OK...are you all ready for a shock?

[Guest guest]

So...I have a little news that I've been holding on to for several weeks

now...and even

though it's early yet...I decided I needed to come clean with you all...since

you are my

friends and you have been through so much with me in my journey so far.

I had the surgery on June 8th, a year ago...and from the date I started

orientation to today,

I've lost 105 lbs. I am technically (looking at the BMI chart) still about 6

lbs. overweight,

but I'm pretty muscular, and I don't look overweight. At 5'6 " , I wear a size 8,

and I weigh

about 157.

I'm 42. I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome when I was

20...meaning that

getting pregnant for me was going to be very tough, and especially, given my

advanced

age, likely to require medical intervention.

I think I shared with you that while and I visited our friends in New York

over Memorial

Day, we totally flipped out over their 14 month old little girl, and we decided

FOR SURE

that we wanted to try and get pregnant. So, we talked about it, decided that he

would go

to the doctor when he got home to make sure his boys were strong swimmers,

etc...., he

bought some mega vitamins for me that are supposed to help with fertility, I

bought the

same thing for women, an ovulation kit (because I ovulate irregularly, I've

never known

when and/or if I ovulate), I made an appointment with UCSF infertility clinic to

try and see

if I should go directly to IVF, do not pass go, do not collect $200.

The day i got back, I had my one year check up with Dr. Fischer. I told him

that I'd like to

try and get pregnant, and i know that they usually say you should wait for 2

years

post...but, was it ok if I got started? He said that my bloodwork was

excellent, my folic

acid was way up there (important for baby development) and that my weight had

been

essentially stable for 6 months...so I could go ahead. He said my weight was

fine where it

was, but if I wanted to, I could do a real full court press to lose another 5 to

10 lbs, just to

give myself a little wiggle room when I was pregnant.

In the meantime, back when I had that lumbar puncture and got super sick, I had

a pelvic

sonagram, and my ob/gyn said I had a little polyp in my uterus, and she wanted

me to

come back in6 weeks later to see if it had grown, and if it was problematic.

The sonagram

was scheduled two days after I got back from New York.

The polyp was still there, and after I told her I wanted to try aggressive

measures to try

and get pregnant, she said, " Well, the polyp can make it difficult for an

implantation to

work...so we should go in and take it out. " The problem with that, is I was

going to France

in 4 weeks, and you are supposed to go through a menstrual cycle after a

procedure like

that before trying to get pregnant...and so that would mean I would miss an

opportunity

with during which I could try to get pregnant. But we agreed that was the

best thing

to do.

So, she scheduled me to have the procedure three days later. The day before, I

had to go

in for tests for the pre-surgery. Later that day I received two phone calls:

one from UCSF

saying they could get me in for an appointment in mid-August. The very next one

was

from my ob/gyn. SHe was laughing, saying, 'Um...scraping your uterine wall

right now is

probably NOT the best idea...you are pregnant!!!'

Apparently, the very day we decided to get pregnant, we GOT pregnant. (We

decided the

day before we left, and we didn't use birth control that day). Can you believe

it???

So, because they count from the first day of your last period when they are

determining

how many weeks you are...I am now 10 and a half weeks pregnant. There is still

some risk

of miscarriage, but I've had three sonagrams, and the baby is growing, the heart

is

beating...and I'm doing fine.

I'm very fatigued, but haven't had much (if any) morning sickness. I haven't

gained any

weight yet, but my waist is definitely expanding, and I have a little pooch.

The size 8

pants are a bit uncomfortable.

is thrilled...now we have to figure out the immigration issues. He's

willing to stay

home with the baby until it starts school, and I am thrilled with that. He'll

be a terrific dad.

I'm a little concerned about weight gain, but my dr. said that I could limit the

weight gain

to 15 lbs., and if she felt the baby wasn't growing enough, she'd have me gain 5

to 10

more. I'll keep exercising, I'm eating nutriously, taking pre-natal

vitamins...and I've

increased my meals to 5 or 6 a day. Not huge ones, but I'm trying to get in

more carbs

(fruit and veggies) because those are critically important for the bambino/a.

Anyway, what a change, huh? And I must say...had it not been for the surgery, I

seriously

doubt I would have been able to get pregnant without medical intervention. What

a

blessing!!

And since many of you were there from the very beginning of me meeting

...well, you

are family, and I thought you'd like to know!

Speaking of pregnancy, no word from for a long time...how is she doing

with all of

that? Anyone know?

Robynn...on the nest.