So, with all of the excitement of my new journey, it was suggested for me to start blogging to document all of the coming milestones. My life is always a mile a minute, and this will be a great way for me to vent and let you all know the ups and downs of Gastric Bypass with a busy family!
Since my all time low weight in 2006 - I graduated from ECU (Goo Pirates ;) in 2008, moved back home with my then future hubby in August of 2008, had my first radiant daughter in August of 2009, got married (finally) in April of 2011, had my BUSY son in August of 2011, and had my nothing but sweetness daughter in September of 2012. Busy past few years! My hubby has been beside me for the past 11 years, but married for almost two.
When I moved home, I was blessed to get a job teaching Kindergarten. I taught for four years, until we decided that with all of our new little blessings, the benefits of me staying home with the kids was much higher than sending them to daycare. I have to say, I love it! Yes, its crazy allll the time, but being able to be with them to play, laugh, cry and go bonkers every day means the world to me.
So thats where it gets serious. Like I just said, I love being home with them. But, I know they are not getting all the benefits of a stay at home mom. Most of the time, I dont want to go outside, I dont feel up to alot of physical games - anything that I can do that required me sitting, I'd do it. And, I didnt feel like cooking. It required so much preparation, so much cleaning up, and just so much time doing stuff. I just wanted to pick up something quick. So I did. I got used to eating fast food, and now, so have my kids. I even started to crave it. So now, its up to me. If I was going to make sure my kids didnt go down the up and down, heavy path that I have traveled, then it was time to fix it. Now.
Last December, four months after my second child, I started having some small heart troubles that prompted me to look further. Being my biological father and his mother BOTH died at age 33 of a heart attack, it was imperative for me to make sure I was being proactive. After a bunch of tests and a sleep study, it turned out that I had a heart murmur, and some "electricity" problems. One month into testing, I found out we were pregnant with number three. Surprise! I LOVEed being pregnant, but envied those "small" people that could have the precious maternity shoots that I sooo wanted to do, without disliking every angle that was shot.
The whole time I was pregnant, I couldnt get the decisions of surgery out of my mind. I knew I had to take this step. Not only for me, but for my family! I have been going to an internal medicine doctor since high school trying to get help, have taken almost every medicine on the market, including perscription supplements, exercised, dieted, and all of the above. It was time, before my family paid for it too.
Since my all time low weight in 2006 - I graduated from ECU (Goo Pirates ;) in 2008, moved back home with my then future hubby in August of 2008, had my first radiant daughter in August of 2009, got married (finally) in April of 2011, had my BUSY son in August of 2011, and had my nothing but sweetness daughter in September of 2012. Busy past few years! My hubby has been beside me for the past 11 years, but married for almost two.
When I moved home, I was blessed to get a job teaching Kindergarten. I taught for four years, until we decided that with all of our new little blessings, the benefits of me staying home with the kids was much higher than sending them to daycare. I have to say, I love it! Yes, its crazy allll the time, but being able to be with them to play, laugh, cry and go bonkers every day means the world to me.
So thats where it gets serious. Like I just said, I love being home with them. But, I know they are not getting all the benefits of a stay at home mom. Most of the time, I dont want to go outside, I dont feel up to alot of physical games - anything that I can do that required me sitting, I'd do it. And, I didnt feel like cooking. It required so much preparation, so much cleaning up, and just so much time doing stuff. I just wanted to pick up something quick. So I did. I got used to eating fast food, and now, so have my kids. I even started to crave it. So now, its up to me. If I was going to make sure my kids didnt go down the up and down, heavy path that I have traveled, then it was time to fix it. Now.
Last December, four months after my second child, I started having some small heart troubles that prompted me to look further. Being my biological father and his mother BOTH died at age 33 of a heart attack, it was imperative for me to make sure I was being proactive. After a bunch of tests and a sleep study, it turned out that I had a heart murmur, and some "electricity" problems. One month into testing, I found out we were pregnant with number three. Surprise! I LOVEed being pregnant, but envied those "small" people that could have the precious maternity shoots that I sooo wanted to do, without disliking every angle that was shot.
The whole time I was pregnant, I couldnt get the decisions of surgery out of my mind. I knew I had to take this step. Not only for me, but for my family! I have been going to an internal medicine doctor since high school trying to get help, have taken almost every medicine on the market, including perscription supplements, exercised, dieted, and all of the above. It was time, before my family paid for it too.
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