my first post... long but glad to have found you

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Hello

A little about me... I had my lap RNY May 17th of 2001. I lost down

to 154 then stabilized at 164-168 for about a year and a couple of

months. I changed jobs to a desk job in Sept and although I still

worked out... My weight started to slowly creep up. I was getting

very frustrated. I was counting all my calories on Fitday.com and

working out 4-6 days a week still gaining weight.. with the holidays

I found myself up about 8 pounds well I was over 2 years out I though

Here it comes... the dreaded bounce... and So I was gearing myself

to deal with it.. My size 10 jeans now stayed in my drawer and the

size 12s were all I could fit into.. In January I went to my gyno and

he did a full exam, switched my birth control pill and sent my on my

way. I was still going to the gym almost every day and gaining

weight getting more frustrated and upset. That month after using the

new birth control. I did not get my period < for the first time> I

thought well maybe the stress of my wedding coming up 3 weeks later

but I was concerned and did not want to start a new pack of bc pills

if by any chance I was pregnant. So I took the test... it was

positive.. I didn't want to jump to any conclusions it may not right

ect.. and made the first available appointment. I went in the first

thing they had me do was a leave a urine sample. Then a tech came and

took me to the scale.. In the 7 weeks since I had been to there

office I had gained 10 pounds... I burst into tears.. the lab tech

not knowing how to handle this crazy girl says honey.... it ok to

gain weight... your Pregnant... I was like WHAT?!? your the first

medical person to tell me this.. I was hysterical.. When did this

happen ect.. I have a wedding in 2 and a half weeks...the tech said I

will take an extra sample of blood and we will run a test that will

tell us exactly when you got pregnant. So off to the Nurse

Practioner I went I was shocked and upset... I had been eating sushi

and drinking wine and going it the steam room at the gym after every

workout... things I would have never done if I had known I was

pregnant. So I was very upset. the NP said well you are probably only

6 weeks along this is when you would start changing your eating ect..

then I got on the examination table and she says ' Oh... Oh I think

you are much further along then we thought...' she put some goop on

my tummy and uses the sonogram and you could hear a Really strong

heart beat and she started counting... She said I think your are like

18-20weeks pregnant ... I started bawling.. I was beside myself.. I

went from possibly having a baby in Oct to now she was telling me

August... So the scheduled me for an ultrasound that afternoon.. I

called crying... It was as though I had been hit by a truck.. I

went back that afternoon and had my ultrasound.. the tech said the

baby looked VERY healthy and the measurements were coming up 25weeks

and 1 day.. suddenly I am not having a baby in August... but in

June... June 16th my Dad's birthday.. She asked if I wanted to know

the sex and I said well with all this trouble its got to be a girl...

but I was wrong I am having a Boy. Since that crazy day I have had

many many tests and an ultra sound 2 and Doctors appointments to Make

sure this child is fine and the high risk doctor told me that he is

very healthy and strong and she really believes that he will not have

anymore problems then a child I would have known about the whole

pregnancy. She was WONDERFUL and kept telling me how lucky we were to

only be having a 3 month pregnancy.

We chose not to tell many people until after

the wedding because we are so happy in love and were so excited about

this wedding we had put so much time and energy into that we didn't

want a surprise pregnancy to overshadow that. So we told our families

at a brunch after the wedding and they are excited... It is the first

grandbaby on each side. My mother is just THRILLED to be a grandma

and now that she has had weight loss surgery she will be able to do

so much more with this little guy...

I am still exercising but just not at a hard rate... I am hoping that

my recovery after the baby is quick and hopefully I will be able to

do a short course triathlon by the end of the summer.. I think the

Buffalo TRi on June 6th is definitely out now... heehee...

So that the Update on my life..

Noni Eichelberger

May 17th 2001 lap RNY Dr Drew

start 306

lowest 154

mantained 164 for a year

now edd june 16th 2004 190