Reading Up About PCOS

I just can't believe all that I am reading! I have recently been reading up about PCOS, since we are starting to think about a second baby. Jack came along so fast after I started the meds/diet the first time around that I just didn't really pay attention to all of the details about PCOS. I guess I thought since I had Jack it didn't matter anymore. Well I'm starting to get mad at myself while I am doing all this reading up on PCOS. I have truly let myself go! I've always had period issues, so I guess that wasn't really a big deal to me - I've just learned to deal with it. Plus it's nice to skip sometimes! But all this weight gain and I am tired way too often lately. I've gained 50 lbs in the 3 years since he was born! 50 lbs!!!!! I am actually putting it in writing, so I will maybe force myself to deal with it and get things back under control. I've never really been a skinny girl and I'm okay with that. I'm comfortable in my own body, but this is just out of control. I need to be healthier for my little man! So in all this recent research I have re-educated myself. I never realized that PCOS actually makes a person CRAVE carbs!!! I just thought I really liked them alot :-)
Plus I don't think I fully understood how important a healthy diet is that is geared for a PCOS person. Or the great importance of a multi-vitamins. People with PCOS don't naturally absorb the vitamins that they should. I could kick myself for not paying more attention to the small details!!!!

Here's the list of symptoms for PCOS: Irregular or non-existent periods, excess body and facial hair, acne, food cravings, chronic weight gain, tiredness, fatigue, depression, hair loss, mood swings, breast pain, abdominal pain, aching joints, dizziness, fertility problems, and an increased tendency to faint. (I had only known of five of these, and the funny thing is I most of them! It all makes sense to me now! Did they always know of all of these symptoms? Has research updated things? Or did my doctor neglect to inform me of all the details the first time around!!! Or maybe I didn't ask the right questions.)