PCOS Update

Written the beginning of April 2015:

It has been quite the two months since I found out I have PCOS. I have literally not had ice cream the entire time!! Ok that might be a tiny bit exaggerated because I had the teeny, tiniest lick of Nathan's Dole Whip while we were in Disneyland. But we were in Disneyland, and I don't even feel bad about it. Plus, I was being so good on that trip. Any way here's a few updated on how life has been...

Diet: I'm sure no one want's to know this, but since I've been on this low sugar, low carb, always check the glycemic index diet I have lost about 10 lbs.... That's crazy! I don't really have 10 lbs to lose... I can definitely say that I feel better with this diet though. There are days I miss having a sweet treat every now and again, but honestly I've loved not having all that sugar in my life.

Some things that have helped me live with this diet are:

• Finding out I can have some sourdough breads, or super intense whole wheat lower carb breads (and when I do have bread I try to stick to one slice, once a week)
• Quinoa instead of rice (again only once a week if I have it)
• Yogurt and smoothies are my ice cream
• Low glycemic chocolate protein bars (I LOVE the Balance Chocolate Mint Cookie one! Quest Bars are good too.)
• Best of all.... DARK CHOCOLATE!!!! 70% Dark Chocolate has a glycemic index of 23 (55 or less is considered low glycemic). Best news of my life! I treat myself to a square every now and then when I've been super good.

I eat a ton of fruits and veggies. I have slightly bigger meat portions than I use to because I'm not filling up on potatoes or breads. I also never realized what a staple bread/grain, and potatoes were in my life. At first this diet seemed a little tricky to me, especially trying to make sure Nathan could still have a somewhat normal meal, but it really hasn't been too bad. And Nathan likes that we are eating healthier as well.

More tests and results: After being diagnosed, starting my diet, and taking Metformin, the next step was to see if my body could ovulate on its own with the changes I've made. The day before I got my results from my blood work I was super nauseous... It was no fun. But I didn't have time to get a sub so I went to work... Everyone asked if I was ok and I just mentioned I was a little blah. Instantly they'd ask if I was pregnant! It made me laugh... But then they got me thinking... Maybe I could be?! Maybe my body does kind of work! I tried to not get my hopes up too much. Well the next day I got the call from the doctor and my body does not ovulate... That's a bummer. I still took a pregnancy test to make sure and it came back negative.

I'm glad I know that my body needs more help and that we are continuing in the right direction to hopefully get pregnant, but at the same time it's still a little disappointing to find out that my body really doesn't work right on it's own.

Nathan has been so awesome through the whole thing. He's been supportive of my diet. Keeps telling me excitedly every night that are going to have a baby. He makes me smile and helps me not worry about what's wrong with my body. I love him! When I told him I was getting put on fertility medicine he responded with, "Here come the triplets!" ha ha Oh my...

Well that's all the updates for now.