Fit, Fabulous, and Pregnant-July 2011

Hi Ladies!
I've been on MFP for about a year now; I started using it while I was training for my first half marathon (May 2010). I just found out that I am pregnant with our first (about 5 weeks I think)! I was so excited to find this message board, because I am scared to death of losing all of the progress I have made in my eating and exercise over the past 2 years. I can tell that I'm having trouble settling in, I'm very tired, and sometimes I'm starving and can eat anything, and other times, I don't want anything to eat at all. I have my first appointment on Wednesday, so I will be talking to my doctor about calories and exercise, but its good to know there are so many ladies out there for support!

Here's to everyone's healthy pregnancies!

I have a question for you ladies...what are your thoughts on Maternity pictures? I wasn't sold on the idea because I'm not one for "sexy here's my preggo belly" pics, but I found a photographer that I absolutely love and is doing Charlee's pics (yes, I know...I've already scheduled pictures for a baby that isn't even here yet, but she books up fast so I've got her for 3 shoots in the first year!). Her style is amazing and I love the pics she has done with other couples and expecting mommies. I don't want to regret not doing them, but I don't know what I would do with the pics once we did the shoot. Not like I'm going to hang it in the living room or anything.... What do you ladies think? Are you going to do them?

Are you talking about bare stomach pictures or just ones where you're wearing a form fitting shirt? I think some of the bare stomach ones are okay, but sometimes it can be a bit much. Have you looked through pictures on the internet to get ideas? I used to do a little bit of modeling here and there and that's what I always did to get ideas on poses and such. I mostly like the black and white maternity pictures. The bare stomach ones look best in black and white, in my opinon.

At the docs still but just found out we are having a... Girl!

Happy Monday everyone! )
I had a great weekend, can't believe it's Monday already! Got to go swimming with my 2 1/2 year old nephew Jack - was such a blast and then went to see Wicked on Sunday with my mom & sisters, such a blast!! Thankful for a short week - taking an extra long weekend this weekend

Today my goal is to eat some veggies! I'm drinking a V8 fusion as we speak...it says it has 1 1/2 servings of fruits/veggies in it! and I brought some carrots to snack on today!
I have a workout with my personal trainer tonight and I'm very excited - I didn't do so well with working out last week. Hoping to get at least 3-4 workouts in this week!

Random question for you all - has anyone done or is thinking about doing the 3D ultrasound? If so when would you do it? I read that it's best to do it between 12-24 weeks. thoughts?

Hope everyone has a fantastic Monday!

Hi all! I'm so happy to have found this group! This August 29th will be a year married for my husband and I and were oficially going to start trying after the one year mark....so this is a lovely surprise! I ended up gaining about 15 lbs after I got married and was trying to lose that before I got pregnant, but now I'm pregnant!
I just found out on Tuesday that I'm 6.5 weeks along and am soooo excited! I am a bit freaked out as well, my first and I've never done this before!
I really want to be the healthiest mama I can be for me and my growing babe. I have so many questions regarding excersise limits etc but I will get some of those answered I'm sure at my first doctors appointment this week. Does anyone know anything about running and pregnancy? We bought a treadmill a few months ago and I'm running about 40 km a week. I have continued to run since I found out....I did some research and found out that apparently if your body is used to running you don't need to stop, just decrease the intensity as it gets uncomfortable further along in pregancy. Anyone have any thoughts on this?

I just have to say that Shakeology REALLY helps with fatigue....like it blew my mind how much energy I had. I got to free samples from my Beachbody coach and tried them and was going till 11 at night! It's completely safe and very high in nutrients and actually aids brain development It's a bit pricey but worth it if you're battling severe fatigue, not to mention a super healthy baby! Just thought I'd throw that out there.

Thanks for listening ladies and congratulations to all you mammas out there!

Maria

Welcome! :flowerforyou: Congrats on your pregnancy & your upcoming anniversary!! My wedding anniversary is August 29th too! :happy:

I will have to look into this shakeology thing you speak of!

Thanks Heather, for pointing me in this direction, I was wondering where everyone went! (I was still on June's page!)

Well, it has been a couple of weeks since we have all talked, but I am happy to announce that I am officially 1/3 of the way done! 13 weeks today, and out of my first trimester. I went for my second appointment on Friday, and my doctor was impatient to find the baby's heartbeat on the doppler. So we popped into an ultrasound room and got another ultrasound. It was super cool to see the baby kicking and opening and closing it's mouth. It really made an impression to my husband, he just couldn't get over it. Neither of us had seen any of our other baby's at this stage, and we got very excited, seems like this is now more real to him!

We went camping this weekend and did a little kayaking, it was a fun day, but I am hoping to get a lot more kayaking in before my life jacket stops fitting!

After all was said and done, I finished my 1st trimester only 3 lbs heavier, which makes me very happy. I gained almost nothing the first two months, then about a pound a week these last three weeks! Hoping to stay right on track with my weight gain, I am shooting to only gain what I lost on MFP before getting pregnant, 25lbs. I have been keeping my calories at about 1500-2000, excersizing about 20-60 minutes per day. I am craving fish and eggs like no tomorrow! Funny thing is, I have never liked my eggs any way but scrambled, and now I eat a over-medium egg sandwich every day for breakfast!

Showing a little bit, but only my closest friends have noticed, but my wardrobe has, I am officially in my maternity clothes! Super comfy and fun to be able to switch up my look. It sure is hot here in Reno, so I am really enjoying my maternity shorts!

How is everyone else doing?

Glad to hear everyone is doing well!

Maria - I've been running four-five days a week for the past seven or so years averaging somewhere in the 18-25 mile per week range. I've run my entire pregnancy so far, but have to say I have gotten much slower and cut my mileage. Somewhere in the second trimester I cut down to three days a week. I've been in the 10 mile per week range, but think this week it might end up closer to eight as I normally do 3.5 on Mondays and Wednesdays, but could only manage 2.5 today. My bambino seems to be growing like crazy right now and I feel that my lung capacity has diminished greatly. My doctor has continued to support my running and says as long as I can still comfortably do it to keep it up. To be determined how much longer I can do this.....

Nichole - very exciting on the girl news!

Autumn - happy to see you back and yeah on the move to the second trimester.

Someone new asked about cravings - I didn't have too many in the first trimester (hummus was my one craving), but find now as I near the end that all I have been craving are vegetables and fruit. This is making it really tough for me to get all my extra calories in at this stage of the game.

Welcome to all the new faces, this is a wonderful group of fit, fabulous and pregnant ladies!

I got the random cramping it was pretty much in my ovaries and it was on and off for a few weeks but only a minute or two at a time. Usually from your uterus growing