Somewhere inside of myself I knew that I had to help nurture my body back to health. Back to balance. Back to where I was in control of what I was putting inside of it. 

After some initial research I joined an online support group of woman also dealing with PCOS. Left right and center there were woman dealing with PCOS. Women speaking about their experiences with excess hair growth, being overweight, bad skin, baldness. I had never shown one sign of any of these things. There was something inside of me that just wasn’t sure about my diagnosis. 

On one of the forums there was a ‘Natural Remedy’ section. I had heard about chaste berry or as some others know it, Vitex, but I didn’t know a lot about it. Vitex helps to support and regulate the pituitary gland which is a pea size gland in the brain that releases hormones which affects growth, sexual development, metabolism and human reproduction. This was my first step in the right direction. Through my own research I decided that a tincture form (liquid herbal extracts combined with pure alcohol and spring water) would offer me the best results. Off I went to find out where and how to get a tincture. Lucky me! The Herbal Clinic and Dispensary was just around the corner from me. I spoke to the head herbalist there and took home my first dark amber glass bottle filled with goodness. 

I waited patiently and every day from March 1st onwards, three times a day, I would take a teaspoon of my magic potion and patiently wait to see if anything would happen. It was at this point that my husband and I sat down and had a conversation about the path that I was heading down. From what all of the doctors had told us, amenorrhea, not bleeding for a prolonged period of time, could cause a series of health issues later in life. At this point I was going on six months without a cycle.  I explained to him that going back on the pill just wasn’t an option for me. That I knew some how I was going to heal myself naturally, no matter how long it took. 

May 5 2013. We were out for dinner celebrating five years when I went down to the washroom and little bit of blood surprised me! It was a miracle! I ran up from the bathroom and told my husband. He looked at me with the biggest smile and gave me a huge hug. The project, me, that I had been working so hard on for so long was finally bearing results. Happy, red, results!! 

Sidenote / Being possibly the cutest husband in the world, he went out and bought us ice cream and opened a little bottle of champagne we had been saving to celebrate! 

I had been waiting and trying to heal myself for 8 long months. It was finally beginning to happen.