Fit, Fabulous, and Pregnant-October 2011

Happy Monday too all the Fit and Fablous soon to be Moms!!

H-82- Yay for a healthy baby boy!

Missconfidence- Welcome!

Amy-Welcome! I hope your spotting stops soon and you are able to keep up with just walking through your pregnancy. Being healthy is so much better for us and baby in pregnancy. I hope this babe stays put longer then your last daughter and that you have a great pregnancy.

Rayna- I wish I could be as talented as you those are super cute!

atynk- I hope she comes soon for you as well. I have Ulcerative colitis so I have always been worried about it acting up during pregnancy. I have been told by most it either doesn't bug you at all or it's a living h***. I hope the fibre has helped and you are more comfortable today. I know how much those doubling over pains hurt and I can't imagine having a full term baby sitting on top of it. Hang in there!

msheldon & ybowden- Welcome. That's what we are all about here. Supporting each other in our healthy and active pregnancy's. Feel free to jump right in!

jchecca- Eeww. I hope too you don't meet him again!

Heather- Thanks for the motivation and the light being that more energy will come hopefully within the next 4 weeks. I'm sorry to hear you're still having so much rib pains. Charlee needs to drop for you already!! As for the neighbour I understand how frustrating that would be but keep your chin up in the fact that you AND Charlee have benefited significantly to your maintenance of a healthy life style before, during, and after pregnancy. Don't be surprised if she has a tough labour because she's spent almost 40 weeks being sedimentary in her lifestyle and this will be a huge amount of energy for her to do.

Ashley- That does sound like a busy weekend. I hope you are able to get some productiveness accomplished between your visits for your own sanity!

babeed- Yay for energy and a bigger yay for your ultrasound! I know I wouldn't get anything done at work either! Let us know how it goes!

Kristy- Hope everything checks out ok!

Rayna- Yikes that store is a little to rich for my blood too! I wish I had got the thrill of picking out my own baby furniture set but my aunt and uncle decided before I even got pregnant that they were buying me a set and so they did...No consultation on what we liked or wanted just went out and bought it. The thought was nice but it was something I was really looking forward to do myself. So I haven't decided if I want to spend the hours it will take to sand it all down and stain it or just suck it up and live with it.

On that note what is everyone opinion on being exposed to paint and stain fumes during pregnancy? I too live in Alberta and wont be able to get my windows open much longer to air the space out.

Well on my end I am VERY excited I finally get my first doctors appointment today. (I scheduled it 4 weeks ago and found out my doctor was on holidays) So today is finally the day. It seems silly to me that I'm excited to "confirm" the pregnancy because there is no way I'm NOT pregnant but I am. The all day nausea has subsided significantly the last few days (Thanks for the tip of protein in the morning Heather it REALLY helps although sometimes its a huge struggle to get it down.) Still lacking on the energy department. I'm hoping to get a membership this week at the pool so I can start that exercise regime. I have been doing light walks but I get so cold outside so quickly these days. I have finally stopped loosing weight which I'm glad about since it was beginning to worry me. Anyways I better stop rambling now this is already a ridiculously long post. Hope everyone has a fantastic Monday!
Amanda

Happy Monday, yall. Im usually MIA over the weekends. I managed to get 2x 5kms runs this weekend. Sunday weather was beautiful fall running weather. We were family central this weekend, had the inlaws and grandma over for lasagna dinner on sat, and my mom came down yesterday and stayed the night. I never eat 100% healthy but about 85% this weekend. Baked a ton of cookies for the kids to decorate at the Halloween party this sat. Hubby and I are going to the Foo Fighters on Thursday, so flippen excited. We went to a ton of concerts before our first was born, we knew theyd be few and far between after baby, it will be fun. Did ok last week with goals but no strength training! I have to do this at least twice!

Goals this week
eat out once
strenght train 2x
cardio 3x
walk on lunch breaks

Happy Monday everyone!

Hope you all had a great weekend! I spent my Friday night dodging glasses of wine at a celebratory dinner for my stepmom's mother. And Saturday night I was watching my co-workers get drunk during a Halloween party -- watching them, I'm very glad I didn't have to feel like they were all going to feel in the morning, hahaha! The nice part about the part, though, is I have another co-worker who is pregnant, and one who had a baby about a year ago, so hubby got to talk with dads in a similar position as him -- he seemed excited about it

I have my first appointment on Wednesday! I'm so excited! That's also going to be the day I tell my dad and stepmom, which I can't wait for. So it's a big day all around!

