The Wellness Process 112. Leveling Up & Next Chapters: Getting Married, Trying To Conceive & Managing PCOS with Ella Rose McFadin
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Apr 21, 2026 Ella Rose McFadin, content creator and founder of clean beauty brand Skin by Ella Rose. She opens up about navigating newly married life and trying to conceive with PCOS. They discuss fertility tracking overwhelm, working with a specialist and starting metformin, the mental shift from preventing to planning pregnancy, and building a beauty business while prioritizing wellness.
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Wedding Content That Worked Better Offline
- Ella describes choosing to avoid real-time posting at her wedding and handing content to her photographer and videographer to stay present.
- The organic clips she later posted (sister helping with dress) outperformed planned content, proving authentic moments resonate.
Scale Back Fertility Tracking When It Stresses You
- If fertility tracking feels overwhelming, reduce test frequency or switch to simpler strips to avoid data anxiety.
- Ella moved from daily Mira testing to fewer tests and lower-info strips after feeling driven insane by constant tracking.
PCOS Can Reveal Itself After Stopping The Pill
- PCOS often masked by birth control can appear after stopping it, showing irregular cycles and high testosterone as signals.
- Ella learned her diagnosis after stopping the pill, getting bloodwork showing high testosterone, and later further testing with a fertility specialist.
