Although my story isn’t one of getting pregnant but my story is one of initiating the process. For two years my husband and I have been trying to conceive. I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 19 and although I thought it wouldn’t affect me much, it has. In the last year I have had an absent menstruation. In my struggle and urgency to get pregnant I decided to see a fertility clinic, I went through grueling tests, and was given Provera to start my menstruation. As happy as I was that it had started it also gave me an extremely heavy blood flow and made me feel really sick. After I took it my menstruation didn’t continue. I was also given metformin but I was determined that there had to be a natural and less harmful way to get my menstruation back.

I decided to google PCOS support and found Natural Fertility. The information that I came upon and started to read was priceless for me. And once I saw Hethir Rodriguez provided advice on PCOS I knew I was doing the right thing. As soon as I read everything, took notes I started taking, Vitex, Dong Quai, Black Cohosh, Maca, Red Raspberry tea and Vitamin B complex. I started the herbs on October 9’13 and today October 22’13 I got my menstruation. I was so happy and excited I called my husband right away!!! This all gives me so much hope and to continue doing the regimen. I am hoping 2014 I will be able to surprise my husband with the best news ever as I’ve thought of soooooo many ways on how I can surprise him! 🙂

Ladies don’t give up! Stick to it and all the hard work does pay off.

Dalene Barton-Schuster - Certified Herbalist, Birth Doula

Practicing natural health and herbalism for over 18 years, Dalene received her training and herbal certification under the guidance of Lynn Albers at Yarmony Mt. Herbal College in Colorado in 2000. She went on to become a Certified Birth Doula at Birthingway College of Midwifery in Portland, Oregon in 2007. As a Birth Doula, Dalene has helped to bring many new lives in to this world. Dalene has written 280+ fertility articles and with her vast array of herbal and holistic healing knowledge has helped 1000’s of women on their journey to Motherhood.