I was asked a couple of questions which I will try to answer somewhat intelligently.
Q: Have you thought about lap band surgery as well? It’s a lot less invasive, and you don’t have to wait to get pregnant.
A: I have been researching gastric bypass type surgeries for about 8 months off and on now. Most of my information has come from this really great site called www.Obesityhelp.com, though I have done research all around the web world. I figured I would let a doctor help me decide which surgery was the best for me and I haven’t seen a doctor about this yet.
Someone also mentioned a two year wait before becoming pregnant after gastric bypass, the info I have found only requires a one year wait, but again I will have to ask the doc to know for sure.
Q: I know poke is going to be away, but you know, he could store a couple samples at a clinic near you and you could use those for IVF in absentia
A: We did briefly discuss this option but the honest truth is that we just can’t afford IVF in the
A: I don’t mind at all. If you get really bored you can read back to the beginning of my blog and hear the whole story, but the quick answer is that my husband seems to have some sort of long standing, difficult to be rid of infection. My RE thought that it was probably imbedded in his prostate gland (thus why it was so difficult to get rid of) and he could have had this infection most of his life and just never have known it. As a result he has poor sperm count, terrible morbidity and motility as well. The RE gave us a very small (<8% I think) chance of ever getting knocked up the old fashioned way. When we did IVF it required ICSI as well.
Q: Hey—gastric bypass is a great option for the morbidly obese but judging by the pictures you have posted at this site, you don’t look even close to morbidly obese!
A: (I know this isn’t really a question, but I thought it merited a response)
I fall into the Severely Obese category, I am just a bit less than 100 lbs overweight and I have been overweight for 20 years. Since my mother just died at the age of one day past her 59th birthday due to complications incurred because of obesity, I figured it was time I tried to prevent that path for myself. Because my insurance requires you to be 100 lbs overweight before they will pay for the surgery, I may actually have to put on about 12 lbs before then.. heh.. like that will be hard.
As for the pictures, well thank ya, grin I consider myself a fairly gifted photographer. I particularly love to take photos of women who don’t think they are very pretty, or who think they are not photogenic, because believe me, I can make’m look yummy! So far I just take photos of girls I know and just dream of setting up my own studio. Unfortunately my life style (traveling for the Government) isn’t conducive of such plans.
I’m still on my dad’s computer right now, mine probably won’t arrive until mid February but maybe later I will share some more of my photography with you all. All of my own photos are self portraits. I have an array of background and props/costumes, I play with lighting etc and use a professional quality digital camera (which my husband decided he needed to take to
I really love editing photographs, and besides, what woman wouldn’t want her photos to be zit and stretch mark free?!
