Do I have pcos? 😪

Question

I have slightly elevated levels of DHEAS as to why I missed my period for 3 months I was on put on birth control I have to take them first before ttc. Does having slightly elevated levels of DHEAS mean you have pcos?

Answer

It can be a factor!! To diagnose PCOS you need to have 2/3 main or rather obvious symptoms.

They are, irregular periods(some say minimum missed 3 periods in a row, others say just weirdly long cycles), excess androgen (more hair than you should have, OR that you're balding OR that your DHEAs are up) and finally that you have cysts on one or both of your ovaries.
(Personal anecdote)
I had my first period at 9 and was formally diagnosed at 13 and put on the pill. The OB at children's was rude and told me "Now Patty Anne, this is not a free license to have sex willy nilly." It took all I had not to gut check her. Instead I told her "Boys are gross, boys will always be gross. I am a child, and intend to remain ad such until I see fit. Madam."

Now I've been weaned off metformin because the combination of the IUD Skyla coupled with cutting all soy, beef/dairy products from cows treated with rbst, as well as chia and flax seeds has helped me start ovulating again, reduced my hairiness and helped me drop 30 pounds in 6 months!!

The most exciting development was that we got pregnant with the IUD and we made it to 9 weeks before I miscarried for the 3rd time. For us that is a HUGE VICTORY over PCOS and means that we may not even make it to the second phase of our fertility action plan! 
Fertility Action Plans are very important, PCOS is a total body, lifelong disease and needs to be reminded that you are in charge not it!

Our action plan is, for TTC anyways that I keep the diet modifications for life. 3 years from now I have take Skyla out, and get back on metformin for 3 months, no trying. Then we try for 3 months with metformin, if there's no baby; I go in for even more extensive testing, and will probably be declared infertile.  We then add in a drug similar to Clomid for 3 more months. If that doesn't work we either do 2-3 rounds each of IVF, or surrogacy. And if there's still no baby then we'll just adopt the 3-4 children we've always wanted.

Do I have pcos? 😪

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