Hi there ladies! - Sorry so long, but I am so upset and freaking out.
I'm new here and undiagnosed but pretty sure it is PCOS. I went on BCP when I was 17 because my periods stopped. I also started growing little stiff hairs on my lower abdomen (under belly button like a man), a few on my neck and a bunch on my chin. They are dark red (I am a light redhead.) These started when I was 17. I'm 32 now. I'm 5'1". Back when I was 17, I weighed about 115-120 pounds. Now I weigh 135, so I am slightly overweight according to BMI charts.
I went off BCP (after 14 years on it) back in August 2005 and still don't cycle. I was given provera in October to end the first cycle and I got a spotty bleed. I read about Vitex and started taking it because I thought it would help. Still no cycle. I finally got blood work done in December and I was told all levels were in normal range - the doctor said I had post-pill amenorrhea but she did set up a referral to a Gyno for February 18 since she said an endo referral would take months.
Meanwhile, frustrated to all hell at this point, in January I stopped taking Vitex and thought maybe I should try natural progesterone cream which I read about online to use to start up a cycle, so I used it for 9 days then stopped, spotted for about 3 days then nothing for about 2 weeks. Then I started to spot for 5 days then finally got a heavy AF flow on Feb 1. I had really sore boobs and was bloated all to heck the week before my period, so I thought I ovulated and it was a real cycle.
The Gyno I saw in mid-Feb said there was nothing wrong with me after doing an internal exam (all she did was look at my cervix and press on my ovaries like a normal yearly exam). I forgot to tell her I used the progesterone cream 2 weeks before AF so she assumed I'd started cycling again and that I was going to be normal from then on. I thought I O'd too though, since the AF I had was really nasty and crampy - which I never got on the pill.
Anyhow, it's now April and
nothing is happening. I get pains and aches in my lower ab area and also in my ovaries, but no O and no AF. I've been having these pains off and on since I went off the pill. Plus I do get cm changes - like my body is trying to ovulate, but doesn't quite make it.
We really want a baby.... so I went back to my doctor on Friday and she did more blood work and I have an ultrasound scheduled for Wednesday fo this week. She also is giving me a referral to an Endocrinologist. I'm waiting to get the phone call for when they have booked me in. I'm 32 and wanted 2 kids. Now I'll be lucky if I have one.
Does this sound like PCOS???
Hi, New and undiagnosed 
