Pregnancy 2011- May

pmaria10

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LynnW52

I did ok for the challenge this week. I walked for 30 mins 2 days and we cleaned the house for 2 hours on Saturday. The weather here is starting to get really nice so we're planning on taking the dogs for a walk this afternoon.

Had a really busy weekend! We went to see my brother in law's high school orchestra do the Titanic. They did a really good job but after sitting for 3 hours without being able to put my feet up, my poor ankles were as big around as my neck.

We cleaned all morning Saturday, then went to a cookout at a friend's house and stayed there til pretty late. Yesterday I had my baby shower thrown by my satellite office. It was really nice! They gave us a really nice Jeep stroller, diaper genie, changing pad, pail, and a bunch of cute stuff!

Came home and hubby was finishing up washing the tractor after mowing the lawn so I watched him :laugh: Had a few friends over and cooked out on the grill, and didn't get to bed til after 11. That is a late one for me!

This week starts my shortened schedule, so I'm off on Mondays now. Hubby and I are gonna do a few things around the house and run some errands, and definitely spend some more time outside, it is soooo nice out!

MamaRandall

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pmaria10

Happy Monday!

Sthorp: Sending sticky baby dust your way!

Stacy - Happy to hear your u/s went well!

Julie - I absolutely LOVE your nursery!!! I wish I were that prepared hopefully within these last two months.

Danielle - I hope you feel better soon!

Rachael - I'm sorry you're having problems with shipping. I hope you find a solution.

Ron - You rocked the exercise challenge keep it up mama!!

Lynn - Glad to hear your weekend went well! I really want one of those jeep strollers I found one at a decent price at baby depot the tires look really durable which i'm going to need since there isn't much pavement/sidewalks where i live.

AFM: The weekend went by too fast Saturday went to a concert and I was so tired by the end which was like midnight and it was a two hr drive from home so by the time we got home i was exhausted and Sunday was a lazy day for me.....it snowed 3inches in May!!!! :noway: but melted by the evening went to dinner w hubby and finally called it a night.

I have absolutely no exercise to report for this past week I really need to work on that and stop using the weather as an excuse. :noway:

brittonymiller

Cute pic Rachael!

Exercise challenge: Walked for 70ish minutes Friday, 50 minutes Saturday, and 43 minutes on Sunday (plus house cleaning). One day short of the four day goal, but at least I caught myself and forced some exercise at the end of the week. We're going on another walk today after my doctor's appointment. Must keep it up!

My weight this morning was 0.2 less than last week's weigh-in. I'm not happy about it, though. I was up something like 5lbs last week after Easter weekend with the families. I am 2lbs short of my pre MFP weight, which makes me really anxious. I didn't want to ever see that weight again... in my entire life... even in pregnancy. I'm just really nervous I'll be one of those people who comes home with the baby and weighs the same as I did before delivery. I worked so hard to get all that weight off. It's going to stink to start from scratch. And even with all of this worry, I still cram my face with bad foods. Where has my motivation gone? But yeah. As of this morning I am up 32lbs with 9.5 weeks to go. I really hope I can control myself and not surpass 40lbs gained. That is my goal.

hkystar- I'm glad your ultrasound went well. I really want another ultrasound. I wonder if that is something I can expect before the end of this pregnancy. I guess I will ask my doctor today. I need to make a list of questions for today.

mwilson1018

Bump for later - today's my first day home alone with Annabelle...DH went back to work today, so my hands are full!

JMAMA

Good Morning Ladies!
What is the exercise challenge? It sounds like exercising 4 times per week from what I have read, count me in. I need to stay moving. I know that this will help keep my weight in check and make the baby weight come off a little faster too. I finally feel good enough to start moving more, and we are finally getting a little sunshine here which helps too!

brittonymiller

For the exercise challenge our goal is to exercise in some way 4 times a week for at least 30 minutes each time. We check in on Mondays. Yay for another participant!

ron2282

I just noticed my baby moved up a box!!!!! :happy:

MisdemeanorM

Mel- What is it you use to track your calories burned? I am thinking I should get one of those... it sounds so neat the way it tracks your sleep and and stuff too... do you have to wear it all the time?

It's a body media fit, the new bodybuggs are also exactly the same thing. I don't like that it has a subscription required so I won't probably use it for more than 3-5 more months. you do wear it all the time. The downside is it is really inaccurate for things like spin or elliptical where you aren't moving like if you are walking. I'm mostly hanging on to it for some more time so I can see how I actually sleep once critter 2 gets here and also so I can try it for a while while trying to lose weight since the whole time I have had it i've been preg.

