Fit, Fabulous, and Pregnant-September 2011

Just wondering for those non 1st time mommies, when the weight gain slows down. I've read you gain the most weeks 20- 30 but not sure how accurate that is... I'm at 32 weeks, and read the babies length wont get much longer but will now gain fat on itself... Just curious what others experiences have been!

Hi everyone! I just found out I'm pregnant and would like to have a healthier pregnancy this time round. I gained 40 pounds with baby #1, just got back down to my pp weight (I have a Feb2011 baby), and would like to maintain throughout the 1st trimester. I had gestational diabetes the first time round and am hoping to avoid it this time.

Hi Ladies! Congrats to Holly- glad both of you are doing well!

Hmmm, baby showers- I have one planned 4 weeks before my due date, which is making me nervous, as it's so close to the due date and I worry about if the baby's early.... I think 2 months before the due date sounds like great timing- you'll still be "small enough" to set up things and put everything away, plus have the energy!

Hoping to breastfeed, but almost all of my friends/family who've done it have had issues, so we'll see how it goes!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Welcome new peeps!

I had a nice weekend and maybe I am finally getting that second trimester energy everyone talks about! We had a pretty full weekend - work party, baby shower, painting, cleaning, grill out at our place, and I was up late and up early and still managed to be productive and get a lot done instead of just laying around like I tend to do on weekends. My parents are coming Thursday so I did some cleaning and rearranging and even painted MORE TRIM in the basement. I think my work down there is done so my husband can finish the outstanding projects now. What a relief. The weather was great so I walked to and around the farmers market Saturday and read outside a lot. I typically am not "working out" on weekends unless it's walking to the coffee shop, farmers market, walking my dog or doing stuff around the house. I think I'm okay with that.

I'm feeling more movement from the baby. When I was laying down reading last night I was feeling around on my bellly and actually felt something move from the surface. It was weird and amazing.

I'm going to try to get to the gym twice this week but a friend and her daughter are coming for dinner tomorrow and I have cleaning to do to prepare for my parents so we'll see. Plus the weather is suppposed to be great which tends to make me come home. Maybe I'll get a run in this week.

Better get to work. Hope you all have a great week!

Here's a question for Monday - what types of exercise do you get in on weekends? Like I said I rarely go to the gym, but typically I always walk. Usually we walk to the coffee shop Saturday and/or Sunday which is about 25 or so minutes round trip. Lately we've been doing stuff around the house - painting, cleaning, etc. so I'm getting some burn in there too.

-Ashley

Khrys1- love attending babyshowers. As a matter went to one this weekend. Had a blast!! I'm sure all will go well for yours

Holly- Although I'm sure your ready for a change of scenery from the upstairs, be sure to be careful! Don't over due anything. We'll still be here Glad is well with you and the baby

Atynk- not sure since I'm a first time mom but the weight continues to melt off instead of stay on...Not sure how the doc is going to feel about this...LOL...Mind you I'm still eating everything in sight

Lexi- Good Grief, get some rest you definitely need it!!

Gisele- Welcome!!

Million of Peaches- Welcome!! I hope that you are able to continue your workout routine, I had to drop mine- I am just way to sleepy and tired to do anything!! Can't wait for the 2nd tri mester energy boost everyone keeps talking about!

Bzbear2- Welcome!!

Beter Balance- I'm so jelous of your new burst of energy! LOL....I had a jam packed Saturday and still had to stop and take and hour nap in the middle of hte day so I could continue through the evening. I hope you are able to do everything you are wanting to do and then some

QUESTION::

These cramps, holy cow, are they really suppose to hurt that bad? :noway: I had some late Saturday night (and I think it was because I may have overdone it throughout the day) that left me weak, breathless and in tears. Which makes me wonder: if those were cramps then what does labor pain feel like? All joking aside: the more I tried to take small breathes the more intense the pain got. It started at the bottom and it traveled up the right side...Yowzers!

I'm thinking of mentioning it to the doctor- Suggestions??

Hello Everyone,

This weekend was busy, the Laughlin boat trip then my brother and his family visiting.
His 1 yr really kept us busy and I reminded myself I will be there soon too, with my lil one.

Welcome to Millions of Peaches & Emily (Bzbear2).


Babeed: yes mention them to your doctor. Hope they slow down on you.

Rayna: Hope your tummy feels better.


Holly: thanks for the update, glad to hear your both doing great.

Ashley: Usually my weekends are full of walking around the store or this weekend we walked in the casino if that counts. lol

Hi Ladies,

Enjoyed playing catch-up on this thread (as always).

Tomorrow's the big day. Doesn't look like I'm going to go into labour any time soon... so c-section will be happening tomorrow morning around 11 am. Next time you hear from me I'll be a mother of two. Crazy exciting!

