On hypothyroidsm and depression

      There are a few medical conditions which I have.  Hypothyroidsm, depression, and anemia.  All of which make me tired.  My medications have made me quite stable for 1 1/2 -2 yrs now.  An then I had a baby 8 months ago.  A few months after a baby is born, the mother's body tries to get back to some normalcy.  In short,  your hormones have gone out of wack once again.  This has affected my thyroid, which is now out of wack.  I've gone down on my medication dose, then, up, and now up again.  I have to wait at least 6 wks before the next blood test can be done.  In the mean time, I'm not sure how I'm functioning.  The week I haven't been.  I'm too exhausted to do anything.  This in turn means the house looks terrible.  I then get depressed because I should have done something in the house, but lacked the energy.  This in turns leads to no appetite.  I've lost 5 or 6 pounds over the last couple of weeks because of this.  I'm caught in a vicious cycle I don't know how to break since I have no control over my thyroid besides taking my medication (which I am doing).  On a bright note.....today I folded most of the laundry which has been sitting in the basement forever.  Now....to put them away .......                                                            

Germany

My Dad and others keep telling me I should write down my Germany experiences.  Soo.....here I am starting a blog.  Joe, I and our 4 (almost then 5) children moved here to Germany in July 2010.  Much has happened during that time.  We touched German soil on July 20, 2010.  Found a house by the next Thursday.  Oh, I barely passed my German driving test the monday after.  If I had not, we would have been thoroughly screwed!  By August 8th, Joe was on a plane bound for Djibouti Africa for a 2 month deployment.  He wasn't even gone a week before I got into a wreck (we had our van for about a week and it was Friday the 13th of all things!)!  I was 7 months pregnant when we got here.  I had the wonderful privilege of living in an empty house, then with temporary furniture until my things were delivered late September.  I moved in without my husband.  A major first.  In a foreign country no less!  Oh....and during it all......we were dealing with lice.  I was picking lice out of my girls hair right up until Lilly was born.  TALK ABOUT FUN!!!!!

Lillian Eva Watson was born on 10/10/10.  Not expecting a baby that day, but she came anyways.  She came in true Watson Girl style with some lovely surprises.  She has been my hardest baby and my most content (when she is being held or other wise engaged).  It took 3 months for her to take a bottle with formula.  She was not getting enough from nursing.  At 6 months she was in the 0% for her weight.  (this is considered "failing to thrive").  One month on formula brought her back up to the 12%.  She went from gaining barely 3 pounds in 6 months to 2 lbs 8oz in one month.  She is now sitting, crawling army/worm style, and going from crawling to sitting.  She has the most infectious smile!  Out of all 5 children, more people stop to look at and comment on her then the others.  This is even more so with the old Germans.

To sum things up so far, I've been through a foreign move, a deployment, lice, lice, and more lice, baby #5, a 3 week TDY, 2 wrecks, baby not gaining weight, baby crawling, and dealing with my blasted hypothyroidism again.  This is all along with all the activities and running around with the other 4 children.

Till next time space cadets!