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ENDOMETREOSIS

May of 2010 I was diagnosed with Endometriosis, after having Lapriscopic surgery. I was very lucky and they were able to clear away all the adhesions, which then followed with a pregnancy, a miscarriage, then getting pregnant again shortly after the miscarriage with Macie (after 4 years of trying), then a year of no period from nursing and then getting pregnant with Wade. Since I only nursed Wade for 2 months my period came back right away. For those that don't know what Endometriosis is, it is a build up of adhesion inside your body, mostly on your uterus, but can expand all over the body if it gets really bad. They build up every time you have your cycle. Any women that has it has different side effects, but the most common are heavy bleeding, unbearable cramps and pain in your lower stomach. These past 7-8 months my periods have become unbearable. I have been cycling every 14 days, and have a  good 7-10 days of having bleeding, passing clots the size of golf balls. As well some of the worst cramping I have ever had. I don't know why it has gotten so out of control but I finally decided it was time to get it under control. I went and saw my OBGYN and he had some big concerns. With how frequent and heavy my periods were becoming, if we can't get them under control then we would have to consider a hysterectomy. Both me and the Doctor didn't want to go this route as I am still young. So he talked about some extreme lifestyle changes.
1. Is the crazy Endometriosis diet, the list is smaller of what I can eat then what I can't. Even after we hopefully get your periods under control, you should somewhat always stick to this diet.

2. Birth control non-stop, meaning I never take the white pills, meaning I never bleed. This would not be a permanent thing, only for 6 months to a year. (this one scares me the most as the last time I went on birth control it was the worst experience of my life)

3. This one is the only one that excites me, he wants me to be exercising on a daily basis, and not only exercising every day but hard cardio. Good long runs, bike rides, swimming, work out classes. It can help periods slow down and as well not be as heavy.

After the year is up I will be taken of the birth control and see from there how my periods are doing, if they are under control and not as heavy and not as frequent, and they stay that way until I hit metapause then we should be OK. If not then talk of surgery might be in my future. They say women who have Endometriosis are the only women we want hitting metapause at a younger age.

This past year in a half has been on of the most challenging years of my life and I hope the decision to quit my job and focus on my health and children is the right decision. Some people might wonder why I would write about such a personal thing, mostly for my children's sake, so when they look back and read my blog books, they see the difficulties and challenges there parents went through and that they were able to over come them and live through them.

Someone peed on the potty!!

Wade peed on the potty for the first time

the other day. I know it will still be awhile before his is potty trained but it excites me so much to think of being done with diapers. 

How great is this smile!!!

Valentines!!!

I love Valentine's week, a tradition we started in our family of making Valentines boxes and for the week filling them daily with fun surprises. This year Mark and Macie went and picked out gifts for me and Wade, and me and Wade went and got gifts for Macie and Mark. Nothing big just little things from our favorite treats to fun little toys. The kids loved waking up every morning and seein what new surprises where in there boxes. Macie and I also made Sugar cookies (my first time ever making sugar cookies) for her dayhome friends and I took some to my co-workers. Such a great week of showing our love for each other. Then tonight Mark and I are headed for dinner to a fancy restaurant for some time alone. I love the way we have started to celebrate Valentine's, nothing huge no need for expensive gifts, just ways to show love for one another and some alone time with my hubby. 

All about the kids!!!

Today was all about the kiddos. We started with some yummy breakfast, then got ready to go to open gymnastics. The kids loved it like always. Then we headed to the mall were I let Macie pick out some clip on earrings and Wade picked out a toy. Macie was of course in heaven and has been obsessed about her new earrings all day showing them off to everybody. Then we headed home for lunch and some naps. I even wore Macie out enough to get her to take a nap. After

Naps we did some silly play and then got Macie and me ready for our mommy/daughter date tonight. Mark went snowboarding tonight with a friend so I got our favorite sitter (Elizabeth Onofrychuk) to watch Wade while me and Macie went for a quick dinner and then meet our friends at the Lakeland Basketball game. This day couldn't have been more amazing. The kids were so good, we had so much fun and had some great bonding time. 

Dance class!!!

I have been thinking a lot lately about what to do with Macie for school and extra curricular activities. I feel very strongly that we should wait and put Macie in kindergarten a year later as her birthday is so late in the year, with that decision I felt she needed to do a more structured extra circular activity as she won't be starting preschool in September. It was a hard decision between dance and gymnastics but after looking into all the programs dance at studio encore seemed the best. It was such a good choice, Macie loves it so much. She runs out after every session with a huge smile on her face and shows us all her dance moves. 

More stitches

We were having such a wonderful time at the CO-OP grocery store, the kids were pushing around there little kid carts and we were getting groceries for dinner with our friends on Sunday. When all of a sudden I hear Mark freaking out and holding Wade's head. Then I saw the blood, it was everywhere and the huge gap on his forehead. I knew right away he needed stitches. The store workers were useless and did nothing to help us, Mark finally ran Wade out to the van and got our first aid kid. The bleeding finally slowed down a bit and we raced to the hospital with the hazard lights on. Poor Wade was crying and Macie was so stressed and worried about Wade. Thankfully the hospital ER was dead and they got him in right away. The Nurses and Doctor had to wrap him up in a blanket like a sausage and hold his body and head to give him his stitches. He screamed so loud I swear the whole hospital heard him. It was so hard not being able to comfort him when he was so upset. The doctors didn't like how much swelling there was so they did an X-ray of his head to make sure he didn't crack his skull. All was good and they sent us home. This poor little man of mine two sets of stitches in the past 4 months. The doc said this one will scar. He will definitely have some good scars to show off for the ladies. 

Family Portrait

A Tea Party

I love that this $10 tea set has been Macie's favorite Christmas present, she has already played with it for hours. Reconfirming to me why I don't spend a lot of money at Christmas. 

Macie dresses like this on a daily basis. This dress over whatever she has on with a crown, tons of necklaces, princess shoes and bracelets. 

2014 KINDA SUCKED!!!!

I'm not going to say a whole lot about it, but that it was a tough year, soooo....

So long farewell and I hope to never think of you again, but focus on a new year with lots of new goals and 365 days to make it a good one.