How I Found Out I have PCOS

I have never had regular periods and I have always had problems with my weight. I never worried about any of this as a teen. I only started to worry when I was in my first year of college. I had gone about six months without having my period. Then when it did start it lasted for three weeks! My doctor just put me on birth control and said I would be fine. It would regulate me. 

Birth control did help. I became regular and didn't have any concerns. I still was over weight but it did not matter. 

Then I married my husband. We were both still going to school and were living in an apartment so we were not ready to start trying for a baby. 

After a year of marriage we were in a house, I had graduated and started teaching. We decided to start trying so I went off my birth control. I had a strong feeling we would get pregnant right away and would be expanding our family within the year. Little did I know... 

We started trying in December of 2020. I thought I was pregnant in January. My period did not come but every test I took came back negative. So I made an appointment with a doctor. I was not pregnant and he thought it was possible I could have PCOS. He put me on Metformin and he wanted me to come back in three months having lost 20 pounds. 

I was devastated. I know I have never been thin. I know that I had my issues but having kids always seemed within my grasp. The next day I started the Keto diet. 

My next post will describe my journey with Keto.