May I join? (Xposted)

[Stephanie_M]

Hi! My name is Stephanie. I am 22 years old, married to an amazing man amed Phil, and just had our beautiful little girl Reagan Mae 11/27/09. I have been a member of these boards before. I believe the user name I used than was "TheLoser05".

I had great success last time I was on this WOE. I had gone from 320lbs down to 208lbs. I gained a bit before I got PG with my daughter. I was 225lbs standing at 5'9". I gained a ton of weight during the pregnancy by just easting like crazy and not exercising like I should have. My weight before I delivered was 316lbs ! Today I stepped on the scale and I was 285lbs. It feels good to have dropped that first 31 so quickly without effort but I know that getting rid of the rest of this weight will be anything but easy.

Unfortunetly I will not be able to do any real exercise despite having just gotten a membership to a gym. I had an emergency c section. A week after I delivered I ended up having problems with it and they had to open me back up again. My DD is 6 weeks old today and my incision is still wide open and they won't clear me yet. I'm hoping I can get the green light witin the next 2 weeks. Working out has always been great for my mood as well as my health.

Sorry my intro was so long. Really looking forward to sharing this WOE with everyone

[2big4mysize]

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congrats on your new baby.
are you breast feedingas that could effct your atkins eating plan too.

hope you get the green light soon

[Stephanie_M]

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I was breast feeding up until a week ago. I got mastitis around Christmas and had to start supplementing with formula... well long story short my milk dried up so now she's fully formula fed.

[Skeptika23]

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Welcome! I had a baby on 9/2 via c-section but luckily I had no issues... but I do have empathy!

Good luck in reaching your goals!

[2big4mysize]

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so you can do induction eating without worrying about any issues with nurshing your baby them welcome aboard

[Stephanie_M]

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Jackie- The the c section went terrible but that hasn't deterred me from wanting more kids. Although I'm really shooting for a VBAC for the next one.

[Alaskansonya]

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I had an emergency c section. A week after I delivered I ended up having problems with it and they had to open me back up again. My DD is 6 weeks old today and my incision is still wide open and they won't clear me yet. I'm hoping I can get the green light witin the next 2 weeks. Working out has always been great for my mood as well as my health.

OH MY GOSH!!! That sounds exactly like me!!! I had difficulties with both of my pregnancies and they were both emergency C-sections, and both were early! The first one was 4 weeks early, and my second one was 6 weeks premature and emergency C. The second, and my last, one went bad and within a week I was in the hospital going through open wound therapy cause I got infected inside. You better take your time on the exercise cause that took me a bit to recover....however, I must say, you are on the right path here. My doctor recommended I find a diet that was sugar free and would help me lose pounds. Atkins was acceptable to him. Congrats on your beautiful baby and good luck hun!

[JulieB]

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Welcome to the Century Club It sounds like you are starting at about the same weight I did (although you are quite a bit taller than I am!) Best Wishes for success on this WOE

[Stephanie_M]

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Thanks Sonya and Julie

Sonya- My DD was actually 9 days late. I went into labor on my own but the on call OB decided he wanted to do a c section even though I was progressing really fast and had just had an ultra sound moments before that showed that DD was totally okay. My midwife said they should have never done the c section but it's too late now. It really robbed me of the first month with DD. You yourself know how painful it is. It was a pretty terrible experience but now that I have my beautiful DD I wouldn't take it back for anything in this world. I love being a Mommy <3

[Alaskansonya]

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Stephanie, I know sometimes doctors make stupid calls and sometimes I wonder if they are just doing it for more money. My situations were definitely different but in the long run a C section is a C section...They can be tough to recover from. I think they do too many unneeded C's and that isn't good. I was originally told that I couldn't have children and I do have 3 now...I adopted my daughter, and then five days before her first birthday, I gave birth to our first son. Then, about four years later, I had a tubal pregnancy, and then right after that I got preg again. My last son is five years younger than my oldest son. They are all born in November, including my husband. rofl Now my daughter is 14 yrs old, my oldest son is 13 and my youngest is 8. Since I hemorrhaged on the last one (lots of complications) and he was a preemie, they told me that this one should be my last one. Hubby was there through it all and they had told him that I was lucky I got in on time, and that I was within a half hour of losing my life. He was extremely upset and took care of the situation so that I couldn't get preg again. So we are done and have 3 beautiful children!! That's a lot considering I wasn't supposed to be able to have any right? hehe

Anyhow, enough of me...I wish you luck on your journey! And hug that sweet baby for me!

[Stephanie_M]

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Wow! That is quite a journey you had to get your wonderful children! So glad you are okay and it is amazing to have someone as strong and awesome as you to join on this WOE

[sham]

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Ah your babies really cute.
All the best.

[Stephanie_M]

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Thanks Sham =)