Goals for this week:
Continue monitoring my sodium intake -- I've been feeling so much better since doing so, and actuall dropped 1.2 lbs. I now can recognize which bloat is from the pregnancy, and which is from sodium, so I'm glad I figure that out. I don't mind being bloated from the pregnancy, but the added bloating is just way too uncomfortable.

Exercise 3-4 times -- got two new workout videos I'm looking forward to incorporating, in addition to doing zumba and walking.

Hope you all have a great week!

Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone!

I had a good weekend, and the bleeding from Friday has reduced to just spotting, and is now almost non-existent, thank goodness! I have been taking it easy, not sure if that helps or not, but hubby insists that I do, so I don't argue. Did manage to make it out to church yesterday and a school picnic yesterday afternoon, where we got to tell a few more friends and teachers our big news. My 8th grader went to school in her Big Sister t-shirt today, she was so excited to tell all her friends.

Had labs over the weekend and this morning to check that hcg level - I am hoping for good results this afternoon or by tomorrow morning! If those results are good and the bleeding stays at bay, I plan to get out for a couple easy laps around the block this week - I miss exercising!

batgirlrox & atynk - Wow, I feel for you both dealing with IBS & UC at all, let alone during pregnancy! My hubby had UC, & had to have surgery several years ago to remove his entire colon. Not fun. Hoping you feel better atynk and the symptoms subside quickly!

Question:

Has anyone else suffered from restless leg syndrome? What have you done to help??

I have RLS even when not pregnant (started with my first pregnancy and never went away... and it's worse now, during the second). The only thing that helps me, personally, was decreasing my caffeine (really easy now), increasing my potassium (decaf coffee has quite a bit, btw) and stretching.

BUT... RLS is tricky, different people have different triggers and different "treatments". I googled RLS home remedies and experimented until I found the right combo for me.

Geeze, I haven't had time to catch up for a while.

atynk - GOOD LUCK!! You're so close! Hopefully everthing goes the way you want it too.

batgirlrox - Good Luck at your first appt. Hope it goes well. I seen an earlier post about lack of energy, I still don't have any, but hopefully you will get some soon. Every pregnancy is different.

Jchecca - Good Luck with things, as far as back pain....I hope it goes away soon! I have it too, but it's my gallbladder and at this point the options to fix it are slim to none unless I have too.

Ashley - I'm starting to feel a bit overwhelmed by everything that needs done and the lack of time left to do it. Baby shower and kids, so many of my friends have kids, if I said no kids, I most likely wouldn't have any guests, but some time with just friends and no distraction from kids would be nice.

Welcome - eponine1976, MissConfidence, Amyrhubarb, msheldon88 and ybodwen!!! Hope you like the message board. It's been very helpful and entertaining for me so far!!! Keeps me on track too!

Kcurtis - Glad your feeling better - I wish someone would deliver me OJ at my desk, LOL!! How nice!

lunarokra - Kids do make life super busy, ecspecially with sports. It's so tiring, but definately making the time go by fast!!! At least your still getting in your walks. Yay for you, good job!!!

Rayna - Awe, the baby Uggs are adorable!!!

Babeed - Good luck at your appt. today!!! My cousin had problems with restless leg syndrome at night when she was trying to sleep, not sure what they did for her, but from what I hear it SUCKS! Good luck!

Kristy - Glad your going to see a doctor. I had a bunch of blurry vision and was seeing lil' floaters when I moved my eyes....37 wks pregnant, they had to induce me. It was high blood pressure, super high!!! Good luck, glad your feeling a little better, hope they figure out what caused it!

AFM: Super busy weekend as usual....I did sleep in a little bit later than usual yesterday which was nice. I spent 5 hours cleaning, doing laundry and organizing, then I helped hubby and son, with some yard work. It was a very productive day! I'm so excited, my son got 1st place again at the tournament on Sat! Woo Hoo. Three weeks left of wrestling! Only one tournament that's far away, which is this weekend, and I'm glad!

My sister is planning my baby shower for next Sunday, I'm excited....She ordered me a swing, my MIL ordered me a playpen, with the bassinet and changing table and I ordered my car seat and stroller! All matching and on sale at K-mart! Woo Hoo.

