods to start out with (I'm on my third month of Yaz) I figure, my system has been so irregular for so long its probably lazy. If I don't have one after month four of taking the pill, then I'm calling my doctor to see what I can do to jumpstart the stinking thing.
The tricky thing with me is that when I recently had blood work done, it came back clear for PCOS. Everything pretty much was normal except that my testosterone levels were out of wack, my free testosterone being 6 times what it should be. But when it came to other things, blood sugars, isuline resistance and everything else I was ok. My gyno is the only one who even treats PCOSers to begin with in Southern Oregon besides the endo in Medford Oregon. Since that and my ultrasound (External and Vaginal) came back clear for cysts, I've got to go and see the endo for further testing. As someone who doesn't drive this is SUCH a pain. The only thing that was really odd about my ultrasounds is that the tech has an extremely difficult time finding my left ovary.... both with the vaginal and external ultrasounds. It was kind of weird. I've also got an elongated uterus.
As for having TTC, when I was engaged and married, my ex-husband and I were TTC the entire time. He knew about my PCOS like symptoms since the very begining. I conceived once in the time we were married but miscarried the baby at approximately 5 months or so. There were many issues, including extreme underdevelopment of the the fetus and placenta. I'll admit it was a sad moment in my life but I also strongly believe in leaving things in God's hands and when the moment is right, I'll have a child, naturally or through adoption or some how some way.
Thats pretty much my history in a nutshell. If you have any questions to ask me, feel free to email me, visit my myspace or yahoo 360 page or message me on Yahoo. My myspace url is
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