The Beginning

My goal..my vision is to give children and their grownups tools and strategies to deal with stress and to lead more happy and joyful lives.  To break the chains of pain passed down from generation to generation.  I hope that they don't have to wait until they are in their forties to realize these things. 


Wow Wow Wow,  if you had said that I would have had a son, I would have said, "yeah, right."  I didn't see this coming.  To give you some background information, I had trouble with my menstruation( I know..yikes..you didn't sign up for this info), but, basically, I was told by a few doctors that I probably wouldn't get pregnant.  As the saying goes, "You can make a plan, but don't plan the outcome."  It really does matter what you put on and in your body.  As it turns out, I had been living with undiagnosed Celiac Disease.  Once I became gluten-free in both diet and topical beauty products, my health improved.  My periods became regular and were not painful anymore.  Much to my surprise, I was also able to get pregnant.  At this point in my life, I was 36 years old, and I thought that I would never be a mom.  I was open to the idea of being an "aunt" one day.  

It's crazy.  Clearly, the pull out method did not work.  My periods were so irregular that it was normal for me.  I had gone to my chiropractor to "straighten" me out, and he said, "you still haven't gotten your period?".  Normally he would straighten my hips, and then I would get my period.  His office was next to the pharmacy.  After my appointment, I went ahead and bought a pregnancy test.  I thought to myself, the moment I buy this thing,  I will get my period. 

Normally, when I worked the night shift, I would sleep until 5 pm.   However, I had woken up at 3 pm to pee.  I peed on the pregnancy test, and thank god I was sitting down. 

I couldn't believe it was positive, it had never been positive.  I called the boyfriend, but meanwhile, he thought I was calling to break up with him.  Then I told him that I was pregnant and he told me to come over.  Thankfully I had bought a two-pack.  I peed at his place.  That test came back positive too.  I had felt a mix of emotions...joy and fear.  To be continued....

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