One month down!

Three months before I conceived Skittle, I had some of the worst menstrual cramps of my life. I'm talking curled up in a ball on the bathroom floor crying my eyes out kind of painful.  That next month I had my lap surgery and stage III endometriosis was found and cleared out.  I've still had some painful periods since Skittle's birth but nothing like before she was born.  I am, however happy to report that this is the FIRST and only time I have EVER been cramp free (I'm talking not a single bit of pain, not even a twinge!!!!) on the first day of my cycle!!! Even when I did the endo diet before, I still had cramps so I'm not sure why this time is so different.  I've been on the endo diet for a month now and while I'm not the best on it during the weekends, I've been pretty good about staying away from gluten/dairy/red meat/soy during the week.

Unfortunately, this diet has done nothing for my fibro pain and while I expected it to be like that (my rheumatologist said as much), I had high hopes that this diet would help that pain too, even if just a little.   I'm actually seeing an increase in pain lately (with today being the worst in a long time) but I hope it's just a phase.  It makes me so so sad to not be able to wear many of my Halloween socks anymore.  The bands on the longer socks just cause too much discomfort for me to ignore any longer. 

I've been working out about five days a week since I started the endo diet.  (Actually, now that I think about it, that could be causing the increase in Fibro issues.)  While I haven't lost a single pound, I feel like I'm toning up and getting stronger. 

We still don't have a plan for infertility treatments.  We're at a stand still.  I think we'll start pursuing it again after the new year. 

I'll leave you now with a couple pics of my Skittle baby...

 Playing with corn starch and water...too bad she wouldn't touch it!

Sea World