Hello and congratulations on your pregnancy. I will be 22 weeks tomorrow.
Feel free to add me.
I used to do the curves circuit training but since getting pregnant i limited my workouts to walking/ jogging.
I am still very consistent on exercising and hope i can stay this way till the end.

I sent you a pm, but figured I'd post here, too! I'm also due Sept 2014! I'm due Sept 25th, though I will probably have an October baby since I tend to go late! lol This is my third. I love to exercise and eat fairly healthy. Despite all that, I always gain a lot while preggo. I am hoping to slow my second trimester gain down this time. (Last pregnancy, I gained 2 lbs a week for 14 weeks! :O ) So, I would love the extra accountability!

I love to run, but have found myself unable to keep up with what I had been doing pre-pregnancy, so I mostly do walking on an incline and lifting. And once it warms up, my favorite stuff is gardening/yardwork/mowing/biking/swimming, etc. I can't wait! This winter seems to be lasting forever, right??! LOL

Hi everyone! I just had my first doctor's visit yesterday, including an ultra sound--and I found I am 11 weeks along, due September 25th, about a week or so further along than I thought! The little bugger is a squirmer too-lots of movement on the U/S.

I too am struggling with the colder weather and exercise. I went from being an avid exerciser, 4+ times a week, to a measly 2 times a week, if I am lucky. I am hoping as I transition into the second trimester, I will start to feel more energetic. Hopefully the spring weather will help too (when we start seeing it)!

Anyone have any good recommendations for very supportive sports bras? I haven't been running because it hurts too much--any suggestions on this front are very welcome.

Also, curious--when are you starting to tell everyone, or have you already?

Hey girls! I'm coming up on my 11th week, due September 29th. This will be my fourth, 16, 13, and 10. I'm going to have a senior and a newborn by the time summer is over I know most people will think this baby was a (whoops!)but no, totally planned! My husband and I being 35 wanted one more and I feel so blessed and grateful to be here! Feel free to add me! By the way....are any of you ladies keeping calories in a certain range? I'm starting this pregnancy overweight, unlike the other 3, and I really want to gain as little as possible. Baby, not fat that is!

Oh, and I'm starting this pregnancy not exactly overweight, but at a higher weight than I was. I started my 1st pregnancy around 150, my 2nd pregnancy at 138 and this one at 145lbs. I'd gotten down to the upper 120's last summer, though, so I'm disappointed I put so much weight back on before getting pregnant this time. (My husband returned home from an 11 month deployment and I went into honeymoon, lazy, eat crap mode for several months! LOL Whoops!) SO, I AM trying to be careful, but also trying not to obsess. Whatever we gain WILL come off afterwards. It just takes a bit more effort when there is more to lose. I got up to 196 with my first! And 183 with my second. So as disappointing as it is to watch the scale go up, it WILL go back down, so don't stress too much! (hugs)

Hi,

I'd posted in the other September thread a little while ago, but this one seems to be more active so maybe I'll start posting here instead! I'll be 12 weeks tomorrow, and this is baby #2 for me and DH. #1 is a very busy 16 month old girl, who will be just shy of 23 months when the next one is born. Totally what we planned, but yikes! I'm a bit nervous about how I'll handle two under two when DH returns to work after the birth.

I started this pregnancy at 138 lbs (was 139 with my first), and morning sickness induced carb binges and a lack of exercise (because of the cold weather and the nausea) have me up about 7-8 lbs already which is a bit high, but hopefully will slow down now that I'm starting to feel better and the weather is warming up to a more tolerable level of cold. I have my calorie goal set for maintenance, which for me is 1800 calories. During my last pregnancy I ate at maintenance the whole way through, updating my weight/calories every now and then. In the end I gained 36 lbs. I've slacked with the food logging over the past several months and I want to get back into the habit so I gain a healthy amount again. Prior to getting pregnant the first time I felt like I was becoming a bit OCD about calories/losing weight, and I spent the first few months of that pregnancy panicking about my weight. It took a while but I eventually got past it and realized it was healthy, normal, and needed, and I didn't want to restrict myself and jeopardize my baby's health. I'm much more relaxed this time around, and am focusing on eating as healthy as I can (with the odd treat!).

Sports bras - The ONLY bra I've ever found that worked for me is the Lululemon TaTa Tamer. NOTHING moves! Pricey, but absolutely worth it.

Discomfort-wise I don't have anything major at the moment. I suffered from a "mild" case of a separated pelvis during my last pregnancy, and I can feel it starting again already. I've heard/felt it click a couple of times, and yesterday I went for a short walk and could feel it starting to pull so I headed home much earlier than I wanted. Last time around I think my pelvis started acting up closer to the 3rd tri, so I'm hoping it's not too much worse this time! My mid-lower back, and my neck have been bothering me quite a bit lately, but it's not exactly new. I'm way over due to see my massage therapist, who worked wonders on me during my 3rd tri last time.

