We decided to try to have children in 2001. Got pregnant twice that year and lost them both. The second was long and drawn out and very emotionally and physically exhausting. It just so happened that it occurred on 9/11/01. We all know what happened that day. What most of you don't know is that it was my 24th birthday as well. Yay for me!!! After that I wanted to take a break from baby-making/planning.
We built our house and moved into it in 2003. At the same time I started having really bad migraines. I have always had them, but they increased in frequency and duration at a speed that I can't describe. I finally went out of work on short-term disability in 2005. I was in and out of the hospital 8 times during this time period. When I wasn't in the hospital, I was in my bed. For an entire year, the only time I got out of bed was to move to the couch or recliner in my living room. I gained an extraordinary amount of weight as well.
I finally was able to return to work in 9/2007. I continued to try to lose the weight I had gained and ended up losing 75lbs (give or take a few). DH and I were ready to try again to have children. It was a very difficult decision, because I had just recently found the concoction of meds that were keeping my migraines at bay, but my neuro (who is AWESOME by the way) thought I should try. I went off of my meds in 10/08 and conceived our DD in 12/08.
She was born 9/22/09 and is our entire life now. I haven't lost as much baby weight as I had hoped, so starting in January 2011, I am determined to be the best me I can. Which includes trying to exercise and eating much healthier.
Here she is at 2 weeks....
Here she is at 12 mos
Isn't she adorable... Of course I might be just a tad bit biased.... LOL
Im so glad you are going to start blogging!! and it was really neat to read your story... miscarriages are so hard. Ive had 2 myself... I think you will really enjoy blogging and jotting down memories... its a great outlet too and ive met so many awesome ppl because of my blog, im sure you will too!
ReplyDeleteHeres my one bloggy tip.
1- Leave pics in most pics! LOL - maybe its just me, cause im pic obsessed, but pictures draw interests... the writing is important too, and you write well, so you got that covered - but the pics are part of that story too.. so thats be my only encouragement to try and include 1 photo in each post, or at least every other post. ;-) It will challenge you to get the camera out more too!
Oh and im starting my workout routine again Jan 11th, I was going to start the 3rd, but not sure that will fly - the 11th tho if I dont start the 3rd is p90x time, im doing it the entire way thru this time, 90 days - and cutting my diet some on sweets (its my weakness these days) - then adding more protein and water. P90X is extremely hard but if you go to beachbody's website the testimonies you read there are amazing.
I dont expect to be an athlete , but I do want to be strong and have a healthy lifestyle.. it takes baby steps :)