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@Mrs.LaFountain: I had a similar experience. After going off the pill I thought I'd never get my period. I think it ended up being 65 days. I had testing done and learned I have PCOS in addition to the hypothyroidism I was already treating. I thought I had to go on clomid, have monitoring, even had the RE talking to me about separating embryos. I was 29 and had never really tried naturally. My husband and I were turned off by all the pressure. So we decided to give it a year or so and conceived our son by tracking my longer than average cycles. I have seen my friends have great success with fertility treatments, I just wanted to see if maybe we could avoid it and fortunately we could. I guess my point to you is that PCOS has many degrees of severity and may not be all that bad. I'm really hopeful about having a second child someday but I don't take it for granted.

I was diagnosed with PCOS, and I kinda knew it was coming because even before going on the pill, my period was totally weird (I spotted everyday for months and months - no real period). But still, getting the diagnosis stung. It didn't help that during the phone call when I got the diagnosis, my OB gave me information for the RE and it felt like the infertility train was moving way too fast.

Of course I'm no expert, but from what I understand, PCOS can be very, very treatable. It's just a matter of taking the meds and going for appointments. It will take more of a concerted effort and more time to see that BFP, but you have EVERY reason to believe that it will happen!

Like others have said, there is just so much that varies from person to person. I was diagnosed via blood tests after 9 months of TTC. By going on a low glycemic index diet, exercising more and tracking my cycles using the methods from the "taking charge of your fertility" book, we conceived two months later.