Pregnancy 2010 - Week 4

00Angela00

Angela - thank you so much for the info - I really appreciate it! We haven't really "tried" anything special, I usually know when I ovulate and I do keep track of that so we just try once a day during that period. I'm due to ovulate in about a week so I'll try checking my cervical fluid this coming week. Problem is my husband will be out of town from Sunday till Friday, so hopefully it will hold off until at least Friday :ohwell: . I'm thinking of making an appointment with an obgyn if I'm not successful this month, just to see what (if anything) she suggests. Maybe I'll give the basal body temperature a try first though. I've heard about doing that too - mainly that it's a pain in the *kitten*, but it's good to hear from someone that has had success with it.

Again, I really appreciate it Angela and if anyone else has any words of advice I would love to hear it. :flowerforyou:

They actually say that if you try this method and you don't get pregnant within 3 months your considered infertile and should be seen ... so it works pretty well!

CHOOSING THE SEX OF YOUR BABY:

I forgot to mention that if you have sex a few days before you ovulate you're more likely to have a girl, and if you have sex the day before ovulation or closer to ovulation you're more likely to have a girl ... WHY? because female sperm are heavier and swim slower and servive longer so it takes them more time to get their, boy sperm are fast and will get to the egg first, but die quicker. Not 100% garauntee, but worth trying if you have a preference. We didn't much care, just wanted to be pregnant so we had sex every other day (since we didn't know his sperm level) and it worked. :-D

Fancy_Nancy2

Sara have fun with trying case it will not be the after the baby comes along. But my tip is to count your days and try to figure out your best days to try and make a baby.

Can I join your group to I had a my baby in June and we want to try and have another one but we are waiting in till she turns at least one. I would love to also like to be heather at the start of my next pregnancy. What were the last 4 weeks goals? :happy:

00Angela00

welcom ndfcdf,

We actually just started the goals last week. We did a water goal last week and then calorie goal this week (sorry guys yesterday majorly sucked! Appetites back to normal today ... at least so far).

shannonsnail

Hi all,

I haven't been on MFP in a long time but am trying to get into some tracking for a bit here for my nutritionist. I am 18 weeks pregnant and anticipating developing gestational diabetes due to history. I did an early screen at 15 weeks and just barely passed so I will do it again in about 9 weeks. I'm trying to make some changes before then. I don't know if I can avoid it but if I make changes now it will be less overwhelming when I have no choice but to make changes.

Have a great day!
Shannon

jalara

Hi all,

I haven't been on MFP in a long time but am trying to get into some tracking for a bit here for my nutritionist. I am 18 weeks pregnant and anticipating developing gestational diabetes due to history. I did an early screen at 15 weeks and just barely passed so I will do it again in about 9 weeks. I'm trying to make some changes before then. I don't know if I can avoid it but if I make changes now it will be less overwhelming when I have no choice but to make changes.

Have a great day!
Shannon

Shannon - welcome to group, and CONGRATULATIONS! :flowerforyou:

We're here to support you, so use us! And remember that the important thing is that you and baby come out healthy.

May I ask how they screened you> I haven't heard of that before. I'm worried about it myself when get preggo.

Hopeful4757

Welcome McFatterton, ndfcdf, and Shannon. This is a great group, and it's fun that we are all in different places (pregnant, trying, and preparing).

How has everybody's challenge been going so far? I was under calories, but over fat today. :-( I couldn't figure whether to count that as a day over or not. I think I am going to. While the challenge was calories, I could have skipped the guacamole and opted for salsa. At least I was good in dipping it with mini rice cakes instead of chips.

I am so excited tomorrow is Friday!!! Any fun plans this weekend?

jalara

Help! see this link I posted. Help!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/78970-6-hour-work-out-marathon-on-saturday-help

Hopeful4757

I would eat pasta tonight to fuel yourself for your long day tomorrow. In the morning, I would eat oatmeal and two eggs. It will be pretty filling. That breakfast keeps me going for awhile before I feel hungry.

Good luck tomorrow!!! Have a fun day, and smile knowing you are doing good for yourself and others. :flowerforyou:

jalara

Hey everyone! Thanks for all the words of encouragement for tomorrow!

