This is a good place for info, Melanie.
Personally, I use the STM...as much to determine IF I am ovulating, as when. It is pretty important to have an idea of when you might have conceived, since PCOS cycles can be so, well, bizarre.
Now, before you get "down" about getting pregnant, I'd say Catholic cysters have a leg up on the other ladies since we "get" to find out about our bodies. Alot more than most of the ladies out there, honestly. And before you look at my sig line, I need to say that DH and I didn't use any ABC--or even NFP tta--for those first several years of our marriage. We were trying, but just never managed to get pregnant. I wasn't dx with PCOS until Aug of 06, so it was a loooooong while there, with the symptoms but no dx. We've not done anything differently, but charting. DH has been in the army, and was deployed ALOT since 2000, but since I've ovulated a whopping 8-10 times since 98, well, we've been blessed for him to be home most of those times, where we were able to conceive. I don't post in alot of the other forums because of the fact that some of the ladies frankly don't feel I belong there, since I've managed to conceive successfully several times. So I mostly hang in here...
Now, I'm going to say this, and please don't take this the wrong way...but BCP are not good for you. They actually made my PCOS worse, when I went off of them (I was on them for a whopping two months! >
). There are other, better, more "natural" options for cycle regulation (vitex, natural progesterone cream, etc). I know ALOT of women who have had more problems conceiving, more problems PERIOD, after coming off of any sort of chemical birth control...
Obviously, you are going to make your health decisions. But I would check out the Natural "helps" (I don't remember the name of the forum, but that is something close, I think, lol) forum here for some advice. Make sure to check that any herbal things wouldn't cause a problem with a possible pregnancy....
And best of luck with your upcoming wedding!! I remember being excited as all get out...lol.
Oh! I think I mentioned the Sympto-Thermal Method (STM) for my charting. Some ladies swear by Billings, some by other methods. I read a couple of books, but the BEST one for me (it doesn't discuss PCOS, but I found the information on charting to be the best) was "Taking Charge of Your Fertility" by Toni Wenschler (sp?). It is *NOT* Catholic, as it specifically discusses using barrier methods and other chemical methods (foams, etc), but I just kind of skipped that section and read the parts that actually pertained to the charting.
HTH
Rachel