My situation is similar to yours, crazy cycles from day one, then put on ‘the pill’, then I got married and found out the bad news (PCOS). The diagnosis itself just about killed me. We almost lost our house trying to go the medical route. I was fast on my way to becoming a very angry, very bitter person.

So I finally started Paying Attention and started making small changes to my diet and lifestyle and while my weight refuses to cooperate, I’m having a cycle roughly every 4 months…. just, thank you.

Your writing is very gentle, non-dogmatic, and perfectly positive (ie, not that kind of happy-go-lucky positive that makes someone who IS still yearning for their first baby want to bite something). I feel that for sure I’m putting this badly, just…

Thank You

(and now I’ll get back to going through your archives)

As to a healthy lifestyle, I don’t know exactly what you eat on a daily basis, but I too, thought I led a healthy lifestyle prior to a few diet changes. Try cutting out all refined sugar and using only honey for a couple months. This includes checking out processed foods, which you most likely won’t be able to eat anymore since they all have sugar in them. Also, make sure you’re not eating any white bread products.

Personally I don’t like the option of metformin, since it only helps your body out in a ‘fake’ sense. Once off of it, you’ll still suffer the same issues and a lot of times need to be on hormones throughout pregnancy as well.

As to maca powder, I was looking into that as an option but since have found myself pregnant so I am not going to be trying it personally. I’ll refer you over to Kimi at http://www.thenourishinggourmet.com
She is actually testing out several brands right now, using herself, her hubby and her parents as guinea pigs.

Let me know if you have any other questions, or if you’d like to speak in detail, just shoot me an e-mail to
donielle@naturallyknockedup.com
(and don’t worry – all e-mails are kept confidential)