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Written by contributor Stephanie Langford of Keeper of the Home

Call me naive. I didn’t know that there was something terribly wrong about going 6 months without a cycle.

I was 20 years old and in my last year of university. My health was far from superb, but I certainly didn’t think that there was anything seriously wrong with me.

A friend suggested that I just get myself checked out, and I was surprised when my doctor referred me to an OB-GYN for further testing. A few blood tests and an examination later, I had an answer for what was going on in my body.

I had PCOS, or Poly-Cystic Ovarian Syndrome.
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