Fit For Future Families - May 2011

Nicole- Welcome! There are several ladies on the board with PCOS. You'll feel right at home!

Andrea- I'm sorry about your day. At least now you know and we have so many people on the board to give you great adivse.

Jalara- good for you the change it up and you didn't cave in you meet your goal of 1200 net.

I love the wedding pictures. Here are some of ours. The funny thing is my husband and I got so caught up in the reception we didn't take any posed pictures of just us. I know, how did we forget that?! Just one of those things that we laugh about :laugh: Here are pictures of our bridal party, at the reception line, right after our first kiss, the wedding cake, and my hula for my husband. It was really hard to narrow it down, but these are good ones :happy:

Loving the wedding photos, they even brought a bit of a happy tear to my eye. You all look beautiful and so, so happy

Aww the pics are so good! you look great! My hubby and i got married last year, best day ever

Nicole- I have thyroid issues as well and i have a lot of symptoms of PCOS but the docs say i don't have it ? idk. anyway welcome!

Hey everyone! I'm usually a message board reader...not responder! So I'm a bit new to this! However, reading through the posts on this particular forum had me soooo interested and excited, that I really want to be a part of it!

My story - my husband and I got married this last October, but have been dating since I was 18. This calculates to almost 9 years together. We are just now discussing TTC. While we haven't started yet, I have some worries that we might face a few obstacles.

I had my last annual exam a couple months ago and talked with my physician about family planning. I have been on some sort of birth control since I was 17... and I initially started taking it because I always had an irregular monthly period. And by irregular... I mean 5-6 months without one. At the time, I took my morning pill and everything seemed fine. I didn't think much of it because when I was taking my BC, I got it regularly. When I mentioned this to my physician a couple of months ago, she seemed concerned that even at 17, I was showing signs of fertility issues. She said that losing weight is one area that I have control over and it may increase my chances of conception.... When she said it in those words "I HAVE CONTROL OVER" -- I thought, time to get movin' lady!

Long story short, I'm trying to prepare myself mentally AND physically for the process. I have already lost about 36 pounds, and still have about 20 to go.

Sorry for the novel! You all have inspired me to become a part of this great group and to share my story... that I haven't even shared with some close friends yet!

I don't post very often and, to be honest, haven't been logging in and keeping track of myself for at least the past month or so. I have been crazy busy at work with State testing and writting a HUGE grant application (we find out Friday if we won, fingers crossed!) so I let taking care of myself go by the wayside. However, after recent events, I have a renewed and strengthened committment to losing the weight. Here's what happened...

I went to a new OB back at the end of March. I haven't had a regular doc in a while and needed at least an annual and all that fun stuff. A mom at my school is a nurse for this doc and she spoke very high;y of him. (he seemed nice enough, but I will probably end up using a midwife when we get to that stage) I wanted to know how much weight he thought I should lose, minimum, before TTC and he says, get this, "NONE"

Seriously? I hit the "morbibly obese" range on the BMI chart and he says "I would have no problem with you getting pregnant right now, you'd just be at a higher risk for certain things..." I was a little shocked to say the least, but then I let it go to my head. I currently have no adverse health problems due to my weight so why not, right? If the good doc says it's okay, then it must be okay! All the while, in the back of my mind I'm thinking this might not be the brightest idea I've ever had. Anyhow, after talking to DH about it we decided to go ahead and jump in and being the overly scientific, annalytical person that I am I went right out and bought a BBT themometor and What To Expect BEFORE You're Expecting. Not that I haven't done hours and hours of online research, but there's something in me that likes to have a book in hand when working on a "project." So I starting tracking my BBT with my most recent cycle (2nd since coming off BC), currently on CD22, and so far I haven't had any shift at all. I'm guessing that I haven't O-ed at all.

I know it's typical to have some where you don't but it's kinda freakin' me out a little because I keep coming, in my mind, back to the weight! I KNOW that it's an issue, even if the doc says it's not. And I now KNOW that I can not keep making these excuses for myself. I have to get my a** in gear and I'm ready for the change. I'm hoping that by being more active on the board that I will be more likely to WANT to connect, comment, and be accountable. Thank you for building this community!

BTW, loving the wedding pics!!

No time for posting right now. I will when I get home, if I have time. And I will DEFINITELY post some wedding pictures as soon as I figure out how. Hahahaha. Loooooove all the pictures so far, though!!

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Here are my wedding pics, can't believe it'll be 2 years in October! Monday 8-2