After what I will call an amazing, birth and
now 4 months with Baby H, life has started to settle down for us. Derek is back
at work, in a new role in fact, and I have elected to stay at home. I love my
new career as mom. I feel amazing with all aspects of it. I am, however,
struggling with energy levels. Every day I feel like I need to have a pop or a
tea. Recently it's increased to needing 2 pops or 2 sweet teas per day to make
it through. I know it shouldn't be this way. Caffeine, I know, isn't good
for me while nursing. In addition, being new parents and trying to figure out
life, our eating habits have become horrible ones. While I am losing weight
from not having a child in me and nursing, my energy and overall wellbeing is
my concern.
At just the right time, 2 months ago, my
cousin Riley started to post on Facebook about these plant based products from
a company called Plexus. I hadn't heard of them before and it really peeked my
interest when I saw a blog, video and first had account about Plexus products
helping nursing mothers increase their milk supply. I've always feared that I
am not making enough milk for Baby H. While I know I'm making enough to feed
him, he’s transferring and gain weight, I haven't been making enough for
storage. So, like most things I am curious on, I did research. By research I
mean obsessively, 2 am feedings, 5 am feedings, etc. Everything I was reading only had good things to
say. I finally got the courage to talk to Riley about the company itself.
She explained so many things to me, I was on board, finally she mentioned
though it could assist with weight loss. Hmm added bonus, but I still said not
yet. I wanted to do this on my own. I'm fine, I'm "super mom" as
Derek kindly calls me.
Riley sent me a 5 day pack of their main
product known as the “pink drink”, Plexus Slim. Every morning I woke up, drank
the drink, which honestly took some getting used to the taste, changed Baby H
and then ate breakfast. On day 3 she asked me how I was feeling. At first I
hadn't noticed a difference so I asked what should I be noticing. Increased Energy,
reduced cravings in sugary drinks/foods, suppressed appetite or better sleep.
Day 4 came along and I realized during my normal day of eating out after breastfeeding
support group, I couldn’t eat as much and I honestly hadn't had a pop in 3
days. Interesting. Another 2 days went by, energy was up and I still hadn't had
or NEEDED a pop, but my sample was done. I'll be fine...not. Fast forward to
now,2 months later, still one the fence, but always in the back of my mind
Riley, contacted me again. I told her I am getting closer and closer to buying
the product. If I took the money I was spending each day on pop and candy, I
could easily afford to try the products.
Finally this past week I started to
think more and more about Plexus and trying the Triplex combination. In
September I spoke with my doctor about the products, showed the ingredients to
her and made sure that she was comfortable with me taking these supplements
while nursing and if they were okay for Baby H. To my surprise, I was given the
okay. In fact she said with the ProBio 5, it could actually help his tummy as
well!
I pulled the trigger after Riley made me an
offer and now I'm waiting on my first batch of products. The offer you may
ask...well I am able to get my products at wholesale (the cheapest) price by
joining her team. Lord help me...I now have a website (My Plexus Website) I have
told her that I am not going to push products but I am willing to try the
products for at least the 60 day money back guarantee and see if they continue
to work on me like before. If they do great AND I still will get the cheap rate even
if no one buys from me. WIN!!
So that's where I am. November 2nd I signed
up, ordered my first combo pack and getting excited to start feeling better. I
am going to be monitoring my energy, cravings, moods, body measurements,
weight, the effects on Baby H and my milk supply. I figure I can continue
to post on here about the adventures of the products and how they work or don’t
for me.
While I may have just ordered my first pack, I
have done extensive research on others' testimonies for various reasons of use.
I have spoken to my doctors and they have approved me using them (that helped
get Derek on board), but please check with your own doctor if you do decide to
use these products. If anyone does have
any questions I'd be happy to answer them to the best of my knowledge and dig
into any questions that I don't know the answer to. Or if you’re like me,
you can start your own research on the product, Pinterest, Facebook, Google, etc.
So here goes nothing…
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