Fit, Fabulous, and Pregnant-August 2011

Eric and I had a great weekend. We had a nice breakfast and Saturday morning drive with the dogs and then stopped in St. Mary's City, MD to walk around the little historical area. Then on Sunday I washed and waxed my car and cooked a nice dinner with tilapia, quinoa, and some fresh corn on the cob.

We had our first OB appointment today and ultrasound. I'm right on track and the baby is measuring 25.2mm so my due date didn't change at all. Their machine didn't have the capability to hear the heartbeat so I was a little bummed about that, but she said everything looked good. She showed Eric the baby on the monitor and it was moving around and doing a little dance (which Eric has been imitating ever since. lol), but she never turned the screen towards me and I was too dumb to ask her to. I don't know why I didn't ask. I'm so mad at myself. Oh well, I suppose it's only fair since I saw it during my kidney ultrasound and he didn't. lol She said the scar tissue on my cervix from the LEEP could cause some issues with dilating during labor, but we won't really know until the time comes. Also, since my meds are keeping my blood pressure in check she said that everything should be fine with that, but they're going to keep a close eye on it.

Glad to hear everyone is doing well. Happy Monday!!

Hello everyone, my name is Ashley, some of you may know me already from the TTC thread. Well I was hoping to be able to join you group as I’m now 6weeks 5 days pregnant! DH and I have been trying for over two years and have gone through a couple failed IUI’s (intrauterine inseminations) and were planning on doing our last one this past week while on vacation. Instead I found out we were pregnant! Because we were considered fertility patients we’re still under the care of our RE and will be referred over to an OB at our 8week u/s next week. This is also the reason why we have been able to have a 6week u/s and will have an 8week one too.
So now that we finally did it, all the other stuff came flooding, we spent so long in the TTC frame of mind that all this other stuff if foreign to us. Like to choose a midwife or OB, if an OB which one and which hospital? Oh and since we live in Montreal and the average waiting list time for a daycare is 2years, we need to start looking into that right away too! And the hardest question of all, when to tell everyone!
I hope that in this group I can find other fit conscious moms to be that are willing to share their stories and advice on this whole process.
Wishing you all healthy and happy little bundles of joy!

Welcome to the group!! I'm 10 weeks along and DH and I decided early on to only tell immediate family. We're going to wait another 2 weeks before telling the rest of the world for the same reason.

I think it's best when you feel your ready to tell everyone? Best of luck to ya. I'll ahve more updateds on Thursday since OB wants to see me before we head to the beach for 8 days of Babymoon!!

Congrats Ashley! Wishing you a happy healthy fit pregnancy! :flowerforyou:

Is anyone else starving? I'm trying to watch my calories, but I get too hungry. i know that I'm eating enough because I've already gained 3-4 pounds and I'm only 8 weeks. This can't be good. I'm trying to eat right, eat balanced, plenty of protien, but by the end of the day I'm dizzy with hunger and I just need to eat. But I do not want to gain too much. Anybody else?

My weekend was GREAT!!! The wedding went well, pretty much just as planned. Everyone one had a great time! I'm so happy to be officially married! My son is back home, and OMG, I've never been so happy to see someone in my life, as I was to see him on Sat!!! He's been such a good helper every since we got home too.

Weekend was busy, had a huge jucuzzi tub in our Motel Room, so that was awesome!!! So relaxing! Just what I needed. Seemed like I ate a lot of food, but most of it was healthy and I've still only gained 2.5 lbs so far, so I guess I'm doing good. Must be eating just enough for baby to get what he/she needs. I've been feeling great! I have finally noticed a little more energy lately.......finally. Growing a baby is exhausting!!!! At least this time. Wasn't tired like this in my last pregnancy. Another thing I noticed, after looking at some of the wedding snap shots, my belly is getting bigger. I guess I'm used to myself and didn't think it was that noticable yet, but it is!!!!!

Heather - That's awesome, 3-D ultrasound! I doubt I'm getting a 3-D but only 6 more weeks and I can find out what I'm having!!! Can't WAIT!!!

