Me with - Straight hair .. Normal hair
Mmmm .. now some INTERESTING FACTS .. let me see
- I agreed to marry my husband after a month of meeting him .. (albeit I was absolutely plastered at the time) .. then we moved in together after knowing each other for 3 months .. then officially got engaged after 5 months of meeting each other. We met when I went to a house for studying for a Polytech exam where he was boarding .. and whoa there he was .. We have been married 15 years as at last Feb :-)
- We've got twin boys .. and one chickadee .. hah .. how did you know that already ??? The boys were conceived by IVF and Miss was a bolt out of the blue .. we thought we'd try and see what having a singleton pregnancy was like ..
With Miss .. my doctor and I thought there was something "medically wrong" with me and I was going to be having a number of tests done as I felt so terrible .. not once did we think about pregnancy .. I on the off chance threw a pregnancy test in the groceries and thought I'd do a test "just for the hell of it" .. well talk about almost fall off the toilet .. I went back at 8 weeks and the doctor couldn't believe it when I said that I was pregnant and that was why I was so unwell .. lol ..
- It took us over 8 years to concede that we were not going to get these monkeys conceived naturally and decide to take the IVF route .. as luck would have it .. the day we called in to Hamilton on holiday to talk to IVF place .. they said we would be more than eligible to go on the Public waiting list .. and within 6 weeks we were starting the IVF roller-coaster journey.
It only took one cycle luckily and the retrieval (22 eggs, 8 fertilising .. and then only 2 going on the 8 cell embies), transfer and ultra-sound (at IVF clinic) were all classed as "textbook" .. and at 6 & 1/2 weeks it all looked fab ... even though at 6 weeks I was told by the local sonographer that I had no babies in that there uterus .. stupid pillock!!
I had 32 weeks of hyperemesis with the boys .. it stopped at 28 weeks .. and started again at 30 weeks (although that may have been more stress related as that was when Twin B - Cam was suspected as having something severely wrong with the left side of his heart). With Miss I had hyperemesis from 5 - 41 weeks .. yep she was 5 days overdue .. my midwife told me that it would disappear overnight .. and I did not believe her .. when I woke up the next morning after having Miss .. it was like someone had wave a magic wand .. friggin' awesome to be able to eat without indigestion, being sick .. or just feeling rotten :-)
- I suffered PTSD, Post Natal depression and Anxiety following our return from Auckland (and probably before we got home and in hospital) with the boys .. and then was very very unwell with suspected Adjustment disorder (but most probably Depression/Anxiety looking back now .. and me being an expert now at these things ..lol) when they were 15 months old .. and went on meds but never found the "right" one for me .. then with Miss I suffered severe Pre-Natal depression, then Post Natal depression and then with a lot of counselling (and amazingly no meds) for 2 & 1/2 years began to feel really well again .. then this year have taken a down-slide again and are back meds (but a new one) for a now diagnosed Generalised Anxiety with Depressive Symptoms Disorder .. and have been seeing a Clinical Psychologist .. am I doing better . .sometimes yes .. other times I'd like to kick the Black Dog back out on the porch .. but it likes being on my shoulders too much and sometimes it's a battle :-)
- All of my children have Congenital Heart Defects .. Cam has Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) which is rare and pretty damn serious .. he has had a few heart surgeries and procedures in his life and his poor little "flat" frog fingers have lots of pin pricks in them as we test his blood to make sure he's on the right blood thinners 2-6 weekly depending on how his health is .. Mike had Pulmonary Stenosis .. and it corrected by itself .. and Miss has Aortic Stenosis .. her's is monitored and depending on when we can get her to lie down on the bed for an echo without having a mental we will see if she needs surgery to correct her valve before she gets to school. All of the boys were shy .. urrghhh hate that word .. but Miss has been "diagnosed" as having Selective Mutism .. not too sure how bad it is .. as has yet to be analysed by the right people .. but we think it's a mild case .. well mild to others .. and we're all crossing fingers, toes and other body parts that it will resolve itself in some way when she heads to school ..
