Like many patients who finally find me, Cathy* had been trying to get pregnant for over a year. It seemed with each passing month, Cathy grew more and more frustrated. She began losing hope. You see, Cathy suffered from PCOS. Her periods were irregular so she rarely ovulated. Her first pregnancy didn’t go so well. She spent lots of money on infertility treatments finally resorting to artificial insemination. With medical intervention she did get pregnant but it was unhealthy pregnancy. She developed gestational diabetes, high blood pressure, and after a difficult labor and delivery, she spent the first weeks suffering from post partum depression. She wished there was a way she could get pregnant naturally.
*Name changed to protect the patient’s privacy.