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March 22, 2007 - Thursday
It stopped!!!!!!!! Current mood: gratefulCategory: Life
Ok, so I just wanted to update everyone.....I'm no longer on my period!!!!!!!!! It's been over for a couple of days now, and needless to say everyone is much happier!
I did have a doctor's appointment today, and it turns out that I'm healthy! There have been several things lately that finally motivated me to take my butt to the doctor and get everything checked out. I was horrified to go, and I am not generally a person who is afraid of doctors. I think the fact that my daddy had a quadruple by-pass at 37 really freaked me out, and I've been overweight all my life, so I just kind of figured I'd have high cholesterol at least.
Nope, cholesterol, blood sugar, triglycerides, and whatever else they check for was great! I wasn't even anemic, which I figured I would be after the last five weeks! Yay! I'm healthy! What a relief! Now I can relax. All of you should go get checked out too!
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Danielle
Danielle Cummings
So glad you got good news!!!
Posted by Danielle on March 22, 2007 - Thursday - 1:56 PM
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Sunday, March 18, 2007
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He finally got it! - Brandy Reaves's MySpace Blog
March 18, 2007 - Sunday
He finally got it! Current mood: sleepy
Ok, so last night was pretty typical. Matthew is working nights, he gets home around 10 am, so he sleep until 6 or 7 every night, he gets up, we eat, we spend time as a family, watch TV, or whatever else we have to do. At 9 pm I try and get the kids to bed, or at least ready for bed. So I put Ethan down in his playpen which is still right beside my bed, and then both of us go in to put Abby in her bed and tell her good night. Then Matthew wanted to lay in bed and watch TV and rest a little more. It's time for me to go and iron his uniform. I am trying to get the ironing done, but Ethan keeps making noise, losing his pacifier, etc. I keep walking back and forth from the ironing board in the spare room to my bedroom trying to get Ethan settled down so that he will sleep and Matthew can rest.
Matthew looks at me, and he says, "You really don't ever get a break do you?" I thought I would pass out! I've been trying to explain that to him for two and a half years! It may sound crazy, but in that moment I was so relieved that he actually recognized that I don't get to take breaks, I am not guaranteed a break to eat or even allowed to go to the bathroom alone most days! I can't explain exactly how I felt, but it was just so good for him to acknowledge the endless things that have to be done around the house!
I don't really know what my point was in writing this, but I was so happy, that I just had to share it with someone!
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Danielle
Danielle Cummings
well i'm glad too!!! There is hope for him yet!!
Love yall
Posted by Danielle on March 19, 2007 - Monday - 8:29 AM
NO NAME
Jessie Brust
congrats! I am glad that he noticed. Mother really are the most unappreciated people on the planet. Not to mention that we are the only ones that loose our identies. We are no longer Brandy or Jessie we are "xxxxxx's Mom." Its great but sometimes its better to just get noticed for all that you put into it!
Posted by NO NAME on March 22, 2007 - Thursday - 9:47 AM
Janery
Janery Barnes
Can you send him over to talk with Allen? He still doesn't get it. His idea is that you just load the kids up and take em fishing....no laundry, no dishes, no mopping floors. I've done both-stay at home and working. The stay at home thing was MUCH harder. I went back to work to get a break!
Posted by Janery on April 14, 2007 - Saturday - 11:04 PM
March 18, 2007 - Sunday
He finally got it! Current mood: sleepy
Ok, so last night was pretty typical. Matthew is working nights, he gets home around 10 am, so he sleep until 6 or 7 every night, he gets up, we eat, we spend time as a family, watch TV, or whatever else we have to do. At 9 pm I try and get the kids to bed, or at least ready for bed. So I put Ethan down in his playpen which is still right beside my bed, and then both of us go in to put Abby in her bed and tell her good night. Then Matthew wanted to lay in bed and watch TV and rest a little more. It's time for me to go and iron his uniform. I am trying to get the ironing done, but Ethan keeps making noise, losing his pacifier, etc. I keep walking back and forth from the ironing board in the spare room to my bedroom trying to get Ethan settled down so that he will sleep and Matthew can rest.
