Hey mommas! I haven't checked in for a while! I had a lot of stuff going on but as we reach the end I'm getting excited about losing some postnatal weight and so hear I am!! My update: 34 weeks today (due 4/9). Baby boy is named Dmitri. His big brother Dante is thrilled and turns 4 on Sunday! Nursery is finished. The last loads of newborn stuff are being washed today.

My question for all of you pertains to preparing meals for after birth. I'd like to start doubling recipes and freezing half in the next few weeks. Do any of you know of any good crock pot or casserole sites that offer low cal recipes for freezing?

Happy last tri to you all! You'll see me more and more especially after my son's birth!! Best wishes to you all!

Sounds simple & yummy! Thanks!




I have been preparing meals also! I'm due around the 11th of April!!
Today I bought a bunch of RAW boneless, skinless chicken breasts, separated them into dinner sized portions, put them in Freezer bags with different sauces, labeled them and threw them in the freezer. In example, I made one Dinner Bag, BBQ Chicken, and another one was Teriyaki Chicken... All you have to do is thaw them, throw them in a baking dish, cover with Aluminum Foil and bake on 350' for 30-40 minutes! And out comes JUICY, MOIST, YUMMY chicken ready to eat!!
You can do BBQ chicken, Teriyaki Chicken, Buffalo Chicken, Marinated Chicken, Lemon Chicken, Honey Peanut Chicken (honey, peanut butter, soy sauce and whatever other kind of sauce you want to throw in) etc. It's all delish and easy enough for my husband to do it

Oh and as far as parenting styles go. I had my long list of things I wouldn't do or allow my child to do even though I saw every first time mom do all the things that were on her list of "Not-to-dos". It's a whole different ball game when the kid is here. Definitely keep up your ideals and strive for them and do your best to raise a child with your values and who is a respectful, thoughtful, loving, and _______ (fill in the blank) person, but the game is a whole lot harder then I ever imagined it to be. I have a four year old. Three was hell. It was like to trying to tame the devil. Have fun!!

For those still looking at this thread I am going to copy what I posted in the 3rd trimester thread.

Here is my week 35 update. I went in to my OB yesterday for my twice weekly NST and her heart rate was too high again. After being on the monitor for an hour and not seeing it stay down consistently, my OB got me in for a ultrasound with my high risk doc (1 floor down) an hour later. The only problem was I had to stay hooked up to the monitor until 10 minutes before my appointment. So I was hooked up for a total of 2 hours in the morning. :-/ I went in for the other appointment and they did an ultrasound and looked at little girl's heart REALLY well, then I got to visit with my high risk doctor and get monitored for another 40 minutes (total of almost 3 hours on thee monitor all day). Basically with the umbilical vein varix (widening of her vein) coupled with the 2 vessel cord, my preterm labor last week, and her heart rate occasionally being in the 180's she wanted me to stop doing anything to prevent me from going into labor at this point. Her reasoning was there might be something going on that they can't see and my body and the baby are trying to tell us that she would be better off out than in at this point. Especially since I was able to get the steroid shots last week for her lungs and was still having mild contractions despite the procardia. So I stopped my strict bed rest, and all meds yesterday at noon and we are just in a wait and see game right now with continuing my twice weekly NST's.

As of yesterday she was measuring her to be 5 pounds and 1 ounce. We are praying that everything is okay and the delivery will be easy with no complications. I will try to keep you all updated as I can.

My L&D went great also. Got to have a natural birth which I wanted, it lasted 10 hours. My little boy came 2 days before his due date. Love him heaps, although it has been stressful at times.