Fit, Fabulous, and Pregnant-October 2011
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Morning all!
I hope everyone had a fab weekend! Mine went by WAY too fast as usual...but it was really good.
Friday I got to have lunch with a friend who is due in December and it was really nice
Friday night I went over to my sisters place to see her and my nephew Jack and my parents ended up coming and we all had dinner together. It was really great
Saturday my husband and I started cleaning the house and getting things organized, then we went out for lunch (a super rare event for us! lol) we went to Mongolie Grill and it was fantastic, then we did some browsing at a kids/baby furniture store - man were the items there EXPENSIVE...like $1600 for a baby nursery set (with just the crib and dresser...WHAT?)...so yeah needless to say we promptly exited that store lol
Saturday night we just stayed in and watched tv and I worked on knitting...lol we're so cool like that
Sunday was a busy day we got started on reorganizing the basement so we can move the furniture from our office upstairs downstairs and get started on the nursery. It feels good to finally be getting some of this stuff done. Then I met with my mom and another pregnant friend and we went shopping to some maternity stores...gotta say I love H&M Maternity! So well priced and so cute! Got a new dress/tunic that is so comfortable and was only $24!! Then I met a friend for coffee at Good Earth, then I got some groceries and then I went home! WHEW! Busy weekend! I started reading about birth plans last night as well in one of my books...gotta get started on that!
2 weeks until we go to Calgary for our prenatal course that we won :bigsmile: I'm excited, it'll be a nice little getaway for us Plus we'll get to learn more about what's to come and labour/newborn care etc, which is always a plus!
I have my personal training sesh tonight at 5:00 with my mom. I'm looking forward to it.
My goals this week:
Workout at least 4 times this week - really hoping to just put in some time with my spin bike at home and i have personal training tonight and yoga on Thursday so should definitely be do-able!
Keep up with the veggies
REALLY watch my sodium intake and sugar intake - need to get those under control
Keep up the water intake
Possibly try an aquasize class this week.
Anyway - hope everyone has a fantastic Monday!0 -
Happy Monday too all the Fit and Fablous soon to be Moms!!
H-82- Yay for a healthy baby boy!
Missconfidence- Welcome!
Amy-Welcome! I hope your spotting stops soon and you are able to keep up with just walking through your pregnancy. Being healthy is so much better for us and baby in pregnancy. I hope this babe stays put longer then your last daughter and that you have a great pregnancy.
Rayna- I wish I could be as talented as you those are super cute!
atynk- I hope she comes soon for you as well. I have Ulcerative colitis so I have always been worried about it acting up during pregnancy. I have been told by most it either doesn't bug you at all or it's a living h***. I hope the fibre has helped and you are more comfortable today. I know how much those doubling over pains hurt and I can't imagine having a full term baby sitting on top of it. Hang in there!
msheldon & ybowden- Welcome. That's what we are all about here. Supporting each other in our healthy and active pregnancy's. Feel free to jump right in!
jchecca- Eeww. I hope too you don't meet him again!
Heather- Thanks for the motivation and the light being that more energy will come hopefully within the next 4 weeks. I'm sorry to hear you're still having so much rib pains. Charlee needs to drop for you already!! As for the neighbour I understand how frustrating that would be but keep your chin up in the fact that you AND Charlee have benefited significantly to your maintenance of a healthy life style before, during, and after pregnancy. Don't be surprised if she has a tough labour because she's spent almost 40 weeks being sedimentary in her lifestyle and this will be a huge amount of energy for her to do.
Ashley- That does sound like a busy weekend. I hope you are able to get some productiveness accomplished between your visits for your own sanity!
babeed- Yay for energy and a bigger yay for your ultrasound! I know I wouldn't get anything done at work either! Let us know how it goes!
Kristy- Hope everything checks out ok!
