Introducing the DMB’s of Meghan Simonie

{Detroit – I love this city!}

Growing up, I always wanted to be this strong, independent career woman that would conquer the world. In order to do that, I thought I would have to move into a bigger city and learn to find a job and meet new people all on my own. When my boyfriend’s (now husband) job moved him out to Phoenix, AZ, I took that as a PERFECT opportunity to start a new adventure. While we loved living in Arizona (I mean, it’s Spring 9 months out of the year), I realized I truly missed home.  It took me moving across the US to realize I was a home body! I LOVE Detroit. My husband and I lived in a condo at the Riverfront Towers for about 4 years and I have been working downtown for almost 4 years as well. All my first dating memories with my husband are in Detroit. I love seeing how vibrant the city is becoming and love the story in my head that thinks someone else is falling in love with their soulmate in the city! I still managed to become that strong, independent, career woman and having the heart of a Detroiter, helped me do it! 

{My Dream Life}

I have always been a very hard working, driven perfectionist. Once I know what I want, I go after it! At a very young age, I knew I wanted to work in the legal field.  After working very hard through high school and college, I was able to obtain my dream job as an Immigration Paralegal at a large law firm downtown. Along the way I also started hanging out with this guy. I knew very early on that he was THE guy and as I mentioned before, once I know what I want, I go after it.  That guy is now my loving husband and best friend. I had the dream job, the dream guy, the dream life! I couldn’t have asked for anything more… and then I became a mother. It still seems surreal to me that there is another person in this world that calls me ‘mumma’. She flipped my world upside down in the most beautiful way. I knew I wanted to provide so much more for my daughter. Shortly after returning from my maternity leave, I decided to join Rodan + Fields (meghansimonie.myrandf.com). I was really just looking for a little extra ‘me’ money but what I got instead was an incredible amount of residual income that will help me pay off my student loan debt much faster and build my daughter’s college fund much easier! I always find another way to add something else to my plate, but I have found that I like being busy! I don’t know why, but I guess it makes me feel like I have a purpose. I am not just a wife, a mom, a paralegal, a consultant, a friend, a sister, an aunt, a daughter, or a girl.  I am all those things, all the time, and it gives me an immense sense of strength knowing I can take on it all! 

{More Babies?}

Beginning with our wedding night, my husband and I started receiving the common question of “So, when are you going to start having kids?” Now, don’t get me wrong, I always wanted kids, and being the kind of control freak I am, I also had a plan for when we would have them. In 2012 I completed my first half marathon. I was so worried about getting pregnant prior to completing my half marathon that I was very strict about staying on my birth control. Shortly after completing the half marathon, I was ready to start trying to get pregnant. I stopped taking the pill and thought I would be pregnant within a month. Well, they don’t tell you about this full little side effect of taking the pill for an extended period of time called amenorrhea. So, every month when I didn’t get my period, I took a pregnancy test. Each time, the test was negative, but still no period. After seeking help from an OB/GYN, I was on medication to regulate  my cycle. It was that next month that I took a pregnancy test that was positive! After having my daughter, I felt so incredibly blessed to have her in my life. She was this person that was so familiar to me, but yet I just met her.

We started getting questions now that consist of “so when are you gonna give her a sibling?” She is now just about 1 1/2 years old and we are ready to give her a brother or sister. I knew the plan all along. Well, that condition I had before, it was diagnosed incorrectly.  I found out just a couple months ago I have PCOS. It’s not a complete no on more babies, it is just going to be a little harder. I just have to stay positive and know that there are so many women out there that struggle to get pregnant at all that have PCOS. I am lucky enough to have succeeded in getting pregnant once. I am thankful everyday that I was able to become a mom.