Cassie Opens Up About Postpartum Thyroid Diagnosis After Difficult Pregnancy
While opening up about her weight loss journey after gaining 60 pounds during her “difficult” pregnancy with daughter Frankie Fine, Cassie is opening up about receiving a postpartum thyroid diagnosis. Although she’s married to a personal trainer, Alex Fine, the 33-year-old singer details her “depressing and confusing” experience losing her pregnancy weight.
In an essay for Almost Home, she writes, “I lost 20lbs within the first couple of weeks which I was told was normal and then another 10 gradually over the next 2-3 weeks. I started to workout when I had a goal of 30lbs to go and when my doctor cleared me to. I went pretty hard at first. By mid March I was down another 15 and feeling pretty good. I had a bit of unexplained anxiety, but I was able to work through it.” However, after she suddenly gained those 15 pounds back, she went to the doctor for answers.
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She continues, “After a few weeks of bloodwork I found out that I had something called postpartum thyroiditis. Basically my thyroid was hyper for a short period (hence the anxiety and weight loss) and then slowed down causing me to gain weight back. The next 3 months following were confusing and depressing to say the least. I changed my diet paying attention to things that I reacted negatively to (ie, bloating). I had completely lost my mind, but I’m glad that I did. I needed to understand what was happening with my body. I went from creating and bringing life into this world to trying whatever I could to get back to feeling like myself again. It wasn’t about my weight anymore, it was about being happy, feeling good and not developing a disorder I’ve never heard of.”
Although she had no desire to exercise, Cassie’s husband remained by his lady’s side. She says, “Truth be told, Alex spent those months in quarantine with me trying to drag me out of my slump to workout because he wanted me to be happy again…but more often than not I didn’t budge. I finally started working out 2-3 times a week and I’ve gradually moved up to 5-6.”
Concluding, she says, “As women, (not all of us, but a decent amount) we put so much pressure on ourselves to look a certain way when I think what we should be focused on is our overall health and happiness. Whatever your goals are, choose to be healthy.”
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