Ashley - Congrats!!!!! Wishing you the best with everything. Keep us all updated!

rgtierney - How far along are you? If your not too far along, it's probably just water weight. I bloated a lot at first, then lost a couple lbs.

Have a great day everyone!

Hey everyone. Just wanted to pop in real quick and say hi. I've been keeping up over the weekend and quickly this week. I've been slammed at work...again. I swear I keep thinking, "after this week things will slow down". Not yet. Job security is a good thing though.

RE: maternity clothes. This morning was the frist I felt nothing would fit me. I am using the rubberband trick but think that may only last a couple more weeks at best. I thought about getting the belly bands, but my sister advised that may only get me through another few weeks so I may just bite the bullet and get some pants already. I have a lot of shirts that I can still wear and even one pair of jeans I have still fit; they are stretchy. I think I can get by with a couple pair of dress pants for now. This week is the first I've felt like I look prego. I've been wearing shirts that are more fitted to accenuate so I don't just look chubby.

I still feel good; just tired. I got an outside run in over the weekend for the first time in over a month. It felt good but I ran intervals with a little walking. The hills and the heat and humidity made it harder. I also felt kinda bouncy in the belly. Planned on a run yesterday but working late prevented. I also burned a crap load of calories over thew weekend mowing grass and doing yard work. Who would guess how many calories that stuff burns? I love my HRM.

I have my first (and most likely only) ultrasound next Friday so I'm pretty excited about that. Otherwise life finally returned to normal last Wednesday after we got power back. Our storm home repairs are almost done so we can refocus on finishing the basement and maybe one of these days we'll start to think about the nursery.

Welcome new peeps! Hope you all have a great week!

-Ashley B.
(I see there are two Ashley's now!)

RE: maternity clothes. This morning was the frist I felt nothing would fit me. I am using the rubberband trick but think that may only last a couple more weeks at best. I thought about getting the belly bands, but my sister advised that may only get me through another few weeks so I may just bite the bullet and get some pants already. I have a lot of shirts that I can still wear and even one pair of jeans I have still fit; they are stretchy. I think I can get by with a couple pair of dress pants for now. This week is the first I've felt like I look prego. I've been wearing shirts that are more fitted to accenuate so I don't just look chubby.

-Ashley B.
(I see there are two Ashley's now!)

Ashley B- my hubby and I just hit Old Navy because I needed some cheappy flip flops for our trip and I noticed that our little store has a small selection of Maternity wear. TONS of stuff on clearance, capri's, shorts, bermudas and I saw a few dress pants. So maybe if you get a chance and you have one near you- you can swing by and maybe with some luck you can find some goodies?? Best of luck!

I went to the OB yesterday and was so happy to find out that if I'm eating very low mercury fish like wild salmon, dover sole, and fresh water trout, that I can actually eat fish up to 5 times a week!!!!! So happy about this. I was having so much trouble finding something appetizing for dinner lately because chicken and meat still gross me out.

Also, Nucal went so well. I got to see a more clear pic of my baby, and it was sleeping and sucking its thumb! so cute! the whole appointment took like 15 minutes, thank goodness! with my son, I was there for 2.5 hours because he was so active they couldn't get a measurement!

Babee- I just ordered gap and old navy maternity on line! they had a 30% off sale if you order something from gap, old navy, and banana republic, so i ordered socks from BR and clothes from gap and old navy. I got like $150 off my order!

holy crap!! Now that's what I call savings!

Ash - there are lots of runner on this board, many that run much more than I do. My dr. told me if I can carry on a conversation, I am fine. Don't start anything new and don't lift heavy. Of course your doctor can tell you more, but I think most importantly, listen to your body. I have been trying to keep up with at least one 2ish mile run a week. But I have slowed my roll quite a bit.

I love dried apricots! I keep boxes in my drawer at work. I pair them with some almonds and get a quick and easy snack. And they make you poop! :laugh:

Still at work. I'm totally not feeling the gym today. Maybe I'll walk my dog. She's getting old (13) and I am afraid of wearing her out. We just walked Sunday.

Thanks for the maternity hints! I know our Old Navy at the mall doens't have maternity. Maybe one of the others does. I see shopping in my future. :devil: