PCOS

reading cycle threads from 2024 and half of it aged badly. I have gone back and forth on this for months. Fertility changed faster than I expected with the weight loss.…

Reporting in. perimenopause, 18 months, and why the usual advice failed me. 18 months. Those are measured, not estimated, and not rounded up in my favour. Brought the…

the fertility question that gets asked weekly, answered properly. Making the case below, and I expect to lose some of it in the comments. Brought the cycle-annotated…

Posting this as a discussion rather than a claim: the contraception interaction question, with the actual label wording. Why the evidence base here is thin, which is…

perimenopause: what the trials say vs what this community says. Making the case below, and I expect to lose some of it in the comments. The same dose genuinely feels…

contraception: what the trials say vs what this community says. I have gone back and forth on this for months. Fertility can change with weight loss and improved…

Genuine question, and the title is the question: insulin resistance — what am I missing here. Brought the cycle-annotated log to an appointment and it changed the…

week 18 check-in — 8kg down, sulphur burps manageable, one thing confusing me. Numbers below. Ask me the boring questions, they are the useful ones. Numbers, in the…

contraception is the most under-discussed thing on this board. Not a hot take, just something I have not seen said plainly here. Started logging the cycle in the same…

Update, and the title has the headline: contraception: the version I wish someone had shown me in week 1. Went looking for trial data on the specific question asked…

Posting this as a discussion rather than a claim: the fertility thing finally clicked for me and I want to write it down. Asked a pharmacist about the absorption…

small win: contraception stopped being a problem at week 41. Numbers below. Ask me the boring questions, they are the useful ones. The hair shedding was the thing that…