#PCOSAwareness

[maximumcauldronlibrarian]

Okay. I'm a cis woman so I cannot imagine what it feels like to transition but I am someone whose PCOS is so bad she has to shave at LEAST once a day. Trust me it gets BORING.

I bet the people that tell her that she is not presenting well enough or to "put in effort" are either

A) misogynists who expect all women to look good

B) Are challenged by how Jesse doesn't feel like she has to conform

C) Challenged by how damn hot she is.

OP's pronouns are she/they.

[dhddmods]

*You can vote here even if you no longer have some traits due to genital mutilation, reproductive mutilation, hormone abuse, or sex/gender affirming care.

Changing your sex traits does not subtract from your intersexuality.

If you don't know what it means to be perisex, see our post about mulleripathians & wolffipathians here.

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Penile variations include congenital chordee, penoscrotal transposition, and diphallia.

Urethral variations include urethral duplication, hypospadias, epispadias, persistent urogenital sinus, and persistent cloaca.

Agenital variations include urethral agenesis, urethral hypoplasia, vaginal agenesis, vaginal hypoplasia, imperforate hymen, microperforate hymen, cribriform hymen, septate hymen, sleeve hymen, vaginal septums (TVS, hemivagina, LVS,) labial hypoplasia, clitoral hypoplasia, clitoral agenesis, penile hypoplasia, congenital buried penis, penile agenesis, aposthia, cryptorchidism, testicular agenesis, and microorchidism.

Ambiguous genitals include bifid scrotum, fused labia, clitoromegaly, fused labia & clitoromegaly combo, pseudophallus, penis & vulva combo, or penis & vagina combo.

Reproductive variations include ovotesticular syndrome, persistent mullerian duct syndrome, uterus didelphys, cervical duplication, seminal vesicle duplication, vas deferens duplication, fallopian tube duplication, accessory ovary, supernumerary ovary, polyorchidism, cryptorchidism, testicular agenesis, microorchidism, ovarian hypoplasia, gonadal dysgenesis (streak gonads), uterus hypoplasia, unicornuate uterus, MRKH syndrome, WNT4 deficiency, cervical hypoplasia, cervical agenesis, prostate hypoplasia, prostate agenesis, seminal vesicle hypoplasia, seminal vesicle agenesis, fallopian tube agenesis, or vas deferens aplasia.

(Cryptorchidism, testicular agenesis, and microorchidism can fall into both agenital or reproductive variations, so just choose whichever you think suits you best.)

Hormonal variations include hyperandrogenism, hyperestrogenism, hypoandrogenism, hypoestrogenism, androgen insensitivity syndrome (MAIS, CAIS, PAIS), and estrogen insensitivity syndrome. Yes, this includes hyperandrogenic PCOS and hypoestrogenic PCOS, as well as any other trait that causes natural hormone variance (ie; CAH, LCH, 5ar2D, etc)

Chromosomal variations include de la chapelle syndrome, SERKAL syndrome, Swyer syndrome, Turner syndrome (classic or mosaic), mixed gonadal dysgenesis, XX-XY chimerism, XYY syndrome, XYYY syndrome, XYYYY syndrome, XXYYY syndrome, XXXYY syndrome, XXYY syndrome, Klinefelters syndrome, XXXY syndrome, XXXXY syndrome, XXXXX syndrome (pentasomy X), XXXX syndrome (tetrasomy x), and triple x syndrome/trisomy X.

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Please read/reblog our (current version) of the intersex guide! It was last updated May 28th, 2025.

[1spooky2me]

Projecting my PCOS enhanced period cramps on to my human Bill Cipher.

[minnixiii]

Just found out that i have PCOS and a large ovarian cyst currently (pray i don’t need surgery) so let’s cope with

arcane girls with a s/o who has PCOS 🎀

warnings: overwhelming self indulgent duh, talk of medical conditions, periods, cramping, surgery, sex, blood— overall just a very dark topic turned into a fluffy little fic to cope ❤︎

characters include: caitlyn, jinx, vi, sevika

🎀 JINX

• very confused at first on what it is

“polycystic what now?”

• very supportive and helpful though!

• always carries period medication and birth control pills with her in case you ever need

• always feels super helpless when you have a breakdown about how bad your cramps hurt and will gently massage your abdomen when they do come

• encourages you to come outside and walk around a bit because movement helps her cramps!

