Problem: Article: Many women with PCOS will need help regulating their ovulation and protecting against miscarriage, which requires supervision of a trained doctor. Your doctor will help you with this, as well as monitor you early in your pregnancy. Medications you are taking to manage your PCOS may not be safe for use in pregnancy, and they will need to be changed or discontinued. This is another excellent reason to see your doctor right away. PCOS causes many women to have infrequent periods. Infrequent periods mean infrequent ovulation, which means lower chances of sperm fertilizing an egg. Chart your period, using an over-the-counter ovulation test or basal body temperature thermometer to make note of the days you ovulate.  If you are ovulating regularly, try to time intercourse to occur on your most fertile days. If you are not ovulating, or your ovulation is irregular, your basal body temperatures and ovulation predictor results are erratic, or you have not conceived after 6 months of regular ovulation, schedule an appointment with your obstetrician. Explain your concern and ask for a referral to a reproductive endocrinologist. The biggest problem women with PCOS face is irregular ovulation. If you're not ovulating when you think you're ovulating, or you're not ovulating at all, getting pregnant is going to be a Sisyphean task. Luckily, doctors — and the magic of science — can help.  Many doctor prescribe drugs like Metformin and Clomid to help produce regular periods and regulate ovulation, respectively.  Metformin is primarily a drug used to treat diabetes, but is used for women with PCOS because they often have difficulty absorbing insulin. High insulin levels produce high androgen levels, which complicates periods.  Clomid is an infertility drug that stimulates the production of hormones that cause ovulation.    If you're having trouble getting a period at all, your doctor might suggest a drug like Provera. Some patients with PCOS use in-vitro fertilization to conceive when other methods do not offer results. In some rare cases, PCOS affects the quality of the woman's eggs and donor eggs must be used. A surgical procedure called laparoscopic ovarian drilling has shown promise and may help some women with PCOS conceive. It involves a surgeon inserting a camera through a small incision in your abdomen and using it to identify follicles on the surface of your ovaries and burn holes in them. This alters your hormone levels and may allow you to conceive naturally.
Summary: Notify your obstetrician when you are ready to start trying to conceive. Establish how frequently you get your period. Consult your endocrinologist about regulating your monthly periods. Talk to your doctor about in-vitro fertilization if a non-invasive drug regimen doesn't produce a pregnancy. Explore other options if none of the other regimens work.

Problem: Article: Getting enough rest can help you feel better and recover faster when you have a cold.  Try to get at least 8-10 hours of sleep. This is especially important during the first 72 hours of a cold. Sleeping can be challenging when you have cold symptoms due to congestion. Try running a humidifier in the room while you sleep. This can help keep your nasal passages moist and prevent further congestion. You can also try drinking chamomile tea to help you sleep. Over the counter sleep aids and antihistamines can also make you drowsy and help you sleep. You shouldn't exert yourself as you will become tired more quickly when you have a cold.  Withhold exercise for at least 48-72 hours. When you start exercise again, avoid intense workouts. Your body is just getting over a virus and needs to recuperate. While you are sick, it can be helpful to get fresh air though. Try sitting outside if the weather is warm and you don't have allergies. Stay home and rest if possible.  If you have a fever or a cough, it is best to avoid exposure to others. If you are drowsy from medications, you should also stay home. If you must go to school or work consider wearing a mask to prevent infecting others, especially if you work with or are near people who have chronic illnesses or compromised immune systems.
Summary: Get a good night's sleep. Avoid exercise while you are sick. Avoid going out, to work, or to school while you are sick.

Problem: Article: You may not be interested in volunteering or attaining a job—that's okay. Helping out others is only a recommendation. However, many volunteers report that their work makes them feel good; some volunteer work can even help with self-development.  Consider the benefits and drawbacks of volunteer work or jobs, and use this to decide whether you'll help others out. You don't have to get a job when you're a teenager—and when you're under a certain age, it's nearly impossible to find one—but that doesn't mean that you're unable to help out! Consider volunteering, doing odd jobs for others, or helping someone to learn something they don't know. This can do wonders to help other people! It will be helpful for future employment after college to have a job or volunteer so you can have valuable work experience. . Volunteering doesn't have to happen outside of the home. If you have an internet connection, you can volunteer online—for example, editing wikiHow articles about your favorite subjects. Are you interested in animals? Volunteer at an animal shelter or collect supplies for your local non-profit shelter. Are you good with people? Find a job or volunteer work that's oriented around talking to others. Can you design complex web pages with minimal effort? Offer to help others learn web design. Take your talents and interests and find something you can do based around those. It can be a great help to volunteer or work, and have fun at the same time! If one of your talents is that you're an all-A's scholar, see if there's a program at your school that allows you to tutor struggling students. If not, try asking families that have younger kids or advertising a tutoring service—you may get some great opportunities!   It's okay to turn down a tutoring offer. If you can't tutor the neighbor's son because he's too loud and disruptive, or if you aren't good at a subject that somebody needs help with, it's okay to politely say, "I'm sorry, I can't do that job" or "I don't think your child and I work together very well". You can either choose to get paid for tutoring or do it for free. If you do choose to make it a job, however, don't overcharge. Few people will hire you if you charge ten dollars an hour! Some organizations will host activities to donate to certain causes—for example, walks to support cancer research collect money and donate it to groups that do cancer research. Other activities seek to spread awareness of illnesses, or acceptance of disabled people. Consider participating in these.  Be sure you know what group the activity is supporting. Some groups are well known for being surrounded by controversy. Do careful research on an organization before participating in any of their events. You don't want to support something that causes more harm than good. You don't need to participate in giant volunteer organizations to make a difference. Consider doing basic things to help people have a brighter day—compliment your classmate's poem, tell someone they look fantastic, help somebody pick up their things if they drop them, hold the door open for others who are struggling to carry things, and so forth. Something that seems little to you can turn someone else's entire day around. Get out there, and help to make the world a better place by making others' lives more enjoyable!
Summary:
Consider volunteer work. Avoid thinking that you "can't help anybody". Build off of your interests and talents. Consider tutoring younger kids. Participate in fundraisers and activities for causes you support. Do things that make others happy.