The reason I am using pearls to illustrate this, is that ovarian cysts (including the developing eggs, mind you) can look like pearls. And like pearls, there’s a certain amount of inflammation involved.
I was doing research for a novel, totally unrelated, but I was reading a medical journal about PCOS where a bunch of obstetricians were debating whether to treat PCOS at all, since it is the ovary’s job, basically, to produce cysts. They were pondering that perhaps the medical profession is a bit too excited about another chance to do surgery.
Again, it is thought that up to ten percent of women might have PCOS, and that it is THE leading cause of female infertility. That said, one of my favorite site, babyhopes.com, has a very informative page on PCOS, its causes and possible treatments. The people from FertilityBlend, the fertility enhancing vitamin, tell me that they have had success with people with PCOS getting pregnant naturally. The vitamin contains vitex (chasteberry) and other things that help balance hormones.
In my opinion (again, this is not medical advice), this seems a good a place as any to start. Having unbalanced hormones can also lead to degenerative diseases like diabetes, so PCOS is not something to be ignored, even if you aren’t interested in becoming pregnant.
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