Remembering Infertility Week.
Apr 28, 2019How many of you suffered or are suffering from infertility??
I was diagnosed with PCOS at 17, and I only remember one sentence that my specialist said that day!
“This will be fine, but it will be hard for you to have children naturally!”
At 17, I was cool, heck I didn’t think I even wanted kids, I was going to be a fancy career woman!
Fast forward, getting married and found myself starting to think about having a family!
And like many PCOS stories…off to the clinic we go…
It was determined VERY early that we would NOT be having any children naturally or through any type of assistance.
Negative …NO chance…NADA!!
(we were a special case let’s just leave it at that, more then just PCOS played a part)
I’m actually grateful, TBH. I didn’t have to endure a lot of what other women go through to conceive! The invasive medical treatments, the appointments, the physical pain…
However I do know the emotions, the fear and disappointment…and how hard just normal life is,
watching friends, and family get pregnant and have families of their own.
I know what it’s like to go through the grieving of never having a child naturally.
This is actually when my disordered eating started, I was in such a state of distress, life felt very out of control…and food and exercise was something that I could control…and BOY did I ever, right down to every single GRAM consumed and CALORIE burned.
It’s funny what you will do in times of stress! Like I have shared it took years to get my body and more importantly MIND back to “normal” since that time.
If this is you…know you are not alone, reach out — talk to someone. I know this can be a really lonely, extremely stressful time, but there are people that you can talk to, that understand!❤️
