What is PCOS all about?

So if we were dealing with PCOS I would need to read up on it to understand it better.  Big shout out to Google Health for helping me out on that one:

https://health.google.com/health/ref/Polycystic+ovary+disease

If you're not a big reader...here was my oh so favorite part:

If you have polycystic ovary disease, you are likely to have some of the following symptoms:

• Abnormal, irregular, or very light or infrequent menstrual periods
• Absent periods, usually (but not always) after having one or more normal menstrual periods during puberty (secondary amenorrhea)
• Acne that gets worse
• Decreased breast size
• Development of male sex characteristics (virilization), such as increased body hair, facial hair, a deepening of the voice, male-pattern baldness, and enlargement of the clitoris
• Diabetes
• Increased hair growth; body hair may be in a male pattern
• Infertility
• Poor response to the hormone, insulin (insulin resistance), leading to a build-up of insulin in the blood
• Weight gain, or obesity

~Google Health

Oh boy oh boy! Sound like a blast right? I found a book that had good ratings to see if it could give me a little more information:

A Patient's Guide to PCOS: Understanding--and Reversing--Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Walter Futterweit

~Amazon.com

When you read into the book it talks about how women with PCOS have a higher rate of miscarriage. I was ready to put the book down after that. Miscarriage was the last thing I wanted to think about. But it also went through different scenarios of women who have dealt with PCOS while trying to conceive. It has a diet plan and exercise routine. I have found it to be quite helpful after all.

At this point in the process I thought all we would do was start some medicine and  BAM! Pregnant! Little did I know about what was in store for us...