Shannon's Background & Diagnosis

Let's start from puberty. I didn't get my period til I was 14/15 (I can't remember the exact time... just the instance). My dad was a truck driver and I was with him on the road. I had had supplies for a while now, "just-in-case". Luckily I did. There was no warning of cramps. Just a "waterfall" as I call it. I know that sounds gross but it was very heavy, especially when I stood up. Good thing that whenever that occurred is when we were getting out at truck stops!

My next period didn't come for a LONG time. I can't even remember how long. I didn't think to track it at the time. I didn't think it was necessary, I thought that most girls cycles were like that. I made sure to always keep stuff handy because it would pick the most wonderful times to visit *rolls eyes*. I never really had cramps. Or I might get one and that was it. My senior year of high school my mom took me to the doctor who put me on birth control for 3 months and said that should regulate it.

Didn't work.

The weekend I moved into my dorm, Aunt Flo came to visit. Yay. Few months later with no visits, I went on birth control.

I met my husband that year and we officially got together in March 2005. After the spring semester ended we moved in together. I didn't meet the qualifications for student loans so ended up taking a few years off. Biggest mistake. We got engaged in October 2005 and married in March 2006!

On April 27, 2008 we decided to try and start building our family. I had already been off of birth control for about 3 months and hadn't had a period. I had a gut feeling it would be a problem. Because of this my doctor didn't wait the standard year before getting fertility tests done.

September 2008 I had a sonogram done to check my ovaries. They had to do a vaginal sonogram which was awkward... At the time! The sonogram tech couldn't tell me anything and didn't look pleased. A week later the doctor confirmed: I have PCOS.

Next: HSG test.
~Shannon