PCOS Update

My newly issued Birth Control Pills



I just had my second transabdominal scan and invasive scan a week or more ago. The doc said the results showed everything to be fine (Praise the Lord!) but that did not mean I did not have PCOS. I still had it. I was puzzled and asked wide-eyed if they had seen any cysts and she looked again at the scan report and said, no, I was all clear! She said, the thing about PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) is sometimes, the scans show up fine and sometimes, they don't. But, I still had PCOS.

I've been on Norethisterone for some time now. I told the doc that I didn't like it because cold felt really cold and hot felt really hot. I would perspire like crazy just from walking abit and then if I entered an air-conditioned room, I'd feel so cold. This doc agreed that this was a side effect of Norethisterone. She said one could only be on Norethisterone for a limited period of time only. Not for too long. I was glad to be off it. I had prior to the visit, contemplated stopping it altogether and to heck with irregular periods.

The doc decided to put me on a 3 month trial with a birth control pill. I should have started taking it a week ago but I was hesitating. I was praying about it. I was asking God what to do? What does one do in such a situation?

I know there are medical consequences if I don't try to regulate my menstrual cycle. As a Catholic, it is difficult to come to terms with this. On the one hand, as a mother of two teenagers (and even if I think 3 is a nice number of kids to have) I don't think that in my 40s and at this stage in my life, I'm prepared to have a new child. But I'm learning that everything is up to the Lord and in His time. So I ask the Lord to please bless instead, others who want to have a baby so much. Meanwhile, will God understand that I am taking the pill for medical reasons? Natural family planning was never a bother when I was trying for kids. But after 2 C-sections, even though I loved the idea of having a third child, I didn't really fancy getting cut up a third time. For my husband, a daughter and a son were enough and we never considered having another one. When my cycle became super irregular, natural family planning became totally unnatural for me. Thus, I had this 'battle' inside of me for a long time. Pill or no pill? This is a tough one for me. I've given myself a bit of time. As soon as I see side effects, I'm coming off it. This is just one of those things I have to face when my time is up and God flashes the big screen before me. Sigh.