Fit, Fabulous, and Pregnant-August 2011
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Ok, I seriously gained 4 pounds overnight! WTH? I ate under calories yesterday too! Maybe I have to take a serious look at things. I can't be gaining so much so early! Hopefully some of it is from my new circuit training video, but still!0
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Holly - I have 2 semesters left, but our semesters are fairly short because we have "front loading" where we go to school 8-5 every day for a few weeks to get all our info in before clinicals. When clinicals start, we only go to school for 2 days, 3 hrs each, then a 12 hr clinical... And total is 15 weeks so the way I see it, it is a total of about 7 "school months" lol not counting Christmas break.. (can you tell I am counting down to graduation already??? lol) You inspire me to keep running, just want you to know that!!!!! I am always thinking that if you could do it, I could at least try today... and a lot of times, when I try it, I end up doing a good 20 min run at least and walking on top of that... Can't wait to get back in the groove after the baby!!!
Lexi
I am so glad to see another mommy to be still going to classes this fall. I have 2 semesters left of my bachelors. I deliberately scheduled this semester light (only 10 hours) and everything on MWF except one lab on T. People shake their heads at hearing I'm planning on going to school and having a baby mid-semester, but I don't really see any other way to do it, especially with my scholarship and financial aid. I hope you make it through those first few weeks of "front loading!"0 -
cutmd- check your sodium!!!! I think mfp's sodium is way too high and limit myself to 1600-1800 mg/day. When preggo your body holds on to that extra sodium and doesn't want to let go!!!!0
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Good morning ladies!
Lexi I'm so glad you found a wonderful support person for the labor/delivery! That is so important to have.
Well I felt like a slug this weekend...But it was nice to spend time with Al. Getting back into the groove of things this morning with him being home. Dinner is in the crockpot, laundry is done, house is cleaned, plants are watered, and I'm about to eat breakfast and then go on a long walk with the dog. My workout buddy has a sick kiddo so I probably won't be making it over there to workout today but with the walk and then maybe 30 minutes of weights I will be good. I'm looking forward to the week flying by Friday getting here quickly! I've got my 3D ultrasound on Friday and I can't wait! I'm so excited to see Charlee's face!
It feels like we talk and plan for this person to come into our lives and she is literally RIGHT here, but we can't see her or feel her (well I can feel her, but I'd rather hold her and kiss her than get kicked in the ribs! lol). It is like the most amazing, best Christmas present in the world that you can carry around with you, but you aren't allowed to open!
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my weight has fluctuated throughout the entire pregnancy. One day I'll wake up and be 4 lbs heavier, then a few days later I'll be back down 2 pounds. I think it's impossible to tell how much we're truly gaining so I try not to stress over the number too much.0
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Morning!
Had a crazy crazy busy weekend!! Every minute was jam packed with something. :noway:
Hubby and I finally had our first break down (mind you we are both first parents)...but after our initial meltdown we were both able to sit and talk calmly and I was able to tell him that I can no longer keep up at 100 miles and hour. I get hot, I get tired and I get hungry!! More importantly when I say I'm hungry that doesn't mean oh we have at least another hour before we eat. I need to eat within the next 10 min or less if he doesn't want me getting nauseaus in the truck.
With a little bit of communication and little bit of understanding I think he finally understood that I just cant keep up with him anymore. So as he continued to do things around the house/run errands most of the weekend I retreated myself to the bedroom for a good long nap! Helped him when I could, as much as I could without over doing it. Things definitely were much better after that.
Lesson learned for both of us this weekend.
Any of you experienced anything similar?0 -
Happy Monday!
Wearing a super cute and SUPER comfortable maternity jean skirt today...oh man I can't tell you how much better it feels not to have something cutting into your bump all day! lol
I have another workout with my personal trainer tonight doing circuit training - I'm excited, I did it twice last week and I'm hoping to keep it up like this for as long as I can. Need to keep up with my prenatal yoga, I've been letting it slip - didn't do it at all last week.
