Fit For Future Families

Congrats Jalara-that is a funny pic!! Have fun on your honeymoon!! Thanks for all the support, I do hope this is not a "real" 4 pound gain!! I have been pretty good so far this week!

So the wedding - it was perfect - I will add some pics soon - I thought you might get a kick out of the one of me on a chair. So my last name is now Webber! How weird that seems to me!

LOL - it's even better now that I see the chair... I didn't notice it at first and even had to go back to check it out when you mentioned this (thought there was another photo).

Have a great time on the island, Mrs. Webber!

Hello all!

I found this forum while following the pregnancy forum as well. My husband and I have been married for 6months but have been together for 3 years. We have one child (he will be 5 in 2 weeks!!!). He is not my husband's biologically but is the only father my son has ever known. I have 9 lbs to go to get to goal! I'm already at the lowest weight that i have been since I had my son, but my goal is to get to Pre-pregnancy weight before I get pregnant again, have a healthy pregnancy, and get back to pre-pregnancy weight faster than 5 years!
We have decided to start TTC around Christmas. We decided to hold off until then because my husband is in the military (we had a lot fun trying to plan children around the Navy's schedule....ugh!) and he will be leaving in Late Jan/ Early Feb for a 7mo deployment. Once he comes home he'll be home for close to 2 years before he'll have to do another long deployment like that so we figured the best thing would be for me to be pregnant while he's gone and PRAY that we get the timing JUST right so that i'm 8months-9months pregnant when he gets home and he'll be there for the birth thru age 18mo/24mo....If we don't get pregnant right away during our brief 6 week window over the holidays then i'll try to visit him at one of the ports and try again...Well so anyway! That's my story! I'm really excited that my hub is excited (he always jokes that our son is more than enough...) I'm excited to start this new journey in our life!

SW: 144
CW:139
GW: 130

wow, more new comers every day...welcome all!

I had a not so great weekend along with the rest of the group, I guess it was more of a party weekend for some reason. Now, I'm trying to kick it all out of my body. Do you have a preference on green tea or water when trying to lose that extra water weight? Or are they both the same to you?

I'm excited to join this group! My husband and I will celebrate our 2nd anniversary in early October and are talking about TTC soon. I want to be healthy and fit to have a great pregnancy.
SW: 145
CW: 144
GW: 125 (ideally before pregnancy)
MGs:
#1: 140 by 9/11
#2: 135 by 10/10
#3: 130 by Thanksgiving
#4: 125 by New Year's Eve (that is, unless we conceive before then!

wow, more new comers every day...welcome all!

I had a not so great weekend along with the rest of the group, I guess it was more of a party weekend for some reason. Now, I'm trying to kick it all out of my body. Do you have a preference on green tea or water when trying to lose that extra water weight? Or are they both the same to you?

I drink two cups of caffeine free lemon herbal tea in the morning and then its water for the rest of the day. I count my tea as water since it's nutritional values for everything is 0 and there's no caffeine in it.

:bigsmile: BFP :bigsmile:

I guess all the cramping I have been feeling over the past week is actually pretty normal at the begining. Anyone have any suggestions on how to tell my husband? Although we have been trying, I think he will be super surprised because I have been complaining that I was getting my period (due to all the cramping).

My first Dr. appointment is September 17th! I already think I am going to be happy with the doctor as when I called this morning, they signed me up for a class they want us to go to piror to the first Dr. appt., and I asked a few questions the receptionist couldn't answer (if it is OK to keep taking the medication I am currently on). The nurse called me back within 10 minutes, and told me she wanted to talk to the doctor before giving me an answer. The doctor called me about 30 minutes later telling me it was absolutly fine to keep taking it, and asking if I had any other questions. I thought that was really nice.

So ladies....I really need your suggustions for telling hubby!

:bigsmile: BFP :bigsmile:

I guess all the cramping I have been feeling over the past week is actually pretty normal at the begining. Anyone have any suggestions on how to tell my husband? Although we have been trying, I think he will be super surprised because I have been complaining that I was getting my period (due to all the cramping).

My first Dr. appointment is September 17th! I already think I am going to be happy with the doctor as when I called this morning, they signed me up for a class they want us to go to piror to the first Dr. appt., and I asked a few questions the receptionist couldn't answer (if it is OK to keep taking the medication I am currently on). The nurse called me back within 10 minutes, and told me she wanted to talk to the doctor before giving me an answer. The doctor called me about 30 minutes later telling me it was absolutly fine to keep taking it, and asking if I had any other questions. I thought that was really nice.

So ladies....I really need your suggustions for telling hubby!

WHAT?!?!?!?!??!?!?! LOL Whoa...that's awesome!!!! LOL I have a :bigsmile: for you.

I would tell him when he's really not paying attention...hee hee (not dangerously, of course). But wait until he's really into something...it's always better when they don't see it coming.

A friend of mine (now, before I tell this story, let me say, she's crazy and no way would I have done this, but what's done is done) went for a motorcycle ride with her fiance the day she found out. It was the craziest ride of their life - they went with other people and it seemed like almost everyone fell off at least once, except them. Finally, cold from the weather they stopped in a coffee shop and she told him as he took the first sip....LOL He couldn't finish his coffee after that. Thankfully nothing happened on the ride and it's now a story they tell everyone.