Rayna- Yikes that store is a little to rich for my blood too! I wish I had got the thrill of picking out my own baby furniture set but my aunt and uncle decided before I even got pregnant that they were buying me a set and so they did...No consultation on what we liked or wanted just went out and bought it. The thought was nice but it was something I was really looking forward to do myself. So I haven't decided if I want to spend the hours it will take to sand it all down and stain it or just suck it up and live with it.
On that note what is everyone opinion on being exposed to paint and stain fumes during pregnancy? I too live in Alberta and wont be able to get my windows open much longer to air the space out.
Well on my end I am VERY excited I finally get my first doctors appointment today. (I scheduled it 4 weeks ago and found out my doctor was on holidays) So today is finally the day. It seems silly to me that I'm excited to "confirm" the pregnancy because there is no way I'm NOT pregnant but I am. The all day nausea has subsided significantly the last few days (Thanks for the tip of protein in the morning Heather it REALLY helps although sometimes its a huge struggle to get it down.) Still lacking on the energy department. I'm hoping to get a membership this week at the pool so I can start that exercise regime. I have been doing light walks but I get so cold outside so quickly these days. I have finally stopped loosing weight which I'm glad about since it was beginning to worry me. Anyways I better stop rambling now this is already a ridiculously long post. Hope everyone has a fantastic Monday!
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On that note what is everyone opinion on being exposed to paint and stain fumes during pregnancy? I too live in Alberta and wont be able to get my windows open much longer to air the space out.
I've been a painting fool between the basement and nursery. I kept windows open and if I felt dizzy at all I'd stop and leave the painting area.
There's been a lot of talk about furniture. We looked at some at Babies R Us and the stuff seems to be OK quality. I know you get what you pay for and I have been on the look out on Craigslist for sets of nicer more solid stuff to no avail. I found a crib I like that we can order online from Amazon and several other places for about $200. I am skeptical it will last through all the phases (toddler bed, etc.) but it seems that is pretty much what all of the stores have (Target too). Those of you who have set up your nurseries, did you go for something a little higher end of the stuff you have to assemble from the big box stores?
Alright, off to talk a walk. Even though I'm not feeling it today.0 -
Happy Monday, yall. Im usually MIA over the weekends. I managed to get 2x 5kms runs this weekend. Sunday weather was beautiful fall running weather. We were family central this weekend, had the inlaws and grandma over for lasagna dinner on sat, and my mom came down yesterday and stayed the night. I never eat 100% healthy but about 85% this weekend. Baked a ton of cookies for the kids to decorate at the Halloween party this sat. Hubby and I are going to the Foo Fighters on Thursday, so flippen excited. We went to a ton of concerts before our first was born, we knew theyd be few and far between after baby, it will be fun. Did ok last week with goals but no strength training! I have to do this at least twice!
Goals this week
eat out once
strenght train 2x
cardio 3x
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Heather- I worked out my entire first pregnancy and walked like 2 miles every day but when I was overdue, I had my husband take me to this HUGE mall nearby and made him walk every floor with me twice. At 5am (about 12 hours later) I was in labor. I'm sure it doesn't work for everyone, but I did get the idea from hearing similar stories from several other women, including my own grandmother.
On a different note, How often do you guys eat tuna salad?????0 -
Happy Monday everyone!
Hope you all had a great weekend! I spent my Friday night dodging glasses of wine at a celebratory dinner for my stepmom's mother. And Saturday night I was watching my co-workers get drunk during a Halloween party -- watching them, I'm very glad I didn't have to feel like they were all going to feel in the morning, hahaha! The nice part about the part, though, is I have another co-worker who is pregnant, and one who had a baby about a year ago, so hubby got to talk with dads in a similar position as him -- he seemed excited about it
I have my first appointment on Wednesday! I'm so excited! That's also going to be the day I tell my dad and stepmom, which I can't wait for. So it's a big day all around!
Goals for this week:
Continue monitoring my sodium intake -- I've been feeling so much better since doing so, and actuall dropped 1.2 lbs. I now can recognize which bloat is from the pregnancy, and which is from sodium, so I'm glad I figure that out. I don't mind being bloated from the pregnancy, but the added bloating is just way too uncomfortable.
