Fit, Fabulous, and Pregnant!

Good morning ladies!

I hope everyone's Mother's day was great! My son, 10, made me pancakes ALL by himself and he did a FANTASTIC job! He was even proud that he used the griddle and flipped them by himself! They weren't over or under done. Maybe I have a cook on my hands.

I had my ultra sound yesterday and it went well. My daughter, 3, was able to come with me and she was fascinated!! She liked hearing the heartbeat too. I felt bad that my husband couldn't be there. He told me he will take off of work for the one at 20 weeks that reveals the sex. We are also going to look in to getting a 3D/4D ultra sound too.

Well, I have a busy day ahead of me today because my oldest was up half the night with a sore ear and sick stomach. Thinking ear infection. He hasn't had one of those in FOREVER!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

I would like to join too..

I did home pregnancy test and it turned out to be positive, me and my husband are very excited with the news (But I am very scare) ...waiting for a appointment with the doc for tomorrow May 11th....

Congrats!!!! Good luck with your appointment tomorrow! It's okay to be scared. If you have any questions or concerns your doctor will be there to answer them. Your MFP community is here for you too.:flowerforyou:

Hello, do you guys mind me jumping in?? I got a surprise 2nd line tonight and I am freaking the heck out lol, as this year was supposed to be all about me and getting my body under my control and now... hmm!! I have two boys 7 & 5yo, and was pregnant last year, lost at 14 weeks. So I'm not counting my chickens but if this pregnancy does continue then I really really want to still keep on track with weight loss!

Has anyone lost a lot of weight while pregnant!? Can you even do that? Argh! Hopefully there's people on here that are living proof it's possible

All three previous pregnancies my first trimester has had me wanting to do nothing but SLEEP, so around the kids and working and the very very necessities, that's all I ever managed to do. I don't want the exercise to become a not very very necessity, but I'm afraid of that happening...

I am so glad I have found this forum group. I have so far lost 19lbs on MFP since January. But my impetus changed last tuesday when I found out I am approximately 4 weeks pregnant. I now want to keep a healthy pregnancy weight rather than lose weight and still want to continue my new found level of activity. Who would have thought I get a buzz from the gym???
It will be good for support throughout my pregnancy as this is my first baby...so very scared!
I am also a bit confused as to how I can change my settings to accomodate my new status.
Look forward to hearing from you all and I hope I will have chance to be an avid poster!
Zoe

Hey Zoe, yay a reply! :bigsmile: We are pretty close - I was 5 weeks today, look forward to sharing the journey with you :flowerforyou:
As for changing your settings, I think calorie needs are pretty much the same as normal in the first trimester, and about 300 cal more in 2nd trimester.
When you want to adjust your cals up you just go into My home, Goals, and you can edit your cals up in there
Good job on your loss so far! Hopefully we can avoid gaining too much back over the next 9 months :ohwell:

How awesome, congrats Angie!!!! What an incredible byproduct of such a great loss! :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
I'm Jan 16th :glasses:
How are you feeling so far other than worried sick?
Lots and lots of super sticky baby vibes to you :flowerforyou:

Its so exciting to see all the new mamas! Reintroduction, I'm Melissa and I am 14 wks along w/ my 4th! My others are dd9, ds7 and ds6.

Heather, how was your time in AZ with hubby? Maybe you are still there! I hope it has been amazing!

Lexie, how about you? See hubby yet? I am so happy for you both. I can't imagine the wait but the reunion must be unmatched.

I had a delightful weekend away with my mom and sisters. We went to portsmouth NH and window shopped and walked around the beautiful city. We ate some really delicious food but shared it all so no one overate. It was simply delightful. Topped our night off w/ an hour long swim to earn our dessert. So much fun. I wish I had a pool in my basement. Its definitely one of my favorite ways to exercise pregnant. Good thing summer is coming! I think I'll live in the lake down the street.

I haven't weighed myself in a few weeks. At the dr for my last checkup I had gained 10 but I was back down a little when I weighed at my moms (not an official way to weigh as her scale isn't very reliable). I don't have a scale at home. I use the wii to weigh in or do it at the gym or dr. I can't seem to walk by a scale w/o stepping on it so I got rid of it years ago lol. I am feeling SOOOOO much better. The nausea is mostly gone and I have a lot more energy. I need to start getting regular workouts back in now. I went for a jog/walk last week and was disheartened at how much stamina I have lost. I was running 5 miles when I got pregnant. I had just run 3 in under 30 minutes the day before I found out I was pregnant then the nausea and tiredness hit and I feel like I barely moved for 2 months. Time to get back in the swing of things....