The one time I thought I was BFP, it wasn't me that found out....LOL It was him. I'd thrown the test out (which was negative) in the garbage can in the bathroom the night before and the next day, he was using the facilities and just happened to look at it and there were definitely two lines on it. When they say don't read results after 10 minutes they meant it people! LOL He came running up the stairs and jumped on the bed (cause I was still sleeping) yelling "Why didn't you tell me?" I was very confused.

Another friend of mine found out right around Christmas. She wrapped up a mug that said "World's Best Dad" with the due date written on the bottom in permanent marker. LOL When he opened it Christmas morning, he put it back in the box and told her to rewrap it before her parents came over - she must have wrapped her Dad's gift up for him. LOL It wasn't until she made him turn it over that it dawned on him.

I guess what I'm trying to say is any way you tell him will be special and memorable if you make it about both of you and your life together.

my tea is usually the lipton caffeine free stuff. no flavoring or sugar. I just add it as water too, but I'm not sure which is better for water weight.
Alisa, I need to take a bathroom break pretty much every 2 hours too, so I guess that's still a good thing, no matter which I drink

Happy Hump Day!

Hope everyone is doing well and staying on track. I had a great morning workout at the gym and will be doing some yoga later on before dinner.

Tahmed: Congratulations! I agree with fitterpam, any way you tell him, he will definitely be excited. Though one way, involves science.
Take a Q-tip dipped in alcohol and write it on the mirror of course be creative about it and include the due date. He won't see the message until he takes a shower and the mirror is all fogged up. Either way, I know he'll be happy!

As for me, my husband just told me that he got verbal orders to remain in Groton. I get there in November after being separated for so long. We were worried that he was going to get sent somewhere else then I even cried, because I wanted so bad to start a family once I returned to the states. I'm still going to visit in Sept, but it will also be my TOM. :grumble:

OOOH - I love that idea! Might have to start using it for non-BFP surprises.....LOL

It must be frustrating to be on someone else's schedule - know it will happen when it's meant to....something I've taken to heart after 9 years of "trying" and 2 adoptions fallen through.....

Very much needing some positive words and encouragement today. BFP on Sunday. Doctor appointment scheduled for tomorrow morning. This morning, started bleeding. This is after an ectopic pregnancy in October 2006 and miscarriages in January and October 2009.

Very much needing some positive words and encouragement today. BFP on Sunday. Doctor appointment scheduled for tomorrow morning. This morning, started bleeding. This is after an ectopic pregnancy in October 2006 and miscarriages in January and October 2009.

Could just be implantation bleeding. Take it easy just in case and i'll be thinking positive thoughts for you!

On a more frusterated note...I'm getting impatient...I have 2 friends that are due in early september, one friend who's due in January and 2 other friends that just found out they're pregnant. Ugh...I realize that we're holding off on TTC bc obviously my husband doesn't want to miss the birth and I can't imagine going into labor and not being able to yell at him for doing that to me :-) (I didn't get that oppertunity with my first child..my poor nurse took the brunt...) but i want to start trying noooooow! In ADDITION he is now not going to be getting back from deployment until early/mid September 11' which means we can't even START trying until after new years (shooting for an October baby now...) vs Christmas like we had originally planned bc it will be cutting it too close...Grr...
I'm also going to go off BC (Nueva ring) in October while he's gone so i my body can have a few months to regain control of my cycle but he comes home in November and will be home for November-Late January/Early February.... i don't want/need an "oops" baby...guess it's back to condoms for us...I can't even remember the last time we used acondom...I hope he remembers how to use one! :-)

How I wish it were just implantation bleeding. Nope, this is much more than that, light cramps and all. Thank you for the positive thoughts though, much appreciated. Most likely back to TTC for us, just as soon as we possibly can. Hopefully with more support & answers from doc this time.

Best wishes on TTC yourself, though you have to wait -- hopefully the time will pass quickly for you so you can start TTC soooon! I understand about every around you being prego -- same story here, my brother, my best friend, several other friends and acquaintances. It WILL be our turn when it's time. It's just frustrating when we want it NOW!

Very much needing some positive words and encouragement today. BFP on Sunday. Doctor appointment scheduled for tomorrow morning. This morning, started bleeding. This is after an ectopic pregnancy in October 2006 and miscarriages in January and October 2009.

I'm very sorry to hear that. Have you talked to your doc? Does he/she have anything to say about why you may be having trouble? I guess you will find out why tomorrow. I'm not much of a doctor and the nurse on this forum is off on her honeymoon, but I do know that some ovaries have trouble with implantation, but I think there's a way to fix it, sorry I'm not much help.

Thank you. I had labs done a couple weeks ago and we're going to find out the results tomorrow, to see why I've had so much trouble conceiving and carrying to term. We weren't trying particularly hard this month to conceive, so it was a surprise to us that we had done so, but that doesn't mean it hurts any less to lose once again. Hoping the doctor will have our solution and the next time I get pregnant, baby will stick around!

Congratulations Tahmed!