• made you a cute pill dispenser for everyday you need to take your medicine

• runs out with sevika to buy a bunch of your favorite snacks and drinks!

• will definitely do a bunch of skincare with you when your acne flares up

“i don’t know much about it but— i heard this helps!”

🎀 VI

• clueless pt. 2

• didnt get much help when she first got her period so she’s just as clueless

• definitely drags you out of bed to exercise when you gain weight from said birth control..

• changes the sheets when you stain the bed from the spontaneous periods

“hey, relax. go clean up and i’ll throw them in the wash, don’t worry about it.”

• her hands are always warm so—

• personal heating pad ‼️

• feeling her hands on your abdomen and the pain is gone.

• you swear she’s magic somehow?!

🎀 CAITLYN

• not as clueless

• has definitely heard of it before if she doesn’t have much knowledge

• also reminds you to take your birth control pills

• she remembers to take them more than you do 💀

• runs you warm baths when you’re cramping harshly and makes you tea

“shh, let me help you, okay?”

• made you coffee once and lectured you when you didn’t tell her you can’t have caffeine

• waxes you. i’m not taking any criticism.

• her toxic trait is noticing hair growing back before you do

“babe, you have a mustache hair— lemme pluck it!”

• finds it very therapeutic

🎀 SEVIKA

• clueless pt. 3 (help)

• you’ll have to explain in depth to this one guys

“…so you have hairs on your ovaries?” “sevika, no—“

• BIG WARM BUFF MOMMY

• sorry my ovaries are talking (ba dum chhh 🥁)

• buys your favorite snacks with jinx

• monitors when you get your period

• when you first found out you were scared to have sex with her, worried you’d hurt yourself

• she respected your decision and waited until you felt ready again to have intimacy with her

“i’ll wait for you, i have no problem with it.”

• gives the best warm cuddles when you need them

written by minnixii 🎀 2024 <3

[d0y0ukn0wthemuff1nman]

September is PCOS Awareness month, and I'd like to point out some of the many symptoms people with PCOS deal with everyday...

moon face

excessive body hair, arm, chests, back, face, legs and buttocks

irregular periods

painful periods

extremely heavy periods

constant bloating

mood swings

struggle to lose weight

struggle to gain weight

food cravings

high cholesterol

insulin resistance

oily skin

acne

insomnia

fatigue

sleep apnea

depression

anxiety

tubular breasts

dark and sensitive underarms

skin tags

belly fat

high testosterone

excessive hair loss

thinning hair

pelvic pain

infertility

ovarian cysts

And so much more, as well as having to struggle to even find a doctor who will take any of our symptoms and pain seriously. The medical industry needs to take better care of women, intersex and trans folks with PCOS and Endometriosis.

Our pains are real and we deserve better.

[cyclopentylpropionateester]

A list of changes i have noticed 2.5 months on testosterone because I can't find shit about trans men with PCOS so hopefully this helps someone

-hair growth, holy shit my leg hair used to be blonde above the knee that shit is DARK now

-voice is a little lower (unfortunately that means voice cracks too)

-increased libido, like from the very first dose

-cravings! I stopped being vegitarian because of intense meat cravings

-bottom growth (mostly noticed by my fiance) went from average clit sized to about an inch and a half when excited

-thicker peach fuzz. Some pcos folks struggle with facial hair, im on the other end of that stick

-fat redistribution, my hips are thinner and much to my fiances sadness my ass is smaller, but I have more of a belly that my cat likes to lay on!

-hair shedding, yall I have some THICK hair and I've been shedding so much to where it feels pretty normal now

-weight gain, I've gained about 20lbs however most of that has been muscle especially in my arms and back

-slightly bigger hands, the only reason I know thisnis because I work in the food industry and had to size up gloves

-hot flashes, they suck always

-mood swings, during the first month my emotions were all over the place frfr

-no more 🩸 and thank GOD

When i started i couldn't find a timeliness of changes based off of someone with pcos so I hope this helps someone starting T

[disjournaled-scrolls]

Being very much intersex because of my PCOS is wild. Any time a "supportive" PCOS community is asked if someone could possibly count it as intersex, they become livid and insist that literally no one with pcos could ever be considered anything other than "standard XX AFAB SIF" and that it's shoving people into boxes to suggest otherwise. I just kind of have to sit there silently while they talk about how horrible it is for anyone with PCOS to want to call themselves intersex.

like oh actually!! haha no I definitely was very androgynous and masc for a little girl and was hated for it. yeah teehee hahahaha I get it no but I have an extreme excess of testosterone that left me at the center of endless ridicule for my entire childhood. yeah and the medical scrutiny/discrimination/urge to "fix" me too!!! I know right?? crazy!!! crazy how people who are intersex have a reason to call themselves that !!!