PS - I got mine on Ebay, the strap and the watch for $100 shipped. I probably could have bid better / later and gotten it for less, but I was impatient and it probably drove the price higher than if I waited until the last 10 mins to bid instead of putting a bid in an hour before close. I got the watch (not needed) because I want to know what i burned that dya or the day before w/out hooking up the band to the computer to data transfer. the watch shows that day and the day before (cals / activity / steps - the rest shows online when you sync). I dont wear the watch, I just keep it on my nightstand and check in once or twice a day. If you buy it new it comes with a subscription in the price, but it was still more than I got it on ebay. Plus you get a free 3 month trial of the subscription whether you buy new or used. I think I am going to resign up with a new email address next month and see if I can get another 3 months free instead of paying.

kcurtis05

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MisdemeanorM

Exercise:
Mon - nada. I stayed home from the gym because hubby had off and he ended up welding in the driveway until 9:30 so I could have gone anyway...
Tues - swim 1 mi / 45 mis / estimated 350 burn
Wed - Spin / 45 mins / estimated 400 burn
Thurs - nada officially, but burned about 350 cleaning for 2 hours
Fri - swim 1 mi / 45 mins / estimated 350 burn
Sat - chase after 3 kiddos - 800 calories!
Sun - who knows what? 400 cals

(Side note, I THINK perhaps because I upped my weight listing by 20 lbs from 155 to 175 on my Body Media Fit a couple weeks ago it might be showing a higher burn count than it was calculating at a lower weight so that might explain the extra cals Sat and Sun.)

Some probably good news too:

My SIL let me know that she has to be down here for a conference on June 6. One week before I am due! So, I am sending my 3 yr old home with her (his cousin wants to take him to the water park!) for a few days then she will pass him off to my mom who will keep him for a few days and come down a couple days after the baby is born. So, providing it is not more than a week early we will not have to worry about what to do with him when I go into labor or have my husband miss the birth in the waiting room. Some people say he will be emotionally scarred being sent away and replaced with a new baby, but I think he's adaptive enough that it won't affect him. Heck, last time he went away for 2 months and we moved while he was gone and that didn't phase him! :laugh: :laugh:

Also, I just signed him up for a summer Mother's Day Out program for 2 days a week. I was worried that starting in 2 weeks his program was over and I would have him here all day every day all summer, while working, and in 2 months, working with a baby here! That will help a lot! It runs all summer long and I might have another program I can put him in just on 4 or 5 of the summer Fridays. :happy:

AnneElise

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hope you join us soon! baby dust.

LittleSpy

Thanks for the nice comments about our nursery. I'm not much of a typical baby stuff/pastel pink kind of person. I struggled choosing a paint color even as light as that one. The glittery decorations happened by happy (IMO) accident. I couldn't find any wall decorations that I liked, really. And the wall decals I kind of liked were incredibly expensive. I made all of those decorations out of a $5 pack of glittery sticky foam sheets from Walmart. :laugh: I'm so cheap. But then again, I like them way more than any of the expensive decals so it's definitely for the best. I'm thinking about painting some glow in the dark stars on the lower ceiling, too. Not sure if that will happen or not.

Danielle -- I got the chair at Burlington Coat Factory. It was the only one the store near me had left (and they weren't getting any more in stock). I loved it from the second I sat in it. I was still talking about it a month later so hubby made me go back and ask them about it (it didn't have a price tag on it the first time we saw it since they didn't have any more in stock -- they ended up selling me the floor model for 50% off the regular price!). Otherwise I would have never been able to afford it.

Joonz -- sorry shipping sucks. With Old Navy, they ship for free as long as your order is over $50. I'm sure that's just US shipping, but I wonder if shipping to Canada would be cheaper if you ordered $50+? Maybe not. Also, does Babies R Us not ship internationally (I'm sure if that's an option you would've already considered it -- just grasping at all straws)? Prices of products on Canadian sites are probably just based on outdated exhange rates or something. :frown:

History -- As you well know, every pregnancy is different so my fingers are crossed MS doesn't stick around for you this time (or ever show up in the first place!).

sthorp -- Enjoy your day! I have a 4 day weekend coming this weekend.

Jenna -- have you tried loading up on B6 to see if that helps your nausea? I didn't find out about that remedy until my nausea was pretty much over, so I figured I'd pass it along to you now in case no one had told you about it.

