It's been almost a year since I have written... and SO MUCH HAS CHANGED!!!
2017 has been a very weird year... but it is wrapping up to be one of the best year's of my life! I am excited to announce...
WE ARE HAVING A BABY!!!!!
DIANA MAR-JEN LONESS is due 04/17/2018
We started an additional youtube channel - Loness Crew - which updates different things about the pregnancy. And once baby Diana get's here, I will also be getting back to judo and my weight loss journey. I want to be able to keep up with her.
As most of you know, we were having a HORRIBLE time getting pregnant. Here is the blogpost about my diagnosis of PCOS and my feeble attempt to explain where I was with it at that time - I am still fighting the effects of this horrible thing called a disease (with no explanation of causes, or even cures!! Treatments for the symptoms only...)
However... after family vacation to Florida this year, I wasn't feeling 100%. I was tired, no food sounded good, and I even threw up out of the blue one day in my office... that was fun! My birthday was on a Sunday, and I kept thinking to myself "maybe I am pregnant? No! I am NOT!" After too many let downs, I had basically stopped allowing myself to think it. After discussion with Brandon, we decided to take a test. For some reason, it made sense to test on my birthday - I really didn't think it through all the way: If it was negative, it might ruin my entire day.
I woke up early, because I was actually excited to test! For the first time in the almost 3 years of trying, I actually felt excited to test... Immediately, the 2 stripes appeared. I couldn't believe my eyes! In fact, I DIDN'T believe my eyes!! I didn't have to wait the 2 minutes for the test to show positive... it was immediate!
I fumbled around for the box, because SURELY I was only seeing things. My eyes were blurry from sleeping in my contacts, or I wasn't reading the results correctly... Sure enough, the box AND the insert of directions confirmed - WE ARE HAVING A BABY!
Brandon, still in bed, could hear my rustling around in the bathroom. He fully admits that he was waiting for me to start screaming - he thought I had seen a spider and was freaking out trying to get away from it... Little did he know, I had just learned he was going to be a daddy!!
I came out of the bathroom - test in one hand, box with directions in the other - and said "we did it!" He just looked at me, since he was also half asleep "did what?" I jumped on the bed with him, my excitement too much to contain at that point "we are pregnant!!" We laughed, cried, reread the directions and results about a thousand times, and then had to get ourselves together... Today was my birthday, and we decided not to tell anyone until we went to the doctor to confirm...
4 hours, 15 people, and 1 birthday dinner and cake party later... we had contained ourselves long enough to make it through!! I didn't even slip ONCE!!
The video above was our announcement to the world. We told our parents on Labor Day Monday, and they had absolutely NO idea!! It was one of the greatest surprises EVER!! We gave our parents a gift: A onesie that said "One day I will make history", some socks, football pacifiers, and a copy of the first ultrasound in a frame that had grandkid words all over it. You can tell by the reactions in the video, all 4 parents are EXTREMELY excited!!
Now, I am at 21 weeks and have had a few struggles along the way. First, let me just say - Diana is growing just perfectly! She is weighing in at 12 ounces, which is right on track. Our anatomy scan was last week - which confirms the growth of limbs and organs - everything is perfect. She was wiggling around like crazy, and even got the hiccups while we watched her on the screen. It has really been a magical time in our life and in our marriage.
I am having to take insulin shots, as I have been diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes - but after weeks of feeling guilty, I have finally come to the realization that it is NOT my fault. It has nothing to do with my weight, or lack of weight loss. It has everything in the world to do with the fact that my pancreas is just completely unable to keep up. A pregnant woman's pancreas has to keep up with almost 3 times the amount of insulin to keep 2 humans alive during pregnancy. A woman weighing 100 pounds may not have a pancreas up to the task... a woman at 300 pounds may not have a problem keeping up with the insulin demands. Everyone is different.
Obviously, because of the pregnancy, my judo and kickboxing training are on pause right now. I do plan on getting back in though, once she is here and I am cleared by my doctors to get back. Diana doesn't know it yet, but as soon as she is 4, she is also getting into the judo program. Too many kids are being bullied for me to NOT have her in some sort of self defense.
So, that's all that is new. I have decided that while I am attempting to vlog on youtube our amazing journey, I also want to get back into blogging. I feel like I can get my point across with written word easier than on video - but we shall see what happens.
Have a great day everyone, and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
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