So I just read my friend/big sister Maati's birth story and it made me cry and was beautiful and amazing and made me so much more anxious and excited to become pregnant and be a mom.
I want to have a natural childbirth, ideally with a midwife. Reading Maati's birth story only reconfirmed my desire to do that. I think its important for me to be in tune with my body when giving birth and I am also anti epidurals and hospitals based on things I have seen when my friends have given birth. Of course everyone thinks I am crazy and thinks I need to have a baby the traditional way. We shall see.
AF just left so since I decided not to chart this month I can only guess when I will ovulate Amir and I just decided to try the every other day method this cycle. I am bound to catch ovulation that way RIGHT??? LOL I know, I know definitely not a guarantee.
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About Me
- Simply Me...
- I am a 26 year old woman married to my best friend. I am also a new mom of a beautiful baby boy, Alexander Kelson, who I can not get enough of! 3 months after the birth of my son I was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma of the Breast or "Breast Cancer."
Breast Cancer Timeline:
- 09/2009 Discover a small lump in my breast. Disregard as me being anal and never look back.
- 10/2009 BFP!!!
- 03/2010 Realize the lump in my breast has now gotten pretty large
- 04/2010 Visit Doctor she sends me for an Ultrasound. Ultrasound reveals a "cystic mass." I am told I can get the mass aspirator after I give birth.
- 06/2010 Visit a Lactation Consultant to discuss concerns about the "cyst" interfering with Breast feeding she encourages me to go see a breast surgeon immediately. So I make an appointment for June 28, 2010.
- 06/28/2010 Oooops Miss my appt with the Breast Surgeon because...ALEX is born!!
- 09/27/2010 Finally go see Dr. Teal who decides to immediately do a biopsy of the mass. I can already sense the concern.
- 09/29/2010 DX with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma in the Right Breast. Cancer is at a stage 2a. Have immediate Mammogram and Ultrasound done. Both reveal suspicious Lymph Node.
- 09/30/2010 Stop Breastfeeding in order to receive a radioactive injection for Breast Scans. Also have a Biopsy of suspicious Lymph Node done. Surgery set.
- 10/12/2010 Due to family history and age we choose to have a bilateral mastectomy with immediate reconstruction. With nipple sparing on the left side.
- 10/19/2010 Drains removed!!
- 11/3/2010 Second surgery due to death of my nipple :-(
- 11/5/2010 Medi port inserted.
- 11/8/2010 Plastic Surgeon gives the all clear to start Chemo. Return to work after a month long Hiatus.
- 11/10/2010 Meet with fertility specialist to discuss options for preserving fertility. After a long heart to heart we decide to take our chances with doing nothing.
- 11/18/2010 Begin first half of Chemo. Adriamycin and Cytoxan biweekly with a Nulesta injection on day 2, for 8 weeks.
- 12/2/2010 Minor set back :-( Infection in right tissue expander immediate surgery to remove expander and hospital stay
2 comments:
I wish there was the option of having birthing centers here (the only "midwives" are nurses and they can't deliver outside of a hospital) , so I'll be doing a hospital birth when our time comes :( but I love the idea of natural birth (well, as much as I can) as well. GL this cycle. Hopefully you don't have to go thru what I am.
I really want a natural birth but Amir is against it so we will discuss it further when the time comes. I have pretty much already decided i wont get pregnant this cycle lol. I think the more I read the more i scare myself into thinking getting pregnant is almost impossible because of the short window in which it can happen.
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