Labay Family: Days 4 & 5 - AdvoCare 24 Day Challenge

Monday, February 6, 2012

Days 4 & 5 - AdvoCare 24 Day Challenge

I missed a day yesterday... It was Super Bowl Sunday. Oops, Sorry.
Anyway, I'm not going to talk about me today. I am going to talk about my Sister-In-Law Brittany! We watched the game yesterday with her and the the rest of the family and I am Soooooo excited for her. She looked amazing yesterday. As you know, she started the challenge the same day I did, so she too is on day 5. She has really taken this process with a serious approach and man, does it show! Sure she has lost a few pounds, but it's not even about that... She looked happy, healthy, confident and most importantly she looked comfortable with exactly who she is! When we got home last night even Brent said that she was "glowing"! That coming from her big brother was really sweet!
Along with the 24 Day Challenge she is also tracking her calories with an app she found on her iPhone. She has a plan and is sticking to it! Brittany, we are so proud of you! Keep up the good work, and I absolutely cannot wait to see all the progress you will make by day 24!!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Awww! You guys are too sweet! Thank you for the amazing compliments! I can't thank you enough for introducing me to this program!

--Brittany; February 8, 2012 at 11:31 AM

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My Pregnancy

Feb. 22, 2008 - Positive Pregnancy!
Feb. 28, 2008 - TWINS!
14 Weeks - Cervical Cerclage
24 Weeks - Admitted to the hospital for 3 days -Pre-Term Labor. Sent home on fetal monitoring and terbutaline pump. I have to monitor for contractions once a day and send the readings in for review. The terbutaline pump in a cathater in my leg that sends a contiunous flow of "anti-contraction" medicine into me. Complete bed-rest!
28 Weeks - Admitted to the hospital for 90% effacement of cervix. Cerclage still in tact but pulling. If it broke I would have to deliver and this is too soon. The babies are measuring 2.8 and 2.11 pounds. Was in the hospital for 23 days this time.
31 Weeks - Was sent home. Babies were 3.9 and 3.10 pounds. Stay on bed-rest.
36 Weeks 3 Days - Scheduled C-Section
Babies Born October 3, 2008!!!

5 Years of Infertility

Brent and I had dated for years - since my senior year of High School and were finally married on September 27, 2003. We had been together so long that we decided we would start a family immediately. Things turned out to be a bit more difficult than we planned. After many years of trying and medical intervention I was finally diagnoised with Endometriosis in Feb. of 2007. My disease was severe - stage 4 and had spread to my liver. After having exploratory surgery Dr. Cook thought that my ovaries and tubes were capable of functioning properly enough to produce a pregnancy but with the hostile environment inside of me I would need lots of help. We began Lupron therapy that would last 6 months as a way to try to "kill" off some of the endo. When the 6 months was up we began rounds of Clomid with IUI (Intra-Uteran Insemination). We did 2 cycles of this with no result. Our only other option was IVF which we decided to begin in January of 2008. After carefully following the treatment schedule of meds. and shots we had 14 eggs retrieved on Feb. 5, 2008 and of the 14 eggs 6 fertilized and became embryos. On Feb. 8, 2008 Dr. Gill transfered 3 of the best of the embryos. Two weeks later (Feb. 22nd) MaryLou called with the good news that my pregnancy test was positive!!!