Fit, Fabulous, and Pregnant-November 2011

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  • abeare
    abeare Posts: 504 Member
    Just a quick stop in to wish everyone well. I’ve been finding it hard to keep up with all the posts; I read most but never have time to reply. What’s worse is that my schedule will only get worse in the upcoming months, so I apologize if I’m not always active on this board or if I miss a comment. But I do hope everyone is healthy and active!
  • taldie01
    taldie01 Posts: 378
    Hey ladies, 16 weeks! Did some weights and went to aquasize last night. Ate pretty good even though I really wanted onion rings and a strawberry milk shake...

    weights still holding steady... gotta wrok out today somehow!

    Im feeling the baby a bit so thats exciting!

    Anyone opting for a non natural childbirth? Also are stool softeners safe during pregnancy?

    Im really behind on posts
  • Better_Balance_2011
    Better_Balance_2011 Posts: 3,711 Member

    Anyone opting for a non natural childbirth? Also are stool softeners safe during pregnancy?

    Im really behind on posts

    I plan on an epidural. I am also not opposed to induction either but don't want to be induced super early or anything. I think it's awesome that some women have such strong feeling about letting nature do the work and being au natural and admire their strength. I just feel like the actual delivery is more of a medical procedure for me.

    Yes, stool softeners are safe during pregnancy. I take 3 every night.
  • mistigoodwin
    mistigoodwin Posts: 411 Member

    Anyone opting for a non natural childbirth? Also are stool softeners safe during pregnancy?

    I am of course hoping to be able to do it natural, but I tried for several hours with my son and couldn't. I ended up getting an epidural with him and it really helped things progress, after that labor was nothing, I actually fell asleep when I was dialated to a 2 and woke up ready to push, so the epidural worked great in my case. I really hope to NOT be induced this time though. Last time I had preeclampsia and REALLY high BP, so they had too, but hoping this time I won't, if I do I guess I do though.
  • emrogers
    emrogers Posts: 328 Member
    No you won't!!! I'll be there and so will my preggos running buddy too. We're doing the marathon one. :D SUPER EXCITED!!!
    Don't know how I'll manage to stay up but I'm pumped!
    Elce 28W3D
    Morning ladies! Man, am I way WAY behind!!!

    Workload is still crazy but I count my blessings every day that I have another day of OT, especially since DH hasn't found any employment yet. We've both began to noticed that with my work load increase that not only am I more physically tired but mentally as well. And oh boy if these hormones havent' been in full gear lately!! Comes with the territory I guess?

    Attending the TWILIGHT Breaking Dawn Midnight Showing tomorrow night!! SUPER DUPER excited!! I'm sure I'll be the only pregnant woman in line with a bunch of teenagers :laugh: but it's a tradition that hubby and I have had since the very first movie came out and I'm not going to break it now! :smooched:

    Doctors apt is on Monday and I'm anxious to hear what he'll say. I'm not showing that the scale has increased, but my appetite sure has- so hopefully he'll say that I haven't lost any additional weight and that I'm on the right track.

    Miss all of you dearly, and I promise to try to stay more on top of the boards!! ((hugs)) :flowerforyou:
  • Roobean33
    Roobean33 Posts: 104
    Hello all!
    It's late into November but I'd like to join your group. I am 7wks pregnant with my first child and I'm already gaining weight - The scale # changes a lot but at least 2lbs. And my gut is all bloated. Not my best look! I've been exercising pretty regularly but I need to get back into MFP & log! Morning sickness seems to make me crave high cal foods. If my stomach is empty, I get nauseated. Despite my gain, my husband and I are very excited. Hoping to pick up some tips from all of you fit, fabulous pregnant ladies!!!
  • MidniteDayDream
    MidniteDayDream Posts: 142 Member
    Uhoh... we haven't heard from Heather in a while. Maybe that means Charlee is on her way here? Fingers are crossed for you.
  • nkster781
    nkster781 Posts: 235 Member
    Check Heathers profile:0)
  • jchecca
    jchecca Posts: 131
    morning ladies! so yesterday was the start to jessica 're-focusing!!' and i have to say i had a great day nutrition wise and exercise wise! the problem that i have been facing is the cafe here at work. lunches are free and the chefs are REALLY good and they put out these amazing meals every day coupled by a delicious dessert. so my goal is to not eat dessert every day (which i was doing in the past) ... so yesterday went well - i had my yoga class last night which is always great (i slept so good last night too!) - i am feeling great about myself today!