Also, I got offered an almost $800.00 Million Dollar Baby crib and matching changing table for $200.00!!! I think I'm going to buy it. I don't really need the changing table now, but I might as well, for that price! I get to see pics next weekend. So we'll see.

Goals for the week!!

Walk at least 6 miles
Yoga at least 2x
Increase water....everyday
Start working on the nursery
Paint the nursery on Sunday!

Been eating good, and I'm so glad, according to my scale I've gained 12lbs, we'll see what the doc scale says next week! Hard to believe it's Nov. next week! Geeze!

I just found this!! I am actually almost 30 weeks pregnant. I created a new account for my pregnancy because I practically abandoned my old account. I lost 20lbs before I got pregnant and have gained about 18lbs....Seems like a lot but I am now working on eating better and getting in some light exercise daily....Anyway my name is Amie and I am due January 5th with my third baby, 2nd boy!!

congrats!! thats amazing

Wohoo, Andrea! Congratulations:0)

Welcome new peeps! Yay babeed! Congrats! Andrea hope everything works out! I love exclamation points!!!! :laugh:

My goals are still shifting for the week but I am being productive so I am happy with that. I did take my lunch walk yesterday but I also went out to eat. My husband's BFF is moving to AZ this week so some peeps were going out for dinner so considering I didn't get home from work till 7:30, I was down for no cooking. Ate OK - buffalo chili and a salad (and a roll with cinamon butter) from Buckhead's, but really didnt' want to spend the cash. Oh well. Today I was going to paint the nursery after work, but instead we are going to pick up a dresser for the nursery (if we like it - it's antique, distressed bottle green and so cute) and I totally forgot I have to make my Halloween costume so will be going to the fabric store after the dresser. I pretty much win something at work every year so I can't slack this year! I'm also going to swing by Target for more Halloween stuff and get us in the registry so we can start adding registry items from online too. Soooo....doing good on productivity and I'm feeling less stressed than yesterday and over the weekend. Plus I talked to my friend that will be here this weekend and he has his conference all day Saturday so we can do work that day instead of entertaining. I feel like I need a good workout but it will have to wait until yoga tomorrow. I wanted to walk at lunch today but I have a lunch and learn so that won't be happening.

Happy Tuesday! One more day closer to the weekend!

-Ashley

Congrats on the boy babeed!!!! So exciting!! Didn't you just LOVE seeing him move around in there??

I saw the dr yesterday and she said that since my vision wasn't blacked out and was just kinda blurry/watery/spotty, she wasn't as worried. My blood pressure was 132/85 and she said that wasn't too bad. She doesn't want to increase my medication until my systolic is consistently in the 150's/160's. She said to let them know if I have another episode though and she suggested I see my optometrist as well. I haven't had an eye exam in over a year so it's time for one anyways. I just haven't found one since we moved to Maryland. Baby girl's heartbeat was still in the 150's so she's nice and strong. The weird vision thing only lasted 10-15 minutes. Eric (the hubs) said that he gets that before a migraine, but I never got a headache (until the afternoon from wearing my glasses all day). He said that sometimes he gets the vision thing, but the migraine doesn't end up happening so maybe that's all it was. I don't know, but I feel fine this morning.

I'm aiming to get in a nice walk and/or jog with some yoga this afternoon. Eric is getting his new PS3 game in the mail today so I'll definitely have some "me" time. lol

Heather, where did you end up buying your nursery furniture and bedding from? Did you get the stuff from JCP? I'm really liking the Coco Dot bedding from Pottery Barn, but not sure about furniture yet.

I have been gone for the last week to my high school reunion. I will work on reading through the last week to get caught up on everything. I am still down 2.4 pounds since I found out I was preg. I am guessing that it will start going back up though over the next month.

My goals for this week:
1. Get in a running workout Wed and Thursday
2. Run the Zombie Run in around 28:00 mins
3. DRINK MORE WATER
4. Find something to drink other than water that I like without caffine.

I am starting to get so antsy about wanting to know what we are having so I can start buying baby stuff.

Hello!
Babeeedddd! Congrats, Yay for your little boy! :drinker:


BMfrazie- I know what you mean the anticipation of finding out really drove me nuts. lol


H82- That's great, I am also waiting until next week to start painting the nursery.There's so much to do right?


Kristy- Hope those blurred episodes slow down.


We walked last night for 20 mins & I did 15 mins of what I could remember of the yoga poses.