80: What you can do about your fertility when your doctors say you ‘just have to keep trying for a year’
When youâre diagnosed with PCOS, youâre told that thereâs not much you can do except go on the Pill and come back when you want to get pregnant. So when you do want to get pregnant, you go back to your doctor or OBGYN and they say those 5 words that you so donât want to hear: âKeep trying for a yearâ and then theyâll look into it afterwards (which is usually code for fertility drugs and treatment).
But what if you donât want to wait a year? What if you want to get your body healthy, functioning well, you want to understand if and when youâre ovulating? What if you donât want to have sex every day or every other day for the sake of trying to conceive (because thatâs freakinâ exhausting!)? What if youâre doing âeverything rightâ and still not conceiving?
Iâm here to tell you, you donât have to wait. The year will pass regardless – so are you going to wait around not knowing what the root of the problem is or are you going to put yourself first for once and invest in understanding your cycles, your root cause and the changes you need to make to not only get pregnant, but have a healthy pregnancy.
Thatâs exactly what todayâs guest did! Cindy, a Buffalo, New York native, had been trying for months to conceive and when nothing was happening, she expressed her concerns and was diagnosed with PCOS. But then what was she to do about that and getting pregnant? âjust have to keep trying for a year and then weâll look into itâ.
Cindy didnât want to wait around for a year. COVID lockdowns put a stop to her being able to do much in terms of seeing other fertility specialists, so being the do-er that she is, she took matters into her own hands and dove into The PCOS Protocol to understand her root cause and her cycles to figure out what was stopping her and her husband from conceiving.
As youâll hear in the episode Cindy conceived a month before they were supposed to go in to see the fertility specialists for treatment and is 36 weeks at the time of recording. Helping couples conceive never loses its excitement if Iâm being honest!
And itâs so possible. PCOS doesnât equal infertility, itâs a condition of âsub-fertilityâ. What we need to do is figure out what isnât quite working so that we can implement changes to fix that and ultimately help you have a happy, healthy pregnancy and baby.
Iâm suuuuper excited to share this episode with you. If youâve been trying to conceive, youâre dealing with continuing and rapid weight gain and you actually want to have energy to get through the day, youâre going to love this episode.
This episode is for you if:
- Youâre trying to conceive and struggling
- You donât want to wait for a whole year of trying to conceive
- You donât really want to do fertility treatment
- You have insulin resistance or think you might
- Your cycles are irregular
- You want to work on your root cause while doing fertility treatment
- You donât sleep well and youâre always tired
Some things we cover in this episode:
- How stress can impact your PCOS
- Fertility, progesterone and tracking your cycle
- Why you donât have to just keep trying for a year
- Why OPKs donât work
- Sleep issues and your root cause
- Working on your root cause while doing fertility treatment
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