Ok, since you seem to have a leg up on your PCOS now, take some steps to prevent it from getting worse.

Some advice I can give is:

-Drink lots of water. 64oz daily. Not only will it help with your PCOS, but it will make your whole body feel better.

-Exercise. Do things you enjoy and change it up when needed. Keep it up keep your body moving.

-Tea. I love tea, and it seems to be helping. I drink green tea, pomegranate blueberry, and raspberry leaf tea. The red raspberry one helps regulate my periods and it seems to do a good job (mind you, I'm also on bc, but with the raspberry leaf, I know when it will start and end and it is actually a rather bearable period).

- Find what works for you. Yoga, acupuncture, simple stretching, etc. Research supplements and talk to your doctor. Try not to take things without asking first, especially if you are taking prescription meds. Metformin is a prescription drug talked about a lot on the pages, I'm currently not on it (doctor doesn't think it is necessary, my glucose is normal), but you can talk to your doctor about it if you would like.

-Talk with your doctor and make sure you have a good relationship with them. I had a doctor who flipped me off for years and didn't care about me. I think I've had PCOS since I was a teen and due to the lack of give a damn from my doctor, I got most of the symptoms. I recently got a new doctor who looked at me and pretty much told me he wants to run a few tests but it is probably PCOS. He also referred me to an endocrinologist and a psychologist and I am already feeling better knowing someone cares and is actually trying to see me get better.

But keep hope, women with PCOS can and do have kids, and if you take steps now to manage it, you can too. And don't stress! Not only does it make the PCOS worse but you deserve to feel better!

If I think of any more, I'll send you a message! Feel free to message me if you have any questions! Even if I don't know the answer, I love researching things or we can find out the answer together!

You know, my husband has a daughter from a previous relationship. In the beginning, I would get so emotional, I was seriously contemplating asking to get my tubes tied, get me a hysterectomy, anything, because I would never use my uterus for anything, and who knows, it might shave a pound or two off of the scale! lol. I was just so hopeless.

My now mother in law pulled me aside and said I couldn't avoid children, or people with children or pregnant people forever (Though sometimes I still wish I could.) Though it's hard, I began to shift my focus from wwanting and needing to have a child, to enjoying what life I have. It seems really tacky, but whenever I find myself getting down about not having a baby, I think about "Wow, I'll save a lot in college funds, I won't have to find a babysitter, I'll save on daycare, I'll be able to SLEEP! (One of my favorite pasttimes) We can go out when we want, and have a few drinks without worrying."

Lately I have started walking on my days off. I have found a trail nearby where I can go walk about 3 miles, and get some of the stress out. It has helped me so far when it comes to dealing with the emotional aspect of this diagnosis. The walking and the eating right, I'm hoping will help with the physical aspect of this.

Thank you both so much, it has been so nice being on here so far and finding all of these people who are going through the same thing. I talk to my loved ones about it but I feel like they don't fully understand on what I am going through or how I am feeling. Its nice to have the support I need :)

My doctor told me that I had a VERY slim chance to ever have a baby when I was 16. Not something at the age of 16 that you want to hear. Anyways after 2 miscarriages I was able to get pregnant again and carry a baby to full term (which is harder to do with PCOS because of hormone levels), and now we have a beautiful boy who is almost 7 years old.
That wasn't the hard part. The hard part came after when we decided to try again, but I never had a period. I went 5 and a half years without a period and no doctor could tell me why. Until a wonderful doctor who found out I had PCOS, and again was given the can't have a baby speech. By that time we decided that we were done trying anyways, so my focus has just been to get my health back to where I want it to be.
I think that the hardest part for me, having a doctor tell me that having a baby was going to be close to impossible, was not really the fact that I couldn't have a baby but the fact that it wasn't my choice. It was being made for me.
Dealing with the low energy level is hard, I know how that goes. And the weight thing is no fun either. I hate looking like I am pregnant when I'm really not. And it is hard to have a positive outlook about myself when I feel to large to be pretty. I'm sure my husband gets tired of it.
The main thing that I try to do is stay positive as much as I can. I make sure that I am doing everything in my power to make things better. I set small goals for myself so that I can reach my larger goals. My small goals right now are to get back into my workout, since I was slacking last week. And then I will add to that as time goes on. I think the hardest part about dealing with hard issues is how much it effects my emotions. I get so emotional because of hormones and it is hard to think straight. But things like venting and journaling all help with that.

