Fit, Fabulous, and Pregnant-November 2011

Morning guys-

Taldie- good job on pushing through back pain & continuing to walk. Try not to over exert yourself, don't want you to hurt yourself.

Heather- its good to have you back and I'm loving all the pics of Charlee!! nice to hear that you guys have a pattern down already and thanks for the napping tip! Definitely going to jot that one down!!

Aimee- congrats on a healthy baby boy!! i love boys, although there is nothing wrong with little girls- I'm just partial :ohwell: Oh, and yes I'm am on pin!! LOVE IT!!

Emrogers- yay on the negative glucose testing!! i have to take my 3rd one here in a few weeks. Oh well, what we do for our babies. And don't fret about the waddling...I started waddling at about 13-14 weeks just because I'm carrying so low!

Amanda- Postiive vibes headed your way. Don't stress yourself too much, I'm sure everyting will come out great at your next ultrasound!!

Rayna- your energy levels just amaze me! Wish I could do half the stuff I read that you do!! Haven't had teh arm falling asleep problem, but I'll keep an eye out....maybe it's just a position change you need??

Abeare- hows it going girlie? Get all your re-organizing done?

MrsJax- Postitive vibes headed your way to. Don't fret. Listen to your body, you know best. And remember that although we do try to stay active - some of us (meaning me) weren't able to do squat due to doctors orders until just recently. BUT, that doesn't mean we can't keep up with water & continue to eat healthy!! Remember this is a lifestyle that we chose!! ps. I was naseaus all day as well, try eating every 2 hours. Something small...almonds, apricots, peanut butter- helped me tremendously!

Midnight- I love the name Kaiden! Keep us posted on your next appt!

Roobean- Keep us posted on your ultrasound!! How exciting!!

Cutmd- WELCOME BACK!! :happy: definitely keep us all posted!!


AFM- Well, I'd rather not get into it...but it's been very emotionally draining couple of days. We still have family in town for the next day or two and forget about trying to eat well. Our families houses have been blessed with many covered dishes but definitely not healthy ones. My sleeping has gone out the window and when I do manage to get to sleep I start dreaming of some crazy stuff. Haven't been able to do my Yoga or my Pilates DVD with all the family in town. And apparently winter arrived overnight as we woke up to 28-30 degree weather!

Hubby finally accepted a job offer close to home. He should start late this week or next week. I'm very happy to say the least but am not looking foward to getting adjusted to a new schedule this close to the holidays.

Among all the chaos we did manage to get registered at Target this weekend and are hoping to get registered at Babys R Us sometime this week. Both family & friends baby showers are being planned for late February.

On a personal note** thank you all for always being so supportive and lending an ear. Sometimes it's the smallest things in life that mean the most.

Hello.

Kristy-Thoughts & prayers to you & your family. So sorry to hear about your loss.

Rayna-I wake up with numb hands sometimes too, mostly my right hand. I haven't slept well at all these mini break either, i plan to catch up this week.

Belinda- How fun, when the family visits right!

Babeed- Sorry for your loss too, ((hugs)). How exciting registering for your babyshowers.
One of the things I already knew is my family don't like when people register & still end up buying whatever they want, this weekend at my cousin's GF's babyshower. i think only a few of us bought stuff on her registry.

Nichole-Glad to hear the strepB test was negative. Wow 37 weeks! Yay!

CutMD-Congrats, welcome back! That's great that you'll be listening to your body & how you feel I am sure you'll be able to get some walks done. Best wishes!!

Cindy-Love the name, it is cute. Good luck on your OB appt. on wed.

As for Me (AFM): While visiting the family, it slipped from Mom that she has intentions on a surprise babyshower for me as I had figured she would. Our family tends to throw surprise babyshowers, and that's where the baby registries don't fit well. Like i mentioned above they will end up buying whatever they can. I am still registering since my friend is throwing one in jan for me.

I need to get back on track. I plan to walk 5X this week and do PNyoga videos too. Many healthy foods too!

I weighed in today and gained 4lbs over the last 4 days. i didn't think I overate much, but it's what I ate right! Those tamales, posole, turkey oh & many pie slices will do it. Let's see where I am at when I go on fri to the OB.

