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Congrats Robynn youll be a great mommy. RoseRobynn wrote: 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.

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