First, thanks for all your support and comments to my last post. I think I may have been feeling defeatist because after 8 weeks, I finally got my period.
This is not weight-loss unrelated info. It is extremely relevant. I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, which means I don't ovulate a whole lot and an imbalance of hormones causes me to gain weight. I had hoped that losing weight would help my body regulate itself in the reproductive area.
My ob-gyn has had me on high dose birth control pills for years to manage the hormones and to force my body to have periods, which it still never really does--just a light bit of spotting a few times a year. The pills also help me to know when my menstrual-related migraines will appear, which is on day one like clockwork.
In December I went off the pills to try to see if my weight loss has had any effect of my cycle. Basically if I can ovulate and have periods on my own regularly, I may not have to go on the scary side-effect-inducing fertility medications. Early in January I felt twinging in my ovaries, which I thought was ovulation, but when MLK Day came and went with no flow, I knew my body had been tricking me. I was really bummed and started researching fertility treatments.
However, better late than never, Aunt Flo and Uncle TOM arrived on my doorstep together on Friday. I say "together" because I've never had an event quite so . . . let's say . . . plentiful. I was totally unprepared (no warning cramps or migraine) and have been putting my stain removal skills to the test all day today.
All this unpleasant imagery has been to tell you that IT'S WORKING! My weight loss has affected my cycle, because even before I ever went on the pill, I never experienced anything like this before. This has been what it's all been for. I set out to heal my own body without drugs. I wanted to lose weight so I could get pregnant and be a healthy mother. Finally, after 13 months, I have a tangible result that is more than a number on a scale. I have a real result. If I can duplicate this feat in another month, I will know I'm truly on my way.
Of course the real result will be something I can hold in my arms.
Posted By: ashleyb
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02/25/2007 21:07
Yay ToM!
And if you read my early-morning post from today, you know that's not something I would normally say! This is wonderful news for so many reasons! I wonder if your weight will drop a little as well when Aunt Flo packs up and leaves? Only time will tell of course.
Also, don't be dicouraged if it takes a while, say 6 months or so, for it to get regular. It took more than 2 years of being off the pill for me so it's not necessarily a bad thing if you're a little wacky at first, so long as it keeps happening! Good luck with the stains . . .
I am glad to hear that your relatives are here and going all out!!! I know that GAINING weight has made it VERY hard to conceive and keep...I am not considered 'habitual aborter'...not of purpose though. Weight affects each person sooo differently, but I am glad that your prayers are being answered!
Never in your life did you probably think that you'd be so happy scrubbin stains out!! Good for you Ashley! Not only do you look fantastic on the outside, but your body seems to be shaping up wonderfully on the inside! Yay!
I had the same thing start happening to me during the summer and it is weird to tell people how exciting it is to have the "visit". I went well over twenty years without (except during the fertility years) so I know the feeling.
That's wonderful that your body is starting to work the way it as meant to. That is a huge success!
Me and my education situation.... I have a BS in Elementary Education, but my professional certificate has lasped. I need to renew it in order to teach, unless I find a school system who with complete a waiver form that will allow me to teach. It's been a long road leading me to wanting to go back. I've been in an inner city school and in a upper middle class one when we moved. They both were drastically different. I loved working in the inner city more. It was hard, but I loved it.
Anyway before I right a book. I'm going to be taking a couple graduate classes this summer and that should give me my PDP's I need. I have another graduate course I took a couple years ago and I'm think I can use that one too since it'll be withing the 5 yr period. I had thought I would need to take the MTEL test, but because I already have a full license, I just need to renew it.
I never thought I'd go back to teaching, but everything in my life keeps turning me back to it and I really need something that's going to make me feel like I have a purpose.
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02/27/2007 23:47
boo
Just checking in, seeing what you're up to. Are you having any problems with migraine or pain, or are you enjoying the return of non Pill regulated ToM? How's teaching? How's the back and nerve stuff?
I have been praying for and meditating on healing for you again this week. I hope it's working. I have decided that the prayer worked in that ToM came, it just wasn't the kind of healing I was expecting. Here's hoping that more unexpected healing comes your way.
My weight loss has affected my cycle, because even before I ever went on the pill, I never experienced anything like this before. This has been what it's all been for. I set out to heal my own body without drugs. I wanted to lose weight so I could get pregnant and be a healthy mother. Finally, after 13 months, I have a tangible result that is more than a number on a scale. I have a real result. If I can duplicate this feat in another month, I will know I'm truly on my way.