Exercise 3-4 times -- got two new workout videos I'm looking forward to incorporating, in addition to doing zumba and walking.
Hope you all have a great week!0 -
Hi Great Mommies!
I slept in this morning, really needed it. :blushing:
I didn't walk Sunday but the rest of the week we did, 6 days * 20-30 mins. Sat I worked 4.3 hrs, and we went to my son's game in the afternoon-Lost game :sad: . Poor kids. Sunday I had my me time and got my Halloween spirit black nails done. :glasses:
Heather-Sorry to hear the rib pain is still bothering you. Hang in there!!! Yes, you will be back on track and burning calories in no time.
Rayna- Wow that is expensive baby furniture. How exciting on your mini trip.
taldie- Awesome job on your runs. You Rock! Jealous on the Foo concert, I just missed Smashing Pumpkins & some Spanish rock bands I
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Sabrinafaith-I can relate with the walking with my first, I was already dilated to 4, and my mom arrived immediately so that night we walked on the Vegas strip and the next morning my water broke. I agree it's different for everyone.
Ashley- We also went with quality over price, but ended up getting a decent deal at Burlington Coat vs Babies R Us and it's the exact same furniture. Oh yeah careful with that paint smell.
Jchecca-Best wishes for a better DR next time around.
Atynk-Good luck too, for your baby to come soon. You & Heather are really close.
babeed-Sending some blue baby dust over! Good luck! Don't forget to post. We'll be anxious as well.
Kristy-It's ok, somedays i get my walks & yoga & S/T but last week wasn't succesful.
BatgirlRox-Awesome! Let us know how your appt went.
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Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone!
I had a good weekend, and the bleeding from Friday has reduced to just spotting, and is now almost non-existent, thank goodness! I have been taking it easy, not sure if that helps or not, but hubby insists that I do, so I don't argue. Did manage to make it out to church yesterday and a school picnic yesterday afternoon, where we got to tell a few more friends and teachers our big news. My 8th grader went to school in her Big Sister t-shirt today, she was so excited to tell all her friends.
Had labs over the weekend and this morning to check that hcg level - I am hoping for good results this afternoon or by tomorrow morning! If those results are good and the bleeding stays at bay, I plan to get out for a couple easy laps around the block this week - I miss exercising!
batgirlrox & atynk - Wow, I feel for you both dealing with IBS & UC at all, let alone during pregnancy! My hubby had UC, & had to have surgery several years ago to remove his entire colon. Not fun. Hoping you feel better atynk and the symptoms subside quickly!0 -
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Has anyone else suffered from restless leg syndrome? What have you done to help??0 -
Question:
Has anyone else suffered from restless leg syndrome? What have you done to help??
I have RLS even when not pregnant (started with my first pregnancy and never went away... and it's worse now, during the second). The only thing that helps me, personally, was decreasing my caffeine (really easy now), increasing my potassium (decaf coffee has quite a bit, btw) and stretching.
BUT... RLS is tricky, different people have different triggers and different "treatments". I googled RLS home remedies and experimented until I found the right combo for me.0 -
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Has anyone else suffered from restless leg syndrome? What have you done to help??
Yes i have, try standing in an inch of cold water, or a cooling gel over your legs helps, so annoying0 -
Geeze, I haven't had time to catch up for a while.
atynk - GOOD LUCK!! You're so close! Hopefully everthing goes the way you want it too.
batgirlrox - Good Luck at your first appt. Hope it goes well. I seen an earlier post about lack of energy, I still don't have any, but hopefully you will get some soon. Every pregnancy is different.
Jchecca - Good Luck with things, as far as back pain....I hope it goes away soon! I have it too, but it's my gallbladder and at this point the options to fix it are slim to none unless I have too.
Ashley - I'm starting to feel a bit overwhelmed by everything that needs done and the lack of time left to do it. Baby shower and kids, so many of my friends have kids, if I said no kids, I most likely wouldn't have any guests, but some time with just friends and no distraction from kids would be nice.
