Hello! Just had my first appt. today and I am due on April 14th, but will probably be the week before due to having a c-section my first time around.
Looking to see how people are keeping active and all that fun stuff. :-)

Welcome everyone!!! I've been sticking to 2,000 calories a day and haven't gained much weight yet. Off to a houseboat this weekend with a barbecue and someone is bringing 4 lbs of brownies and chocolate chip cookies. So hard to say no when you're pregnant, or it's just my excuse.

Have a great weekend everyone!!!!

Hi everyone! I just joined the group; got my positive test a week ago at 6 weeks (based on lmp) so now I'm 7 weeks along. This is pregnancy #3, baby #4. I have a 2.5 year old daughter and b/g twins who will be 1 year old tomorrow. So they'll be 20 months when this little one arrives, which is how old my first was when the twins were born. My first appt is this Monday; I'm hoping for an ultrasound to verify there's only ONE (please, oh please!) in there. I'm pretty sure it's only 1 because my symptoms aren't as bad as they were with the twins; they're about on par with my first pregnancy. Just some tiredness so far (I try for a nap when my 3 are napping) and nausea, same as my other pregnancies. I gained about 50 lbs with my oldest (!), lost it all just in time to get pregnant with the twins, gained 50 again (the appropriate amount that time!), lost it all and more and currently weigh the lowest I have in my adulthood (I'm 29). I haven't gained any weight so far; I'm eating at maintenance, which is 2150. I'll increase by 300/day later in the pregnancy. Anyway, that's me! We haven't announced to anyone yet, so while I'm happy to add you as a friend, I'd appreciate no baby mentioning on my wall since I have RL friends in my list. :-)

*edited to add: my profile pic is from yesterday; a pic of me at 36 weeks with the twins compared to now

Oh, I want to join in! I'm Caroline! I have a 3.5 year old son and am due April 9th. I'm 32 years old. I have my 2nd prenatal appt tomorrow. I bought a Doppler a few weeks ago so I listen to baby regularly and it seems ok to me. I gained about 40 pounds with my son and remained overweight yet very active. I workout hard and used to run a lot but have terrible eating habits. We have been trying to bring home baby #2 since my son was 1 year old but have lost a few babies along the way. The TTC & pregnancies have had a terrible affect on my weight. I said screw TTC and being fat after my last MC and lost 8 pounds in 8 weeks then got my BFP. I upped my cals but was still eating healthy and losing weight. I'm finally very slowly gaining a tiny bit here and there. I'm overweight still and my goal is to just gain 20 pounds. Since about week 8 though my eating habits have gone down the toilet. I ate 2 whole snickers bars after lunch today!! Oh boy. I guess that's dinner.

I totally understand, EmilyRanae22! I had some spotting at 8 weeks, and then a bleed followed by a day of spotting at 11 weeks (now at 13 weeks) and everything is totally fine - baby heartbeat grand, and growing on schedule ( had a scan yesterday). Bleeding is terrifying - but my gynae said v. common and not always explicable. It does make exercise scary though - I've just been doing some daily stretches and walking and that seems to be working out okay. I'm waiting for it to warm up ( I'm in asfrica so coming into spring) so that I can start swimming. I've only gained 2 pounds so far which is a little bit scary too, but I've had constant nausea and food aversions which are just beginning to lessen so that's why. Amazing how veggies become so unappealing and glad I'm not the only one who's mad about carbs all the time. Hopefully soon will put on a bit of weight - now that's a thing I'm not used to saying!

Glad to know i'm not the only one who has experienced some bleeding (though I don't wish I on anyone). Doc ordered a stat ultrasound yesterday because he couldn't get the babies heartbeat on the Doppler, everything was fine when we saw the ultrasound. It's fun to see the baby moving around....but they did an internal ultrasound which brought on more bleeding :-/ Guess I wont be working out much for a while.

keyalus, I'm glad to hear your docs advice that if you don't soak through a pad you're good. That's comforting.

Workerbee, I wouldn't worry too much about having only gained 2lbs unless your doc said he/she is concerned. From what I understand you don't really need to gain in the first trimester. I asked my doc how much I should expect to gain and he said he'd like to see about 10lbs by 20 weeks and probably another 15 during the rest of the pregnancy....I think I've already gained close to the 10 :-( But it's been a real rough month with things other than the pregnancy so I'm just hoping I don't gain too much the rest of the time. He also said to make sure my calories are about 30% from protein so i'm trying to force myself to eat more of that.

Hi Jen,
i can totally relate to being too tired to type, I'm so tired but also sooooooo busy so I have hardly any spare time! I have not heard of that test. That's awesome you will find out gender early. I should find out at about 18weeks. They are sending me for some extra testing because I was exposed to x-ray and provera before we knew I was preggo so I have an appt this week to do the first scan and then another at 18 weeks and they will do anatomy and finish the other tests. Apparently it's mostly checking for Downs syndrom I don't know what else they are looking for though.