Matthew looks at me, and he says, "You really don't ever get a break do you?" I thought I would pass out! I've been trying to explain that to him for two and a half years! It may sound crazy, but in that moment I was so relieved that he actually recognized that I don't get to take breaks, I am not guaranteed a break to eat or even allowed to go to the bathroom alone most days! I can't explain exactly how I felt, but it was just so good for him to acknowledge the endless things that have to be done around the house!
I don't really know what my point was in writing this, but I was so happy, that I just had to share it with someone!
10:47 PM
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Danielle
Danielle Cummings
well i'm glad too!!! There is hope for him yet!!
Love yall
Posted by Danielle on March 19, 2007 - Monday - 8:29 AM
NO NAME
Jessie Brust
congrats! I am glad that he noticed. Mother really are the most unappreciated people on the planet. Not to mention that we are the only ones that loose our identies. We are no longer Brandy or Jessie we are "xxxxxx's Mom." Its great but sometimes its better to just get noticed for all that you put into it!
Posted by NO NAME on March 22, 2007 - Thursday - 9:47 AM
Janery
Janery Barnes
Can you send him over to talk with Allen? He still doesn't get it. His idea is that you just load the kids up and take em fishing....no laundry, no dishes, no mopping floors. I've done both-stay at home and working. The stay at home thing was MUCH harder. I went back to work to get a break!
Posted by Janery on April 14, 2007 - Saturday - 11:04 PM
Friday, March 16, 2007
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Too much information... - Brandy Reaves's MySpace Blog
March 16, 2007 - Friday
Too much information... Current mood: exhausted
Ok, for anyone who doesn't want to know way too much personal information about me, just get out of this now. And for those of you who are just too nosy to stop quite yet, it might get a little gross because I'm having some female issues right now. Just wanted to warn you in case you don't really want to know me that well.
Ok, so I had a baby back in October, everything was fine, I went in December for my 6 week post partum check up and still everything was fine. I got my period in December, then 6 weeks later, I was freaking out because I hadn't gotten it again. I had not gotten on birth control after the baby because I don't like the mood swings that I have while I'm on it. So, I buy a pregnancy test just praying that it will NOT be positive, because Ethan is not even 3 months old yet! It was negative. Thank GOD!
Anyway, so this was enough for me and I called and got my doctor to prescribe me birth control after all, because I'm not sure yet if we will have another baby, but I definitely don't want to have a third one before the second one's first birthday! Ok, so I start the pill. The first month seems fine. During the week of inactive pills (4th week) I start spotting, no big deal. The next week I get my period for the full 7 days. I think it's all over with, and by this time I have already taken the first week of active pills for the second month. I start again! This isn't normal, but I decide to give it a little while to let my body regulate. It's annoying, but I can deal with it and it will stop eventually. So when I take Ethan for his 4 month visit I ask my doctor about all of this. He assures me that it's normal, just side effects from the pills. Ok, so it'll stop eventually.
Well, I finish the second month of pills, and I have NOT stopped having my period now for FIVE FULL WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Matthew and I decided to hell with the pills, at this point I just want it to stop. We'll do other things to keep from getting pregnant, which right now isn't an issue at all because, again, it's been FIVE FULL WEEKS! Sunday will start the sixth week, and if it doesn't stop by Thursday when Matthew is off work I will be going to see my doctor.
I feel like this has been caused by the birth control, which I am totally against now, and I hope that I am right. At this point I am exhausted, just completely drained, and I'm sure that I must be anemic. A couple of people have told me that birth control does similar things to them, so I'm hoping that once it all gets out of my system that it will just go away. I just find it odd, because I was on the exact same birth control for almost 5 years and never had any sort of problem like this.
Anyway, I apologize to those of you who didn't want to know this stuff, but I had to rant about it somewhere, and I did warn you before you got this far. It still kind of grosses Matthew out, so I try not to get too detailed with him. But sometimes I just hate being a girl!
