I met Ed when I was 18. When we met we were both dating people and had no intentions of being anything more than friends... I think fate had other plans. We started hanging out exclusively in 2008 and he officially asked me to be his New Years Day 2009. A little over a year later we found out we were pregnant with Emery. I have PCOS and was told that when I was 19 so at that point we weren't trying or preventing a pregnancy because I was told that ti wouldn't be "easy" to get pregnant. Emery was born December 4 2010.
I run a home daycare because I decided that after spending a year working outside the home, after my son was born, I hated being away from my son. I thought hard for quite a few months on ways I could cut our budget so I could work less hours or things I could do from home to make money. I decided to get licensed and to take on a full load of kids. I currently take care of 5 other kids from 6am-9pm. I love it. With any job you have your usual stress and anxiety. I spent 4 summers being a camp counselor at Lake Springfield Baptist camp, I was in the child care vocational class in high school and I took child development classes in college. I've always loved being around kids and watching them learn and play.
So back to the me having PCOS.
Basically, I'm a mess. I have every single symptom that comes with PCOS. Facial hair, acne, irregular periods, and on top of that I battle anxiety & depression. I recently started taking metformin to combat the insulin resistance that comes with PCOS. after taking it for a week I feel so much better. My body doesn't hurt as much as it use to. I'm not as hungry or have the urge to snack. I feel like I have more energy.
Ed & I decided back in November 2012 that we wanted to try and get pregnant. I started trying to track my periods and cervical mucus and all that... We finally got pregnant this June. We were super excited... but only to find out that it was a chemical pregnancy. We both were sad but we knew that we couldn't give up. That we had to keep trying. I started seeing a new OB and after having a conversation with him about my fertility issues he suggested that we try clomid. I got next week for blood work to see if we were successful this cycle. If so then we're pregnant... if not we get to start clomid!
http://women.webmd.com/tc/polycystic-ovary-syndrome-pcos-topic-overview
I started this blogger to reach out to other women (with or without PCOS) who are trying for number 2, or 3 or 4 or for their first.
Good Luck <3
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