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Bleeding old blood?

I came off the pill in december 2013 as I'd been on it for 4 1/2 years, I had 2 normal periods and then none for 3 months. I was diagnosed with PCOS in June 2014 and I've experienced and still experiencing most of the symptoms. In July I bled old blood for 15 days! Which felt like it was never going to end. The first 2/3 days was just like spotting and then the rest was heavy like a period but old blood, I know that that can be the lining shredding from getting too thick from no periods but its started again and its only 2weeks and 2days since the last day of that bleeding. Is there anything I can do to try and get by body back on track or to get normal periods again? (I'm not going back on birth control) I've also started taking certain vitamins that are meant to help with my hormones. I've been with my boyfriend 5 years and I'm a little concerned about our chances of having children in the future, I'm fully aware that's its possible as my sister has PCOS and has a almost 3 year old little boy who she conceived naturally but I don't feel too positive about myself at the moment. Any tips, advice or anything that might help etc especially about the bleeding situation? :/
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Oh right. I don't know much about endo just the basic but if there's a possibility you could produce eggs maybe you could have them taken and someone else carry for you. It really is a shame more isn't known about these conditions to treat them or prevent them! Not many people are aware either, you only start to learn about them when you find out you have it. I'm 22 and only found out 2 months so been learning about it properly since then, I knew what is was though as my sister has it too. Good luck with yours, I know it'll be hard but don't keep putting off seeing someone, the result will be the same whether they tell you or not, if it's not great at least you can start to deal with it sooner and view other options. I do hope everything turns out ok for you!
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Well I was diagnosed at 16 each year my percentage goes down 5%  my gyno was horrible I had too find out everything about both of my disease via internet and she did my endoscopy too which was how I was diagnosed she told me it would be hard for me too have kids I didn't get very many details except that my ovaries looked like they had chicken pock's all over them! If I only had one of these diseases an not both my chances would be ALOT higher! But my friend who has pcos is trying too conceive an fertility specialist has helped greatly with her pcos an has helped her produce a lot of eggs an also has helped her hormone levels greatly improve an also helped with getting normal periods . Iv been hesitant to go because I really don't wanna be told my chance are completely zero cause of having both conditions on top of my underlying conditions separate from endo an pcos.
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See I wasn't sure if I'm having a period or if it's just the lining shredding from not having a period in so long, as I don't know if I've been ovulating at all as a period usually comes after ovulating. My normal periods used to be pretty heavy, bright red and last for 6/7 days and this is the opposite and so far more frequent. Yes I'll definitely look into seeing a fertility doctor. What's your fertility like as you have both conditions? if you don't mind me asking.
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I can't take birth control I have pcos an endometriosis an I get old blood pretty much every period I have ! So it's pretty normal to me an as far as Babies I'd check into a fertility doctor an get checked out they also can help a lot with PCOS
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