My belly was forever growing and growing......making it very hard to get around. It is now summer time and I am still expanding!! My feet, ugh, I had the biggest Shrek feet. No joke, men's sandals were about the only ones that would fit my feet! And even they left indents on my very fat feet. Ankles, what ankles? I had tree stump legs, Big from the top to the bottom!!
I worked in x ray (thank goodness for air conditioning) and one of my fantastic co-workers generously gave me some (by some I mean a huge bag) of baby girl clothes! (I already knew it was a girl) Bernadette was so kind to give me the clothes, she even delivered them right to my house.....But to her surprise, it was on a hot hot hot day in July, and I was sporting a bikini in a small pool! Not a pretty picture. I was about 8 1/2 months pregnant and HUGE!!! I think the poor girl still has nightmares! But none the less I was very grateful to have people like her in my life.
Being me and having my stubborn hormones running wild, I decided to attempt camping. Yes, very pregnant camping!! Kailyn had never been, and her 4th birthday was coming up in July, so what do I do, but book us 2 nights at Marco Polo Land. Big Fat 8 months me set up the tent (which was huge. A 12 person tent) and began to make some memories. I just hope that she only remembers the "fun" stuff!
I failed to bring a BBQ, mine is too big to haul out there for 2 nights, so I brought an electric frying pan....with no extension cord.....so we were camping and had no food... Needless to say we ate out that night. My mom came to visit the next day and decided you couldn't camp with out BBQ food. So we got some of the cheap disposable grills. the ones that only hold 2 hamburgers and take over 30 mins to cook them, but we had some yummy burgers, no matter how long they took.
I had an offer to use a co-workers air mattress for the weekend and gratefully accepted the offer. I thought I would have a great sleep, Just me and Kailyn and the peaceful sound of nature! NOT. Turns out there was a small leak in the mattress, and it decided to rain, and it was freaking freezing. So Night 1 turned out to be a bust, night 2 however was not too bad at all. I won't get into all the rest of the funny, not so great details. We made a memory and that is all that mattered to me! There are even a few pictures too! Mommy was pretty tired after that excursion! I did value the time we had together.
I will back track just a bit here. With my growing belly everything else was growing too....Including my neck? I just thought this was normal, if the rest of me was getting fat, why not my neck too. It wasn't until blood work suggested my thyroid was all wacky. Turns out I had a 4.8 centimeter tumor growing. It wasn't fat after all.
Thank goodness I worked with some fantastic doctors in the x ray department. One of the finest doctors to ever grace QEH performed a fine needle aspiration of the lovely growth on my thyroid. He even came to visit me when the results were in to be sure to ease my mind. The results came back "negative for malignancy". Music to my ears. I was terrified I had cancer and not to mention all the crazy hormones that are running wild with the pregnancy. I think I just about drove my self insane!! But I was fine! Being diagnosed with the thyroid tumor explained a lot of what was going on with me in the past. Constantly tired, poor memory, weight gain, mild depression. Things started to be explained!
Blood work every 2 weeks started from that point. I felt like a pin cushion. I did however have some fabulous nurses draw my blood! Than after the baby was born it was blood work every month to monitor. Now it is every 2-3 months for monitoring.
This is pretty much to where I am today.
The light went off and I realized I had become someone I didn't know or want to be. That is when I decided to get my life back and make this one life that I have an important priority and build some memories. Healthy lifestyle here I come.
Friday, 25 March 2011
Tuesday, 8 March 2011
The rough patch
Well as I said the juicy stuff was next. I defeated smoking. I no longer smoke and I am now fat! But what ever I am feeling better than ever.
I will just jump right into it...
October was an excellent month, we bought our first home. A small very enjoyable cottage on Glenfinnan Lake. Beautiful, peaceful, and ours. Things were going great, renos were taking place and we were making it our own.
A little bump in the road........I was expecting again! Our 2nd child. Talk about getting thrown a curve ball. We had both agreed not to have any more children. Oops!
I will keep this short and brief. Things got rough......and before I knew it I was a single-pregnant mom who was living at home with her parents. Not a good situation. Hormonal - enraged - pregnant lady. Watch out!
There was no way I was letting that situation bring me down. I wanted and needed my own house, and I wasn't taking no for an answer. There was no way I was going to pay more in rent than what a mortgage would cost. I needed to invest in my future and my children's future.
I put my game face on and there was not one thing that could stop me. I found myself faced with a lot of negative comments. "You will never be able to do this", "Don't even think about it". You are making a huge mistake". That was just fuel for my fire. I just couldn't stand it anymore and I was determined to prove them wrong and show the world that I could do it and I was going to do it, all by my self. I flipped the bird to the world and said just wait.