AFM -- Monday. :frown: I was already dreading it because I knew I had to conduct new employee orientation today. Not only was I dreading orientation (which has actually turned out to be just fine, of course, as it always does -- not sure why I have so much anxiety about it after doing it for 4 stinking years!), before I even got settled at my desk this morning I was informed that one of my favorite employees passed away yesterday. I get so attached to my employees on medical leave. A huge part of my job (IMO) is to find every way possible to protect their jobs and find a way for them to get paid while they're out so they can focus on getting better instead of focusing on unpaid bills or possibly losing their jobs. She always went out of her way to express her appreciation for everything I did for her -- more than any other employee I've ever worked with. She was truly a wonderful lady.

Everyone I've missed -- sorry I'm out of time. Orientation starts back up in a couple minutes & I haven't been to pee in about an hour so I need to do that again. :laugh:

auttyfrmca

Hi y'all! Here to join your group! I'm 6 1/2 weeks pregnant at this time. I miscarried in Sept. Had a horrible roller coaster ride from Aug 7th - Sept 17th. Thankful to move on...we weren't going to start trying until May but SURPRISE! We're going to have a December baby instead of feb/march/april like WE planned. God really is in control. There's a Bible verse that says we may have our life planned but God is in control of each step. Totally applies to this situation!
Anyways, I'm definitely up for an exercise challenge! Except for today! I actually had alarm set for gym this morning but my 4 yr old was having major drainage and growing pains (I guess, he kept crying in his sleep saying his legs hurt) So I was up from 2-3:30. Figured I needed to sleep till 6. Then on top of that I went to sleep in the nurses' office at my school (I'm a teacher) for 30 minutes during my conference time!
Well glad to have others with the same goal as staying healthy on this journey!
I gained 40 lbs with my first and 35 with my second. Would love to keep this one under 30!
I gain weight SOOOO easily! I don't understand why but I just need to remember that just because I got a + does not give me a reason to eat everything in sight!
Blessings....

Rachickidee

So my husband gave me a pass to go get an hour prenatal massage! I am going tomorrow after work. I am so excited! I have heard great things about them, and I am just starting to feel less comfortable with my body, more achy and such! It will supposably help me sleep better too. Anyway, I am super excited.

hkystar

Enjoy the massage rach... I am curious how they are!

congrats auttyfrmca and welcome!

peanutrenee

preg emotions are getting to me its killing me im crying over everything.. i just want this all to be done.

dmdaigle17

Julie- Thanks for letting me know. I planned on probably going with Burlington for our registry (we have a really big one here) maybe I'll find a nice one similar there! I love that rocker though so glad you got it and at half off!

Rachael- I am so so so jealous! I havvvvve to find somewhere around me that does that. You enjoy that massage girlie- you so deserve it! Let us all know how it went too after

Peanut- You are almost done Mama, hang in there :flowerforyou:

Autty- Welcome and congrats :flowerforyou:

ron2282

Hystar – I’m glad your ultrasound went well

Lynn – Yea for a good weekend! I watched my hubby mow the grass this weekend too. :laugh: Enjoy your Mondays off!

Pmaria – 3 inches of snow in May? I think I would die. I’m one of those people who is only happy at 70 degrees.

Brittony – your motivation is somewhere with mine. I know I’ve gained too much this month but I still can’t stop eating crap. I don’t know what’s wrong with me.

Megan – hope you’re having a great day with Annabelle!

Mel – I need to get something to tell me how many calories I’m burning, thanks for the info.

Julie – I’m so sorry about your co-worker.

Auttyfrmca – welcome!

Racheal – enjoy your massage! I was looking into that, you’ll have to tell us how it goes.

Peanutrenee – I had several mental breakdowns this weekend. I can’t imagine how it’s going to be 20 weeks from now. But you’re so close!!!

Danielle – is your gender scan this week or next? I know you said it was moved up but I’m not sure how far.

Can someone tell me what a jeep stroller is? It is the same thing as a jogging stroller?

So here’s my new "I’m a crazy pregnant woman" story. I got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and when I go back to bed I see that hubby is sleeping with the blanket covering half his face. In my half asleep pregnant brain, I’m convinced that he’s going to die because his face is partially covered.:noway: (Because 28 year old men die of SIDS all time). So I pull the blanket away from his face and see that his chest is moving up and down, so I try to go back to sleep. After a few minutes I realize I’m not totally convinced that he’s still alive. I get all up in his face to make sure he’s breathing and of course he wakes up – pissed off. And of course I get upset that he’s mad at me, because really I was trying to save his life. This morning he asked me what was going on last night, I told him “nothing, just love me.”:laugh:

Soon2Bfitmamaof3

Hey ladies, just coming by to say hello, it has been 1 month already since Brooklynn arrived and I miss all of you! Cant wait for you all to have your little ones and join us on the postnatal group. Not much happening there but I am sure once all of you come over we will get it going the way we got the pregnancy group going :happy:

dmdaigle17

Danielle – is your gender scan this week or next? I know you said it was moved up but I’m not sure how far.

