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Friday
I originally signed back on to OH on Saturday to get accountability for me eating habits and my vitamins.  I don’t eat the way I should most of the time, I snack a lot, and I have continued to do it because I don’t gain weight, but I do believe that it has stopped me from loosing. 

 Anyway, I became active here again and Monday morning I found out that I am pregnant again!  This was a huge surprise!  Hubby and I are very excited and are praying for a healthy and uneventful pregnancy. My other two pregnancies were difficult.

Long Stories Short:

With Landon, I started bleeding at 10 weeks, and when my AFP levels came back high at 20 weeks I went to a genetic counselor.  The counselor was certain that I had miscarried a twin, but there was no longer any physical proof because it had been so long.  Then I had pre-eclampsia and started dilating at 29 weeks.  I was put on bed rest, but my blood pressure wouldn’t go down, so I was induced at 36 weeks.  Landon was not ready and had to spend 10 days in the NICU.

With Jayelyn, my AFP levels were again high.  I had to see another specialist, who said that Jay was fine, but I had to be monitored.  At 28 weeks I went into preterm labor and had to remain on medication.  At 35 weeks I started dilating, and at 37 weeks the doctor induced me because her heart rate had a serious dip and he feared she would not make it full term.  After breaking my water (I wasn’t even contracting) she was born 1 hour later.  She was healthy, but her cord was tightly wrapped around her chest twice. 

So you can see how things have been a little scary, those are the short versions of course.  And with the previous miscarriage we are a little anxious to get through the first trimester. I’m not able to get in to the OB until Jan 26^th. 

Please keep us in your prayers.

As of right now I weigh 150lbs.  I have a daughter who is going to be 1 at the end of the month and a 3 year old son. I can’t believe how far I’ve come or how wonderful my life is. I love every minute of it.  There are still parts of my body that I am not a big fan of, but I can live with them. I am going to try and figure out this new format and am searching for an accountability partner to help get me on track. 

Friday
It's been a pretty long time since I've updated. I had my baby girl on Dec. 28th. She is healthy and beautiful and perfect. I only gained 9lbs with my pregnancy.. going by my pre-pregnancy weight, and I am down to 148lbs. I really want to lose more, but my body has stopped. I think I might be at MY ideal weight. The rest of what's on me is skin. Now I want to look into plastic surgery, but I'm moving in April. My husband got an assignment to McChord AFB in Washington . So I am going to wait until I get there to do anything about it. Besides I just had a baby 4 weeks ago, I don't need to worry about it too much yet. But the way I look naked is really starting to bother me. I am in size 11 pants and still in large shirts. I love shopping though, and in clothes I don't look bad, I have a little pooch and my arm skin is loose, but I look like a normal person. My head still has not caught up with my body. I see a fat person in the mirror. Want that to stop. I've actually considered going to therapy for it. We'll see. Anyway, if anyone reads this and has questions about pregnancy or anything else shoot me an email.

Monday 
It has been a very long time since I have updated my profile. Life has been busy for me. I am still finishing up school, I have 3 weeks left and then I am done and will be a Certified Medical Assistant, who is going to take a break and be a stay at home mom for probably the next year.

The first 3 months of my pregnancy were hell. I was sick all of the time!!! And that is completely literal. I wound up in the ER once for severe dehydration after I passed out in the shower and went deaf and blind for about 10 minutes. After the first trimester things got better. At the beginning of this month we found out that we are having a GIRL. We are so excited being that we already have a son.

As far as weight loss goes. I had to try to keep the weight on in the beginning of the pregnancy and now it's slowly creeping up. I started out at 159 lbs and am still holding at 159lbs, but am 23 w 5 days prego, and still have a ways to go. I'm really not that concerned. I know that I'm not going to put on an excessive amount of weight and that it's important for my baby girl to grow strong.

Sunday
Today is my 6 month anniversary, and I am down to 176lbs. That's a total loss of 77lbs. I am so excited. It's pretty neat to feel normal. I mean I still feel overweight at times, but most of the time I just feel like I blend in with the crowd. I'm no longer the biggest girl everywhere I go. I have lots of energy to play with my son. I get to wear clothes that are cute and not just in my size. I am in a size 14 pants (I don't own any but my 16's are too big. And I can wear XL/L shirts. That's a big difference from my 24/26 pants and 3X shirts. My skin is not pretty, but it's not AS bothersome to me. It still bothers me when I'm naked, but better than having everything bother me all the time. I went to see my ob for a check up and we talked about starting to try for another baby when I am one year out. I look forward to having another baby, sometime next year, and being healthy during this pregnancy.
Anyone considering this.... DO IT! It's the best thing you could ever do for yourself.

This last month has been hectic for me. We flew home to California to visit the family and then when we got back Landon had to have surgery and we were down in San Antonio for a week. We just got back on Friday and boy is it good to be home. My weight loss is all funny now. Some weeks I'll lose like 5 pounds and then others nothing. I am not exercising at all. I need to start. I could blame it on being so busy, but that's no excuse. Also I've totally been neglecting my vitamins and not paying attention to protein or water. That's probably why things aren't going as smoothly for me as I had hoped. My hair is still falling out - no surprise! Ok.. new year’s resolution as of today... get back on track. I start school on Tuesday so it's only going to get harder to do. Anyway... as of today I weigh 182 still. Which is good. My goal is to be in the 170's by my six months. That's all for now.