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This one is for your partner, family and significant other. One of the lovely ladies in the PCOS Diet Support community recently asked me to write an explanation of PCOS for our partners and significant others. Something that makes PCOS easy to understand. I was diagnosed after being married for 3 years and my  hubby has been amazingly supportive. I’ve written this article with him in mind (even though he knows most of it anyway). What is PCOS? I have PCOS or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. I know that you think of it as “woman issues” but it’s important that you know what is happening with me and my body because it affects both of us and I’m really going to need your help in coming to terms with it, living with it and getting it under control. So, I do have “woman issues”. Basically I don’t ovulate every month, which means that my cycle is very irregular. I also might have some cysts on my ovaries. The biggest thing, though, is that I don’t process carbohydrates properly and my body […]

This is always a big question that gets asked, and is important to those of us who get diagnosed with PCOS. Tarryn breaks it down for those who are wondering and need a little help when it comes to explaining PCOS to our loved ones.