3 weeks until my next appointment, getting really excited to book my ultrasound so we can find out if it's a boy or a girl!!
heathercrist1 that is SO exciting about your 3D ultrasound coming up!! That will be amazing!0 -
Checking in with everyone. I had a super busy weekends: baby birthday, family reunion - party after party, pizza after pizza. Now I'm very sick of eating pizza, so greasy. After I got home, I just don't feel satisfied without my usually intake of fruits and vegetables. Will feel much better today I hope since I packed lots of vegi.
This morning, I decided to find all my maternity clothes/pants from the closet. Put a nice light pants on and it is much too comfortable (even it's a little bit bigger, but had draw strings to make it tighter). Now I feel like I can drive my car without keep shifting and adjusting every a few minutes.
Hoping for a run today before lunch, but was so tired this morning and got up late (both my kid and I). So I got to work pretty late. I guess I have to skip the lunch run, and may be I can manage a walk after lunch. Hopefully get sometime tonight to get a nice workout in.0 -
Hello Mommas,
I am back from vacation. Trying to get back into work mode. I finally told the whole family about baby, and everyone is so excited for us. They all think it's great since my oldest is 13 now.
We had a great vacation at Lake Tahoe and two weekends in Riverside CA with some family celebrations. Can I say I'm exhausted, it will probably take me some weeks to recoup.
Going my 14 weeks this week, I've been feeling good.0 -
Hello everyone, my name is Ashley, some of you may know me already from the TTC thread. Well I was hoping to be able to join you group as I’m now 6weeks 5 days pregnant! DH and I have been trying for over two years and have gone through a couple failed IUI’s (intrauterine inseminations) and were planning on doing our last one this past week while on vacation. Instead I found out we were pregnant! Because we were considered fertility patients we’re still under the care of our RE and will be referred over to an OB at our 8week u/s next week. This is also the reason why we have been able to have a 6week u/s and will have an 8week one too.
So now that we finally did it, all the other stuff came flooding, we spent so long in the TTC frame of mind that all this other stuff if foreign to us. Like to choose a midwife or OB, if an OB which one and which hospital? Oh and since we live in Montreal and the average waiting list time for a daycare is 2years, we need to start looking into that right away too! And the hardest question of all, when to tell everyone!
I hope that in this group I can find other fit conscious moms to be that are willing to share their stories and advice on this whole process.
Wishing you all healthy and happy little bundles of joy!0 -
Eric and I had a great weekend. We had a nice breakfast and Saturday morning drive with the dogs and then stopped in St. Mary's City, MD to walk around the little historical area. Then on Sunday I washed and waxed my car and cooked a nice dinner with tilapia, quinoa, and some fresh corn on the cob.
We had our first OB appointment today and ultrasound. I'm right on track and the baby is measuring 25.2mm so my due date didn't change at all. Their machine didn't have the capability to hear the heartbeat so I was a little bummed about that, but she said everything looked good. She showed Eric the baby on the monitor and it was moving around and doing a little dance (which Eric has been imitating ever since. lol), but she never turned the screen towards me and I was too dumb to ask her to. I don't know why I didn't ask. I'm so mad at myself. Oh well, I suppose it's only fair since I saw it during my kidney ultrasound and he didn't. lol She said the scar tissue on my cervix from the LEEP could cause some issues with dilating during labor, but we won't really know until the time comes. Also, since my meds are keeping my blood pressure in check she said that everything should be fine with that, but they're going to keep a close eye on it.
Glad to hear everyone is doing well. Happy Monday!! 0 -
Hello everyone, my name is Ashley, some of you may know me already from the TTC thread. Well I was hoping to be able to join you group as I’m now 6weeks 5 days pregnant! DH and I have been trying for over two years and have gone through a couple failed IUI’s (intrauterine inseminations) and were planning on doing our last one this past week while on vacation. Instead I found out we were pregnant! Because we were considered fertility patients we’re still under the care of our RE and will be referred over to an OB at our 8week u/s next week. This is also the reason why we have been able to have a 6week u/s and will have an 8week one too.