- Since March I lost both of my Nana's and last week lost my Grandad .. I have my Pop still alive .. although I'm really really sad that they are now gone .. I am grateful that I was able to spend some of my adulthood getting to really know them and that they were able to see my kids while they were little and share their love with them :-)
Also I love that I can see some of the beautiful gifts that they have passed on to my children and/or my neice and nephews and my sister .. esp the musical talent and art/craft and cooking talents ..
I love the concept of doing a family tree and since my Nana's passings have gone right back and shared the results with my parents .. surprising even them with some of the stuff I found .. I'm still chipping away at it coz holy heck it sure does take a long time ..
OK so that's all the deep meaningful (less) stuff .. now some other stuff
- I have two beautiful sisters .. I'm the oldest .. and have 4 nephews and a niece .. and my middle sister is due to POP .. well she better soon - babe's 9 days overdue .. I "had" a "surrogate" brother but sadly he passed away from a work-place accident 2 years ago .. and left a huge hole in my life ..
- I gabble .. go off on a tangent .. come back to it (maybe) or completely change my mind and never go back to it .. you didn't notice .. mmmmm .. well .. I do .. but IRL I'm quite reserved (hate the word shy) .. until I get to know y'all and then can't stop me yabbering .. but online .. I'm yaketty yak .. but not stuff that's too meaningful coz I like to take life easy as possible .. coz my life IRL is way too heavy for me to carry much else on them there shoulders :-) .. so this being my first post of the 30 days of me .. looks like some posts may be friggin novels ..lol .. if you can ber to sit through them .. grab some popcorn/wine/a picnic basket .. it may take a while ;-p
- My car most times is a huge mess. If my car is clean .. you can bet your bottom dollar .. there is an almighty mess either in my kitchen or lounge or bedroom or all blimmin' 3. I have a problem with multi-room tidiness I think .. or multi-area tidiness .. then if the rooms are all tidy .. I daren't open a cupboard .. coz stuff could easily fall out and flatten you ..
- I have a problem with folding and then putting my washing away .. I can get it washed and hung out .. but then Mt Washmore, Mt Washalot and Mt Fall-all-over the floor can stay there for days on end .. and only once hubby and the kids start voicing a bit too much that they can't find some piece of clothing will I be motivated to get moving ;-p
- I'd love to go to a clothing stylist .. as I have no idea what suits me or what the heck style even is .. I wear mostly black or deep wine or dark blue .. or that nice blue or dark purply coloured stuff.. that most probably is then layered with a touch of black .. and this is mostly worn with jeans or a dark skirt .. arggh!
- I lost over 20 kgs about 2 years ago .. through various means .. and are right peeved that now I've put 5-7 kgs depending on what exercise I do ..since going back on AD's and eating my depression away .. BUT .. have recently brought a bike and are back walking again this WEEK! I'm an emotional eater from way back .. and to prove it have almost eaten a whole packet of Chicken Thin Cut Chips while writing this ..lol
- I've got killer blue eyes and smile (well so I've been told) .. and love laughing and dancing and READING READING and READING.
- I love to help out others when I can .. and probably take on too much .. hence STILL being on the Heart Children committee and Playgroup co-ordinator and all the rest of the stuff I do .. but I like doing it coz it makes me feel good unless I have to do too much ..lol .. but I've got better at delegating .. that said I'm stepping back and resigning from them all in March next year once Miss goes to school.
- I've almost completed my BBS through Massey .. and have changed my major so many times I've lost count what I'm actually majoring in .. now I've completely changed my mind and are looking to do a degree in Early Childhood as I think I'd like to be a Kindergarten teacher.
There is probably a heck of a lot more than 15 .. but I've yabbered too much already .. and if you've got this far .. you're probably bored out of your tree ..lol
NB ***One that my husband would think I should have written is (that he thinks) I'm addicted to the computer/internet .. ummm NO WAY surely NOT!