So here’s my new "I’m a crazy pregnant woman" story. I got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and when I go back to bed I see that hubby is sleeping with the blanket covering half his face. In my half asleep pregnant brain, I’m convinced that he’s going to die because his face is partially covered.:noway: (Because 28 year old men die of SIDS all time). So I pull the blanket away from his face and see that his chest is moving up and down, so I try to go back to sleep. After a few minutes I realize I’m not totally convinced that he’s still alive. I get all up in his face to make sure he’s breathing and of course he wakes up – pissed off. And of course I get upset that he’s mad at me, because really I was trying to save his life. This morning he asked me what was going on last night, I told him “nothing, just love me.”:laugh:

It's FRIDAY!!! @ 7:30 am :happy: No excitement here what-so-ever!!

Love your "I'm a crazy pregnant woman" story! :laugh: I wonder if you'll have anymore of those haha

dmdaigle17

Hey ladies, just coming by to say hello, it has been 1 month already since Brooklynn arrived and I miss all of you! Cant wait for you all to have your little ones and join us on the postnatal group. Not much happening there but I am sure once all of you come over we will get it going the way we got the pregnancy group going :happy:

:noway: I can't believe that she is one month already, Sheri :sad: !! Can't wait to get over to the postnatal and get it rolling just like this one. I WILL get to my ultimate goal weight BEFORE baby #2 You are doing fabulous BTW- keep up the good work!

LittleSpy

Whew, orientation is finally done. Such a long day -- my hat is off to you teachers! I just don't think I could do it daily.


Rachael -- ooooh, enjoy your massage! There was a Groupon for one a month or so ago in my area and I'm really kicking myself now for not buying it. I've never had a professional massage before. I'd probably be too anxious to enjoy it (Yes, I'm that crazy ).


hykstar -- Yay for getting to see baby again! Is it crazy to you that she weighs over 3 pounds already? It's crazy to me to think the little thing wriggling around in me weighs about that much already.

Lynn -- I'm so glad you had a nice baby shower! And, wow, up past 11! I amazed myself this weekend staying up past 11 every single night (including last night... :yawn: I can hardly keep my eyes open right now). Also, you're supposed to wash lawn mowers? :laugh: Oops.

pmaria -- Snow in May, wow! We're surprised if we get snow in January around here. :laugh:

Brittony -- I have the same goal of not exceeding 40 pounds. After my little loss, I'm sitting at 29 gained right now. We need to figure out a way to keep each other motivated since our weight gain and due dates are so close but I'm at a loss for ideas right now. Especially since I'm not doing a great job of taking my own exercise challenge seriously. :ohwell: PS -- my doc told me last week I won't get any more ultrasounds unless there's a reason to suspect something is wrong or I pay for one. I was bummed at first but now I've decided I'll be just fine waiting 10 more weeks to see her again. 10 weeks is nothing.

Megan -- I want to hear all about your day alone with Annabelle (um, when you have a minute to come up for air, that is)!

Ron -- yay for baby moving up a box!!

I'm out of time again. I'll catch all the way up tomorrow.

peanutrenee

yea its bad i try to talk to my husband and hes like ur just emotional... UHHHH yeah so u have to deal with it.. i have 20 days of this and this is the worst its been... u rly want to push my buttens.

LynnW52

Brittony - You are doing really well with your weight gain, try not to get discouraged. You are very active, and I think you will have an easier time getting back to your pre pregnancy weight than someone who put on the same amount of weight as you, but wasn't as active. I'll be there, working right beside you and everyone else and we will all get there together! Hope your appointment went well!

Megan - Hope you and Annabelle enjoyed your day together!

Ron - Yay for moving up a box on the ticker! I can't believe I'm on the second to the last one, I remember being where you are and feeling like it would take forever to get to the end....but it doesn't :noway: :laugh: A jeep stroller is just a stroller and Jeep is the brand, like Graco. I didn't care for any of the travel systems we looked at (price or convenience) or other strollers, so I went with this one. It is the easiest stroller ever to handle. You can fold and unfold it with one hand, and it is all-terrain. I registered for it at Wal Mart and it was $50. Have you bought or registered for a stroller yet? I would suggest going to BRU or wherever and testing them out before you decide. For me, ease of use was a big factor and this one is awesome!

