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.

livelovelearn2011 wrote: »

I looked around, but didn't see a group for July yet. Share your due date, a bit about yourself, and maybe a fitness goal or two.

Name, Age: Sarah, 34
Due Date: July 5th
About me: My DH and I have four children- DS 11, DD 7, DD 4, and DD 1. We recently bought 'the family farm', and decided that now was as good as ever to try for our last child. We have always dreamed of living on a farm, with lots of animals and lots of kids...I'd say our dream has become a reality! I work outside the home at a university, and love my career. It gives me balance and perspective, but also makes me exhausted 99% of the time right now!

Fitness goals: I still had 10 lbs to lose when I got pregnant this time. So my goal is to maintain until about 12 weeks, which is recommended for my current BMI anyway. I really want to try and keep my weight in check, as I have previously gained between 40 and 50 lbs (a lot, I know ).

Can't wait to hear more about you! I would enjoy sharing this fit and fabulous pregnancy journey with others.

Same age , name and due date! Our 1st baby though. I was about 14lbs from my interim goal and another stone from my overall.

I have gained weight an outstanding rate since I became pregnant, roughly 1lb a week, which means I would be heading in the same direction as your previous gain 40-50. I hoping to level this out now the morning sickness has began to ease and I am able to make better choices and start exercise again.

I would love a friend to exchange healthy ideas and support - add me

Hope everyone is doing well! I will be 16 weeks on Thursday - we find out what we are having at my next appointment on 2/12. My 3 year old son would like a baby sister so we will see if his wish will come true.

Is anyone else planning on finding out what they are having?

I have been doing really well with eating during the week and have been trying extra hard to drink more water. I downloaded an app called 'Water your body' at set a water reminder to go off every half hour. LOL - kinda funny, but it works for me. The weekends are a different story though, I need to work on drinking more water and snacking less.

I have not been exercising much at all, basically just trying to walk more throughout the day (I have a desk job) by pounding laps in our company warehouse, lol. But this past weekend, the temps were decent in the 30s and I was able to take a long walk. It felt great to be outside and to get some extra movement in. I can't wait for Spring.

I'm still down around 2# from my prepreg weight, but I started at least 20# overweight. I owe this to tracking my food and trying to plan my meals up to one week in advance. For my last pregnancy I was already up 20# so I'm really trying to watch it this time around. I'm hoping for a 15-25# gain total.

Hope everyone is feeling well and healthy too!

Name, Age: Lindsay, 29
Due Date: July 21st

About me: My husband and I got married last May and weren't planning on getting pregnant so soon (especially since I have PCOS - we thought it would take us a while to get pregnant), but things happen and here we are. This will be our first and we are so excited to be parents!

Fitness goals: I had a good 40-50 lbs I was working on losing before we found out we were pregnant. I was struggling with PCOS and thyroid issues, both of which make weight loss extremely difficult. I have since started treatment for my thyroid and have my numbers almost down to a normal level. I was pretty sick through my first trimester and extremely exhausted. So eating and exercise were both difficult tasks. I pretty much had to eat whatever wouldn't make me sick. Now that I am in my second trimester, my appetite and energy are starting to come back. I walk with my friend a couple of times a week (we walk a local bridge that has a pretty good incline and is about a 3 mile walk when we're all done). In addition, I've been trying to add in prenatal yoga and pilates. My goal is to just try to stay active and not add another 40-50 lbs that I have to lose on top of the 40-50 lbs I already needed to lose before getting pregnant.

Name: Cheyanne
Age: 23
Due date: July 28

About me: I have a husband who I will be married to for 3 years come June 30th and one daughter who will be two in May. We found out we are having another little girl. I seem to have a bigger appetite this time around and fluctuate quite a bit. With my daughter I gained 18-20 lbs and was really happy about that since I was overweight to begin with. After giving birth I lost 25 lbs and then got pregannt again and I am suppose to stay between 20-25 lbs so I'm hoping to do that.


Fitness goals: To stay within my recommended weight gain. And to start working out again at least 4 days a week and to lay off the fast food and sweets.