Mother of Pearls PCOS

Endometrial Biopsy due to Amenorrhea caused by PCOS

Posted by Mother of Pearls on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 | 4 comments

Happy Tuesday! Today will be a short post about my experience with endometrial biopsies. I‘ve had three biopsies because as you have read in my previous posts, my cycle had stopped years ago. Because my cycle stopped and I had not taken any Provera or birth control pills to make it come on in over a year, my uterine {or endometrial} lining got too thick. When the lining is too thick, abnormal cells may grow which can cause endometrial cancer. The biopsy detects any abnormalities. I’ve...

Cookin’ to Cure My PCOS ~ My Attempt At Going Paleo

Posted by Mother of Pearls on Monday, April 30, 2012 | 0 comments

Happy Monday! I hope you had a very relaxing weekend. Or, at least got a chance to do something you love. Today’s post is about one of my favorite things…FOOD! Yes, I truly love food and I enjoy cooking. Of course, with PCOS we must be extra conscious of what we put in our bodies. Protein, veggies and fruit are critical to helping our bodies heal naturally without all the crazy sugar spikes and crashes, which in turn, cause us to eat more. For the past month or so, I have...

Don’t Ignore…PCOS {Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome} ~ A Major Cause of Female Infertility

Posted by Mother of Pearls on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 | 2 comments

Happy Wednesday! In honor of National Infertility Awareness Week, my goal is to blog each day to do my part to help raise awareness. Here is my 4th post using Resolve’s NIAW Don’t Ignore…theme for this year! Please Hear Our Cry Parts 1-3 were my first three posts. I told you that there was more to the story…here it is. I don’t have a cycle without medication {except for this past month, yes! it came on it’s own out for the blue}! I am “of...

Don’t Ignore…Infertility – Please Hear Our Cry! (Part 3 of 3)

Posted by Mother of Pearls on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 | 2 comments

Happy Tuesday! It’s day 3 of National Infertility Awareness Week! In honor and celebration, I am doing a series of posts each day to let you in on how infertility has impacted my life. This particular post is Part 3 of a three-part post. It contains a portion of a letter I wrote a few years ago when my husband and I were thinking of applying for a fertility grant to cover the cost of IVF. It contains some misspellings, but I want to leave it as is because when I wrote this letter...

Don’t Ignore…Infertility – Please Hear Our Cry! (Part 2 of 3)

Posted by Mother of Pearls on Monday, April 23, 2012 | 0 comments

Happy Monday! Yesterday, National Infertility Awareness Week began! In honor and celebration, I am doing a series of posts each day to let you in on how infertility has impacted my life. This particular post is Part 2 of a three-part post. It contains a portion of a letter I wrote a few years ago when my husband and I were thinking of applying for a fertility grant to cover the cost of IVF. It contains some misspellings, but I want to leave it as is because when I wrote this letter it...