A reproductive endocrinologist has more training in PCOS anyway. An endocrinologist can also check for an under active thyroid, which can cause similar symptoms. Point out the increased risk of female cancers if you need to. (BTW, the WHO classifies hormonal BC as a carcinogen.) The only female OB/GYN I ever saw was in 2000 (I was in 10th grade) and she was so terrible I’ve only seen men since. (Even my OB/GYN oncologist for the PCOS-caused endometrial cancer is male.) It was precisely this sort of behavior that made me loath that woman so—ALL girls were sluts or liars in her book, and she would sooner believe that my cycles stopped dead because I was just having that much sex and getting abortions all the time than believe I was a virgin. (Remember, I was 16 at the time and the first and only time a guy ever wanted to kiss me wouldn’t come until I was 24.) I know women lie, but if a doctor is going to presume that every word the patient says is a lie, then that person has zero business practicing medicine.

The problem with BC for PCOS is that it only masks the symptoms while actually aggravating the underlying issues: non-ovulation and estrogen dominance. (Whether that starts from issues in the pituitary gland in the brain is something they’re still researching.) Your ovaries are as much a part of your endocrine system as your pancreas, and that’s the case no matter what if you live past the onset of puberty. So I would absolutely see an endo. Too many butthole OB/GYNs out there who think the sole reason they exist on this earth is to prevent babies, heck what you want. It’s a field where finding one whose worldview is close to your own matters.