One of classes I'm taking right now is Growth & Development. I wanted to share with you a website that has some amazing information about development - I was especially interested in the section detailing the baby's first year. Hope you like it!

http://www.growinghealthykids.com/english/home/index.html

cannon15

Hi all! Mind if I join? I've been using MFP for about three weeks and love it! I have a 16 month old son and just found out today that I'm pregnant! According to the due date calculator, I'm due on October 6th. While obviously this is great news, I've been doing so well eating better, exercising, and losing weight, I don't want to lose steam. I was fortunate to only gained 15 pounds with my first pregnancy and I'm hoping I can stay as active with this pregnancy. (Perhaps it had something to do with the 18 weeks of vomiting!)

00Angela00, I was always hungry in my first trimester last time. That slowed down a bit in my second & third. Hang in there, it'll get better. Since I just found out today, I haven't done any research yet. Do you know how many calories we should be eating each day to lose weight yet still keep the baby nourished?

oldegbers

I found this group by mistake.....hope you dont mind another joining in. Im 29 married with a son who will be 2 in March. I am at the heaviest I have been since I was pregnant at 9 months. So with my little sisters wedding coming up in June I thought it was time for a change. Anyway My husband and I are also wanting another one and well I havent got a BFP yet I am sure showing a lot of the symptoms and going to take a HPT in the next week or so. I have low HGC levels and well I want to make sure I at least past my expected period date before I waste money on anymore tests. I already have taken 4 and all came up BFN. But it was way to early for me to be testing even the doc thinks so. Anywho I have lost 10 pounds in the last couple weeks and already feel it in my jeans. My goal is to lose another 40-60 lbs.

Hopeful4757

Welcome Cannon15 and oldegbers! We're glad you're here. As you've probably read, we weigh in on Wednesdays and are all in different stages of trying, becoming, and yes-yeah-pregnant!

Congratulations Cannon15 on just finding out yesterday! What great news.

Have a great rest of your weekend.

00Angela00

Hi all! Mind if I join? I've been using MFP for about three weeks and love it! I have a 16 month old son and just found out today that I'm pregnant! According to the due date calculator, I'm due on October 6th. While obviously this is great news, I've been doing so well eating better, exercising, and losing weight, I don't want to lose steam. I was fortunate to only gained 15 pounds with my first pregnancy and I'm hoping I can stay as active with this pregnancy. (Perhaps it had something to do with the 18 weeks of vomiting!)

00Angela00, I was always hungry in my first trimester last time. That slowed down a bit in my second & third. Hang in there, it'll get better. Since I just found out today, I haven't done any research yet. Do you know how many calories we should be eating each day to lose weight yet still keep the baby nourished?

ICongrats on the pregnancy!!! I haven't met with the doctor yet, but according to what to expect when you're expecting you don't need to gain any weight first trimester and barely any in the second. They don't really recommend you diet at all, so I'm going for calorie goal of losing 1 pound a week and still exercising until I see my doc. I'm overweight, and get plenty of healthy foods with no DRASTIC dieting (not including being too nauseas to eat anything right now) so I don't think it will be a problem. When it gets to the point of gaining I'm only supposed to gain 15-25 pounds because I'm overweight so I won't need to increase my calories as much as someone who is average. I think for average they recommend eating 300 extra calories your third trimester, but I can't remember what the recommendation is for second.

00Angela00

I found this group by mistake.....hope you dont mind another joining in. Im 29 married with a son who will be 2 in March. I am at the heaviest I have been since I was pregnant at 9 months. So with my little sisters wedding coming up in June I thought it was time for a change. Anyway My husband and I are also wanting another one and well I havent got a BFP yet I am sure showing a lot of the symptoms and going to take a HPT in the next week or so. I have low HGC levels and well I want to make sure I at least past my expected period date before I waste money on anymore tests. I already have taken 4 and all came up BFN. But it was way to early for me to be testing even the doc thinks so. Anywho I have lost 10 pounds in the last couple weeks and already feel it in my jeans. My goal is to lose another 40-60 lbs.

WELCOME!
What does BFP, HPT, and BFN stand for? Sorry I'm so new to all this that I'm still learning the abbreviations. :-D

cannon15

Thanks, Angela. Congrats to you as well! I look forward to going through this journey with all of my new MFP friends.

jalara

Welcome to all the new faces!

