Continuation of ‘life story’

Sorry I can’t remember exactly where I got up to or notes I had written 

I got my period when I was 12 years old and still in primary school. I know this upset my mum because she wasn’t ready for it.. neither was I! We have had a funny relationship over the years, with me being the typical eldest daughter. My parents have always had a fairly toxic relationship too.

I went to high school also in Broken hill for a few years. This is where my acne started and nothing i tried would clear it, several antibiotics and face wash, nothing cleared it until I took Roacutane. It was such a savage medication and I swear I’m still thirsty from taking it. 

I started the pill when I was in high school, and while my memory for detail is not great, I remember the first one i went on made me feel awful re moods. I stopped for a while then started another one. I took the pill on and off until I was about 22. 

In Year 10 I went to boarding school in Adelaide which at the time i struggled with, especially the initial transition. I had always been a thicker set girl but this is where my weight started to really creep up. 

I found out I had PCOS (not cysts just syndrome) when I had left year 12. High testosterone and insulin resistance. They put me on metformin which helped me lose 16kgs. I started to see a naturopath causally after this. 

I then moved to Mildura when I was 18 and started university and then when I was 19 I fell pregnant to my ex boyfriend but we terminated the pregnancy. We ended up breaking up which upset me initially. Stayed apart for a few months then got back together for a while.

My now husband helped me get a job with NAB in agribusiness and moved to the Yorke Peninsula in SA then moved back for work to Mildura in 2017. 

I moved again in 2018 to my husbands family station where we lived with his parents for a while. It was about then where i started having gut issues. H pylori, SIBO and candida, which i went and cleared with the help of a naturopath. I feel like I have several similar issues now. 

In 2021 we got married and went on a honeymoon and then got pregnant straight away. We had out first son Harry in 2022. The pregnancy was fantastic. I tests positive for GBS so when my waters broke they “had to” induce me and give me antibiotics in labour. He was a very unsettled baby and found out later he had a tongue tie which didn’t help my feeding journey. I now know I also have a massive tongue tie. This was a stressful period.

In 2023 he had an accident with a horse which i saw happen. Resulted in being flown out and needing plastic surgery

In 2023 I also found out I was pregnant with on second child, Jack. The pregnancy was a bit harder as I wasn’t as fit and had a bit more weight. The labour and birth were fantastic and had him in the shower at the hospital with no interventions. 

About 2 weeks before we left to go to Adelaide to have Jack we had to move house (60km away) so that was quite stressful! This was because the builders were starting to dismantle our house to get ready for full demolition and getting ready to build our new house (which is nearly at completion yay)

We have lived a hectic life since Jack has been born with doing a daily commute of 120km round trips to the main property and with my husband Brett having to be away from us a lot. 

I now am struggling again with PCOS symptoms, hirsituism, weight gain, brain fog and gut issues. 

I’ve always been a people pleaser and often would put myself out to accomodate other people.
I feel like I have undiagnosed ADHD, I cant concentrate on single tasks well, my brain is always feeling like i have 7 million things on it and to do, i am a serial dopamine seeker, I love online shopping and scrolling socials for the dopamine hit.