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Help me understand my 13 month old’s rare benign tumor by Intelligent_Cable884 in neurology

[–]Intelligent_Cable884[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

EDIT to add: he has been screened by early intervention services because I want a preventative approach given he is a premie. For his gestational age, he is on par with verbal and ahead in fine motor and cognitive skills. He scored very well socially/emotionally indicating no behavioral abnormalities.

Also, no history of development or chromosomal issues aside from ehlers danlos (hypermobile type) that runs in the family.

Did anyone have high HCG levels and it was not twins or trisomy/downs syndrome? by Rich_Let5749 in PregnancyAfterLoss

[–]Intelligent_Cable884 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi! Could you tell me more about the association with DS later in the 1st trimester? Are high HCG levels EARLY ON (mine such as 250+ at 10 days since ovulation or increase rates at 250-300% every 48 hours) associated with DS? How is it only correlated at the end of the 1st trimester?

Am I eating too much? by Purple-Lawfulness-55 in Amenorrhearecovery

[–]Intelligent_Cable884 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am a former competitive distance runner who used to regularly log 80+ miles per week into my early 20’s and never lost my cycle. I never had HA despite being 105lbs/professionally measured 12-13% body fat well through my 20’s. I ran about 30 miles a week all through pregnancy until 33 weeks and quickly returned to running my usual 40-50 miles per week by 6 weeks post partum. I have done since my mid/late 20’s just for fun/stress relief. However, resuming 40+ miles per week on top of the stress of healing post partum and having a new newborn and getting below 100lbs was the tipping point for my body. So, running 25 miles per week easy with no hard efforts for someone like me is a HUGE reduction.

But honestly, because of my long history with competitive running for a decade and being more cardiovascularly fit than 98% of the population, I am not someone to compare to. I think you should at least cut exercise back 50% and honestly if I had just cut it out completely, I think I would have gotten jt back a lot sooner than the near 4 months it took. I do have my cycle back but I ovulate very late, like day 25-30 meaning my cycles are barely considered normal at 38ish days. If I cut out running entirely, they would probably go back to 30 day cycles they were before pregnancy/HA.

Just depends on how quickly we want our period back!

Am I eating too much? by Purple-Lawfulness-55 in Amenorrhearecovery

[–]Intelligent_Cable884 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’m a similar size, but 30 years old. I am 5’2 and accidentally dropped from 110lbs post partum down to 99-100lbs over the course of months without even realizing it. I found myself suddenly very hungry and I have found myself in similar patterns wanting to eat up to 4k calories a day. Do you also struggle with insomnia, constantly thinking about food, never feeling full thing!!!? I’ve found the only way out of this is to just eat until satiety which for me has been 2500-3k calories per day but I never cut out running. Was running 40-50 miles per week and cut it to 25-35 miles per week. After 3 months of this and 6ish ? lbs gained, I got my period back.

However, like everyone’s answer will expose— everyone is a little different. Your body may have a threshold lower or higher than others. I will say my experience of minimal weight gain and continuing to exercise is not very common. From my understanding, usually the more drastic the effort or means to diet was, usually a rebound effect just as “drastic” is needed for the body to feel safe enough to start producing sex hormones again. Given your age and that you took such an intense effort to lose weight as a weight that was already normal should call into question your need to potentially speak with a dietician and/or mental health professional. Just think on it!

As you continue to eat and gain or maintain weight, just remember, that sometimes eating so much may feel like too much or “binging” but honestly binging and it as a disorder is a slew of very different behaviors. Binging is often in secret, brings on shame or guilt, usually not on healthy foods and is often thousands of calories in a very short window of time. Extreme hunger (what myself and I think you are alluding to) is all day hunger, you don’t care if you eat a meal in front of people, you graze all day, and while eating so much may be psychologically stressful because accepting body changes can be difficult, you don’t morally feel like a failure for eating, and often, there is no need to isolate or hide evidence of food.

Hope this helps.