    rayna - i am keeping my fingers crossed for you and the midwife situation! hopefully one of these last four will have good news for you. and i totally agree...i really wish i knew what i knew now when i first got pregnant! but i guess thats the beauty of being a first timer!!! we'll be seasoned pro's the second time around!!

    about the natural birth - i am keeping a very open mind as far as my labor. if i am feeling good then i will definitely go natural. but if the pain is way too much i am 100% open to the epidural.

    hope everyone has a great day!
  • DeniseGdz
    DeniseGdz Posts: 592 Member
    No you won't!!! I'll be there and so will my preggos running buddy too. We're doing the marathon one. :D SUPER EXCITED!!!
    Don't know how I'll manage to stay up but I'm pumped!
    Elce 28W3D
    Morning ladies! Man, am I way WAY behind!!!

    Workload is still crazy but I count my blessings every day that I have another day of OT, especially since DH hasn't found any employment yet. We've both began to noticed that with my work load increase that not only am I more physically tired but mentally as well. And oh boy if these hormones havent' been in full gear lately!! Comes with the territory I guess?

    Attending the TWILIGHT Breaking Dawn Midnight Showing tomorrow night!! SUPER DUPER excited!! I'm sure I'll be the only pregnant woman in line with a bunch of teenagers :laugh: but it's a tradition that hubby and I have had since the very first movie came out and I'm not going to break it now! :smooched:

    Doctors apt is on Monday and I'm anxious to hear what he'll say. I'm not showing that the scale has increased, but my appetite sure has- so hopefully he'll say that I haven't lost any additional weight and that I'm on the right track.

    Miss all of you dearly, and I promise to try to stay more on top of the boards!! ((hugs)) :flowerforyou:

    AHA!! Love you for attending!! I'll be rooting for ya all the way from where I'm at!! YAY US!! I have no idea how I'll manage either but I'm going!! My SIL even promised to get me a collectors cup!! I have Edwards, Bellas and now I need Jacobs!

    :laugh: I'M A NERD!! :laugh:
  • DeniseGdz
    DeniseGdz Posts: 592 Member
    Check Heathers profile:0)

    Can you enlighten the rest of us?
  • sabrinafaith
    sabrinafaith Posts: 607 Member
    heather had her baby yesterday!
  • DeniseGdz
    DeniseGdz Posts: 592 Member
    Yay!! I'm so glad to hear about Heather!! Hopefully everything went according to plan (as much as feasibly possible) hope we can hear from her soon!!

    Welcome Charlee!!
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    heather had her baby yesterday!
    Thank you for the news! I tried to check her profile but it's friends only. Glad to hear Charlee has arrived.
  • Lunarokra
    Lunarokra Posts: 855 Member
    Yay for Heather! Welcome Charlee!

    Babeed- You're not a nerd, I'll tell you I wasn't all into the books before the movie came out when it did and I saw it I checked the books from the library and couldn't wait to see the next movie and so on. To tell you my fav movie is Lord of the Rings & I watch 7 watch & still :cry: at the end.
    HAHA i love Sci Fi

    Jessica- I alsio had better choices yesterday & made me a romaine salad today for lunch. I brought tons of fruit to much on, and I must STOP hitting the vending machine. It's hard but we can do it!

    Welcome Roobean!

    Cindy-I was thinking about you yesterday. Good to see you're ok!

    I walked for lunch yesterday a nice 20 mins.


    ~Brenda ~ 25 wks 2 dys
  • atomdraco
    atomdraco Posts: 1,083 Member
    18 hours ago from Heather:

    "Charlotte "Charlee" Kendall was born today at 1103am! 7lb13oz 19"long. 11 hours and 16 minutes of natural labor! She is PERFECT!"

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  • Raynamama
    Raynamama Posts: 480 Member
    SO excited to hear that Charlee has arrived! AND a day before she was supposed to get induced! That is so great! Can't wait to hear her story!

