Self confidence and happiness
I'm not sure where to turn, hoping there's some people on here that may understand how I'm feeling. Love my family and friends but noone else gets me right now.
I've got PCOS and husband and I are trying for our first baby together. He has 2 from his previous marriage. Not been trying long admittedly, but just got AF so this now starts my 4th cycle.
All I ever wanted was a baby and I'm so desperate for one, but the longer I'm off the pill the harder I'm finding keeping control of my emotions. Because of the PCOS I have a face full of acne that only the pill stopped. I have more spots than my 14 year old step son and all his friends combined. I am also struggling with a steady weight gain, that again the pill was the only thing to help.
I want a baby so bad but my mental health is spiralling with this growing unease and lack of self confidence. I can't go back on the pill but I just don't know how to cheer myself up when I feel as disgusting as I do feel.
On top of that each cycle makes me feel more and more like a failure. Husband did this 2wice with someone else, why can't I give him a baby?
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@Alexandra just ordered Claire’s book!
Hi @Nilofar that’s great! I can also say I’m now 7 + 5 weeks pregnant now! I hope that book was as helpful to me as it will be for you! Let me know if you ever want to talk!
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Hi Emma, I can relate with PCOS. This is my first month trying to conceive so I’m not there yet with knowing how long this my take us to get pregnant. However I stopped the pill back in 2020 because I knew I had PCOS and that it might be a struggle to get pregnant. I’ve been working on my root cause of my PCOS to try to manage it all and I’m now at a place where I can now have normal cycles. I did this by changing small daily habits which helped my acne and weight gain. I won’t lie the weight gain was a hard one for me but I’m almost now on top of it. I read “How to get pregnant with PCOS” by Claire Goodwin and listened to her podcasts and it really helped me. With my acne, I did take antibiotics for three months while I did other changes and it disappeared within two weeks and that was a great confidence booster for me. Happy to talk more if you like. I don’t have anyone close who can relate to this.