XXXX my fingers, it's all water, sodium retention.

~Brenda~26weeks 6dys
Due 2.28.2012

Hi ladies!

I have hardly any time to catch up on all the posts, but I wanted to say Kristy...you are in my thoughts and prayers. I can not begin to imagine what you are going through. BIG (((hugs))) from me.

AFM: Had a busy crazy long weekend. Now just trying to get back into the swing of things!! Will try and catch up more later!

Kristin--20 weeks 5 days

Hi Everyone - This is my second pregnancy and if I don't eat every 2 hours I get so sick to my stomach, Of course I'm craving anything salty, sweet and super bad for you. Limiting myself to McDonald's once a week. I gained 27 lbs with my first pregnancy and hoping to gain the same or less for the this one. On the path I'm going.....it's going to be tough. Ugh! 8 weeks along....

It's been forever since I had time to catch up and actually post anything on here.

Had a great LONG weekend, tiring though. Spent lots of time w/ family on Thanksgiving, then of course SHOPPING on Friday. The crowds were crazy and it was by far the most hectic Black Friday I've went to, but I managed and it was worth it. I am officially done shopping for Christmas! Woo Hoo. Only 2 hours of sleep was the worst part! Sat. we just hung around the house, cleaned, organized and went to some fights that night, I think I was the only pregnant persone there, but it was fun. Yesterday I got all my Christmas stuff out and put up the tree, now I just have to wait til Zack gets some time to do the outside lights. Was nice to spend time with my lil' family though. This morning I got up a 4:45 to take him back to the airport and now I'm at work. Super tired, and don't feel so great. Tylenol don't work for migrains and I absolutely refuse to take anything other then that if I can help it. Day two of this migraine, hopefully it lets up soon. It hurts my head to talk....Doctor appt. tomorrow. I'm a lil' nervous abou the weight gain, I always think it's worse than it is, but well see. I know I gained more than 1 lb this time though.

Aimee- Congrats on your baby boy!!!! Boys are so much fun too, and once he's here, you won't be able to imagine even wanting anything other than him. Sorry you didn't make it to you run in time, at least you made up for it though. Good Job!!!

Elce - Scarey time for you. Hope things are a lot better for you now. Good job on your weight gain and hopefully some rest and relaxation helped you. Praying for you. Keep us posted.

Amanda - Good Luck at your U/S today!!

Ash - Hopefully you got your nursery project in the works, it's so nice to have the blunt of that out of the way! I think doing a project like that is a workout enough for one day. I was exhausted after I moved everything out and got it ready to paint!

MrsJax - Hopefully your nausea is letting up. The first trimester is pretty rough at times, good luck with your upcoming U/S!!!

Paula - Your weight gain is close to mine, I keep asking my doctor if she thinks it's ok, and she said yes it's great and she's not concerned at all. I've gained a lot less as of now than I did while pregnant with my son, but eating healthy is probably helping. I'm expecting to gain more towards the end, but I hope no more than 25lbs total. Last time I weighed I was 11 lbs up, so well see. That was a month ago.

Rayna - YES, my arms keep falling asleep too, it drives me crazy. It only happens if I sleep on my sides, I keep waking up on my back even though I am surrounding myself with pillows. I plan on asking my doctor tomorrow about this. I think it's just the pressure of everything pushing on some nerves. My thought is why would I all of a sudden get carpel tunnel? That's all I could find when I looked it up too. So I guess we'll see what she says tomorrow.

Midnight Day Dream - Cute name for your lil' guy. One of my best friends named her baby Kaiden and another good friend of mine named her son Drake. LOL! The name sounds great together though.

Roobean - Good Luck at your U/S!!!!!

Kimmers - Yes, my uterus gets tight when I do exercise of any kind. It's kind of weird. I'm kind of wondering if it's BH contractions???? It don't hurt but gets really tight, sometimes even when I'm not doing anything. (Like right now, just sitting at my desk and my whole stomach is hard as a rock... hope this is normal cause it happens a lot.

Heather - Good luck with your plan, sounds like things are going great so far!!

Brenda - That's how I felt after Black Friday...........hungover! LOL Sleep really makes a huge difference when your preggo. LOL It never mattered to me this much before, but now I really need it. Hope your trip home went good.

