Hey there, Ladies. I never knew BabyandBump had a PCOS thread, much less a Long Term TTC section! I've really been missing out!
So my name is Kimmee, I'm from New Orleans, LA currently stationed in El Paso, Texas. My husband is military (in case you hadn't guessed already) and I'm a birth doula and artist. We have one little boy, who was a pretty huge surprise, and we have been TTC #2 since January 10th 2007, so we just passed our four year mark. My doctors suspected PCOS when I was younger (around 12), but they wanted to wait until I was "more developed" before giving me an official diagnosis. My paternal grandmother had PCOS (though back then they didn't call it that, obviously). It wasn't until I was put on a round of hormone therapy when my son was a few months old that my body went completely psychotic- gained 60lbs in 5 months, broke out in acne for the first time in my life, sudden growth of hair and the hair on the top of my head began falling out, I bled non-stop and then when I finally stopped at the 5th month my periods were back to being regular (as they'd always been)... but when I tried taking Vitex they up and disappeared and didn't come back for a year. They've never been regular since. We went through hormones, fertility treatments, metformin... Finally last year I said no more. Stopped seeing doctors and started using herbal and holistic treatments only.
So far, my periods are back and now I can tell where I am in my cycle by checking my cervix and cervical mucus (OPKs were positive every single day in my cycles, same with my fertility monitor, so I stopped using them. Temps were up and down for an entire year, so I stopped temping too). So far I've shortened my cycles to about 44 days (they used to be 70-110 days) and managed to make my periods lighter and shorter as well. I've also managed to lose a bit of weight, too! My symptoms aren't as crazy anymore, but sometimes I'll get a sudden burst of them. Better than dealing with them 24/7. I'm hoping that all of these changes make this our year.
Right now I have just begun the 2ww and am waiting to see what my luteal phase does this cycle. No matter how crazy my cycles were, my LP was ALWAYS 14 days. But then last cycle my LP surprised me by ending at 12 days. Hmmm...
Anyway, thanks for having me!
Kimmee
Missed you all but also enjoyed having time off from BnB 
I then wasted another 4 months before going private!
Getting a bit nervous now but I know it's for he best 
This has to be the most confusing thing I've dealt with! lol.