    Hope everyone is having a wonderful week - it's getting crazy up in my neck of the woods! We're supposed to get over 10 cms of snow today and it's supposed to get to MINUS 25 degrees Celsius here...GROSS :sad: The roads are really bad and I'm just wishing I could be at home in my pjs cuddling with my hubby and our puppy Sophie by the fire place...sigh*
    I really feel the urge to be a hermit and not leave my house when it gets like this! Too bad for having to work everyday lol

    I get my hair cut tonight, I'm beyond excited my hair is getting out of control. I have really thick hair so it gets crazy if I don't get it cut regularly and the last time I had it done was July. I'm thinking I might get some longer side bangs because my hair is all one length in the front and I don't think it compliments my face very well...we'll see!

    Last night I did some major cleaning and am making some good progress cleaning out the nursery...(it was pretty much our junk room for storing all sorts of weird stuff and a lot of RANDOM paperwork that we've been procrastinating on filing away or shredding) soooo yeah it's been a project in to say the least...we also have a massive bookshelf that's FULL of books in there and I finally got all the books packed away in boxes and Jay put them in the basement. Almost all done! It feels good. I can't wait for the furniture to come! I also did a lot of stretching last night because my lower back and hips were killing me and I did a few sets of squats and lunges but that's about it.

    I'm getting into the habit of playing music for Mason when I go to bed - just from my iphone but I think he likes it :) Kind of cool

    Also, still waiting to hear back from the remaining 4 Midwifery Practices in Edmonton...fingers crossed...

    Anyway, better get back to work.

    Happy Thursday :flowerforyou:
  • kcurtis05
    kcurtis05 Posts: 524 Member
    No you won't!!! I'll be there and so will my preggos running buddy too. We're doing the marathon one. :D SUPER EXCITED!!!
    Don't know how I'll manage to stay up but I'm pumped!
    Elce 28W3D
    Morning ladies! Man, am I way WAY behind!!!

    Workload is still crazy but I count my blessings every day that I have another day of OT, especially since DH hasn't found any employment yet. We've both began to noticed that with my work load increase that not only am I more physically tired but mentally as well. And oh boy if these hormones havent' been in full gear lately!! Comes with the territory I guess?

    Attending the TWILIGHT Breaking Dawn Midnight Showing tomorrow night!! SUPER DUPER excited!! I'm sure I'll be the only pregnant woman in line with a bunch of teenagers :laugh: but it's a tradition that hubby and I have had since the very first movie came out and I'm not going to break it now! :smooched:

    Doctors apt is on Monday and I'm anxious to hear what he'll say. I'm not showing that the scale has increased, but my appetite sure has- so hopefully he'll say that I haven't lost any additional weight and that I'm on the right track.

    Miss all of you dearly, and I promise to try to stay more on top of the boards!! ((hugs)) :flowerforyou:

    AHA!! Love you for attending!! I'll be rooting for ya all the way from where I'm at!! YAY US!! I have no idea how I'll manage either but I'm going!! My SIL even promised to get me a collectors cup!! I have Edwards, Bellas and now I need Jacobs!

    :laugh: I'M A NERD!! :laugh:

    I'll be there too!! My girlfriends and I are getting together for a dinner and Twilight marathon to get ready for the midnight show!! SOOO Excited :bigsmile:
  • kcurtis05
    kcurtis05 Posts: 524 Member
    WELCOME TO THE WORLD CHARLEE!! WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU!:drinker:
  • rosannabarbaroflores
    rosannabarbaroflores Posts: 128 Member
    Bump for later

    :happy:

    Rosanna
    32 weeks, 2 days
  • paulandrea
    paulandrea Posts: 120 Member
    AWESOME!!
  • paulandrea
    paulandrea Posts: 120 Member
    So exited to heard about Heather!! i hope everything goes well.
  • jchecca
    jchecca Posts: 131

    I really feel the urge to be a hermit and not leave my house when it gets like this! Too bad for having to work everyday lol


    you and me both!!!! winter is sooooo tough for me...little motivation! but i am trying so hard to not get into that routine!
  • jchecca
    jchecca Posts: 131
    BIG CONGRATS to Heather!!!! So glad everything went well and Charlee is finally here! Enjoy every second!!! :flowerforyou:
  • aimeeclaire
    aimeeclaire Posts: 93 Member
    Congrats, Heather!! :)
  • atomdraco
    atomdraco Posts: 1,083 Member
    I'm wondering whether I just woke up the little bun or not. She was very quite (may be sleeping) earlier. Then I started put my headphones on and listening to music (blocking noise from nearby cube). Now she's jumping around, kicking away.

