Fit, Fabulous, and Pregnant-September 2011

Jessica - I got my nails shellacked right before I found out I was preggo and have been addicted every since. I love the way they look and the fact that I'm not redoing my nails every 5-7 days. My nails do grow out and look crappy, so after 2 weeks of leaving the French polish showing, I just paint over them and the paint rarely chips and I wait that out a week and then have the old taken off and the new put back on. I don't know that it has damaged my nail too much when looking at them after taking it off but I am pretty sure I am hooked on it for a while so don't care too much.

Kristy - My heart rate gets in the mid 160 range when I run too, but I don't feel short of breath or dizzy either. Honestly I feel like I could probably run for longer than 10 minutes (granted there are no hills....I huff and puff up hills so walk them) but I feel I should give myself a chance to lower my heart rate. I think my heart rate is a little on the high side as I think it typically is in the 70's-80's when I first put my HRM on. I know that typically out of shape people have higher resting heart rates but also think our resting heart rates are higher while pregnant? Anyways my heart rate does recover very quickly which I have is a sign of "being fit". I do know I am running much slower than I previously would and am completing much easier runs than before. I was the type of person that would push myself very hard to the point of exhaustion, so backing off has been tough on me but I think I have reached a good level. I have a run planned tonight so maybe I'll pay closer attention to my heart rate just to see.

I've got a ton of work to get done today as I'm taking the remainder of the day off work tomorrow after my appointment to go look at a few more day cares. Good news is the one we like so far decided to hire another teacher for the infant room so we are officially in! So if the rest of them suck, we are set with one we like. One we are looking at is literally next door to my husband's office so that would be ideal. I'm jealous he could just pop in at any time but also comforted by it.

question to all...has anyone had shellac done before? its a manicure that uses UV light. i was just wondering if anyone has done this...feels/thinks it is safe to do during pregnancy?? i have read a bunch online that says there is no harm in getting it done...but wanted to put it out to the group!

I love the shellac. It doesn't chip and looks great, but like the other ladies said, if your nails are growing fast (which they probably are with the vitamins and everything) then they do start to look bad after about a week.

So decided update you ladies on what seems like a week from hell!! FIL in the hospital has been stressful.
After the sono, this Tuesday, I recieved a call from my midwife the next day stating that it looked like I had a 2 vessel cord instead of a 3 vessel cord. She also said that there were two possible cysts on babies head. I LOST it completely. Not knowing what this meant or just freaking out at the what if's. Genetic disorders, etc. could be some possibilities. I was terribly scared.
I was able to see a specialist this morning and had a higher resolution U/S and he confirmed there are indeed 3 vessels in the cord and labeled them for us. He also confirmed the cysts on his little head but said this is of no concern and that about 1% of babies get them and they usually go away by either the third tri or by the next sono. I'm relieved to say the least, I'm ecstatic, I'm overwhelmed with being so blessed to have a healthy baby boy. I will keep all of you updated.
Dallas Rogers is due Feb. 5th!!! (can't wait to meet him)

hi everyone-
ok i ended up going to the dentist. i chipped one of my upper left tooth in the middle and was very hard to eat. the tooth was hanging from the gum. However, the dentist needed clearance from my OB before he could do any work...so i have a huge filling and will have to do a crown at the end of October. I will be in my 2nd tri by then. For now, I cant eat hard or crunchy stuffs on my left side or else i can break the filling.

Darn, didnt get my exercise in yesterday, in fact sunday was the last i exercised doing my 5k. I hope the rain stops by the time P.E. starts so I can at least jump rope and run laps with the kids and burn some calories.

emrogers-glad nothing is major with baby. whew---

Two people at work said now I have a little tummy. And now I'm showing a little. I will only be 12 wks and I was hoping to not show yet until 2nd tri. Does it mean I really look big or is it because I had a tummy to begin with before being pregnant and being pregnant makes me look even more bigger....AHHH! When I went to the DR on Monday, he said I'm measuring 13, when I'm 11.

Quick update for me, I've been taking my walks for about 30-60 minutes each day. Having a blast doing that and it feels good to be doing something. Also starting to 'nest' and get the house ready for the baby. Hubby still has a week of leave left so that helps a lot! Had my 16 week appointment. Baby is doing great, measuring where s/he needs to be with a heart rate of 148. Doc also told me I'm not gaining enough weight. I'm 16 weeks and have only gained about 2.5 lbs so far (1.5 from the first trimester). It's also noticeable that I've lost weight in my upper body/face. She told me she wants me to stop counting calories, just to eat balanced and eat until I'm full. I'm supposed to be gaining about a pound a week now until the baby is born. Both her and my husband agreed that I am now banned from tracking what I eat.

edit: also fairly certain I passed my 3 hour glucose test. It's been over a week (10 days) and I have yet to hear anything about it. When I failed the 1 hour I heard about it in 3 days.

Elce, Sorry to hear you had such a scare, but I’m happy to hear that everything is going to be fine.

Svgarcia, so sorry to hear about your tooth, that sounds painful.

Midnitedaydream, Don’t worry too much about how much weight you’re gaining or how many calories you’re eating, just eat healthy balanced diet and I’m sure you’re body will gain the appropriate amount because of it.

So I did something silly today (blame it on the forgetfulness pregnancy brings on) I packed my gym bag and had it placed beside the front door, but was running late and completely forgot to grab it on my way out! I felt like I was forgetting something but didn’t figure out what till I was at work. So now I miss out on today’s Zumba class:grumble: . I need to stop off at home and go to the other gym tonight to make up for it (my gym has several gyms around the city so I often alternate between the one near my house and the one near my work).