I'm so ready to meet our baby. Husband and I still don't have a strong feeling about baby names for boy or girl, so although I may post the news, the baby may still remain nameless until we're sure! Haha!

Take care Fit 'n Fab Mamas. I'll be in touch!

~ Amy

OMG! Heather, I'm so sorry to hear about your brother! You had tons of ups and downs this past weekend and I'm just glad for you that it's over and you can move forward. My cousin got beat up pretty badly a few years back and now can't see out of one eye so I know how tramatic that stuff can be. Man, I'm just glad he's okay. Glad your grandpa is okay too. If you end up going to the gym, please take it easy! (Of course, you know that. lol)

Thank you so much for your thoughts and prayers. Eric found out from the chief over the IA department (individual augmentee, for those of you that don't know) that he is 90% safe from going on this deployment. We are thrilled about that, however he is still at the top of the list if another one pops up, which could very well happen because it's been pretty common lately. He's thinking about putting in paperwork to leave shore duty a year early and go back sea duty. That means he will definitely deploy, but I'm okay with a 6 month deployment if he doesn't have to do a 12 month one. The sea duty deployment schedule for his job is: gone for 6 months, home for 12, and so on for the length of the orders at whatever command. We're looking at either Hawaii or going back to Whidbey Island, Washington. I'm okay with either, but am leaning more towards Washington since I have tons of close friends there. Hawaii would be nice for a few years while the baby is little though and we do have a few friends there. My previous employer manages military housing in both places so I can get a good job at either place. It's a lot ot think about, but I think he'll probably end up leaving shore duty early. What good is shore duty if you're faced with 12 month deployments all the time? Ya know? Please keep praying though that all of this works out for the best. I'm trying to put it all in God's hands and just trust Him to take care of it all.

You ladies are wonderful and so encouraging!

As far as baby and me, I'm feeling okay. Hungry today, but good. I felt kind of queasy around 8pm last night. My back is sore today too, which kind of stinks, but I'm trying to work on my posture in hopes that will help. I got my first maternity clothes from friends this weekend. I bought some ($5/each) from a friend and another friend just gave me some. I also got a nice maternity jacket and shirt from Isabella Oliver (awesome, but WAY overpriced!) for my birthday from my mother-in-law. I can't believe she spent that much on something I'll only be able to wear for a few months, but whatever I guess. lol I'm actually wearing a pair of maternity khakis today, but they have the small waist band so they don't really look maternity. I love the stretch on the waist band. None of my work pants stretch in the waist and were starting to get a bit uncomfortable at times.

Have a great Monday!

Welcome to all the new hot mamas!

Holy, thanks for the update, glad you and the baby doing well.

I went camping over the weekend. The weathermen said it have 40% rain/storm, and they are so wrong! The weather is beautiful and we had a great time. Sleeping is a bit hard for me, we don't use air mattress, just a thin mat. It's pretty hard to sleep on, especially I cannot sleep on my back any more. One side of my hips gets painful. Hopefully it'll get better soon.

Got a very busy a couple of weeks ahead of me. My parents are coming for a week, with my 3 year old nephew. Then my sister will be here for a weekend. Need to clean up the guess room and hubby got to finish painting our son's new bedroom.

Good to see you all doing pretty well!

Tomorrow's the big day. Doesn't look like I'm going to go into labour any time soon... so c-section will be happening tomorrow morning around 11 am. Next time you hear from me I'll be a mother of two. Crazy exciting!
~ Amy

Hi, ladies, good to catch up with everyone by reading through all the post. Was in Chicago the past several days and so fell way behind on my MFP forums!

Good luck on the delivery tomorrow, Amy, so thrilling; I hope everything goes well! We'll look forward to seeing some new baby pics soon!

Tomorrow is my first OB appointment. I'm hoping it is a reassuring visit - there will be an ultrasound so they can check that there is a baby in there and everything looks okay. Part of me worries they'll find an octopus growing in there or something horrible - how crazy! This is my second time around - we have a 3 yo daughter - so I'm a little more relaxed, but it's still very hard to deal with all the uncertainty associated with pregnancy, especially so early when there aren't as many physical signs of the baby. I'm going to try to just hope for the best.

First, WELCOME to all the new comers! This board is great and is a HUGE inspiration!

Heather ~ I'm glad that the shower went so well. So So So Sorry to hear about your brother. Take care of Charlee (not that you don't already) and take a day or two to just rest. I'm sure both of you need it.

Ashley ~ For me, I usually get in whatever exercise I can. I've been so beat up and exhausted that it's only been 30 min dog walks around the neighborhood. But I also don't count the housework which is surprisingly tiring now a days.