So now that we finally did it, all the other stuff came flooding, we spent so long in the TTC frame of mind that all this other stuff if foreign to us. Like to choose a midwife or OB, if an OB which one and which hospital? Oh and since we live in Montreal and the average waiting list time for a daycare is 2years, we need to start looking into that right away too! And the hardest question of all, when to tell everyone!
I hope that in this group I can find other fit conscious moms to be that are willing to share their stories and advice on this whole process.
Wishing you all healthy and happy little bundles of joy!
Welcome Ashley! I'm 6 weeks today and had a tubal ligation reversal 3 months ago. Congrats on your pregnancy! I've had 3 ultrasounds and going on 4 this Thursday. Can't wait to see baby's heartbeat. I bet you can't wait for your ultrasound. Let us know how it goes I've only told a couple of people. I'm waiting another month to tell the rest of my family because I want to get past the miscarriage phase. Good luck! 0 -
Hello everyone, my name is Ashley, some of you may know me already from the TTC thread. Well I was hoping to be able to join you group as I’m now 6weeks 5 days pregnant! DH and I have been trying for over two years and have gone through a couple failed IUI’s (intrauterine inseminations) and were planning on doing our last one this past week while on vacation. Instead I found out we were pregnant! Because we were considered fertility patients we’re still under the care of our RE and will be referred over to an OB at our 8week u/s next week. This is also the reason why we have been able to have a 6week u/s and will have an 8week one too.
So now that we finally did it, all the other stuff came flooding, we spent so long in the TTC frame of mind that all this other stuff if foreign to us. Like to choose a midwife or OB, if an OB which one and which hospital? Oh and since we live in Montreal and the average waiting list time for a daycare is 2years, we need to start looking into that right away too! And the hardest question of all, when to tell everyone!
I hope that in this group I can find other fit conscious moms to be that are willing to share their stories and advice on this whole process.
Wishing you all healthy and happy little bundles of joy!
Welcome to the group!! I'm 10 weeks along and DH and I decided early on to only tell immediate family. We're going to wait another 2 weeks before telling the rest of the world for the same reason.
I think it's best when you feel your ready to tell everyone? Best of luck to ya. I'll ahve more updateds on Thursday since OB wants to see me before we head to the beach for 8 days of Babymoon!!
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Yeah, Ashley I am so excited for you!!!! How exciting:0) I'm so happy you are here!0
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Congrats Ashley! Wishing you a happy healthy fit pregnancy! :flowerforyou:0
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Sharing some reading "New Car Seat Rules" (effective March 2011):
"Before you buckle up your kids again, there are new rules regarding car seats from the American Academy of Pediatrics that you should know.
As of March 2011, the AAP recommends that children remain in rear-facing car seats until age 2, or until they reach the maximum height and weight for their seat.
In addition, children should remain in a booster seat until they are 4 feet, 9 inches tall and are between 8 and 12 years old.
More information, from an AAP news release:
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The article located at: http://babyfit.sparkpeople.com/articles.asp?id=1037
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Is anyone else starving? I'm trying to watch my calories, but I get too hungry. i know that I'm eating enough because I've already gained 3-4 pounds and I'm only 8 weeks. This can't be good. I'm trying to eat right, eat balanced, plenty of protien, but by the end of the day I'm dizzy with hunger and I just need to eat. But I do not want to gain too much. Anybody else?0
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Is anyone else starving? I'm trying to watch my calories, but I get too hungry. i know that I'm eating enough because I've already gained 3-4 pounds and I'm only 8 weeks. This can't be good. I'm trying to eat right, eat balanced, plenty of protien, but by the end of the day I'm dizzy with hunger and I just need to eat. But I do not want to gain too much. Anybody else?
I get that way some days. If I'm hungry like that, then I eat. I've gained about the same amount of weight as you. I'm drinking about 100oz of water a day (more when I work out) and I think I'm retaining 90% of it. lol0 -
My weekend was GREAT!!! The wedding went well, pretty much just as planned. Everyone one had a great time! I'm so happy to be officially married! My son is back home, and OMG, I've never been so happy to see someone in my life, as I was to see him on Sat!!! He's been such a good helper every since we got home too.