Well house hunting......not as easy as it looks. It is a mean competitive world. I found the perfect house, bank said yes, I had the down payment. (Living at home allows you to save a bit.) I was super pumped only to have some one burst my bubble!! I didn't get it, my offer wasn't accepted. Some A-hole bit 10,000 over the asking price.....Who the frigg does that! Ugh..... the hunt continues. It is really hard to be a single-pregnant mom working full time and house hunting. It felt like I looked at 100 houses and couldn't find one that would suit.
Well once you are beat down, there is only one thing left to do, and that is fight back. I knew I had to be aggressive and act fast, that is when the perfect little house popped on the market. The first day there was 6 showings or more, I was lucky enough to be one of the first few and I put in my offer. Being PEI I was able to find out that she wanted the house sold ASAP, Perfect! I made my offer and told her I could close in 2 weeks.......Hoping that the Lawyer could do it! lol
My phone rings.....it is the real estate agent.....My heart is pounding....... anxiety sets in. He takes a deep breath and said, "are you ready?" Long pause and ummmm ya? Counter offer, WTF I offered them only 2 grand off of the asking price and I was able to close right away. Deep breath....okay? They wanted 1000 more and it would be a done deal. I agreed and did a little dance and a freak out. I just bought a freaking house!! My own house! My future!!
Papers were signed, lawyer was fantastic and closed just in the nick of time!! and I had my own freaking house!! Did you hear that all you "Your making a mistakes" "You will never be able to do its" I am doing it!! And no thanks to anyone I am doing it all on my own!!!
But......a pregnant woman can't move herself, or paint, or cut the grass, or any other maintenance that needed to be done.....But I was lucky to have help after! My mom and dad came every Saturday and cut my grass!! Big thanks!! I painted a bit but had help in that department as well and I was grateful for every second of it.
Wow so much for being short with this. I guess long story short....this is just one bump in my story that turned out alright!
I am now a home owner and I take pride and satisfaction that my determination helped me succeed!
I guess the next part is the pregnancy. But that will be another day!
I will just jump right into it...
October was an excellent month, we bought our first home. A small very enjoyable cottage on Glenfinnan Lake. Beautiful, peaceful, and ours. Things were going great, renos were taking place and we were making it our own.
A little bump in the road........I was expecting again! Our 2nd child. Talk about getting thrown a curve ball. We had both agreed not to have any more children. Oops!
I will keep this short and brief. Things got rough......and before I knew it I was a single-pregnant mom who was living at home with her parents. Not a good situation. Hormonal - enraged - pregnant lady. Watch out!
There was no way I was letting that situation bring me down. I wanted and needed my own house, and I wasn't taking no for an answer. There was no way I was going to pay more in rent than what a mortgage would cost. I needed to invest in my future and my children's future.
I put my game face on and there was not one thing that could stop me. I found myself faced with a lot of negative comments. "You will never be able to do this", "Don't even think about it". You are making a huge mistake". That was just fuel for my fire. I just couldn't stand it anymore and I was determined to prove them wrong and show the world that I could do it and I was going to do it, all by my self. I flipped the bird to the world and said just wait.
Well house hunting......not as easy as it looks. It is a mean competitive world. I found the perfect house, bank said yes, I had the down payment. (Living at home allows you to save a bit.) I was super pumped only to have some one burst my bubble!! I didn't get it, my offer wasn't accepted. Some A-hole bit 10,000 over the asking price.....Who the frigg does that! Ugh..... the hunt continues. It is really hard to be a single-pregnant mom working full time and house hunting. It felt like I looked at 100 houses and couldn't find one that would suit.
Well once you are beat down, there is only one thing left to do, and that is fight back. I knew I had to be aggressive and act fast, that is when the perfect little house popped on the market. The first day there was 6 showings or more, I was lucky enough to be one of the first few and I put in my offer. Being PEI I was able to find out that she wanted the house sold ASAP, Perfect! I made my offer and told her I could close in 2 weeks.......Hoping that the Lawyer could do it! lol
My phone rings.....it is the real estate agent.....My heart is pounding....... anxiety sets in. He takes a deep breath and said, "are you ready?" Long pause and ummmm ya? Counter offer, WTF I offered them only 2 grand off of the asking price and I was able to close right away. Deep breath....okay? They wanted 1000 more and it would be a done deal. I agreed and did a little dance and a freak out. I just bought a freaking house!! My own house! My future!!
Papers were signed, lawyer was fantastic and closed just in the nick of time!! and I had my own freaking house!! Did you hear that all you "Your making a mistakes" "You will never be able to do its" I am doing it!! And no thanks to anyone I am doing it all on my own!!!
But......a pregnant woman can't move herself, or paint, or cut the grass, or any other maintenance that needed to be done.....But I was lucky to have help after! My mom and dad came every Saturday and cut my grass!! Big thanks!! I painted a bit but had help in that department as well and I was grateful for every second of it.
Wow so much for being short with this. I guess long story short....this is just one bump in my story that turned out alright!
I am now a home owner and I take pride and satisfaction that my determination helped me succeed!
I guess the next part is the pregnancy. But that will be another day!
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