Hi guys, I’ve posted here and there a few times. But now I think I need to really do myself a favor and share my experiences and the struggles of being a normal 24 year old woman, having PCOS 2 and TTC. Maybe my story, will shed light on the questions some of us are afraid to ask.

About 3 years ago, around this time (winter) I woke up with what I could only describe as excruciating stabbing throbbing keeled over the counter pain basically feeling like it’s coming from a Fallopian tube.(right)

I went to urgent care and they assumed I had appendicitis, sent me to the ER for surgery. I did not have appendicitis. They began running tests, doing ultrasounds, etc. they found nothing.

A month later, I visit my estranged mother in hopes she will help me deal with the zoo of a hospital and getting me the care I need. She took me to the hospital in Ohio. They were a little more thorough and ran more tests. I had a huge PID situation and they had to give me a shot of rocephin. (That shit HURTS) but they didn’t take out the NuvaRing I had while I was infected. (Didn’t think about it till later).

So a few weeks go by and I’m still in so much pain and pain meds it was just horrible. I because unmotivated and just let the pain take over. But one day I’m thinking to myself- NuvaRing is a porous object... how do I know that my Birth control won’t re-infect me? I rushed to the bathroom and took it out. I never put a new one in again. From then on I was freaked enough to never want to touch birth control again.

The pain subsides for a month and I return to California. I get off the pain meds and I stopped with the cigarettes. I returned to exercise long 5-6 days a week. Cut out daily fast food runs, dropped the soda when I went out and felt like a normal 22. Year old girl. Then I decided to take a leap of faith and date my best friend.

We have been dating now for 2 years.

We have been trying for a child for a year and a half. Nearly two years.

The pain came and went but I never had the means to get myself to the doctors to really dig into what the cause was.

Then I got pregnant. And then 3 weeks later they told me it was a blighted ovum. A week later I underwent a D&C.; I was crushed.. defeated... there was no explanation because it just happens... it made me nervous I couldn’t conceive.

I just didn’t feel satisfied with the lack of answers so I I got a good job that pays for my healthcare and started making doctors appointments.

It’s been 6 months and I’ve been diagnosed with PCOS Type 2. I don’t have any active cysts. But I get embarrassing side effects, facial hair, nipple hair, belly button hair. Pimples on my chest and back when it’s flaring and irregular periods. (One cycle lasted 124 days once...) low sex drive, high testosterone levels. Horrible throbbing pains periodically mostly on my right side. I’ve been imaged over and over and all along the answer was in my blood...

Today, I met with my PA and I explained it had been 6 months since my “miscarriage “ and still no new pregnancy and I’m getting concerned. I’ve cut out all potentially harmful OTCs like ibuprofen and supplement with Tylenol if I must take anything. I take my probiotics promoting healthy pregnancy’s and my prenatal vitamins and now I’m starting Metformin to treat my PCOS and promote pregnancy. Once I have a positive test I am to stop because it is a class B drug.

I’m feeling hopeful and I’m just hoping this info can help someone struggling for hope like me. There is light and one day we will have our babies in our arms and be just so much more grateful for their breath each day.