Telling people - With my first I was super paranoid and we didn't even tell our parents until after our first ultrasound at 12 weeks! This time we told them at 7 weeks, but mostly because we were traveling together (we live far away from home) and I knew I'd have a hard time hiding the morning sickness. Two of my close friends and one of my neighbours are in the loop right now, and we'll likely start telling everybody else after my 12 week ultrasound on Monday. Last time I didn't feel pregnant during my first tri (I had an expanding waistline and my boobs ballooned, but nothing else), but I've definitely been feeling pregnant this time which is why I'm a little more relaxed about telling a few people before the u/s.

I'm starting a physical fitness challenge tomorrow and wanted to invite anyone along for the accountability, if they'd like! I just really want to be consistent with SOMETHING most days. My goal is 5 out of 7 days, minimum. It doesn't even have to be anything big! Often I feel like if I get my treadmill out, I'll have to do at least 3 miles and then I don't feel like doing it. So, if I tell myself...10 minutes and actually get on, I will probably go farther, etc. Or even throwing on dance music and getting a little cardio in for 20 minutes. Anything! Knowing people will be expecting me to post daily should be a great incentive to follow through with it! If anyone else wants to do it, friend me so our exercise shows up in each other's news feeds!

Sounds good to me! My HRM battery just died, but if I can't log my burn I can at least log my time. I know what you mean about motivation. I'm fine once I get going with my workout, but some days getting started can be a challenge!

I had my 12w u/s this morning and finally got to see the little stinker that's been making me nauseous for the past several weeks! I see my midwife next week and I'm looking forward to the appointment. When the tech was looking at my ovaries she asked me if I ever have any pain on my side (I don't) and I'm curious as to what she saw in there that made her ask.

Hey! Feel free to add me too, I'm due September 15, 2014 with number 2! I'm trying really hard this time to focus on eating relatively healthy, not over indulging, and keeping up my workouts. Would love to motivate each other throughout this journey

Hi I'm 15 weeks pregnant with my second child. This baby is due Sept 1. I have not been exercising because of tiredness and sickness. This is easing off now so I'd like to be more active. Anyone feel free to add me.

I have my dating ultrasound today!!! I'm so excited to see an actual baby in there! It hasn't really felt that real, despite gaining weight and having a baby bump already! lol I'm almost 13 weeks, so he/she will be small, but fully formed! We plan on being surprised with the gender, so this one is more exciting to me than the 20 week one will be. I'm kind of nervous about the pap smear. I'm having my internal exam first. I have a history of abnormal paps and last May, my colpo came back saying I had severe dysplasia. I had to have the LEEP procedure done and I was terrified! I've been so afraid that it would affect my future pregnancies, so hopefully it hasn't. And hopefully they got it all!

As for weight gain, I'm already up 13 pounds! I weighed myself yesterday for the first time in a few weeks and was a bit shocked! lol But I did just start my big exercise plan and now I am going to focus on actually tracking calories and substituting healthy snacks for the bad ones I've been eating. I expected to gain a lot b/c I always do. (45lbs both times before). But I'm hoping to slow the rate for the next 28 weeks! I know I appear to be one of the few people around here that actually do gain a lot while pregnant! LOL I'm ok with it since I always end up losing it and want to encourage anyone else who gains at the higher end that you're not alone!

Anyway, thats my update! Whats up with you guys?

Congratulations! I hope your appointment went well! Seeing the baby definitely made it more real for me I am 15 weeks today and my next appt is on Thursday the 20th, I really hope I get to hear the heartbeat because so far I have only seen the ultrasound and they verified a heartbeat via ultrasound but I just can't wait to hear it! I think this is the first time that I get excited and can't wait to go to my doctor's appointments! Other than my joy and excitement I am doing well! This trimester is a lot more fun than the first, nausea, fatigue and food aversions are all going away, my baby bump is growing, lots of exciting things ahead!

How exciting! I hope you get to hear it tomorrow!!! My appt went well. It was exciting to see my little baby in there, though it was a quick ultrasound. I had a meet and greet with the midwife group I'm thinking of using for birth, too, yesterday. My insurance won't cover a home birth, so I'm kind of going to two providers on the sly! lol I have my regular OB appts with my insurance (we're military, so its through a military clinic) and I'll be also meeting with the midwives regularly for prenatal care. (If they decide I'm a good candidate and have enough space for me).

I'm excited! I've been worried how to work it out in case of a hospital transfer, but figure I can just go in like normal if I decide I need to go in. (And pretend I wasn't doing a homebirth! lol) Hopefully I won't need to, though! Now the part i"m worried about is going to be after I have the baby, cancelling my ob appts with the military facility b/c I already had the baby! LOL I sort of feel like I'm cheating! lol


My energy levels are good when I get enough rest, but my kids are sick right now and I've been super busy all week. So I'm feeling kinda blah and not sure I should over exert myself if I'm coming down with something.

How are y'all?

Hey ladies!! I'm due in Sept. as well. I posted on the other thread a while back but this one seems busier. I'm due Sept. 26 (according to my last period). The doctors gave me a due date of Sept. 23 since it was a few millimeters bigger (which is nice!) at 12 weeks. I'll be 14 weeks on Friday. I haven't really gained much yet. I'm starting to show a tiny bit but am definitely looking forward to having more of a belly! Hope you're all doing well.

