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I hope my story might help someone, hopefully I will find something that can help me too in my current efforts to conceive.

Five years ago, after trying to concieve for nearly a year, I was finally diagnosed with PCOS and after one week of changing my diet strictly I ovulated and fell pregnant.

I too was anti the low carb diets, having read many books that explained how they were dangerous and bad for you. Wow, have I changed my tune.

This is what I did.

Breakfast: An egg on a slice of the grainiest organic piece of toast you can find.

Lunch: Salad with good amount of quality meat, fish or cheese. Eg chicken caesar without croutons. OR meat & vege soup with one tiny slice of high grain bread.

Dinner: Meat and veg. Just tweak whatever you're currently eating. If lasagne, change the pasta for eggplant. If curry & rice, make large cucumber raita and tomato onion side dishes and have tiny serve brown rice. Or spaghetti, just serve tiny bit wholemeal pasta with large salad and meat sauce.

Snacks: High grain cracker (ryvita or vitawheat) with ricotta or cheddar cheese. Veges and dip. Cold meat & lettuce rollups.

Rules: Don't TOUCH white carbs or ANYTHING that contains sugar. That includes rice, bread, pasta, potatoes etc as well as cakes, icecream etc. Limit brown carbs, only have a couple slices wholegrain bread a day. Only eat fruit directly after a meal. Choose berries if possible. Drink lots of water. If you can't give up coffee, have only one cup a day, and don't have it on an empty stomach. No more than a cup of tea either. Don't touch anything with chemical sugar, including diet coke and chewing gum.

After much research, I also took the following supplements:
Multivitamin
Vitex Agnus Castus (chastetree)
Chromium
B12
Vitamin E
Omega 3-6-9

The insulin effect is instant. If you haven't ovulated for a while I bet you will soon after doing this. The amazing side-benefit is that for the first time in my life I found myself dropping weight quickly.

Keep up the diet during the first three months of pregnancy. Any insulin surges can be dangerous and could possibly lead to miscarriage during this time.

I had a healthy baby four years ago, and because of following the same principles of diet, albeit not strictly, my blood tests show my PCOS is effectively "in remission". My cycle has returned to a perfect 28 days with regular ovulation. And for the first time, I weigh less now than I did five years ago.

Unfortunately, with Hashimoto's and other issues, this still hasn't resulted in another pregnancy. :-(

Don't let anyone put you off the low carb diet, they are custom made for anyone with PCOS, I wish I'd ignored the bad hype years ago.

N x