Thank you for all of your input. I am sorry for all of you struggles you had to go through. The emotions have been really hard. One min I feel fine, the next I just want to break down and cry. I am glad I have support of people who really understand what I am going through. I can talk to loved ones about it but I feel like they don't really understand. I am here for all of you if you ever need to vent, please message me if need be :)

My gosh all these things you girls are feeling are identical to to me and my dr told me that tiredness, gass pains mood swings and headaches werent linked to PCOS but now I think they may be

@nay I believe those are for sure linked! Sometimes doctors don't know everything.... I believe that our hormones are so out of whack that it messes with our bodies. Good luck to you :)

I was told I had PCOS when I was 18. I was very over weight and had no period so I finally got around to seeing a GYN. She told me I had PCOS and that if i wanted kids to do it before I was 30.. I cried and cried.. I was 18, no boyfriend.. had no clue when Id meet "the one." and honestly thought i'd never have kids. Well I lost a lot of weight.. my periods came back every month with no drugs inducing them.. I felt good.. I pushed PCOS in the back of mind. Well I finally met the one and got married, gained 20 pounds from birth control.. and then realized I wanted to have kids, like now. Tried for a year.. nothing. So I went to a fertility specialest where they told me yet again I had PCOS. BUT the good news after all the horriable tests I went though.. I finally got pregnant. And now I have my healthy little son who is 17months old. NEVER take no as an anwer and NEVER give up. I do think having kids sooner then later is your best bet because as you get older it becomes harder to get pregnant. You may not have it as bad as others. Stay postive and stay hopeful. I'm now thinking the starting of 2013 i'm going to try again..but I have a lot of weight to lose. I stay hopeful if i lose enough weight and get periods on my own like I did before maybe I will ovulate and can skip all the testing crap. Don't get me wrong, testing is worth it if need be.. but I think anyone would rather just lay in bed like most lucky women. Keep your head up.

I am so happy to hear that you were able to have a child!!! I bet that is an amazing feeling :) Do you have any advice on how to lose weight? Its so hard to lose it when you have PCOS :(

When I was about 25lbs lighter, I felt great, normal periods and I felt beautiful. But now that the weight is back on, I feel like I look so gross. Its so hard to lose the weight.

I wish you all the luck on getting pregnant!! Thank you for sharing your story it made me feel like that there is hope :)

Low carb is the best diet for people with PCOS. Meat, cheese, salad..no sweets, no suger. Hard I know because people with PCOS crave carbs. If your insulin resistant your body will crave sweets..carbs because your body can't regulate suger. Suger floutes around in your blood stream and turns into fat instead of being used to energy.. Also your body stays in starvation mode so no matter what you eat your body thinks your starving it. Messed up I know! This is why PCOS people(most of them) are over weight.. and it is VERY hard to lose weight because again we are fighting our bodys to let go of fat. I did atkins.. First two weeks I lost like 10 pounds in the induction phase. You should look it up and try it. you eat a lot of meat and veggies.. eggs and you can have bacon. They tell you to eat a lot of butter on it which I wasn't big on. You can see if it works for you.. also the juice diet works.. You get a juicer and juice everything.. veggies, fruit.. and you will lose tons of weight. The deal is you have to do it three times a day and drink the juice you make from the veggies or fruit you buy. I only stuck with it for about a week 1/2 and lost almost 10 pounds.

Thank you for your input. It is very hard to change your diet! I am trying to figure out what will work for me and hopefully I won't have to cut out the foods I love! I will look into different diets, thank you for your help!!!

Reading this has really put me at ease to know someone else feels just like I do. I can never talk to anyone that understands, because they don't have PCOS. I believe what really effects me is the fact that my boyfriend has two children and almost all of my close friends and family members have children and to see how they love their children makes my situation harder.