Mel - Sounds like everything will work out pretty easily to get your son to your mom. Now your hubby can sleep in the delivery room instead of the waiting room :laugh:

Julie - I'm sorry to hear about your co-worker. I don't think normal people wash their lawnmowers :laugh: my husband is "that guy"

Autty - Welcome and congratulations!

Rachael - Enjoy your massage! I had one a month or so ago and it was great!

Renee - Hang in there girl, you're almost there!!

Sheri - Wow :noway: I can't believe Brooklyn is a month already!! Can't wait to join you over on the post natal board, we'll get that board movin along!

Danielle - So excited for your ultrasound on Friday, can't wait to find out if your little Page is a boy or a girl!

Mamatoabunch

Not much here ladies. We were busy this weekend w/ my middles ballet dance recital. Also a birthday party Sunday of a friend. It was supposed to be in the mountains at a park close to our house, but we had a bunch of snow so it was moved to their house. Snow is mostly gone now and just muddy.

I did not get a lot of exercise done this past week. I was sick, but I did d 15 minutes of yoga today and plan on getting more exercise this week. It is getting harder for me to walk, baby has settled nice and low.

AnneElise

Some probably good news too:

My SIL let me know that she has to be down here for a conference on June 6. One week before I am due! So, I am sending my 3 yr old home with her (his cousin wants to take him to the water park!) for a few days then she will pass him off to my mom who will keep him for a few days and come down a couple days after the baby is born. So, providing it is not more than a week early we will not have to worry about what to do with him when I go into labor or have my husband miss the birth in the waiting room. Some people say he will be emotionally scarred being sent away and replaced with a new baby, but I think he's adaptive enough that it won't affect him. Heck, last time he went away for 2 months and we moved while he was gone and that didn't phase him! :laugh: :laugh:

Also, I just signed him up for a summer Mother's Day Out program for 2 days a week. I was worried that starting in 2 weeks his
program was over and I would have him here all day every day all summer, while working, and in 2 months, working with a baby here! That will help a lot! It runs all summer long and I might have another program I can put him in just on 4 or 5 of the summer Fridays. :happy:

Mel. That's great! Sounds like it may work out perfect t for your little guy. I know you were worried.

AnneElise

Autty welcome and congrats!

Racheal that sounds great. Enjoy.

Ron that is such a funny story. Cracks me up.

Annabelle I am sorry that you were sick. I hope that you are feeling better.

Peanut I have had some really emotional days too...

I am on the iPad again so sorry for not responding to everyone. The tree in our backyard is finally off the wires! hubby's and I just played scrabble and I room a cold shower. Really have high hopes for power tommorow. I felt really pregnant today. Do you ladies have days where you feel more or less pregnant than others? I was feeling the belly today... Felt more pressure low in my belly.

brittonymiller

Doctor's appointment went well. The doctor we met today is my favorite by far! I like him better than my normal doctor. He is on call the day Emma is due and it will be his birthday. He said we'll have a lot of fun if she decides to come out on her due date. I may just change over to him as my normal OB/GYN after all is said and done. I think I'd like him as my normal doc for baby #2 when the time comes. My stomach is measuring exactly where it should be. Normal blood pressure this time. My glucose test came back normal, though he did say my iron is at the lowest acceptable number for "normal." I don't need an iron supplement, but a few more red meat meals a month might help (we pretty much only eat poultry, poor husband). What else. He said my lower back pain (the left side-feels like a bone is out of place) and my lady part pain (again left side branching down my left inner thigh) is all normal and due to the expansion of my pelvis. Tylenol and endurance are his recommendations, though I haven't been in enough pain to actually start taking Tylenol yet. I also mentioned my intense hip pain while sleeping and he said that his wife also had that. He made sure to tell me that we don't need to sleep at a 90 degree angle to the bed on our sides. We can put something under one hip just so that our uterus is slightly offset- a 30 degree angle will do just fine. I'm going to try wedging something small under there tonight and see what happens. I knew I didn't have to be directly on one side, but I think the stuff I tried wedging under one hip has been too puffy and tilted me way too much for comfort.

Annnnyway. That's all the new stuff from today. Starting to go to the doctor every two weeks now. It's going to go by so fast!

Thanks for the pep talk Lynn. I'm glad I'll have you ladies to help kick my butt back into shape when the time comes. The doctor said my weight gain to date is acceptable and that he had nothing bad to say about it- so that makes me feel better.