Not in Denial Anymore!

So...it has only taken me since 2007 to come to this point, but I am not in denial anymore. I have PCOS. (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.) So, what does that mean exactly? The short answer...I don't ovulate, which equals, an inability to get pregnant. No ovulation, no pregnancy.

The long answer...every month when a normal ovary would develop a follicle that is viable to let an egg pass through, my ovaries freak out and produce lots and lots of follicles but never one that is viable. I could go into all the scientific hormones involved...but...I don't feel like it. There are 1,000's of sites dedicated to the in's and out's of PCOS.

Because of the lack of ovulation, it also means my cycles are irregular. When I was first diagnosed with this, I was pretty much devistated, and anti anything to do with hormone pills, or western medicine drugs. After all, how had they helped in the regularity and fertility department to that point...not so much. So, I went on a walk in the homeopathic side. There are lots of benefits to this...and it was very good education-wise, and health-wise, but I still have PCOS.

After trying since 2004 to have a successful pregnancy, I finally went to my doc today, and said..."Okay, I'm ready to try it your way." I think he's been waiting to hear this since he diagnosed me with PCOS back in 2007...

So...we'll see. First I have to have a cycle. In order to do that...I have to have one month of birth control pills. I know. Doesn't that seem kind of...wrong? Still, I'm doing it the doctor's way this time. So, we'll just go with it and see what happens. I am also starting glucophage. This is a drug commonly prescribed to women with PCOS because it helps regulate the insulin resistance that people with this have, and it in turn helps regualte the ovaries so that they are more likely to ovulate. *sigh* And that is ME because, yes everyone, I HAVE PCOS.

I am sure I will post more on the effects these drugs have on me. So, welcome to my world. I have now become a human guinea pig in my own laboratory. I figure that if I am going to go through this, I might as well document it, so someone else can learn from it...if they so desire.