Name, Age: Nicole 31
Due Date: July 27th Just found out!!
About me: I am married and we have three kids ages: 5,4, and 2 Im a stay at home mom and college student have about one year left. We have a 1 dog and 3 cats.

Fitness goals: I just lost about 30lbs. I am hoping to maintain in the first trimester as well. Keep up with my healthy eating ( no fast food or soda) Drink 8-10 glasses of water a day. I did this with my 3rd pregnancy and had almost no swelling. Im at a healthy BMI so Im hoping to keep weight gain around 25-30lbs. My first two pregnancies I did gain around 40-50lbs as well I def do not want to do that again. My body can't handle being that heavy.

Right now I have a foot injury doc says its not broke but it would have been better if I did. Its on the side of my foot and I think he said it was a torn ligament. It hurts and I can only be on it for a few minutes at a time or it swells. So cardio is pretty much out for a while. UGH. I plan to try to get to the gym a few times a week to work on upper body strength. Im sure I will look crazy limping in there. LOL. Either that or I need to find some routines to do at home from pinterest.

Name, Age: Bri 29
Due date: July 20
About me: I'm married to a wonderful husband/ dad. We have a daughter who will be 3 in Jan. I work part time but will probably stay home after this one is born until my older one starts school. Thinking of going back to school but still trying to figure out what I want. I'm a CPhT (certified pharmacy technician) but there isn't much money to be made in that field. We are on the process of getting approved for a loan and trying to find a house. Lots of positive changes and feeling very blessed and emotional lately haha. Hoping for a boy but have decided I don't want to find out the sex. I will have to have a c-section so I figure if the birthday can't be a surprise, at least this will be. This will most likely be our last child.
Fitness goals: I have lost 40 lbs but gained 10 back after falling off the wagon. Have been back on track the last few weeks and lost a few more. I'm pre diabetic and ultimately need to lose 50 more to get back to 140... hoping to not develop diabetes but it runs in my family and both parents were diagnosed in their 30's (non weight related on my dad's side). Hoping to tone up with light exercise and possibly take up prenatal yoga to manage stress. I had a healthy pregnancy and gained 25 lb last pregnancy. My first appointment isn't until Dec. 15th. I'm very excited and anxious! Want to gain as little as possible and maybe even come out less than were I started. I will have to just wait and see what my Dr says.

Don't worry too much about what others think. Once they meet that baby, they will fall in love and it won't matter . Large families seem to be dying out. I wonder why that is? Most people that I know that come from big families, are pretty well rounded, kind, generous people. Maybe the sense of community that comes with living with that many people? lol. I think it's wonderful!

I'm 26 years old, 9 weeks along with my first. I planned to wait another 3 weeks to tell family and friends, but my s.o. and I were too excited. I was 3 months premature, which made me a scrawny,sickly child. My ob-gyn promises it's not hereditary,but I want to take every measure to ensure a healthy,active pregnancy. My weight has been at every stop between 120-210 in my adult life. My goal before I became pregnant was to lose 50 pounds. I was 20 pounds down with 30 to go. I am hoping that being mindful during my pregnancy will keep me from offsetting my progress thus far. Friends and exercise tips are always appreciated!

Hi ladies! Congrats to you all!

Name, Age: Kristy, 34
Due Date: July 13

About me: Right now I'm a SAHM to a 2.5 year old boy, but I was a music teacher before we moved for my husband's job. This will probably be our last child, and I definitely want to go back to work once the kids are old enough to start school.

Fitness goals: I want a total do-over from my first pregnancy! I was 35 pounds overweight when I got pregnant with my son, and then gained almost 50 pounds on top of that. I was really out of shape to begin with, and didn't do ANY exercise until after he was born. I was really fortunate to have an uncomplicated pregnancy - other than being enormous! However, my husband (all 6'5" of him) was a ten-pound baby, and despite the fact that I passed my GD test with flying colors, I had a really, really big baby. He weighed 11 lbs and I had to have a C-section. I am hoping that if I manage my weight gain better this time around, both me and this baby will have a better experience. I've lost 55 lbs since January 2014, and I was about two pounds from my initial goal weight when I found out I was pregnant. I've set my calories to maintenance for now, and some days I go over when I have a good appetite, and some days I'm under when the idea of food makes me gag. I've had exactly zero energy for the running and weightlifting I was doing pre-pregnancy, but I'm hoping in a few weeks it'll pass and I can get back to it.

Hello ladies. I just had my appt last week and finally know that I am 10 weeks pregnant and will be due on July 7th. We already have an almost 6 year old girl and almost 3 year old boy at home and we are excited to be pregnant again to have our family finally be complete.

I wasnt doing so great with my weight loss efforts before i got pregnant, just had a lot of my mind (thesis, international trip etc). I had nausea for a few weeks which seems to have gotten better by taking b6. I think i have gained some weight possibly upto 4 lbs but the scale fluctuates so much its hard to tell. I definetly have a huge belly already which makes me nervous about how big i will get. I shouldnt be though because i gained 50 lbs with both my kids and lost it all within a year of giving birth. But it would be nice to not be so big and uncomfortable.

I am also a bit scared about gestational diabetes. My A1C was normal at my last check but my fasting nos were almost to the prediabetic level so it scares me a bit. I am thinking of loosely following a diabetic diet to hopefully keep it at bay. I didnt have it with either kids and would like it to stay that way.

Everyone has different opinions about heart rate and working out hard while pregnant. My doctor says I continue to do what I have already been doing before I got pregnant. Before my first baby I was working out hard alot. But, he is only 14 months and I never got into anything more than running and yoga/pilates since I had him, so I plan to continue that throughout my pregnancy as much as I can.