THE DREADED PCOS ATTACKED AGAIN
At last, I was able to squeeze an appointment with my Ob-gyne yesterday after so many years [read: years] of procrastinating (heehee, my bad, right?) The pressure to see the doctor finally was initially stimulated by the plan to conceive, God willing, hopefully within the year. Added to that, I suspected that something unusual is happening in my cycle again after experiencing about a couple of delayed monthly periods which had resulted to false alarms. The first was last March which should have arrived first week of March, and the second last April, but until now, I haven’t had the period.
And true enough, when the doctor did the nerve-wracking trans-v ultrasound, there goes those tiny cysts in both my left and right ovaries again. PCOS or short for polycystic ovary syndrome, it attacked my system for the nth time. My Ob-gyne said it will still take a while before I can conceive. The hormonal imbalance has to be treated first and I have to take doses of progesterone for a certain period of time so as to induce ovulation.
In the meantime that the imbalance is being corrected, my doc also advised me to at least shed some unwanted pounds. At the very least, she said I should weigh just about my pre-pregnancy weight with Nico which was around 90-95 pounds, if I am really dead serious at getting pregnant pretty soon.
Geez, it wasn’t much of an embarrassment because my Ob-gyne and I are very comfortable at talking with each other, but I felt a little bit depressed she obviously noticed my siopao face, my big arms, and the bulging tummy that I have—all depicting I’ve gained so much weight. Sigh.
Oh well, at least that comment served as an alarming wake up call for me. I should really shape up or else the longing for a little one to carry in the warmth of my arms will remain nothing but a dream. Less intake of carbohydrates and fatty foods, avoid sweets, more of healthy food, and lots of exercise, I guess. Should that suffice enough as battle plan?
On exercising though, I was seriously considering going to the gym. But I was having second thoughts though. The target gym I have in my mind is quite far from our place and I think commuting there at least twice or thrice a week would be time-consuming, most especially now that school days are here again and traffic in major thoroughfares will be at its worst.
Good thing Rach just heads me up about the Dave Hall Rebounder. I immediately checked the link that Rach shared, and whoa, there, I was in awe when I read about this amazing rebounder exercise equipment by G-Force Health that allows people of all ages and sizes to have a good and fun exercise in no more than 10 minutes at the comfort of their homes. Just the right exercise equipment that I need!
And you know what got me more interested in seriously considering to buy the rebounder? It’s the fact that rebounders are the best way to exercise because it burns calories 11 times faster than walking and 3 times faster than jogging. And here’s more: among it’s benefits are boosting the immune system, detoxifying the body, improving digestion, and interestingly, it’s said to increase one’s sexual libido! Haha, now that’s perfectly what I need at this time we have been wanting to have another baby.
Oh, I better start prodding Hubby for us to buy the rebounder so we can start right up reaping the benefits. 
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oh, i hope that PCOS will leave your system in no time.. yes, do eat healthy foods and take a lot of exercise.. im sure it’s not only you and hubs who long for another baby, im sure the little nico wants to have a playmate too.
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hi Analyse. I really really hope too. the last time I was treated, it me about two months for my menses to regularize.
healthy eating and living has always been on my agenda as early as the strike of the New Year. kaso, alam mo naman tayo, walang will to really shape up, not unless provoked. hope I can keep up this time around.
you said it so right. Nico’s really been bugging me about a new baby.
Ganyan din ang weight ko nun, I have never reached 100 pre-pregnancy.
I gotta take a photo of my pants then and my pants now
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I remembered that kwento re: the pants. haha! sige kunan mo ng photo ha, tapos post mo sa blog, tapos gawin mong meme, tapos tag mo ko. heehee.
I hope the cysts will go away real soon para maka start na pagbuo ng kapatid for Nico!
and so for the meantime, i guess you have no choice but to get fit! exercise!! haha..dali sabihin, hirap gawin!! 
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eh naku Thet, sinabi mo pa! pressured to lose weight ang drama ko ngayon. nakakainggit kayo, sana makahabol talaga ako at least before this year ends.
i hope that whatever needs balancing will be balanced soon. that will surelycome, wala na yatang imposible sa medicine ngayon.
you might want to try south beach diet. i have a lot of friends who swear by it.
good luck!!
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exactly Cess. wala ng imposible sa medical advances and technologies ngayon, there’s always a remedy for everything!
I’ve been considering SBD so seriously and there’s this online website where I am downloading healthy recipes.
PCOS, the Hidden Epidemic
The fundamental problem with PCOS is anovulation and not making progesterone for two weeks every cycle.
This lack of progesterone leads to hormonal imbalance in the ovary, causes the ovary to produce testosterone and leads to the irregular menstrual cycles and infertility. This is aggravated by obesity and insulin resistance.
Progesterone is missing, therefore replacing it makes sense.
To read more, click here:
Understanding PCOS, the Hidden Epidemic by Jeffrey Dach MD
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