Weekend was busy, had a huge jucuzzi tub in our Motel Room, so that was awesome!!! So relaxing! Just what I needed. Seemed like I ate a lot of food, but most of it was healthy and I've still only gained 2.5 lbs so far, so I guess I'm doing good. Must be eating just enough for baby to get what he/she needs. I've been feeling great! I have finally noticed a little more energy lately.......finally. Growing a baby is exhausting!!!! At least this time. Wasn't tired like this in my last pregnancy. Another thing I noticed, after looking at some of the wedding snap shots, my belly is getting bigger. I guess I'm used to myself and didn't think it was that noticable yet, but it is!!!!!
Heather - That's awesome, 3-D ultrasound! I doubt I'm getting a 3-D but only 6 more weeks and I can find out what I'm having!!! Can't WAIT!!!
Ashley - Congrats!!!!! Wishing you the best with everything. Keep us all updated!
rgtierney - How far along are you? If your not too far along, it's probably just water weight. I bloated a lot at first, then lost a couple lbs.
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Is anyone else starving? I'm trying to watch my calories, but I get too hungry. i know that I'm eating enough because I've already gained 3-4 pounds and I'm only 8 weeks. This can't be good. I'm trying to eat right, eat balanced, plenty of protien, but by the end of the day I'm dizzy with hunger and I just need to eat. But I do not want to gain too much. Anybody else?
I tried the first couple of weeks to eat balanced and it didn't work out so well for me. So i read in one of hte pregnancy books that you should really be eating 6 - 8 small meals through out the day. So I've become a heavy snacker: dried apriocts, small bag of raw almonds, fiber bars, tons of different fruits, water, a little pasta here and there, etc...and I must say that its worked!! So maybe stash some snacks in your purse for when you feel hungry? I wouldn't worry about the weight gain, everyone's body is different.0 -
Hey everyone. Just wanted to pop in real quick and say hi. I've been keeping up over the weekend and quickly this week. I've been slammed at work...again. I swear I keep thinking, "after this week things will slow down". Not yet. Job security is a good thing though.
RE: maternity clothes. This morning was the frist I felt nothing would fit me. I am using the rubberband trick but think that may only last a couple more weeks at best. I thought about getting the belly bands, but my sister advised that may only get me through another few weeks so I may just bite the bullet and get some pants already. I have a lot of shirts that I can still wear and even one pair of jeans I have still fit; they are stretchy. I think I can get by with a couple pair of dress pants for now. This week is the first I've felt like I look prego. I've been wearing shirts that are more fitted to accenuate so I don't just look chubby.
I still feel good; just tired. I got an outside run in over the weekend for the first time in over a month. It felt good but I ran intervals with a little walking. The hills and the heat and humidity made it harder. I also felt kinda bouncy in the belly. Planned on a run yesterday but working late prevented. I also burned a crap load of calories over thew weekend mowing grass and doing yard work. Who would guess how many calories that stuff burns? I love my HRM.
I have my first (and most likely only) ultrasound next Friday so I'm pretty excited about that. Otherwise life finally returned to normal last Wednesday after we got power back. Our storm home repairs are almost done so we can refocus on finishing the basement and maybe one of these days we'll start to think about the nursery.
Welcome new peeps! Hope you all have a great week!
-Ashley B.
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Thanks for all the warm welcomes!
Atomdraco – Wow, I know some adults that are barely the 4.9 requirement! Thanks for the info.
Rgtierney – I’ve had days like that too, I find the morning is the worse, if I don’t eat the moment I get up I feel like my stomach will eat itself! In those scenarios I eat! I try to make sure everything I eat is nutritious so that I feel less guilty about it.
To the other Ashley (Better-Balance), crap i'm Ashley B. too! What are the odds! You can call me Ash to avoid confusions. Oh and as a runner maybe you can help me with my inquiry below.