Welcome - eponine1976, MissConfidence, Amyrhubarb, msheldon88 and ybodwen!!! Hope you like the message board. It's been very helpful and entertaining for me so far!!! Keeps me on track too!
Kcurtis - Glad your feeling better - I wish someone would deliver me OJ at my desk, LOL!! How nice!
lunarokra - Kids do make life super busy, ecspecially with sports. It's so tiring, but definately making the time go by fast!!! At least your still getting in your walks. Yay for you, good job!!!
Rayna - Awe, the baby Uggs are adorable!!!
Babeed - Good luck at your appt. today!!! My cousin had problems with restless leg syndrome at night when she was trying to sleep, not sure what they did for her, but from what I hear it SUCKS! Good luck!
Kristy - Glad your going to see a doctor. I had a bunch of blurry vision and was seeing lil' floaters when I moved my eyes....37 wks pregnant, they had to induce me. It was high blood pressure, super high!!! Good luck, glad your feeling a little better, hope they figure out what caused it!
AFM: Super busy weekend as usual....I did sleep in a little bit later than usual yesterday which was nice. I spent 5 hours cleaning, doing laundry and organizing, then I helped hubby and son, with some yard work. It was a very productive day! I'm so excited, my son got 1st place again at the tournament on Sat! Woo Hoo. Three weeks left of wrestling! Only one tournament that's far away, which is this weekend, and I'm glad!
My sister is planning my baby shower for next Sunday, I'm excited....She ordered me a swing, my MIL ordered me a playpen, with the bassinet and changing table and I ordered my car seat and stroller! All matching and on sale at K-mart! Woo Hoo.
Also, I got offered an almost $800.00 Million Dollar Baby crib and matching changing table for $200.00!!! I think I'm going to buy it. I don't really need the changing table now, but I might as well, for that price! I get to see pics next weekend. So we'll see.
Goals for the week!!
Walk at least 6 miles
Yoga at least 2x
Increase water....everyday
Start working on the nursery
Paint the nursery on Sunday!
Been eating good, and I'm so glad, according to my scale I've gained 12lbs, we'll see what the doc scale says next week! Hard to believe it's Nov. next week! Geeze!0 -
Question:
Has anyone else suffered from restless leg syndrome? What have you done to help??
I have RLS even when not pregnant (started with my first pregnancy and never went away... and it's worse now, during the second). The only thing that helps me, personally, was decreasing my caffeine (really easy now), increasing my potassium (decaf coffee has quite a bit, btw) and stretching.
BUT... RLS is tricky, different people have different triggers and different "treatments". I googled RLS home remedies and experimented until I found the right combo for me.
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Thanks Baisleac,
Mine just started this weekend and I thought it was all the walking that I had been doing over the past two days, but even yesterday I had it and didn't do anything but sleep most of the day.
So far the only thing that seems to help is some calf massages...Just curious if it was pregnancy related. I'll be sure to google it tonight as well!!
Thank you again-0 -
I just found this!! I am actually almost 30 weeks pregnant. I created a new account for my pregnancy because I practically abandoned my old account. I lost 20lbs before I got pregnant and have gained about 18lbs....Seems like a lot but I am now working on eating better and getting in some light exercise daily....Anyway my name is Amie and I am due January 5th with my third baby, 2nd boy!!0
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Hello ladies!
There are a few familiar faces on this board (including the founder Heather!)... I knew some of you from the TTC board.
After exactly a year of trying, my husband and I finally got out BFP this past Friday! We actually were in the infertility doctor's office that morning, scheduling my IUI for this month - how ironic! We are ecstatic!
I am a little nervous - I've been very very lightly spotting since Saturday and have had very light cramps every once in a while. I have an appt with my ObGyn on Wednesday, and am counting the minutes to it. We have been waiting so long for this and don't want to lose it!