[skiesficz]

blood as sweet as honey ₊˚⊹🩸🍯

bf! sakuya x fem reader w/PCOS

category: tooth rotting FLUFF

tws: talks of bl00d, doctors surgeries, swearing, talks of fainting, bl00d tests and needles

summary: you’re in the process of being diagnosed with PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome) and your boyfriend is freaking out for you, but you’re too busy freaking out about the blood test you need to get now

a/n: this was a hard one to write, i kept getting faint 😖 is this about me?? no way… but i need to get over my fear of blood/blood tests before I get mine done somehow! this is also PCOS awareness for my other PCOS girlies, i see you all 💗 anyways wether you have or not i hope you enjoy this silly way of me getting over my fears!

when sakuya learned about your condition he was sent into an absolute frenzy “y/n.. this is serious.. is it really that bad?” he asks in a concerned panic. his girlfriend having cystic ovaries?? will that stop her having children in the future? will that make her prone to other things? will it hurt her? you respond to his concerned, wide-eyes expression with a giggle. “saku-chan, did you even listen to the nurse when she told us what it meant?” to which he shyly shook his head. “PCOS just makes my periods a little heavier and irregular or gives me none at all, i produce less estrogen, makes me hold a little more weight and i’m at a slightly higher risk of type 2 diabetes, that’s it silly” you say softly, pinching his cheek. he frowns and playfully wafts your hand away. “yeah but it must be uncomfy.. i don’t want my sweetie being uncomfortable or ill at all” he says with a little pout, which you laugh at. “it’s not a big issue saku baby, don’t worry” you pause for a second and go slightly pale. “it’s the confirming blood test we need to worry about”. you have a big fear of blood, it’s a pretty rational fear after fainting at your last blood test after accidentally seeing the vials. now even talking about blood alone makes your legs go weak, skin go cold and ears go fuzzy. sakuya also knows your fear of blood, he’s seen you freak out at his minor injuries before. once he cut his hand while cutting some bread and it bled, he came to you for help to put on a plaster, next thing he knew he was helping you stay conscious as he hid his cut from you and sat you on the floor with a glass of cold water. all in all, you’re absolutely terrified for the test. sakuya looks at you with worry and pitty etched across his face, he reaches out and cups your face, “i’ll be with you the whole time okay honey.. i’ll make it as comfortable for you as possible, i promise” he says softly but sweetly. boy did he keep his promise.

you arrive at your GP, clutching your phone as sakuya said he’d meet you there. you walk up to reception and anxiously sign in, the receptionist lets you take a seat as you wait for the nurse to call you in. just as your appointment time approaches, sakuya runs into the practice with a hot chocolate in hand and a bag from the nearby grocery store. “i made it on time!! i told you so!!” he says happily as he sits beside you. “this is to keep your blood sugars up!” he says as he passes the cup to your shaking and cold hand. he pulls out one of his hoodies and lets you wear it to keep your body warm. he also has a plethora of sweets in the bag for afterwards. he gently takes your hand and looks into your wavering eyes. “it’ll all be okay my sweet sweet girl, i’ll hold your hand, sing you something or even just be there with you. the nurse will help you if you faint so there’s nothing to worry about” he says softly, gently pressing kisses all over your now very pale face. the nurse calls you in and you both take your seats across from the table. “hello, my name is mark and i’ll be your nurse today, you’re here for a blood test yes?” he asks as he types away on the keyboard. “y..yeah i am” you say in a shaky voice, making the nurse look up at you and your anxious figure and give you a gentle smile “you have nothing to worry about, it’ll be over before you know it”. sakuya beside you nods and holds your hand a little tighter. you explain your symptoms to the nurse and he types everything down before rolling his chair and table over to you with everything on it. “now, try not look until i say” mark says as he sets up. tears well in your eyes as you look at sakuya, your arm muscles tensing and hands shaking. “sweetie.. it’s okay.. i’m here.. i’m here” he says softly. he cups your face, covering your eye that’s closest to the needles and vials. he hums you a little song as you feel the pump wrap around your arm to make it easier. you wince and a little tear escapes your eye. “sakuya.. i’m so fucking scared” you whisper. sakuyas eyes softened as he reached into the bag he brought and took out your favourite plushie and sweets. “hold him, and i’ll get you some sweets out hm? please don’t be scared, i’m here, i’m here” he says softly. you wince as you feel the needle insert, causing you to cry a little and go paler than you already were. your body went cold and your ears went fuzzy. sakuya wiped your tears gently and held your hand gently while singing a little song to you in between comforting words and praises. before you knew it the nurse was done and you were all done! “that’s me done, good job miss y/n, you did well” mark the nurse says with a smile. “please stay seated for a few minutes in case you feel faint or wobbly”. you and sakuya sit together, sakuya picking you up and sitting you in his lap so he can cuddle you and praise you for your bravery. “well done honey, you did well, you’re all done! i’ll treat you tonight okay?” you nod and give him a little kiss, which he returns.