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Danielle
Danielle Cummings
Holy Snikees!
I have no advice. I am clueless. But that sounds extrememly frusterating and I can at least understand an unexplained female problem at least.
Ugh. Hope you get it all straightened out soon!
Posted by Danielle on March 16, 2007 - Friday - 4:32 PM
Brandy
Brandy Reaves
Thanks, it does suck, and if it doesn't stop soon I might murder someone! I think this could be a justifiable defense don't you?
Posted by Brandy on March 16, 2007 - Friday - 4:42 PM
Janery
Janery Barnes
It may be the kind of pill you are on. After Jenna I tried the patch--that was horrible. The mood swings were awful, and not to mention how gross the sticker looked after an entire week of baths and clothing.
I went back on the orginal pill I had been on over 6 years, but I just didn't feel right. I requested another type from my obgyn, and was waiting to start that new prescription when "OMG" I was pregnant. Moral of the story, what worked before the babies doesn't necessaryily work after. Your boobs, belly and "not to be named other parts" are just not the same. You might want to try something different. I guess I should mention after Jodi's surprise, I gave up on the whole birth control thing and just made it permenant--Allen is no longer a danger to me :)
Hey, I like the blog thing, too. I has helped me out tremendously. It's kinda like a diary that you hope others read and feel your pain, but if they don't, no big deal. I feel better after it's out on the world wide web to share with whoever wants to read!
Posted by Janery on March 18, 2007 - Sunday - 7:48 PM
Brandy
Brandy Reaves
Yeah, I've thought of that too, but I'm really just sick of any hormones other than the ones that are supposed to be in my body. It happened after Abby, but nowhere nearly as bad. I got on those "breast-feeding" one hormone pills, and I stayed on them for the 4 months I nursed her, but after that I felt like I would lose my mind. Not to mention Matthew and I hardly got along at all.
Finally I realized I had post partum depression, and I had already gotten off the pills, and then I went back and got some Zoloft, and I felt worlds better. It took getting used to and ALOT of acceptance on my part, but it really did make a difference. I stayed on it until we decided to have a second one, and I haven't had any since. I have a prescription waiting just in case, but I really haven't felt the need for it this time.
Things like the house being messy would just seem like too much for me some days, and the medicine really made a difference, as much as I didn't want to admit it. I think I'm finally starting to wind down on the whole period thing ****crossing my fingers****, but if it doesn't stop by Wednesday, I will be going to the doctor by Friday at least. As for birth control, I think I'll just go back to the diaphragm, I think that just works better for me right now. Maybe in a couple of months I will ask for that Seasonale, or whatever where you only have 3 or 4 periods a year and see how that goes. After Ethan's birthday, we should be able to decide whether or not we're done and will either have another one, or do something more permanent.
March 16, 2007 - Friday
Too much information... Current mood: exhausted
Ok, for anyone who doesn't want to know way too much personal information about me, just get out of this now. And for those of you who are just too nosy to stop quite yet, it might get a little gross because I'm having some female issues right now. Just wanted to warn you in case you don't really want to know me that well.
Ok, so I had a baby back in October, everything was fine, I went in December for my 6 week post partum check up and still everything was fine. I got my period in December, then 6 weeks later, I was freaking out because I hadn't gotten it again. I had not gotten on birth control after the baby because I don't like the mood swings that I have while I'm on it. So, I buy a pregnancy test just praying that it will NOT be positive, because Ethan is not even 3 months old yet! It was negative. Thank GOD!
Anyway, so this was enough for me and I called and got my doctor to prescribe me birth control after all, because I'm not sure yet if we will have another baby, but I definitely don't want to have a third one before the second one's first birthday! Ok, so I start the pill. The first month seems fine. During the week of inactive pills (4th week) I start spotting, no big deal. The next week I get my period for the full 7 days. I think it's all over with, and by this time I have already taken the first week of active pills for the second month. I start again! This isn't normal, but I decide to give it a little while to let my body regulate. It's annoying, but I can deal with it and it will stop eventually. So when I take Ethan for his 4 month visit I ask my doctor about all of this. He assures me that it's normal, just side effects from the pills. Ok, so it'll stop eventually.
