Mom and Baby are still doing well!

Yesterday I had my 9 week ultrasound and got to see the baby move on the screen!  It was the most amazing experience!  I love this baby so much already!!

I am doing well.  Not eating as well as I should be...the baby seems to like icecream a LOT!

But my pants all still fit, so that makes me happy!  I'm still working out almost every day so I'm taking good care of us!

My brain is busy researching all sorts of things about birth, medication, breastfeeding, etc...so that's what is keeping me busy.  Just one more week of school for my princesses and then SUMMER!!

woohoo!

Never thought I'd be having a baby...

When I was 20 years old I went to my first gynecologist appointment.  I started my period at 15 or 16 but only had cycles once every 4-6 months.  I remember then asking her about being able to get pregnant someday, and she told me it would be difficult.  I remember leaving that appointment in tears, thinking I would never be able to have a family.   I was about 230 lbs then and ate all sorts of sugary crap all day long.

9 years later I got married.  I still only had cycles every 4-6 months.  I weighed 260 lbs and at all sorts of sugary crap.  We visited an ob/gyn who had me do a few cycles of clomid.  I did manage to ovulate with the clomid but still never became pregnant.  We decided to adopt in stead of pursue any more fertility treatments.  I got up to over 300 lbs.

8 years later.  I lost 100 lbs.  My cycles became regular - 28 day cycles.  I wasn't eating sugary crap.  I exercised, I was healthy.  I still wasn't getting pregnant, so we decided to visit a specialist, because I didn't want to have regrets 5 years from now when I can't have kids.  It turned out there was more to our issues than my lack of ovulation...we had low sperm count with low motility and I have a tilted cervix, which the doctor things may have made it difficult for sperm to travel.

After a bunch of invasive procedures to make sure my parts were indeed working correctly, we chose to do insemination.  For a long while, I wasn't sure how much assistance I was comfortable with, and each person needs to decide that for themselves.  We decided since it was still all my hubby and all me, we were okay with a little help.  It is pretty much "the turkey baster" method.

Now I'm pregnant. :)  I know for sure I wouldn't be in this condition if I hadn't lost all that weight and stopped eating all that crap.  I know my body is in the best shape for carrying a baby.  I'm not thrilled that I'll gain back some of the weight, but it's an exciting time and a testimony to all the hard work that I have done and for which I am proud.

So that's my story...and I'm sticking to it!

Our little sprout

So he/she isn't much yet, but is there where he/she is supposed to be!!!  Super excited!!  :)
YAY

Good News

Can you tell what it is??

Missing in Action

Hello all -


I confess, I haven't been reading blogs too much this past month.  I have gained a few pounds this month due to a few factors but I am still exercising every day.

The biggest reason for not posting is because my thoughts are focused on growing our family.  We've been working with a fertility clinic and this last month was full of dr. visits, blood draws and shots of drugs to try to get me pregnant.  I was bloated and stressed so I ate accordingly.  I haven't gained that much back and I have no intention to forever drowning my failure to conceive in donuts..but it has given me a little bit of comfort this very stressful month.

Secondly, the hospital found a mass on my dad;s liver.  Not entirely unexpected, but because he is with the VA hospital, everything is SOO Slow...  They want to do an MRI but not until the end of May!!  This drives me crazy!!  A month and a half just to determine if it's malignant or benign!  It's crazy.  I hope it's not fast growing whatever it is.

So that's the short of it.  I hope you all are well!!

Writing off the month

This month was just bad where weight was concerned.  I did make my exercise goal for the quarter, but the scale went backwards.  It's okay.  Not wholly unexpected.  Everytime I make a major goal, I have trouble moving forward.

There's also the stress of life right now, which has caused me to overeat.  I won't get into all of that, but there's pretty big stuff going on.

So I'm writing March 2012 off.  For one year, I have not had to write an entire month off, but this year I will.  I have worked hard, and I will continue to work hard.  Maybe I just needed a breather.

Have a great day!

The first HUGE bump in the road.

I've not had too many bumps in this last year.  Little hiccups here and there, but not huge bumps.  The last couple of weeks have been like driving off road!  I'm still moving (exercising) but the daily day to day stuff is bumpy and I'm all over the place with my eating.

Why?  Gosh, emotions, hormones, stress....I have excuses, but there's really no great excuse.

I'm at least ON the road.  I will not be running the 8k I'm supposed to on Sunday.  I've been super duper lazy about training and there's no way I could run 5 miles without having a lot of pain. 

I will make it through.  It's just rough going.