I guess it really started for me right after I had Joey. I got pregnant easily enough with him, Dave (my now ex-husband) and I hadn't really even started trying. I was 25 and married for less than a year. The pregnancy was moderately troublesome, I had morning sickness and water retention, that turned into borderline diabetes. I gave birth 5 weeks early, but Joey was healthy and weight nearly 7lbs.
Right he was born, I developed cystic acne. I've always had a small problem with acne, but not like this. This was full blown cystic acne, and it was horrible. My body changed so much, I started slowly to grow more hairy and over the last 10 years I've put on a moderate amount of weight. I was heavy when I got pregnant with him, 213 at my first doctors appointment, but my body was proportionate. I was fat, but the fat was spread out all over. Over the years it's all moved to my middle. I've been tested and my hormones are all screwed up, my testosterone is high, and my progesterone is low. And while my glucose levels are fine, my insulin is pretty high. As of a few weeks ago I weighed 245lbs, 14lbs more than my max weight when I had Joey. I am insulin resistant and though I have my periods pretty regularly, my doctor doesn't think that I'm ovulating. I've been prescribed 1500mg of Metformin a day, and I'm taking pre-natal vitamins. As of tonight I started working out. I did 20 minutes on the eliptical and my poor legs were shaking like mad.
I quit smoking over 5 weeks ago. I'm using the patch, and I haven't cheated once. I'm 36 and recently married for the second time. My husband Dan, doesn't have any children of his own (though he has come to love Joey) and we want to have at least one, if not two more. Now is the time for me to change my lifestyle. I know that going on the way that I do now, I will have a harder time getting pregnant and carrying a baby to full term, so things change today.
I'm going to use this blog to track my progress, maybe it will help to keep me on track.
