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📢NAC (N-acetyl cysteine) has been scientifically studied to have numerous benefits for PCOS 👉NAC is a powerful antioxidant that works to reduce inflammation since inflammation is a hallmark factor of PCOS 👉It lowers insulin resistance which effects most of the women with PCOS. 👉It helps to lower androgens ( male hormones ), since elevated levels of male hormones can cause symptoms like acne, facial hair, irregular periods, hair loss which aggravates the condition. 👉Regulates menstrual cycle and improves fertility.

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Nothing makes you feel more sexy than progesterone making a mess down there, amirite?!

No?...🥴

You really don’t know. 

It’s a common (and personal) to ask, “So are you guys trying to have a baby?” or “When are you going to have kids?” or maybe even subtle hints about how you’ve been married “for a while” and it’s time to have kids. 

This conversation can go in two ways. Fertility is such a private matter, that most people won’t say they’re having difficulty conceiving. Or what I’ve done is actually respond and say, “we’ve been trying, we have some fertility issues.” Then it just becomes this awkward conversation because the person asking wasn’t expecting this answer. Then THEY try to backtrack and say something to make THEMSELVES feel better.

Like, “Oh it’ll happen. Just try to relax.” People never mean anything malicious by comments, but it just becomes an awkward dance... especially when they say “you can always adopt!” as a knee-jerk comment. Little do people know that adoption can cost more than an IVF cycle with the application & legal process.

I don’t think people know that asking such a simple question can be so personal. You never know if you’re asking someone who is having fertility issues or worse— going through a miscarriage or just miscarried.

It also has to be acknowledged that you don’t know the fertility status of women. A woman trying to conceive can be as relaxed and free of stress; but if she has underlying issues such as PCOS, endometriosis, diminished ovarian reserve... relaxing isn’t going to get her pregnant.

I happened to be looking through some old photos the other day from shortly before we started trying to conceive and my husband commented on how big my smile was back then and how happy I looked. Looking at the photos more closely I had to agree. I do look really happy in those photos. Not a care in the world. 

Obviously I still smile and have happy times now but if I look at photos of myself from the past two years it’s like there’s something slightly different, my smile doesn’t quite look genuine. It’s something very subtle that no one else would ever notice. But it’s there. I can see it. I can still make my face go through the motions but there’s no light in my eyes. 

It was so strange seeing pre-TTC me and I felt so sad for my husband. What must it feel like to know that your person is so sad all of the time and there’s nothing you can do to fix it?