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  • emrogers
    emrogers Posts: 328 Member
    Woo hoo for Heather and Miss Charlee!!! Yay!!!!!! Came just in time!!!!! Charlee we've all been waiting to meet you.
    Heather!! You're AWESOME!!! Way to hang in there.
    Elce 28W4D
  • nkster781
    nkster781 Posts: 235 Member
    atomdraco that frog cake is adorable!
  • Better_Balance_2011
    Better_Balance_2011 Posts: 3,711 Member
    Can't wait to hear from Heather! That is great she came on her own a day early. Nothing like making you wait till the last minute!

    AFM, I had my exam yesterday and I PASSED! I wasn't expecting immidiate results so that was nice. Now I can just relax and take it easy through the holiday and finish getting ready for the baby. Since I was on the road all day yesterday I ate crap - Waffle House for lunch (I did have my hashbrowns steamed, but I also got chili on them), and then I rewarded myself with a dark Milky Way after my test. So I didn't log a thing yesterday and didn't get any exercise in. I'm not sweating it. 6 hours of travel and 2 hours of testing on top of 2 hours of studying was a long day. Today is our Thanksgiving luch at work so I'll try not to gorge myself too much. I think staying in and hermitting tonight sounds pretty good to me too. Then next week is only a 2 day work week and then I'm off for 6 days! My goals this weekend are to get some walking/running in, paint the changing table, and do laundry. Hope you all have a great Friday!

    -Ashley
    30 weeks today!
  • batgirlrox
    batgirlrox Posts: 105
    Ashley- Dontcha love those preggo hormones? I've had a few little moments already I went, "Wow what is this teary eyed feeling for?" Since nothing had really happened. My family jokingly bugs me about just becoming like my mom more every day since she is the SUPER emotional one pregnant or not ha. Awesome job on the workout!

    Rosanna- I'm glad you are willing to take charge in the birthing process if your not guaranteed which doctor will be delivering your baby. I hope if something like that ever were to happen to me that I would have the same strength. I hope to even out our board a little with a boy but I won't be able to find that out for another 8 weeks or so. :)

    Stellcorb- I'm so jealous of the American early ultrasounds. In Canada they typically don't do any until 18-20 weeks in. As for the V-BAC, my opinion is a vaginal birth (when possible) is much better for both mom and baby. I've seen MANY V-BAC deliveries with no complications. That's not to say there aren't complications that do happen but if they do at least you were able to try. I would have to agree on the doctor's dislike being a liability thing since it's been proven time and time again vaginal birth is healthier for all involved. I know unless I absolutely have to have a c-section there will be no way. I have been in the OR watching a few and they definitely are NOT for me. Hope you are able to figure out what's best for you and have your doctors support!

    Jenna- I know a couple who just had the same thing happen. They had a baby boy the first go around and a baby girl the second and no one threw them a party because her family is pretty against a second baby shower. So instead she just hosted a "Come meet baby Piper" party and those who wished to bring gifts did and those who didn't just came and met baby.

    Babeed- I'm a little jealous you are getting to see Breaking Dawn at the premier. My husband is a little sad that a bunch of girls from work are going and he doesn't want to crash the girls party so he won't get to see it in the theatre unless he goes with someone else. I agreed thinking it would be no big deal...guess I need to learn to ask and ensure first ;)

    jchecca- Sorry to hear your feeling down. All you can do is what you can do. I've found it harder then expected(since I'm so exhausted all the time) to keep up as much exercise as I would like as well. Just keep your chin up and work towards a more positive trend in the future!

    Kristy- Glad to hear everything is going well! And I must agree getting to watch Jacob makes the movies oh so much better ;)

    Rayna- Good luck on your midwife search! I didn't realize they were such a hot commodity in Alberta. I'm with you on the hermitting during this weather. I'm about an hour south of Edmonton and we got about 15 cms of snow yesterday. I'm not looking forward to the blistering high of -25 (-10F) plus a wind-chill today. I'm glad you had such a productive night!

    Taldie- Yay for feeling baby movements. I can't wait for that!

    Roobean- Welcome!

    Heather- YAY, YAY, YAY, YAY!!! I'm so glad things progressed the way you wanted them too! Congratulations!!! Enjoy every minute of her! :):):)
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