The worst good news

***WARNING - Men may want to avoid reading this post. Women's personal issues discussed***

Okay, so some of you know that I had problems getting pregnant with Luke. I was diagnosed a year and a half go with Poly-Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). It comes with a lot of unpleasant symptoms, one of which is annovulation.

I didn't realize I had a problem until I went off of birth control two years ago to try and get pregnant. Anyone who has been on BC knows that it will make you have periods. So after I stopped, I had a couple of menstrual cycles that were irregular and then they stopped altogether. I went in to see my OB-GYN and that's when I found out about the PCOS. I started fertility treatments and was fortunate to have the basic treatments work so I didn't have to go to a specialist. I obviously was successful getting pregnant and have been blessed with another beautiful son.

I wasn't sure what would happen after this pregnancy. I decided to hold off on BC until I knew what was happening. Well, I got the worst good news this morning. I started menstruating! I know...goofy thing to be excited about. I feel horrible with the cramping and all, but the last regular cycle I had was the one before I got pregnant with Andrew nearly 4 years ago. Hopefully, I will start having regular cycles on my own without medication of any form. That's part of the reason I want to get some weight off. Unnecessary weight makes it worse. Unfortunately weight gain and trouble losing are part of the problems that come with PCOS. So I may have a long haul ahead of me. I'm going to try my hardest. Now if my little guy would sleep through the night again, I might get somewhere. Once I decided to really get with the workouts, he stopped sleeping through the night so I'm so exhausted I can barely function, let alone safely workout. I'm not giving up though. I'm going to try anew every day!