My goals for the week are to get 200 minutes of workout in at least. I had great plans to hit the track this week at 6 am but we are having the rainiest week ever so it hasn't happened yet...
Yesterday my appetite was larger than it should have been and I overate. I was only over by 200 calories or so but I could have easily have made that up w/ a walk if I had gotten off my lazy but lol.

In unrelated news, we have a 2003 Ford Windstar that was recalled for a cracked axel. We dropped it off for repair last November and have been in a 2010 Town & Country and 2010 Dodge Caravan since then. Today we have to bring it back. WAAAA :sad: I feel like cinderella when her coach turned back into a pumpkin lol. Wish we had the money to buy it but alas...we don't. It certainly was fun while it lasted!!

Have a great day everyone!

Hello all- Welcome and congrats to all the new mom's-to-be!

atynk- I haven't really gained anything either. The doctor hasn't said anything so i figured everything must be fine. I'm happy because with my first I gained tons of weight because I believed I could just lose it all without a problem realizing it was a problem later.

I really hope it gets warmer soon so i can get outside to get some exercise. I'm sick of being inside.
This weekend we are supposed to go to another birthday party for our niece but I think we are going to stay home and get do some productive things around our yard and also just enjoy OUR family for a weekend. My hubby is away on work from Sunday afternoon until Friday nights and when he has time off it seems everyone is pulling him in a thousand different directions and we don't get to spend time as a family. Last summer seemed hard sometimes because of it. Sorry, I needed to vent a little.
Next Dr. appointment is June 3rd. I'll be almost 16wks by then. Maybe by then I will be starting to show too!

Hi everyone :bigsmile:

I haven't seen a doc yet either Zoe, just now made an appointment for Monday arvo. Do you have an apt yet?

Still feeling totally normal, no ms, no nightmares, no indigestion, no exhaustion, no sore boobs. Totally not complaining!! Trying not to let it make me nervous and just enjoy it... was certainly NOT been that way with the other three! Maybe that means this one's a girl (chance would be a fine thing, sigh) :laugh:

Hope the midwife went well this morning Zoe Or will go well, depending on the time difference lol, it's early afternoon Friday here at the moment

Congrats on the heartbeat anna and thanks for the welcome heather

The soul crunching exhaustion has set in here, yesterday I didn't go to the gym, fell asleep right after work in the evening, woke up to put the kids to bed and went back to sleep again, ugh.
This morning though I forced myself to the gym anyway, expecting to fall asleep on the treadmill, and actually feel MUCH better for it! Who woulda thought, and thank goodness for that!

Hope every one is having a happy healthy day

Hi Ladies!

Sounds like everyone has been busy the last few weeks! Welcome to the newcomers :-)

Italy and France were fabulous, but ten hours of flying yesterday wasn't so fun. Surprisingly, I am not too exhausted this morning, but anticipate a big fade this afternoon. Ate like it was going out of style so I was a bit nervous to step on the scale this morning. I am happy to report that I didn't actually gain at all. So surprising after all the bread, pasta and gelato (which I ate everyday, sometimes twice!) We did lots of walking and a little hiking so that definitely paid off.

Heather - so glad you got time with your husband! Lexi - what's this special belly support?? I am thinking I need it for my runs too!

I have my 24th week appointment today since I missed it last week. It's the gestational diabetes test so wish me luck.

To be able to run when you need to sounds like a very satsifying achievement to me! Yay you!

You ladies sound like you've been on some amazing trips lately! Is your husband out in Arizona for work heather?

I haven't really thought as far ahead as goals after baby, I'm really focused on trying not to gain too much during the pregnancy! I have heard of a few very overweight people who actually lost all the way through pregnancy, and ideally I'd like to do that... I have my first GP apt on monday and hopefully she will be able to tell me if "i'm allowed" to aim for that!

Hope everyone has a good weekend :flowerforyou:

Hey I see a lot of bump tickers on here - Do any of you post over there? I am RebandJake on the Bump. I usually post in PAL.