The Birth of 1in10

The Birth of 1in10

In late 2011, a group of women who met regularly in a support group on Facebook called "Keep the Hope" had an idea- a dream We decided to pursue this dream of ours. We each knew the lack of information and awareness about one specific problem that most of us had or were being tested for- Polycystic Ocarian Syndrome, or rather PCOS. We each had our personal struggle, battle, and lacked information about what our bodies, and our loved ones' bodies, go through every day and how to treat this syndrome. We united with a common bond and wanted to start a Nonprofit Organization to help others journeying along with us.

This has truly been an educational and passion-driven journey so far - gathering research, branching out and lending our hands to strangers coast to coast. We each come from different walks of life. We each are different shapes and sizes. We each have our own stories to tell. Each of our stories are priceless and I'm sure each of us feel we could write volumes---just from our own PCOS journeys. 

With PCOS have come ups, downs and, quite frankly, all-arounds that have made me, personally, feel loopy at times! The day I received my diagnosis, I know I felt like a mad woman! I was ecstatic to finally have a name to what has been going on with my body for so long and why I wasn't pregnant with my husband yet. In that very same moment I was bawling my eyes out, "Why me?!" My husband and I drove home and I began frantically researching PCOS and I haven't stopped. I couldn't help but notice the lack of information, up-to-date research, and support out there. This is pretty much how the discussion in "Keep the Hope" started and 1in10 blossomed from there!