So I had a blast at the work-out marathon this past Saturday - hence the new pic of me and Richard Simmons! LOL I even made it to the gym yesterday to do a 20 minute cardio session and stretching, and I feel pretty great today. I am having a hard time getting my hydration level back up, and I'm hoping that after today it'll be back to normal.

Made the mistake of hopping on the scale this morning. I didn't like it. I think it's water though.... okay I HOPE it's water. I worked my butt off this weekend! LOL

I'm having serious baby-brain this week. All I want to do is read baby, talk baby and think about the baby we'll have next year (we aren't planning to try until a few months after our wedding this summer). But still - baby on the brain! And all related topics with it

Hopeful4757

I am there with you! My sister just had a baby in the beginning of December. She is home with him all day and every time I call, he's cooing and just being adorable. She sends me picture texts of him. I would rather be with him all day long than at work. He is just so darn cute!!! Oh, and my husband and I were asked to be his godparents, so I really wish I were there instead of at work.

Hopeful4757

(And I even like my job!) Still...I hear you.

tahmed

Spent the day at Jury Duty, and didn't feel like going to the gym after. I am only 22 calories over today, so I think I am going to just chill tonight and read my book. I am hoping tomorrow I can get back on track, as I haven't been to the gym in a week and a half. I am having baby brain too. A lot of my friends are pregnant, and I am having SO much fun looking at their registery's. Although, I am wishing it was me. Only 5 more months till we can start trying!

00Angela00

Amanda,

I haven't worked out in 2 weeks! Ever since I got sick ... once I stop it's sooo hard to start again. I'm hoping to kick butt again this week. I'm supposed to watch biggest loser tonight with a friend (catching up from last week) and again tomorrow (catching up from today) so hopefully that gets me back in the mood! I know I'm going to have gained back some more weight again this week so I'm sad that I'll probably be starting all over again.

tahmed

Angela,
I am having so much fun watching your little baby ticker!!

I have committed 100% to going to the gym tonight. I believe this week is going to be a gain week for me, because as of Sunday morning, I had gained 2.5 lbs:noway: Not looking forward to weighing in tomorrow morning. You all need to hold me accountable for working out tonight. Anyone else planning to go to the gym tonight? I think I need a new gym plan...any ideas?

Hopeful4757

Our next goal could be to get at least 60 minutes of activity in on at least 4 days next week. That might get everybody moving.

jalara

New week is up!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/79833-pregnancy-2010-week-5

See you all there!

pledbetter

Hey yall,

I have a question...I guess for those of you who have been/are pregnant. Is it possible to just "feel" like you are? I read somewhere that your mind can trick your body into feeling like you are pregnant...and maybe that is the case - that I am reading too much and my birthday is almost here and I feel the "clock" ticking like I've never felt it tick before. I haven't taken a pregnancy test...and we aren't trying, I'm on the pill. There were two times in the past month or so when I fell behind on pills and caught up. I'm just hungry ALL the time, tired, pee all the time, my breasts are crazy tender, and this sounds crazy but my lower abdomen is poking out. I normally work out hard, 4-5 days a week...but my body isn't letting me do as much as I want.

After writing all this, I feel like I sound paranoid! Haha.
Just in general, have any of you gotten that "feeling" before you actually knew you were pregnant? Or do any of you just feel so ready yet hesitant at the same time?

ChantillyL3

Hi y'all, I'm a newbie to this website. A friend of mine joined to lose the remainder of her baby weight, and now that I'm stuck on the couch recuperating from emergency surgery, I finally have the time to check it out. I spent 2009 losing 25 lbs, and now I'll gain it all back with my third child! So my hope is just to be held accountable to eat reasonably, to exercise (well, have to take 4 weeks off, which is really scary!), and to try not to gain more than 30 - 35 lbs this time around! My first pregnancy I gained 35, my second 25, and for this one I'm up 13 lbs so far. It's harder now because I'm HUNGRY. Feel free to give me some snack ideas. I noticed some of you are carrying your second children (or first)... I never think of myself as an "experienced" great mom, but I'm happy to answer any Qs you might have on the adjustment from 1 to 2, or healthy recipes, or whatever... I like to cook, and after a year of dieting (with 25 lbs down) I think I at least have a good idea of how to do it. Looking forward to spending the next 5 months checking in with y'all!

00Angela00

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