Well, I finish the second month of pills, and I have NOT stopped having my period now for FIVE FULL WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Matthew and I decided to hell with the pills, at this point I just want it to stop. We'll do other things to keep from getting pregnant, which right now isn't an issue at all because, again, it's been FIVE FULL WEEKS! Sunday will start the sixth week, and if it doesn't stop by Thursday when Matthew is off work I will be going to see my doctor.
I feel like this has been caused by the birth control, which I am totally against now, and I hope that I am right. At this point I am exhausted, just completely drained, and I'm sure that I must be anemic. A couple of people have told me that birth control does similar things to them, so I'm hoping that once it all gets out of my system that it will just go away. I just find it odd, because I was on the exact same birth control for almost 5 years and never had any sort of problem like this.
Anyway, I apologize to those of you who didn't want to know this stuff, but I had to rant about it somewhere, and I did warn you before you got this far. It still kind of grosses Matthew out, so I try not to get too detailed with him. But sometimes I just hate being a girl!
3:59 PM
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Danielle
Danielle Cummings
Holy Snikees!
I have no advice. I am clueless. But that sounds extrememly frusterating and I can at least understand an unexplained female problem at least.
Ugh. Hope you get it all straightened out soon!
Posted by Danielle on March 16, 2007 - Friday - 4:32 PM
Brandy
Brandy Reaves
Thanks, it does suck, and if it doesn't stop soon I might murder someone! I think this could be a justifiable defense don't you?
Posted by Brandy on March 16, 2007 - Friday - 4:42 PM
Janery
Janery Barnes
It may be the kind of pill you are on. After Jenna I tried the patch--that was horrible. The mood swings were awful, and not to mention how gross the sticker looked after an entire week of baths and clothing.
I went back on the orginal pill I had been on over 6 years, but I just didn't feel right. I requested another type from my obgyn, and was waiting to start that new prescription when "OMG" I was pregnant. Moral of the story, what worked before the babies doesn't necessaryily work after. Your boobs, belly and "not to be named other parts" are just not the same. You might want to try something different. I guess I should mention after Jodi's surprise, I gave up on the whole birth control thing and just made it permenant--Allen is no longer a danger to me :)
Hey, I like the blog thing, too. I has helped me out tremendously. It's kinda like a diary that you hope others read and feel your pain, but if they don't, no big deal. I feel better after it's out on the world wide web to share with whoever wants to read!
Posted by Janery on March 18, 2007 - Sunday - 7:48 PM
Brandy
Brandy Reaves
Yeah, I've thought of that too, but I'm really just sick of any hormones other than the ones that are supposed to be in my body. It happened after Abby, but nowhere nearly as bad. I got on those "breast-feeding" one hormone pills, and I stayed on them for the 4 months I nursed her, but after that I felt like I would lose my mind. Not to mention Matthew and I hardly got along at all.
Finally I realized I had post partum depression, and I had already gotten off the pills, and then I went back and got some Zoloft, and I felt worlds better. It took getting used to and ALOT of acceptance on my part, but it really did make a difference. I stayed on it until we decided to have a second one, and I haven't had any since. I have a prescription waiting just in case, but I really haven't felt the need for it this time.
Things like the house being messy would just seem like too much for me some days, and the medicine really made a difference, as much as I didn't want to admit it. I think I'm finally starting to wind down on the whole period thing ****crossing my fingers****, but if it doesn't stop by Wednesday, I will be going to the doctor by Friday at least. As for birth control, I think I'll just go back to the diaphragm, I think that just works better for me right now. Maybe in a couple of months I will ask for that Seasonale, or whatever where you only have 3 or 4 periods a year and see how that goes. After Ethan's birthday, we should be able to decide whether or not we're done and will either have another one, or do something more permanent.
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