that night sakuya takes you to your absolute favourite restaurant for dinner, which he paid for of course! he then took you out for boba and to a bakery for deserts! “saku chan why do you always buy bread for dessert?” you ask with a giggle as you take a munch out of your cinnamon roll. “hey! it’s sweet loaf!! brioche bread is sweet! it can be dessert!” he says with a playful pout as he leans over, swipes some icing off your cinnamon roll and dots it on your nose. “hey!! you’re evil” you giggle as you take his hand and swing it as you walk cheerfully down the street, it was like a switched flipped as you went from upset and anxious earlier to cheerful and bubbly like usual. sakuya didn’t miss that opportunity to tease you for it. in the next few days you got the result back, you did have PCOS. you pouted at the letter. sakuya came over and peered at it. “at least it wasn’t a wasted trip…” he jokes to cheer you up, to which you hit him gently over the head with the envelope. “it’s okay sweetie.. i’m always here for you” he says softly after fixing his hair and hugging you close from behind.

thank you for reading!! (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶)

masterlist here .ᐟ.ᐟ

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[sweetsouthernthing94]

Men if you don’t want to read about the stress of being a woman with a hormone disorder, scroll away

So I’ve posted on here before that I have PCOS, PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrome. Last year, 2024, I had a period like every month for 6 months which was AMAZING. But now I haven’t had one since like August or September and I’m stressing. Which isn’t good for your hormones and PCOS treatment is huge on balancing your hormones and keeping them balanced.

Besides losing weight and being super mindful of what I eat, my treatment options for this is basically birth control and past experience with that turned me into an absolutely crazy person. I was a whole different person.

I am working on losing weight and being healthy but like, I really want a period every month.

I’m stressed. And the stressed because when I have a period, I go through all the normal symptoms: headaches, back aches, cramps, breakouts, etc with typical bleeding.

I’ve even had ghost periods. No bleeding but all the symptoms. This month? Just barely spotting and no symptoms beside a headache. And idk if it’s PCOS or something else and IM STRESSED.

Anyway.

Okay, I’ll probably delete this later. Have a good day everyone!

[dhddmods]

I didn't want to continue derailing the topic on the comment thread but I had a question about something you all mentioned about PCOS.

I was diagnosed with PCOS very young (I believe I was 9, before I had a period)

How would someone be able to know if they have hyperandrogenic PCOS vs hypoestrogenic PCOS? Or is it something I'd need to get blood testing for?

Blood testing would give you an answer, however you might be able to tell based on your symptoms.

If you have hyperandrogenic PCOS (which is roughly 80% of PCOS cases, so it's extremely likely), you'll have the typical hyperandrogenic symptoms. Which we discuss in our intersex guide, but we'll summarize it here.

You'll likely experience at least a few of these symptoms:

-Increased body/facial hair, higher muscle mass, a deepened voice, and/or clitoral growth -Early puberty (which may lead to a shorter height than average), oily skin, higher levels of acne, a high libido, bald patches, high blood cholesterol, diabetes, behavioral disorders, mood disorders, and/or anxiety disorders.

For hypoestrogenic PCOS, its a bit more difficult to identify, but you may experience a few of these symptoms:

-Less or minimal development of secondary sex traits -A delayed puberty, a low libido, genital dryness, a higher risk of urinary tract infections, less body/facial hair than average, low bone density, heart disease, sleep disorders, depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, and/or frequent headaches.