Ash,

Quick update for me, I've been taking my walks for about 30-60 minutes each day. Having a blast doing that and it feels good to be doing something. Also starting to 'nest' and get the house ready for the baby. Hubby still has a week of leave left so that helps a lot! Had my 16 week appointment. Baby is doing great, measuring where s/he needs to be with a heart rate of 148. Doc also told me I'm not gaining enough weight. I'm 16 weeks and have only gained about 2.5 lbs so far (1.5 from the first trimester). It's also noticeable that I've lost weight in my upper body/face. She told me she wants me to stop counting calories, just to eat balanced and eat until I'm full. I'm supposed to be gaining about a pound a week now until the baby is born. Both her and my husband agreed that I am now banned from tracking what I eat.

edit: also fairly certain I passed my 3 hour glucose test. It's been over a week (10 days) and I have yet to hear anything about it. When I failed the 1 hour I heard about it in 3 days.

Midnite _ I'm right there with you. I've lost 3 lbs within a week and although the baby is fine- I have been restricted from working out and was asked to just EAT. Mind you, I have a very healthy appetite....but it just doesn't seem to stay on!! Are you/Have you changed any of your eating habits??

Quick update: My glucose came back posititve for gestational diabetes :sick:
I'm currentlyon the phone with my doctor to see what happens next....

Has anyone had this before? Suggestions? Advice? Anything?? I was speechless when he called me yesterday and told me! I'm fully aware that this is one of those things that "just" happens...I just never thought it would happen to me!??

I'm not sure how I still feel about this...I'm at a bit of a loss...Meanhwhile, hubby wants to do a complete overhaul on my eating!!
UGHHH! :sad: I just feel very overwhelmed at the moment.

babeed - sorry to hear that. Not sure if this help, but I usually find that if I know more about it, I feel more ease about how to handle things. Try this article (or google more) from WebMD, "Pregnancy and Gestational Diabetes":

http://diabetes.webmd.com/guide/gestational_diabetes

I'm sure your doctor know how to help you. But usually they don't have time to tell you everything about it. So try to get some info online first.

Happy Friday all my pregnant lady friends! :bigsmile: I am so happy it is the weekend!
My husband and I have our prenatal classes this weekend at the hospital where I will be delivering - I've heard mixed reviews about their class (that the materials and videos are really old - like from the 80s) and the class is both Sat & Sun 9-4.
My friend told me they show quite a few old 80s videos of women actually giving birth (which is fine by me) but my husband isn't so thrilled lol...he really doesn't want to have to see it :laugh: poor guy
Anyways, I'm just going in with an open mind and hoping for the best - at least we won that weekend intensive prenatal class from Healthy Birth Choices and I know it will be really good.

I'm super tired today but trying to get focused and actually get some work accomplished today - I have a lot on my plate at work right now but staying focused for long periods of time is not one of my strong suits right now lol

I had my 90 min Iyengar yoga class last night and we did a LOT of shoulder work - it was pretty tough but really good. Again being the only pregnant lady in there is sometimes weird but I feel good that I can still hold my own in there I told my instructor that I'm not going to do any of the poses on my back (we do some where you have a bolster under your back which makes it arch and they lie there for a LONG time) so I'm not so comfortable doing those anymore so she showed me a different pose which I can do on my side - so it was all good.

I can't stop looking at my sweet little baby boy on this ultrasound picture - I can't get over how clear the picture is and how it looks like he's smiling :bigsmile: I'm so in love already and just really can't wait to meet this sweet little man!

I started knitting last night (wow I'm rusty!!) I want to make some things for him so I printed off some free patterns from Lion Brand's website - I'm going to make him a cute bunny blanket and some booties to start, going to Michael's at lunch to day to pick up the supplies! Super excited, I will post pics when I'm finished!

Hope everyone has an amazing Friday and fantastic weekend!

mistibergman - good luck for finding out the sex, hoping for a girl as you wish :-)

emrodgers- hang in there and happy for you for the reassuring news

Thanks for your kind words everyone, I went for my second shot today, it will be effective tonight. Last night I didnt sleep at all due to all night long contractions which the doctor said were caused by the shot, but should be over by tomorrow morning yay! In the meantime strict bed rest and for next week, very light activity allowed such as 30 mins walk.

The babies could arrive anytime between now and end of October, they will trigger at max 35 weeks. In any case they would be now premature not early premature which makes a huge difference especially with the jab to develop lungs. So excellent news, I'll have to switch from Fit, Fabulous, and Pregnant September to Lazy, Fabulous, and Pregnant October hahaha

@ Belgian lady, stay in there babies!!!

I was planning a work out yesterday, but felt just icky and crampy yesterday so I didnt. Hoping to get a run in tomorrow and Sunday!
Hope everyone has a great weekend! Nothing too exciting happening with me.

YAY!!!! Congratulations!!!

Exciting baby news, Atomdraco! I'm hoping for a girl, too but will have to wait for several more weeks to find out.

Re: heart rate during pregnancy, I've seen the recs about staying under 140 etc. and that they're outdated, but I have noticed that I feel much more intensity than my HRM shows, so that when I'm at 140, it's pretty intense, so I have been keeping it lower just because I feel better. My heart rate monitor seems to be a less accurate gauge of the intensity for me these days, anyone else found that to be the case?

In happy news, I passed my dissertation proposal defense today, so I get to move forward with my project and also apply for clinical internships for next year. The applications are due in about a month, so now I will be shifting gears to focus on that. It's kind of nice to have so much work distraction, as it is so hard not to think about the baby ALL THE TIME.

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

Atomdraco - CONGRATS on the baby girl!!! What is your due date?

Atomdraco - CONGRATS on the baby girl!!! What is your due date?

Thanks all! Yeah, we'll definitely need girly clothes (have tons of boy clothes from my son). :-) My due day is Feb 23rd 2012.