PCOS Advocacy “I WOULD RATHER BE ALIVE with PCOS THAN DEAD WITHOUT IT” PCOS Adoption Story
PCOSJAN - MAR 2018 | VOLUME 3 | ISSUEChallenge 1 WHAT NO ONE TELLS YOU ABOUT INFERTILITY HISTORIC YEAR FOR PCOS Advocacy “I WOULD RATHER BE ALIVE WITH PCOS THAN DEAD WITHOUT IT” PCOS Adoption Story HOW TO TALK TO YOUR PARTNER ABOUT PCOS CHALLENGE JAN - MAR 2018 VOLUME 3 ISSUE 1 1 PCOS-RELATED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES CONTENTS 3 Letter from the Executive Director 4 8 I Would Rather Be Alive with PCOS 4 Than Dead without It By Audrey Holsclaw How to Talk to Your Significant Other About 8 PCOS-Related Mental Health Issues By Gretchen Kubacky, PsyD 12 18 Multiple Disorders in One Body 12 By Felice Gersh, MD Heart Disease and PCOS 18 By Catherine Koutroumpis, RN, CWOCN PCOS and Breastfeeding Featuring 22 Lisa Marasco, MA, IBLCC By Renetta DuBose 22 26 25 PCOS Diva/PCOS Challenge Confidence Grant Historic Year for PCOS Advocacy: 26 U.S. Senate Passes PCOS Resolution Understanding the Scope of PCOS from the 30 Patient Support Nonprofit Perspective By Sasha Ottey, MHA, MT (ASCP) 34 PCOS Challenge 2017 Highlights 48 Thank You to Our 2017 Supporters 34 The Things No One Tells You About Infertility 58 58 By Jennifer "Jay" Palumbo My PCOS Adoption Story 60 By Dina Stonberg 60 Remembering a Pioneer: 64 PCOS Dietitian Monika Woolsey By Gretchen Kubacky, PsyD 64 An Integrative Approach to Wellness and 66 Fertility in Women with PCOS By Maureen Kelly, MD 70 Mark Perloe, MD Receives Ricardo Azziz/ 70 PCOS Challenge Advocacy Leadership Award 71 The Three Worst Diets for PCOS 71 Featuring Julie Duffy Dillon, MS, RD, NCC, LDN, CEDRD EDITORIAL CREDITS LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Editor-in-Chief n 2017, PCOS Challenge: Sasha Ottey, MHA The National Polycystic I Ovary Syndrome Associ- Graphic Design ation worked with our ad- Olena Lykova; William R.
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