having PCOS

hello my beautiful little peas! so today i thought i would share with you my personal experience with Polycystic ovary syndrome (pcos)

so PCOS is one of the most common endocrine disorders that sadly some of us women experience. now allot of people seem to think because they have a cyst on their ovary that the have PCOS, this is no way true!

you can have PCOS with out having cysts on your ovary's and just because you have a cyst does no way mean you have this illness. - you need to have blood tests done before you can be fully diagnosed with it.

the symptoms:

• weight gain and troubles losing it
• oily skin or acne
• having irregular periods or no periods at all
• not being able to get pregnant 
• thinning of the hair
• facial hair, hair around the nipples, chest and lower abdomen
• polycystic ovary's

  missing my periods was my first symptom followed by the weight gain! i think i was more upset about the weight gain more than anything. i went from a size UK 8/10 to now a size 16.

before PCOS

now with PCOS

how depressing right? im all about loving your own body, but now i really have got to a part in my life where i am very unhappy. diets dont seem to work very well with me, as the weight just does not seem to go very easily.

the other symptom i suffer really bad from and thats facial hair. i am lucky i am blonde so it does not show up as easy, but when the sun light hits it, it lights it right up!

i was at work the other day, serving some teenagers. the sunlight hit my face and you could see all the blonde hairs. i felt so embarrassed as i hear the teenagers laughing and joking about my face. saying comments like "oh my god, i would shave it off"

i do use hair removal cream, but i have to let it grow to a certain length otherwise it stings so much when i apply the product. - a few days ago i used "superdrugs own brand" for facial hair removal and it burn my face so much and dried out all my skin. i even burn the top part of my lip. ive tried waxing before but i dont seem to have the will power to pull of the wax strips.

im lucky my hair has not thinned or left bald patches, but i have seen ladies who sadly who have had to go through this.

my whole experience with PCOS has been horrid. sadly i cant take medication to help prevent the symptoms. - i used to be on the pill to regulate my periods but came off for a few months. my GP now says im far to overweight to be given the pill.

the picture above is me feeding my Godson leo.
im now approaching that moment in my life where i would like children. me and my ex boyfriend split up in august now, so im currently single, but at the time i was with him i wished i had got pregnant and it never happened.

if any body reading this has just been diagnosed with PCOS i just want you to know that you are not alone. they say 10 out of 100 woman have this illness. if anybody would like any more information, feel free to comment.