Why am I starting this blog? Why is it "My New Life?" Some of you may know, some of you may not, so I figured I should start at the beginning. Well, not the beginning... that would probably be somewhere when I was about 10 and got my first period... yeah, let's not go back that far so bore anyone with any of that teenage psycho babble issues. I'm sure we've all been there done that... particularly if you've found yourself interested enough to stay on this blog this long and continue reading.
So to lay it all on the line, I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and have been diagnosed with wheat and sesame allergies (continuing to get more information on this... just found out in the last month about this). I'll add info links to these on the left side as time goes and in blog posts since I've gained LOTS of info through researching.
Anyway, I was diagnosed with PCOS at approx. 26 when my husband and I were trying to get pregnant. The first OBGYN told me I was in "a gray area" and "maybe" had it. Alrightly. Come to find out, there's no real gray area... you do or you don't. As I continued in our infertility struggle and saw a reproductive endocrinologist (RE), I was told "uh, yeah, you definitely have PCOS." While I've never had cysts I've had many of the other symptoms. After moving from a Northern state to a Southern, getting settled, finding a new RE, I was now told my uterus was bicornate... shaped like a heart, instead of the upside down triangle that it should be.... awesome! This had nothing to do with PCOS, just me, a birth defect in fact. So, I was scheduled for surgery. Oh, this was in late summer 2007 if anyone wants to keep track.
Once I was healed up I had an IUI and boom I was pregnant with our baby girl in October 2007. Only 2.5 years of trying. Whatever! We were thankful, yet cautious. We went the surprise route on gender and in June 2008 our princess was born. I was extremely uncomfortable as the pregnancy progressed and it was hard to walk. I eventually developed preeclampsia as well and she was delivered at 36.5 weeks. As the drs said, she was "small but healthy." God had blessed us with our beautiful girl and and we thank him each day for that.
From the pregnancy and pre-e I gained 65 lbs... yeah, I know! I lost 20 in the first week after having her. But in the last three years since it's been a big struggle for me. I'd lose a lot and actually I can get down to within 10 lbs of my pre-preg weight and that's about it.
And now, my insulin has sky rocketed... not blood sugar, just insulin. So, stay tuned as I bring part everything to present day and where things stand now... with PCOS, and how these allergies came about... I know, on the edge of your seat kind of stuff :)
Real quick... why "My New Life"? In my head and sometime out loud I say "in my former life" when I could eat lots of carbs (you'll see in part 2), or I could eat wheat, or I didn't have to care so much about labels, or I could put what I want on my skin.... so this you see, this really is "My New Life."
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