[political-us]

“Our service members go wherever they need to in order to bravely serve our country — and because President Trump’s extremist Supreme Court overturned Roe, where they and their families are stationed quite literally dictates their access to critical reproductive care,”

“Now, Trump is turning his back on our servicemembers — and our servicewomen in particular — to score political points. It’s shameful, and will only make our troops and our nation less safe.”

- US Senator Elizabeth Warren

[spaghettimakesflags]

PCOS pride flag

[squishmallowo]

EDIT: TME/TMA ARE NOT INTERSEXIST TERMS PLS STOP INTERACTING WITH ME IF YOU BELIEVE THIS THANK YOU - sincerely, an intersex person who actually listens to transfems (including intersex transfems) (no not tme people with pcos/ncah/whatever, you know what i mean)

anyways.. here's the original post:

i regularly see people talk about whether pcos should be considered an intersex condition or not.. and tbh, regardless of what you think, pcos (specifically the symptoms they call virilisation) is treated like an intersex condition in practice anyway

even if they don't actually use the word intersex, so many of the symptoms are completely harmless and instead they're defined by the fact that they're "male" characteristics on a "female", if that isn't intersex then idk what is! having the "wrong" sex characteristics according to society is how intersex is (or at least should be) defined

like hell even the term hirsutism on its own literally only exists because of intersexism, the literal definition of it is "male pattern hair growth"... that's literally just it, the only thing that makes it a "symptom" is being the wrong person to have this kind of hair growth

while intersexness does centre around physical traits, imo it's the way society treats us and reacts to our bodies that actually makes us intersex (as an identity and community), if i wasn't treated this way growing up (and still treated this way today!!), i would probably not have identified as intersex, i think it's important to keep this in mind when looking at how people decide what an intersex condition even is

so with that logic, it makes perfect sense for hyperandrogenic pcos to be considered intersex, the only reason why it isn't is because society benefits from having a large group of women to put below other women while still telling them they have a chance to be "normal" like other women, as long as they put the effort into it.. (by making them spend thousands on stuff like hair removal, weight loss, fertility treatments, anti-androgens, surgery, etc!)

them identifying as intersex in any way completely breaks the illusion, it separates the "male" features from the actually bad symptoms, people would start to question why they have to put themselves through so much effort rejecting their bodies just to be seen as normal, and ofc society does not want that, especially because it makes a lot of money to keep things this way

even the way pcos is diagnosed reeks of this, you could easily be diagnosed with it even if your only problem is high androgens and nothing else (i've been told to get checked for pcos for the crime of: simply having more testosterone than average)

if you tell someone their perfectly harmless features are actually part of this scary disorder that needs treatment then it suddenly becomes a lot easier to manipulate them into finding a "cure" for these harmless features, the pathologisation of intersex features is a huge part of what makes intersex an identity in the first place..

not only that, but ncah (a condition that's more commonly accepted as intersex) is almost always misdiagnosed as pcos, if pcos can look almost exactly like an intersex condition, it is probably intersex. i most likely have ncah, not pcos, and it's treated as almost the same especially before it's actually diagnosed as ncah

and if nothing else, if the intersex "symptoms" of pcos could somehow be found out at birth, and could be "fixed" by a surgery, they absolutely would do it (something that so many intersex children have to suffer through), the only reason why they don't is because they can't, if that isn't enough proof on its own that pcos can be intersex then idk what is!!

the experience of being pathologised for having the "wrong" sex characteristics (both primary and secondary) is what makes intersex a community and grouping these "symptoms" in with actually bad symptoms under one syndrome is not by accident!

[periodperiod]

Periods: Breaking the Silence

Heavy. Prolonged. Recurrent. PCOS. Endometriosis. A vindictive mother, who lies and evades, and arranges for all other family members to join her in this. Useless doctors, who do not support. Breaking the silence.

[ryder-writes]

Hey, transmasc dude with pcos here. I have a quick question:

So, pcos is classified as intersex, correct? And, would it be frowned upon/discriminatory if I do not call myself such?

I do not want to undermine anyone who has been negatively affected by their intersexuality, but at the same time, I don't want to enforce any harmful stereotypes about what the definition of intersex is.

Thank you for reading, any advice/help is greatly appreciated :]

/nm /gen

[solacecent]

having pcos is just being constantly fatigued and constantly in pain