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[quote=Anonymous]That's absurd. Your cycles are off because there is something wrong with your body's chemistry. Even Chinese doctors use medicines in addition to acupuncture to fix that.

They have found that women with PCOS have significantly lower levels of vital minerals and amino acids.

First, have you had your ferritin levels tested? It's separate to the iron result that comes back with your CBC. Also, even though it's not completely accurate, you might want to get a magnesium test or simply start taking magnesium because odds are you are low in magnesium. If you don't have enough magnesium in your body, any iron supplement you take won't be particularly effective. Then, I'd stop drinking caffeine - or at least minimize it. Don't drink it first thing in the morning or if you do, wait two hours to eat. The caffeine will inhibit the absorption of minerals in your body.

Second, consider your amino acid levels. I believe this is an under-researched area where women's health is concerned. When they talk about going "low carb" what they really should be talking about is going "low arginine." People who eat lots of wheat and other processed foods have an imbalanced arginine-lysine ratio. You can fix that by eating less wheat and chocolate but also by adding lysine supplements to your diet. You can also try experimenting with other amino acid supplements until you find what seems to work for you.

"Fish, chicken, beef, lamb, milk, cheese, beans, brewer's yeast, mung bean sprouts and most fruits and vegetables have more lysine than arginine, except for peas. Gelatin, chocolate, carob, coconut, oats, whole wheat and, white flour, peanuts, soybeans, and wheat germ have more arginine than lysine."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4743341/
https://peacewellnesscenter.com/Portals/0/Documents/Nutritional%20Guides/Lysine-to-Arginine-Ratio.pdf

Finally, I've suggested this elsewhere and I was told doctors may be reluctant to prescribe but go to your primary care doctor or an endocrinologist and have them prescribe metformin, a common, safe medicine. Metformin is great for pregnancy and frequently prescribed first for it overseas - here they seem to push IVF quite quickly. But try the first two suggestions first because then you will have a healthier body, healthier pregnancy, healthier baby. https://spectrum.diabetesjournals.org/content/20/2/85[/quote]

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