Hi! I'm due Sept 25th, so we're really close! Is this your first?

Hi! New as well. Due Sept 29th. I was trying to loose weight when I became pregnant and now have been gaining like crazy (at least thats what if feels like haha) so I'm coming back to MFP to help keep things 'under control'. When I asked our Dr he said it would be ok to gain somewhere around 10 pounds this pregnancy because I had the weight to loose in the first place. SO here I am. I have not excercised once since becoming pregnant! I've been so sick and and NO energy. Starting to feel better and need something to keep my accountable! Help me out?

I guess it's been a while since I posted, so I'll give you all an update! I asked my midwife about the u/s tech's comment about pain on my left side. She said the tech didn't leave any notes and suggested she likely saw a small cyst, and if it was small enough and I said "no" to pain it's not unusual that she left it off the report. However, since last seeing my midwife I have felt a few jabs on that side, so I'm going to ask to have it looked at at my next u/s. Baby was measuring a bit ahead, but not enough to change my due date. Enough, though, that I have to go tomorrow for my second round of IPS bloodwork that's supposed to be done at 15w3d.

Otherwise not a whole lot of excitment around here. My nausea has finally tapered off significantly and I've been more active. Made it to the gym twice this week, which is huge given I wasn't there most of the winter. Still feel like everything is happening earlier with this pregnancy. I've started to feel round ligament pain at times, and I had heartburn the other night. Like the other symptoms I've already experienced, these ones didn't appear until 3rd tri last time, and now they're popping up in 1st/early 2nd tri. Has me nervous for what the rest of the pregnancy will bring! Weight gain is still higher than I'd like (around 10-11 lbs at nearly 15 weeks), but I'm trying not to let it get to me. As long as I eat healthy and keep moving, my body will do what it needs to do, right?

Has anybody started the name game with their spouse yet? DH and I agreed easily on boy names last time, but we didn't agree on a girl name until just before my due date. He finally caved and agreed to use both the first and middle names I'd picked. Good thing we finally agreed on something, because we had a girl! We didn't know the gender last time and don't plan to find out this time, either, so we're stuck having to pick names for both genders again. Most of the boy names we had on the list last time are still there, but DH REALLY wants a traditional Polish name this time (he was born there). Only problem is a lot of them are awkward to say/spell, and given that we already have a crazy last name I like to keep the first names simple. Not to mention I just don't like most of the Polish names he's suggested so far. :ohwell:

Glad the cyst thing isn't considered serious! I've had some on and off pain in what feels like an ovary at times. Just one side and totally intermittent. It was probably trapped gas or something! lol Phew, the gas and bloating sure haven't let up for me. Then again, I had half a head of cabbage today, so...LOL (My poor family).

We don't plan on finding out the gender either. We were surprised with our first and found out for our second. (both girls). I feel like I'm going to have a boy this time, though I would love another girl. The name thing is hard! I don't like the names anymore that we'd picked for boys for our other pregnancies. Haven't been thinking about it too much yet, but I probably should. I love unique, nationality names. What sort of Polish names have you guys thought of? I'm always drawn to Irish/Scandinavian/Welsh sounding names, but we ended up with a Gwyneth Jane and a Margaret Irene (after our grandmothers).

I'm getting over an awful cold i got from my kids. I've done some little things here and there over the past week, like push ups, squats, etc, but haven't done anything intensive or sweaty yet. I'm hoping maybe tomorrow.

Welcome to everyone new!

Hi all! Glad to read all the new updates!

@ jls8209 - Glad to hear there wasn't anything too serious but I hope they can figure out where the pain is coming from!

@ jls8209 and Meggwyn - Oh the name game my husband and I can't seem to agree on anything! He doesn't like any of my boy names or girl names so far except one - so far we both seem to like the girls name Olivia, so we are still playing the game for now!

As for me I am doing well.. for the most part, I haven't been able to sleep well the last couple of nights and I think it is mostly due to stress and worrying about everything on my plate. I'm trying to keep up with work (which is hard because all I want to do is think about our baby!) and we are moving later this month after being in our current house for 3.5 years and might I add acquiring "stuff" for 3.5 years!

We just gave our 30 day notice and the property manager is already pushing to show our house while we are still living here. I've asked him to wait until we at least move the majority of our stuff our and he could really care less. I really hate the idea of having random strangers coming through my house.. looking at all my belongings and personal items especially when we are starting to pack and boxes are everywhere - it's given me a lot of stress just thinking about it. He even had the audacity to tell me that he wants us to make ourselves scarce when he brings over potential tenants - which is illegal, I fully have the right to be present while I am still paying rent. I really wish he would just respect our privacy and wait until most of our stuff is out but legally there's nothing I can do about it as long as he gives 24 hr notice and comes during "normal" hours. I know he can legally show the house - but to be honest with you I have never had anyone show a place I was renting while I was still living there and I have rented for over a decade and have also given a 30 day notice. I have also never been shown a property while the tenants where still living on site either. I hate it and I can't help but be upset about it.

On the plus side I am excited about moving into a larger house and staring to "nest" I have so many ideas for the nursery. I just have to keep telling myself that this month is temporary and soon we will be settled again!