Welcome to the conclusion of the 2014 Voices of PCOS blog series at The Infertility Voice, in honor of PCOS Awareness Month. This has been the biggest year yet for some amazing storytelling and experience-sharing from our Voices of PCOS guest bloggers!
In case you missed any, here are all of the amazing guest blogs from this year’s Voices of PCOS series. Thank you to everyone who submitted and shared their PCOS stories with us!
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Learning to Love My PCOS
While the diagnosis answered some questions, it didn’t answer the one which kept me up at night: Why did I get stuck with this kind of body in the first place? My quest to answer the question sparked one of the best changes in my life. Read more »
A String of Pearls I Could Live Without
Each time I want to give up at the gym, I see the face of that doctor who didn’t believe in me and I continue to push forward. I found a new reproductive endocrinologist who sees me as Becky, not “standard PCOS patient X.” I have confronted PCOS and am winning, despite a decade of failure. Read more »
Losing and Finding Hope with PCOS
After all of results were in, I went back for a follow-up appointment. It was determined that I did in fact have PCOS. She said that in the future, when I want to get pregnant, to come to them and they could help. She didn’t go too in depth, but children were the last thing on my mind at 18 years old and single, so I wasn’t concerned. Read more »
PCOS and Infertility in Your Twenties: An Unspoken Reality
Everyone I talked to about it kept blaming it on the birth control. I sensed something was wrong but didn’t know what. Long story short, the best advice I can give is to not believe people when they blame your problem on birth control. If something doesn’t seem right, seek help sooner rather than later. I wish I had. Read more »
A PCOS Diagnosis Before Prom
PCOS isn’t something I often tell people about, because for the first few years, and even today, I was embarrassed to talk about it. I was embarrassed that after years of already not feeling like people liked me or that I belonged especially being bigger than all the other girls… Read more »
The Life and Times of a PCOS Poster Girl
Finally, at age 23, after having an inkling that my psycho cycles may be affecting the hubs’ and I’s efforts to spawn, I sought out a new OB-GYN. When I explained my concerns, she simply raised one eyebrow and said: “You realize you are the poster-child for PCOS, right?” Read more »
The PCOS Journey Never Ends: It Goes On and On…
Our first ultrasound there went fine, but when we went back weeks later, the tone in the room was decidedly different. Nobody would look at my husband or me… Read more »
Parenting With PCOS
This whole year has taught me so much about myself, including and about myself as a parent. In order to be the best parent I can be, I have to deal with my struggles head on. Read more »
Seeking Redemption in My Body
don’t necessarily love being “that person” that your well-meaning friend or aunt tells you about, but I’ll own the label because my infertility and subsequent successful pregnancy taught me an important, however clichéd, lesson: I cannot control everything in my life. Read more »
Treatment Options of PCOS for Fertility: Looking Beyond IVF
For years, the standard treatment for infertility in PCOS has been in vitro fertilization (IVF). The problem is that IVF carries potential health risks, and the treatment isn’t effective in all women with PCOS. New treatment options are being explored for infertility that may be safer, and more effective. Read more »
I just wanted to say I really enjoyed all the posts in this series. I don’t have PCOS, but I still think it’s super-important to be informed about it. Thanks for all the work you did in putting all these articles together.