Fit, Fabulous, and Pregnant-October 2011

Hi All!

Dr's appt went great, the baby is growing normally and the heartbeat was astounding. The sonogram was great he even took a peek at what it might be and quoting the dr's words: There is nothing sticking out, you draw your own conclusions" So my conclusion is it is a Girl!!!!

Now should I be doubtful if the sonogram was so clear, but the Dr didn't Say" It's a girl? My friend says Dr's can be sued over mal information. Well I think i will go with what I saw.


My mom has already announced she will be getting the bassinet & i did use one with my son, they are perfect when the lil ones are newborn.

Rayna ~ As far as baby showers go, my sister is throwing me one on Jan 14th & my sister in laws are throwing me one sometime either the end of Jan or beginning of February. (My due date is March 8th). I didn't want one too close to the due date.....just in case. And it gives ya time to get everything you need, etc. Not to mention not feeling like a complete whale

Oh, and as for the chiropractor, my doctor said it's fine to go as long as they know you're pregnant, of course. I think I might try getting in this next week for the first time since being pregnant.

My sister is planning my baby shower.....a little too early if you ask me, but she wants to do it and Nov. 6th works for everyone so that's the day. Seems early, but at least I'll have plenty of time to get ready for baby's arrival. My baby shower for my son was 6 weeks before he arrived and was planned for 9 weeks before. He came early. I know a lot of people wait until baby's born, but if you do it before you can get everything you need that you don't get as gifts. I liked that, because I am one to plan and have everything organized!!!!

Heather - how exciting! You are getting there. :-)

I think mine is a nocturnal baby. She click big when daylight is gone. I was sitting on couch with hubby last night watching a movie, and she won't stop kicking. I put a hand on where she kicked the most and definitely felt a big kick moving my hand. Hubby was able to feel a small kick before she decided to chill. I'm so excited. Lots of time I'm sitting or chilling, I'll seek for her kicking. :-)

Today I'm working on my old kid's 4 yr birthday party invitation. Already finished cleaning up tons of dishes, which is not very exciting. Hoping to get a DVD workout today and need to make sure drinking a lot of water.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Grrrr last night I did nothing. I had run out of my antinausea medication and felt really sick all day. By the time I got home I had a pounding headache (picked up McDonalds on the way:grumble: ) ate then threw up, had a shower and drank some hot lemon water then went to bed. I have to work out tonight! Im going to walk on our treadmill her at the gym at lunch for 20-30 mins, then mabe a short run tionight. The weather here is cloudy,cold :frown: Makes me extra sleepy.

My daughter is heading out to the cabin with her nana today, so Ill be worried the whole day untill they arrive safely. Luckily my inlaws are pretty young and nana has taking courses on driving on the track in her beemer. She also has her bike liscense and a harley and a duccatti...:glasses: ahh ya her Ducatti is specially sized for her cause shes so small....

Anyways looking forward to the long weekend, Ill be absent from the site

Goals this weekend
drink lots or water
walk lots
go on one hike
go on one short run!

Happy turkey eating to my fellow canadians

What nausea medication are you on? My nausea has picked up this past week... I substitute teach some days and I was literally having a hard time standing up. I tried B6 (recommended by doctor) and haven't seen any difference. I have also tried the Preggy pops. It is hard to function...

Happy Saturday ladies!

Since the Constipation talk, I thought in my mind i am lucky i am not suffering, well guess what! I am having issues now :grumble: , so I stocked up on Benefiber & prune juice.

Welcome cat in the shell!

Heather- wow you are definitely getting there. :flowerforyou:

Misti-Hope you are feeling better and hope you don't have to go through surgery.

As for the babyshowers I agree that we'll all be due right after the holidays so baby shower planning needs to be around a feasible time i.e when we're not too broke! :laugh:

My cousin's GF is due in Jan and my aunt will be throwing her shower in Nov. I think that's good time, as for me I'm sure my Mom will be planning it, since they live in Cali and I feel bad cause it'll be her birthday in Jan too.

Regarding deli meats: I cook my deli meat & then I make my sandwiches, I also ask subway to heat up the turkey in the microwave for 2-3 mins.

I actually found the full skeleton suit, but since your posting I might just do the shirt. My job dresses up so this will be cute.