Hi everyone. I’m 29 years old and due 4/24 with my second. I have a 4 year old son already. I had a miscarriage in April the resulted in me having to get 2 d&cs. I ended up getting pregnant again in July and this one seems to have stuck. I’ll be 11 weeks tomorrow. I have had some bleeding and I woke up and passed a big blood clot about 3 weeks ago. I thought for sure that it was over but we went in for a u/s the next day and the tech shocked us when she said found a heartbeat. We were able to hear the heartbeat at the doctors last Friday with the doppler. I was surprised because I’m overweight so I figured that it would be harder to hear. We’ve had 3 u/s so far but we won’t have another one until we are 19 weeks. It’ll be a level 2 to check for birth defects and especially for cleft palates because my husband was born with one and my son had a very, very minor form of one. He has what is called a bifid uvula. It’s where his uvula is forked. It’s nothing that will need to be fixed or anything so that’s good :-) I’m thinking about buying a Doppler for at home so my son can hear the baby. I’m not sure which one to get. I’ll have to check Amazon. I’m hoping that I can control my weight better this time around. I gained like 60 with DS1 :-( This time the doc said to shoot for 10 – 15. So far I’ve gained about 6 so I better get my butt in gear. I just got off of pelvic rest (from the bleeding issues) last Friday so I can finally start walking again. I think I’m going to look for a pregnancy workout dvd too.
~ Jamie

13 w 1 d. I've started my coffee routine back up at 1/2 c a day. I couldn't take the fatigue! I feel like I'm eating so much more then my MFP momma friends due around the same time. I'm at maintenance. I'm wondering if nausea or vomiting keeps there cals so low or are they holding off on increasing cals. I was never really nauseous with this pregnancy. I feel like a pig but I'm gaining appropriately for the 20 pound total gain that I've calculated. Anyone regularly eating less than 1500 cals? I'm eating between 1800-2300 including my excercise cals and am kind of embarrassed after comparing.

my maintaining calories are 1920 and there are days I go past that :-(

Emily - Good luck at your appointment today.
Cakes - I wish i could have some coffee. It just tastes too bad to me now ;-(

I've recently thrown caution to the wind and have been eating whatever I want to. UGH!! This happened with my first baby and I ended up gaining over 50 pounds. I think my emotions are telling me "do whatever the F*** you want, you have a great excuse".

I'm hoping I'm just in a funk right now and get back to making healthier decisions. I've added mayo back into my sandwiches, i'm eating fast food and not always choosing from the healthy menu anymore, I'm craving starches, so lots of pasta and potatoes = lots of calories.

Anyone else lost a little self control in regards to food?

I'm 9 weeks today... seems a bit early to be getting' all crazy

I have had this same attitude! I didn't gain much my first pregnancy because I was already bigger, but now that I have lost 60 lbs., I totally worry about gaining a ton. I have been getting in fruits and veggies as much as I can, but have also been eating a ton of sweets and junk food. :-( I can't get a grip either!

Had my ultrasound today and baby looks great ! Moved around a lot and measured exactly where I thought I was (11weeks and 1 day). This still leaves me with a due date of April 23rd.

I'm back in the game (after a miscarriage in May) I have no clue how far I am. I think 10 weeks, but the midwife says 12 weeks. I had a good heart rate at 155 and I go in for an official dating ultrasound on Monday morning since we are unsure, but I assume it'll be April-ish

I'm relieved the heartbeat was good, but am still paranoid until I see the US. Ha ha, oh well, always a worrier I suppose.

Edit to add: as for the MFP stuff I am up about 8 pounds already and have taken my old super duper running/yoga/spinning/bootcamp schedule down to um, walking. Its so sad. I do miss yoga madly and am running a beer themed fun run this Saturday (obviously signed up for that a long time ago, no beer for me this time ;() but won't be breaking any records!

My goal this week is to nail down a safe yoga class for preggo people in town that isn't $20 per session. Geesh.

12 weeks 4 days today...had another ultrasound and baby was moving around like crazy. HB was 167 and everything looked good. The cyst I have has shrunk so that's good. Just have to hope it keeps shrinking as I move along in the pregnancy. Finally announced it to everyone so I am feeling pretty relieved.

12 weeks 4 days today...had another ultrasound and baby was moving around like crazy. HB was 167 and everything looked good. The cyst I have has shrunk so that's good. Just have to hope it keeps shrinking as I move along in the pregnancy. Finally announced it to everyone so I am feeling pretty relieved.

idn't it fun to see the baby moving around so much! your due date must be on or about April 15, cause I'm 12wk 5 days today and that's the time they gave me How fun!