I was hopping to get everyone feedback on exercise in the first trimester, so far I haven’t limited myself except for running (timing thing, not because I’m pregnant). I was previously doing the C25K program and was almost done, but then I went on vacation & other stuff happened, it’s now been 3weeks since I ran and was wondering if it be safe to restart running but take my time with it. I did sign myself up for a run in October (before I knew I was pregnant) to do a 5k run and would love to still do it, it’s for a great cause (breast cancer research), but I’m afraid that because I’m such a novice runner it’s not healthy. Any suggestions? I’m still looking for an OB and so I don’t have one to ask yet.
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RE: maternity clothes. This morning was the frist I felt nothing would fit me. I am using the rubberband trick but think that may only last a couple more weeks at best. I thought about getting the belly bands, but my sister advised that may only get me through another few weeks so I may just bite the bullet and get some pants already. I have a lot of shirts that I can still wear and even one pair of jeans I have still fit; they are stretchy. I think I can get by with a couple pair of dress pants for now. This week is the first I've felt like I look prego. I've been wearing shirts that are more fitted to accenuate so I don't just look chubby.
-Ashley B.
(I see there are two Ashley's now!)
Ashley B- my hubby and I just hit Old Navy because I needed some cheappy flip flops for our trip and I noticed that our little store has a small selection of Maternity wear. TONS of stuff on clearance, capri's, shorts, bermudas and I saw a few dress pants. So maybe if you get a chance and you have one near you- you can swing by and maybe with some luck you can find some goodies?? Best of luck!0 -
Babee- I just ordered gap and old navy maternity on line! they had a 30% off sale if you order something from gap, old navy, and banana republic, so i ordered socks from BR and clothes from gap and old navy. I got like $150 off my order!0
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I went to the OB yesterday and was so happy to find out that if I'm eating very low mercury fish like wild salmon, dover sole, and fresh water trout, that I can actually eat fish up to 5 times a week!!!!! So happy about this. I was having so much trouble finding something appetizing for dinner lately because chicken and meat still gross me out.
Also, Nucal went so well. I got to see a more clear pic of my baby, and it was sleeping and sucking its thumb! so cute! the whole appointment took like 15 minutes, thank goodness! with my son, I was there for 2.5 hours because he was so active they couldn't get a measurement!0 -
Just wanted to share a little tidbit about a great snack I've been having lately with great health benefits especially for us preggo's!
Dried Apricots
Apricots have nutrients which help protect both the heart and the eyes. Beta-carotene in Apricots is heart saviour. They prevent heart disease by securing the LDL cholesterol from oxidation.
Other benefits include:
1) Treat Constipation
By eating a few Apricots a day, you can suffer less constipation due to the Apricots pectin and cellulose content.
2) Treat Anaemia
Apricots are rich in iron which can help treat Anaemia. Low number of blood cells is usually caused by iron deficiency. There is no worry when eating Apricots as you can enrich your blood with iron once again.
Just thought I would share! :flowerforyou:0 -
Babee- I just ordered gap and old navy maternity on line! they had a 30% off sale if you order something from gap, old navy, and banana republic, so i ordered socks from BR and clothes from gap and old navy. I got like $150 off my order!
holy crap!! Now that's what I call savings!0 -
This is a great subject! I'm currently losing and prepping for baby #2. I want to be fit before, during, and after the kiddos! I'll be sure to keep you guys updated when we find out. :blushing:0
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Ash - there are lots of runner on this board, many that run much more than I do. My dr. told me if I can carry on a conversation, I am fine. Don't start anything new and don't lift heavy. Of course your doctor can tell you more, but I think most importantly, listen to your body. I have been trying to keep up with at least one 2ish mile run a week. But I have slowed my roll quite a bit.
I love dried apricots! I keep boxes in my drawer at work. I pair them with some almonds and get a quick and easy snack. And they make you poop! :laugh:
Still at work. I'm totally not feeling the gym today. Maybe I'll walk my dog. She's getting old (13) and I am afraid of wearing her out. We just walked Sunday.
Thanks for the maternity hints! I know our Old Navy at the mall doens't have maternity. Maybe one of the others does. I see shopping in my future. :devil:0 -
Just wanted to share a little tidbit about a great snack I've been having lately with great health benefits especially for us preggo's!
Dried Apricots
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Thanks for sharing. I need to get some new ones. 0
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