Not sure if you ladies know, but all breast pumps are 20% off at Babies R' Us this weekend! That makes the Medela one I want only $240!! Part of me hates buying expensive things before family has a chance (that sounds terrible I know lol), but I just don't see anyone purchasing us a breast pump as a gift. I think people would rather buy "fun" gifts. lol Anyways, they're having a lot of stuff on sale....formula, diapers, sleepers, monitors, etc.

As for the question regarding bassinet sleeping or crib sleeping at first...I'm not sure yet. Part of me wants to say I'll put the baby in the crib from the beginning, but another part of me thinks I'll want to use a bassinet by our bed for the first few months. A friend has offered to sale me hers (only used since end of June) for $30 so I guess even if we only used it a few months we'd get our money's worth and if we decide not to use it then we could just put it on Craigslist. It's just hard because Eric is aircrew and flies up front with the pilots on the plane so I want to allow him as much sleep as possible at night. The baby crying on the monitor probably would barely wake him (he barely wakes to his alarm sometimes lol) so I'm not too worried about that. I'm anxious to hear what others are planning on doing.

Also, as for furniture...check Amazon. You can join Amazon Mom and you get Prime free for a while and for every $25 you spend in the baby department they will extend your Prime membership for a month, up to a year. I'm not sure if it costs after that and, if so, how much. They're prices are cheaper than Babies R' Us and Target on most of the same brands. Same goes for diapers and most of their products. And you get free shipping on a lot of stuff if you spend over $25. I love Amazon!! We have their credit card and use it for everything (gas, groceries, etc) and will use the points we earn to purchase diapers most likely.

I'm the same way with the gym right now. I was alternating running on the treadmill at the gym and running outside at home, but now that I've gotten better at running outside I think I enjoy that better. At least while the weather is nice. It's been 68-72 and sunny all week. I love it! Although, yesterday I only walked the dogs because my legs were pretty tired and I was feeling achy in my uterus/lower abdomen area. I DO want to start more strength training though. I feel like my arms are getting flabbier and I had nice arms before. I miss lifting heavy. I know I can't lift heavy now, but at least doing something will make me feel better. I need to look into the Tracy Anderson workouts you all speak of. It's obviously great because, Heather, your arms look fantastic!!!

Do any of you beautiful ladies have any plans on Halloween costumes for yourselves? Or do you plan on dressing up at all? Etsy has a cute t-shirt with a skeleton rib cage and a skeleton baby on the belly part (sounds demented, but it's actually cute lol) that I'd like to get, but it's about $25 and I hate to pay that much for a shirt I'll wear once.

We're driving down to South Carolina next weekend to stay with my MIL and I can't wait!!! I love it down there and we haven't seen them since November of last year. His Mumzy (great-grandmother) turned 100 last month and this is kind of the celebration party for her. It's a "Beer, Burgers, and Blue Jeans" party so it should be fun. lol All the women are true southern belles so it's always fun to listen to them talk and see how proper they act. lol I was raised in the country in the Midwest, but don't really have an accent so I love hearing them talk.
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Do any of you beautiful ladies have any plans on Halloween costumes for yourselves? Or do you plan on dressing up at all? Etsy has a cute t-shirt with a skeleton rib cage and a skeleton baby on the belly part (sounds demented, but it's actually cute lol) that I'd like to get, but it's about $25 and I hate to pay that much for a shirt I'll wear once.

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I saw the same skeleton style shirt for sale on ebay for $10 if you are willing to do short sleeves.

Good morning ladies!

Well...I got in ZERO exercise this weekend...I feel like such a loser! But, in my defense I think I'm getting sick, which really sucks! My throat is on fire and I've had a horrible headache and stuffy sinuses the past few days! Going to do some yoga tonight and maybe go for a walk.

As far as a bassinet, I am planning to use on this go round only because the baby and my daughter will be sharing a room. So, for the first few months I will have the baby sleep at night in our room in the bassinet and nap in the crib during the day. Then when a routine is established (and I'm not worried about the baby waking up Kadence a million times at night) we will switch to the crib. With Kadence, she slept in the crib since day 1. And she did wonderfully!

Well...need to start on some work. Have a great day ladies!