I never even considered that there might be something going on with me beyond a little anxiety and even that I have always kept in check by watching out for my known triggers. This.. this is something else...
I am 30 yrs old, wife to a wonderful man for 11yrs and mother of two precious children ages 8 and 9. After my youngest, hubby had a vasectomy. After all we had a girl and a boy and the army paided for it. What more could we ask for? Then two yrs ago I began to -really- want more children. Recently, we saved up and now have a Vas reversal appointment coming up March 1st. I've been so excited! I know that we might need to try harder this time so I've been reading up on TTC(I promise that I'm getting to the point) and what did I find inside those pages? Well....
I found me! I found me right there in black and white and having to do with PCOS. I looked at the symptoms and felt a real fear. A fear that there will be no babies in my future and a fear of doctors and probing and shots. However, I realize that I must make an appoinment. All these things that I have just shrugged off as getting older just may be something else. I always thought that I was just being a whimp about my symptoms and I just tried to -suck it up-.
Of the symptoms that I have seen listed I have the following: weight gain, weird periods(heavy bleeding, cramps! and missed periods), skin tags and acne (yuck!), skin itciness near armpits and bikini line(currently driving me insane), sleepiness, crabbiness, IBS, aways thirsty, always have to urinate and NEVER sleeping right.
Over the past year I have been eating right and working out but I know I can kick it up a notch. My mother was recently told that she may have developed diabetes and there is a family history of it. I've also noticed that my pulse has been very high these past few years but assumed I was just out of shape. I've lost a good deal of weight but still have the problem. I think it's time I do something about these problems. No one should have to live with these uncomfortable symptoms. Hubby and I will still keep the appointment for March 1st. He's willing to have sugery and I'm willing to make changes as well.
Thanks for reading. I know I can tend to blabber on and on.
welcome to SC! it's it wierd when you look at the list of symtoms and suddenly everything makes sense?
good luck. there are a lot of girls in the Trying to Concieve forum, and new weightloss challenges all the time in the deit and exercise forum, this board rocks.
Welcome to the boards! There is a lot of support here. I came to the boards thinking I couldn't learn anything new about PCOS but I was wrong. Diagnosed years ago, I thought I knew everything about it but I'm finding out more & more info. Especially in ttc again.
Good luck, and post often to let us know of your progress!!
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Welcome to SC. I came to Soul Cysters after being diagnosed (blood tests followed by hearing the phrase PCOS for the first time ever and given a brief discussion of what it actually was). I came home from the doc's and jumped on google to do a search for PCOS. Soul Cysters turned up and as I leafed through the pages of posts, I found a home. If PCOS is what you have, then know that you can find a home here too. If it isn't what you have, then regardless, you sound like you're on a much more empowered track then you were before and that you're going to make some really great changes in your life. Good luck with your journey to be better!!
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Don't worry. Knowledge is power. And, at 30, you have plenty of time to reverse your symptoms and conceive safely. When I found out I had PCOS a year ago, I immediately lowered the carbs, lost weight, and rebalanced my hormones.
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