Before puberty I had never had weight issues and was athletic. I never sat on my butt watching TV I was always outside riding bikes, racing down the street and playing sports. But then puberty hit me at age 9. On my ninth birthday I started menstruation. My mom took my to the doctor because she knew it was odd to start so early. The doctor told her I may have issues with hormones and such later in life but then at that moment I was healthy and nothing was wrong. By the time I was 12 i had a double D cup and a tiny waste. Again doctors said something could be wrong later on but then I was fine. By 16 my periods were so scarce maybe 2 or 3 that year and I first learned I was a perfect statistic for Diabetes and hormone issues. I was showing some unbalance and prescribed BC. By 18 I had gained nearly 60 pounds and then was told I better start getting more active. I come from a family of small women, all under 5' 4 and never weighing more than 140 pounds. My dad is even 5'5 and at his heaviest around 160. I stand 5' 8 and weigh 237lbs. I no longer have periods but maybe once a year and am diabetic since 2002. I am only 27. I am also bipolar so I get energy spurts that sometimes last months and hardly eat or sleep for days and stay constantly moving but still no weight comes off. I find it hard to believe, though told by many professionals and fellow sufferers that PCOS is caused from my lifestyle. What bad lifestyle did a 9 year old girl who was in a gymnastics team and very athletic have? Maybe just maybe we don't hear about this so much from the past because there were less people and we did not have the medicines to treat diabetes or know what it was, so symptoms from PCOS caused death early on. I am a history buff and have read infertility was so much a problem in our ancestors days that girls and women took long lengths and had many superstitions to remain fertile. Infertility and no periods was often thought of as witch craft. So I think it was there and it has been carried down. I wish doctors would stop thinking it is a lifestyle issue and think more along the lines of what can be done to prevent it or find it.
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Oh please God, please bless me with a BFP and I promise to raise my child in your word. I will be the best mother I posibly can.
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