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PCOS and Your Daughter: A Mom’s Steps Steps After the Diagnosis

PCOS as does just plain 3.) After you have a good help your daughter in this

eating too many unrefined idea of what PCOS is, way. If your doctor is a
carbohydrates.) what different people are good doctor, he or she will

doing to control PCOS, appreciate that. If your
You might also look up and what less-intrusive, doctor has a problem with
“Hormone imbalances in and perhaps more-natural, that, it might be time to

women” to get a larger steps are available to help ask him or her for a refer-
view of how hormonal get or keep your daugh- ral, or you might just need

imbalances affect women ter’s hormonal balance in to look up other traditional
of all ages and not just line and her body’s insulin doctors in the phone book
those with PCOS. You can levels and usage work- (or a friend’s little black

probably think of a few ing correctly, developing book). Some people with
other good searches, but a good relationship with PCOS have found great

those are provided to give your daughter’s doctor companions and help
you a start on how to think can then be your best next working with naturopaths
like a person who wants step. Tell your doctor what (natural or complimentary

to know all the different other steps you can help health care doctors) as
ways that PCOS can be your daughter with and be well.

treated. Know what PCOS prepared to support your
is, and then get a good stand with your daughter’s 4.) Regardless of any
idea of all the different doctor if needed. Chances traditional, nontraditional,

things that can help either are they will be informed complimentary, or natural
before you consider tradi- themselves already, but health care options you

tional routes or in addition if they are not, they will choose, the biggest and
to the traditional medical want to know how they most helpful step a mom
routes. You should not can best help your child can take with her PCOS

have to start with birth in the least intrusive and daughter is to help her eat
control pills to cause your least offensive way. Doc- healthy foods, lose weight

daughter’s body to have tors will almost always if needed, and excise some
unnatural periods when pick trying good lifestyle if she is not doing so.
there are so many other changes over pumping Having too many pounds

things that could help your medicine into a person as can trigger hormonal
daughter in a more natural a first defense, so don’t imbalances just like the

way first. hesitate to share your de- hormonal imbalances that
sire and determination to caused the PCOS to begin

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