My feet hurt!  I mean they really hurt.  Wearing flip flops all summer and then stupidly putting on a pair of real shoes and busting out a whopping 11,833 steps in the course of 5 hours was just plain dumb.  Knowing that I’d be “running around” a lot more at work this school year, I invested in comfy flats.  Comfy flats that blistered my heels and turned my baby toes into swollen, raw, nubs!

The rest of my body isn’t feeling too hot either.  The “period that never came,” is still wreaking havoc! Yesterday morning, I couldn’t get my rings on.  Throughout both pregnancies, I never had any issues with my rings fitting.  I’m retaining so much fluid- rings are tight, pants won’t button, and I’m just plain old uncomfortable.  I know it’s just bloat, I haven’t gained any weight.  I’m still losing ounces.

Along with the physical implications, I’m an emotional disaster.  Come Thursday when I have to bring my baby boy to kindergarten, I’ll most likely have cried out all the excess water my body’s been hoarding.  Where has the time gone? People say that all of the time, but I never really thought about it.  My son is 5 and is off to full day kindergarten, where he will learn and discover, and make new friends. He’ll gain independence and need me just a little less than he used to. I’m not ready for this, but I know I need to pretend to be! I know he’ll be a little sad and nervous, so I can’t be.  How I’m going to keep my game face on, while I’m a hormonal mess?

As promised, below are the first two of my PCOS facts/awareness posts. Please watch the You tube video!

What are the symptoms of PCOS?

The symptoms of PCOS can vary from woman to woman. Some of the symptoms of PCOS include:

• Infertility (not able to get pregnant) because of not ovulating. In fact, PCOS is the most common cause of female infertility.
• Infrequent, absent, and/or irregular menstrual periods
• Hirsutism (HER-suh-tiz-um) — increased hair growth on the face, chest, stomach, back, thumbs, or toes
• Cysts on the ovaries
• Acne, oily skin, or dandruff
• Weight gain or obesity, usually with extra weight around the waist
• Male-pattern baldness or thinning hair
• Patches of skin on the neck, arms, breasts, or thighs that are thick and dark brown or black
• Skin tags — excess flaps of skin in the armpits or neck area
• Pelvic pain
• Anxiety or depression
• Sleep apnea — when breathing stops for short periods of time while asleep