Help with cycles coz they are majorly messed up

[Mum4life]

Ok, so I got my 1st pp af january 25th when LO was 5 months old. And i haven't had another one yet. I don't know whether i would be better off going on birth control pills for a few months and the first cycle off them do clomid, or whether i should think about doing provera soon to bring af on. I thought the BCP might help balance my hormones and bring down my testosterone levels since I have pcos, and originally my GP put me on these one's for that reason ages ago to reset my cycles int he hopes i would conceive. It turned out it was a blood clotting disorder preventing me from conceiving anyway. I am just not sure what to do. I know my body is still trying to go back to nromal after baby but its never been like this before. With my other 2 af arrived about 6-7 after baby was born and i went on the pill until we were ready ttc. After ds2 we were ready 6 months after his birth and my cycles were pretty predictable

[Boom]

Are you breastfeeding? After my initial bleed I did not have a period for more than 2 years

[Mum4life]

We stopped bf'ing at 4 months

[atomic sagebrush]

That is normal and I had that happe with a couple of mine. I have also seen it happen even when people weren't breastfeeding. That is not outside of the norm whatsoever and I suspect you'll be back to normal shortly.

I personally do not think anyone with a blood clotting disorder should be on BCP. May be harmful to you.

[Mum4life]

Ok thanks atomic. I had the same worries but the high risk doctors didn't seem to have a problem with it after bub was born and was discussing bc. I am just worried it won't go back to normal since i also have pcos

[lovemy2blessings]

I'm am on the same boat as you...so following!

[atomic sagebrush]

Are you doing the alt diet?? I would be.

[Mum4life]

Oh yes i am doing the alt diet :) but i am having issues managing the 1 hr cardio... not just because of endurance, but time too, as i am currently doing uni and juggling 3 kids lol... mine would be more moderate exercise

[lovemy2blessings]

I'm not doing any cardio and a modified LE diet (upper limits).

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh yes i am doing the alt diet :) but i am having issues managing the 1 hr cardio... not just because of endurance, but time too, as i am currently doing uni and juggling 3 kids lol... mine would be more moderate exercise

I think I said this in another thread anyway but for anyone with actual PCOS then the benefits to blood sugar control from the exercise are so great, you should do exercise even if you cannot get up to thte 60 6-7 recommendation

[LacePrincess]

Also as someone who never used to exercise and also has 3 kids......it's just one of those things that's hard and mostly willpower at first. But once it's ingrained it's easy and something you can't live without.

Exercise doesn't have to be in a gym or somewhere you have to 'go'. I do 90% of my exercising at home with kids underfoot! There are sooooo many ways. Exercise videos have a gazillion options now. There's Zumba, Kinect games on the Xbox, the Wii. Playing soccer or tag with the kids. There's walking with a stroller (which is great calorie burn!), walking the dog, etc. I managed to exercise with a newborn and two other kids. I'd get up at 5am to fit in an hour if I have to, or eat an early dinner to get a workout done before bed. Where there's a will there's a way!

The payoff is far more than just a good sway. With PCOS it affects your life and general health. With me I also have diabetics and high blood pressure that runs in my family. Exercise has changed my life and I am so dependent on it for my general health and mood that the odd time I'm injured it's absolutely devastating when I can't do my usual activity.

[Mum4life]

I'm definitely not sedentary, but my exercise i would say sways more blue

[Mum4life]

I am aiming to push for two 1 hr sessions this week and try and build up from there