‘PCOS stopped me conceiving, but thanks to modern medicine I’m now a mum of 3’
ok.co.ukSeptember marks Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month, a common condition that affects one in 10 women. Despite the years of research, the exact cause is still unknown.Kristie Sicolo lives in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, with her husband Oliver Dickson, 33, and their IVF children Arthur, two, and 11 month old twins Imelda and Noah. ‘Every month when my period was late I would dare to get excited. “Could this be it?
Was I finally pregnant?” But I never was. And the devastation each time never got easier. When friends fell pregnant seemingly so easily, I cried to my lovely, understanding husband Oliver “What’s wrong with me?
Why isn’t this happening?” It turns out I’d been suffering with PCOS since my periods began, but despite it being incredibly common, I’d never even heard of it before I was diagnosed in 2016.
I’d always had difficult periods, they came either late - or not at all - and they were heavy. I’d get an aching pain I could pinpoint to my left ovary.
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