First Journal Entry...About Me!
Well folks I'm 20 years old. I've been in a relationship with my dearing boyfriend Pablo for 3 years. About a year after we met, I moved in and we starting ttc (when I was 18). My periods have always been irregular anywhere from 5-6 weeks apart. But shortly after I moved in they just stopped altogether and I went without a period for 5 months. I made an appt with the Gyno and she didn't "diagnose" but "assumed" that I had PCOS cause of my symptoms (absent period, overweight, excess hair, etc) but never did the ultrasound on my ovaries to confirm if I did. Like every other Dr. she insisted I take BC. I did for a month and during that time I did some research and found out that for this condition, BC is NOT the answer. So I stopped after a month (in July2010) and started taking herbs such as Vitex, Saw Palmetto, and Natural Progesterone Cream. I did this for a few months and the Progesterone Cream brought on a period every month. Then in November a friend of mine advised me to stop taking the cream cause it's considered "HRT" which can be dangerous. So I took her advice and stopped. I got my last period Dec 3, 2010 it was a 34 day cycle and I was soooo excited!!!! I was sure my periods were going to come back on their own. Then in January my period never came and I was for sure it was the PCOS mess acting up again. On January 13, 2011 it was CD41 and my period still didn't come. I was ready to start my Progesterone Cream to start my period but before I did I was going to make *sure* I wasn't pregnant. I took a test and too my surprise it was POSITIVE :) so the next day I went to the local Health Dept and confirmed my pregnancy. After a week, my symptoms started to diminish and I started having severe pains in my lower abdomen. Then on Jan 24, 2011 I miscarried at 7 1/2 weeks. I had a normal cycle 6 weeks later and my checkup went fine at the Gyno. I immediately wanted to start TTC again but unfortunately it hasn't happened yet. It's been months and I've tried many things. Fertilaid has helped and it brought a regular cycle every 40 days and then I stopped taking it and my periods have stopped. I made another appt with the Gyno in October and I was prescribed Metformin 500mg once a day but all it did was give me upset stomach and heart burn. 2 weeks later I went to a follow up appt and come to find out I'm not insulin resistant so I stopped taking the Metformin. So now I'm back to square one and I'm just taking Fertilaid, Fertile CM, and DIM, one capsule of each 3x's a day. I'm also making appt's with the chiropractor cause I have a misalignment in my lower back and neck. The Dr. explained that the nerves to the reproductive system are connected to the lower part of the spine and if there is a misalignment, it can put pressure on the nerves and then limit connectivity between the nervous system and the reproductive organs that are connected to those nerves. So hopefully, this will do some good... will keep posted!
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