Babeed ~ I haven't really had any cramps per say, just a general tight feeling where the baby is. I am starting to feel the round ligament pain though. Hubby will laugh at me when I'm standing there talking to him or someone else and suddenly just bend over with my hand on my abdomen going "Ouch!". But it's usually always gone after a few seconds. I would just call and talk to your OB though, just to be on the safe side.

Amy ~ Can't wait to hear what name you finally decide on. My hubby won't even let me start tossing ideas around until we know the sex of our little one. Good Luck with the C-section tomorrow!

Kristy ~ I'm a Military wife as well. Deployments are hard enough to handle without adding pregnancy. I don't know what I would do if Aaron deployed right now. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you and Eric. I went maternity clothes shopping over labor day weekend at Motherhood. What should have cost me $143 only cost me $54. Walked away with 4 shirts (2 really nice dressy shirts for any office functions, and 2 just regular out and about shirts) and a really nice heavy sweater. I'm a SAHW so I mostly just laze around the house in sweats and PJ pants.

Misti ~ I was thinking of trying Yoga, but I'm so unflexable, I'm afraid of falling on my *kitten*. LOL. I've had so many people suggest it though cause my hips are starting to hurt. Glad you got some rest in!

Atomdraco ~ you are so brave for camping right now. I can't even get comfortable in my bed, I hate to imagine trying to sleeping in just a sleeping bag and mat.

Nkster ~ for me it seems like I get caught up on laundry, dishes and stuff like that. Then my husband comes home from work and I'm stuck with a huge mess that just comes out of nowhere!

MadBabysMama ~ Good luck at your appointment! I'm always a nervous wreck right before each of mine. Then I end up breaking down and crying every time I hear that little heartbeat racing away.

Holly ~ So glad you and Ellie are doing great! Removing the ticker is really easy. Under the community tab, up where all those little arrows are that have home, recent posts, my topics, etc. Click on Signature, then just highlight the text in the box and delete it.


As for me, well.. it's been an interesting week. I'm Almost at the end of my first trimester, close enough for me to kinda fudge the last few days and say I am. LOL. I'm starting to get some of my energy back. I have a few days of great energy where I can do alot and only feel mildly tired, then I have a few days of not being able to move up off the couch again. Although yesterday I was nauseous for the first time in a month. I've started taking the dog for walks again, 2 30 min walks a day. It's getting a lot colder and more rainy up here and I'm sure in another month, month and a half it'll start snowing. I plan on pestering my hubby into taking me to the gym with him when he can so I can start easing back into the elliptical. I don't plan on busting *kitten* on it or anything, just get a little bit more of a burn than walking is giving me. I've already talked to my OB about it and she's all up for it because I was doing the elliptical before I found out I was preggo.

I also had to adjust my calories a bit this last week. I noticed I was gaining a little bit more than I was supposed to. But then again my weight has been up and down like crazy the last 2 months. I was in the process of losing weight before I got pregnant, and had dropped from 265ish (was too afraid of the scale, but I know that's what I was almost a year ago for last Halloween) down to 225-226 when I got preggo. Now my weight will jump up to 230-231 then back down to 227-228ish (which is where I am right now, 228.4 as of this morning). It's crazy and it's driving me nuts. I don't weigh myself everyday, I only do it every 4-5 days, so it's not the day to day weight changes.

~Cindy

Edit ~ also figured I should become more involved instead of just doing the once and a while post. LOL

Exercise last week didn't quite go as planned. Walked 30 min on Tuesday and swam 25 minutes plus walked 10 on wednesday, but by Thurs I hurt so much (hips, ligaments/tendons in inner thighs, etc) that I didn't do anything, then lasted only 10 minutes of walking Friday. By the time I got home from school on friday I was so sore that I was almost in tears!

So my goal from now through the end is going to be to do what I can and not overdo it. Which I started out on today by taking my kids to the state fair and walking (waddling?) around for nearly 3 hours! But it was slow, and I sat when I could, so it didn't feel like too much until we were heading back out to the parking lot. We'll see how tomorrow feels. (Part of me was hoping this trip would get things started, but no luck yet, 3 hours after).

3 weeks to go, or so...

Bzbear2, That is AMAZING health care!! Wow! I'm jealous! haha!

I rented a doppler so we can hear the baby's heart beat and was able to use it yesterday. I found the heart beat in less than 30 seconds and it's so cool!!!! I had to calculate the bpm myself and I think it's between 150-160. I'm addicted to that thing now. I could just sit and listen to it all day long. I rented it mainly because I don't know if/when my doctor will let us hear the heart beat. At my first appointment (a little over 9 weeks) she said their machine didn't have the capability. I only rented it for a month.

@kristy - we have a doppler too! I have an anterior placenta so we don't hear the heartbeat much, but we listen to fetal movements all the time. My husband especially loves it - we bought ours for 35 dollars - not too bad.