I can't wait to get to know you ladies! Have a great evening!0 -
congrats!! thats amazing0
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Welcome Amie & AndreaM! Congrats too!
I was just informed by my HS besties, they are throwing me a baby shower January 7th! YAY, I was all teary eyed. Now the question is my friends are hosting should i invite the coworkers and boss? I've been asked if I am having a babyshower, so I have plenty of time to think it out.
Misti-Congrats to your son! He must be thrilled. how exciting on your babyshower, i bet it'll be great. Also, great steal on the furniture hope it turns out to be in great condition.0 -
Andrea OMG congratulations!!! I JUST congratulated Karen as well... SOOOOO happy for you and I'm so glad you are here. I will be keeping you in my prayers and hopefully the spotting stops. Unfortunately during your first trimester cramping is very normal. It freaked me out all the time but it is just your uterus growing Stick baby stick! 0
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Heather - hang in there! the end is very near. With all the good care you have taken of your body, you will have a super speedy recovery and be up and running in no time, I promise. Plus seeing that bundle of joy is the best medicine ever!
People affected by RLS - the only trick that helped me (I also have RLS when not pregnant, it wakes me up from the pain...) is to take magnesium/vitamin B6 supplements. That cures the pain instantly. The other tricks didnt work on me. Took me a pregnancy for a doctor to find the right cure! RLS is very tricky though...different effective treatments for everyone.
She explained to me that during the day, we do move so the muscles actually numb the pain, and it comes back at night when we are lying down. Temporary relief can be obtained by walking/moving but it does not address the cause obviously... Good luck with treating RLS0 -
Wohoo, Andrea! Congratulations:0)0
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Thank you for the welcome, ladies!
Heather, thanks for your reassuring words! I hope the doc says the same thing tomorrow afternoon! Sticky sticky sticky – that’s what we are praying for!!! You are so close – I didn’t realize. Yay!
I wish I had helpful RLS advice, but I don’t. I hope the other remedies will help! :flowerforyou:0 -
Wohoo, Andrea! Congratulations:0)
Thanks - you are so far along, too! Love the name Hannah! 0 -
Okay, I can't wait to tell you guys!!
After being in the sonogram room for almost an hour- as this baby is currently breech and with this back to my stomach so the nurse had to get creative to try to get the baby to turn. However, she was very patient and after a bit we were finally able to get a peek!! :smooched: WE'RE HAVING A BOY!!!!!!!!! :smooched: I couldn't help but giggle, the nurse told us (after the baby turned) that there was absolutely no mistaking his little parts!
We're extremely grateful that all our prayers have been answered and I just don't have enough words to express how thankful and excited we are!
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Did discuss this with my doc and he did say it's a common occurance with prego women. He recommended: Tylenol PM only for the extreme cases. A warm soak in the tub. Leg massages. And lots and lots of extra potassium!!0 -
Welcome new peeps! Yay babeed! Congrats! Andrea hope everything works out! I love exclamation points!!!! :laugh:
My goals are still shifting for the week but I am being productive so I am happy with that. I did take my lunch walk yesterday but I also went out to eat. My husband's BFF is moving to AZ this week so some peeps were going out for dinner so considering I didn't get home from work till 7:30, I was down for no cooking. Ate OK - buffalo chili and a salad (and a roll with cinamon butter) from Buckhead's, but really didnt' want to spend the cash. Oh well. Today I was going to paint the nursery after work, but instead we are going to pick up a dresser for the nursery (if we like it - it's antique, distressed bottle green and so cute) and I totally forgot I have to make my Halloween costume so will be going to the fabric store after the dresser. I pretty much win something at work every year so I can't slack this year! I'm also going to swing by Target for more Halloween stuff and get us in the registry so we can start adding registry items from online too. Soooo....doing good on productivity and I'm feeling less stressed than yesterday and over the weekend. Plus I talked to my friend that will be here this weekend and he has his conference all day Saturday so we can do work that day instead of entertaining. I feel like I need a good workout but it will have to wait until yoga tomorrow. I wanted to walk at lunch today but I have a lunch and learn so that won't be happening.
Happy Tuesday! One more day closer to the weekend!
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Well...I finally did it - ordered the nursery furniture & bedding. I kept searching & searching, but went back to the same stuff every time. Now I can't wait to get the room painted & everything in it! 0
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Congrats on the boy babeed!!!! So exciting!! Didn't you just LOVE seeing him move around in there??
I saw the dr yesterday and she said that since my vision wasn't blacked out and was just kinda blurry/watery/spotty, she wasn't as worried. My blood pressure was 132/85 and she said that wasn't too bad. She doesn't want to increase my medication until my systolic is consistently in the 150's/160's. She said to let them know if I have another episode though and she suggested I see my optometrist as well. I haven't had an eye exam in over a year so it's time for one anyways. I just haven't found one since we moved to Maryland. Baby girl's heartbeat was still in the 150's so she's nice and strong. The weird vision thing only lasted 10-15 minutes. Eric (the hubs) said that he gets that before a migraine, but I never got a headache (until the afternoon from wearing my glasses all day). He said that sometimes he gets the vision thing, but the migraine doesn't end up happening so maybe that's all it was. I don't know, but I feel fine this morning.
I'm aiming to get in a nice walk and/or jog with some yoga this afternoon. Eric is getting his new PS3 game in the mail today so I'll definitely have some "me" time. lol
Heather, where did you end up buying your nursery furniture and bedding from? Did you get the stuff from JCP? I'm really liking the Coco Dot bedding from Pottery Barn, but not sure about furniture yet.0 -
Well...I finally did it - ordered the nursery furniture & bedding. I kept searching & searching, but went back to the same stuff every time. Now I can't wait to get the room painted & everything in it!
Where did you order your nursery stuff from?0 -
I have been gone for the last week to my high school reunion. I will work on reading through the last week to get caught up on everything. I am still down 2.4 pounds since I found out I was preg. I am guessing that it will start going back up though over the next month.
My goals for this week:
1. Get in a running workout Wed and Thursday
2. Run the Zombie Run in around 28:00 mins
3. DRINK MORE WATER
4. Find something to drink other than water that I like without caffine.
I am starting to get so antsy about wanting to know what we are having so I can start buying baby stuff.0 -
Yay Babeed I'm SOOOO happy for you! You got your boy!
Kristy I have the cocodot bedding and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! The only problem is that the bedskirt as well as the bumper are specifically made for their cribs. I had to be creative with the bumper to get it to work in my crib and you can't even see the pattern on the bedskirt cause of the way the crib is made. So basically at the end of the day the fitted sheet is all that will be seen of the set (we will have to remove the bumper once she starts sleeping in her own bed and is able to move around). So make sure to pick out your crib prior to buying your bedding...or keep the receipt Also, glad your vision stuff has gone away and the docs don't think it is a big deal.
Ashley sounds like things are a bit crazy for you! Just do the best you can and things will get back to "normal".
I totally didn't want to get out of the pool this morning. Seems now like that is the only time my ribs are screaming at me! The workout is really starting to bore me (remember I'm used to hardcore sweat sessions with loud music and heart pumping moves)...but I guess when you are due to have a baby in less than 2 weeks this will suffice... The water does feel awesome though so that's a plus. I'm going to get a massage here in an hour. I hope it is my last one for a while... My doc appt is on Thursday and if I'm dilated I'm thinking about asking her to strip my membranes. I've heard good and bad about it so we shall see.
Hope you ladies have an awesome day! Stay fit and healthy my friends!0 -
Hello!
Babeeedddd! Congrats, Yay for your little boy! :drinker:
BMfrazie- I know what you mean the anticipation of finding out really drove me nuts. lol
H82- That's great, I am also waiting until next week to start painting the nursery.There's so much to do right?
Kristy- Hope those blurred episodes slow down.
We walked last night for 20 mins & I did 15 mins of what I could remember of the yoga poses.0
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