Cutmd - Yay, your back! Congrats!! Good Luck with everything!!!!!!


atomdraco - I'm having the issue with my arms falling asleep as well. I will ask my doctor tomorrow and see what she says. I'll let you know as well, between you, Rayna and I we should get enough info. to come to some conclusion.

Ashley - Where are you? I hope all is well!

Hope everyone else is doing well. Sorry if I missed someone.

Goals:

Mon - Fri - Walk at least 3x this week
WATER, WATER and more WATER
Yoga 2x
Good Doc. Appt.
Finish Nursery
State wrestling tournament Sat.
REST as much as I can after doing all this and working plus everything running a household entails!

Hey Ladies! Happy Monday....at least happy that the work part is over, anyway

Rayna -- enjoy that massage!!! you deserve it!
Misti -- good luck with your appt tomorrow! Don't stress about the weight too much - focus on your baby being healthy \
Shoppingqueen - nice to have you here!!!

I don't have time to comment on every post, but I do read them all -- you girls are looking and doing fabulously

I took my nausea meds before I even got out of bed, which thankfully made me able to make it through the first half of the morning!

I was good yesterday and today and got on the elliptical-- 20 minutes yesterday, 25 today, plus a walk with the dog after. It is hard getting past the first 10 minutes, but I feel proud of myself when I am finished
I go for massage therapy for my neck tomorrow, and then to the OB on Wednesday for a check up since I am still spotting, and to discuss my blood work and possible dosage changes of my thyroid meds. I am trying to stay positive since the couple of girlfriends I told and a lot of what I read online and the DR all say that brown spotting is common in the first tri....keeping my fingers crossed that every thing is ok! I can't do much more than stay positive and take care of my body....so....
since I was realllllly bad with eating junky foods over my break I am making my veggie and fruit intake a goal for the week...that and 20 minute minimum cardio each day. Oddly enough I am having a fruit/veggie aversion of sorts...they are usually my favorite foods, but the last week or so I have no desire to eat them, and half way through a serving I have no desire to finish...so 1 fruit at breakfast, 1 veggie at snack, 1 fruit and 1 veg at lunch and dinner both. My reward will be ice cream after I eat all my good for me foods.
Have a great night -- shower and sleepy time for me!

Kristy, there is absolutely nothing I can say that will help to ease the pain and grief you are feeling. Please know I have you, your baby and family in my prayers. Wishing you all peace as you come to terms with your loss.

Heather, glad you and Charlee are getting in a groove. Ellie will be 12 weeks on Wednesday and I can hardly believe it. It's amazing how much they grow and change in such a short amount of time. She amazes me everyday! We have also settled into a pretty good routine and I can assure you that you will find the time to work out as I know it is a priority to you. I am not able to get out at 5a to run these days, but I haven't missed a run day yet. It's very do-able if you want it. ;-)

Cutmd, so excited to see you here again! Don't worry about the numbers on the scale, from what I know of you there is no way you will "completely let yourself go"! Eat healthy, nutritious food 80-85% of the time and let yourself enjoy being pregnant and throw caution to the wind every once and awhile.

Nichole, whoot! whoot! full term. Hannah will be here so very soon. Enjoy these last few weeks as your life is about to change in a major (super good!) way. Take some extra time for your husband and yourself while it is just the two of you.

Brenda, Rayna, Ashley, Misti, Cindy, Elce, Babeed, Taldie, Ash, Atomdraco, Rosanna, Jessica (I'm sure I missed a few of you!)- hope you are all doing well and enjoying your pregnancies. Keep moving and filling your body with great food. I've been reading all the posts, but don't have as much time to respond these days. (oh, yes I had lots of hands falling asleep towards the later part of my pregnancy - pretty sure it is a very normal side effect I believe due to extra blood flow and pressure on nerves)

For all the newbies - welcome! This is a fantastic group of ladies.

I continue to walk my dogs daily and have been getting in 12 miles a week in runs. I plan to add a 2-3 mile run this week for a total of 14-15. I did eat a little recklessly this past week so my goal is to get back to my normal eating as I'd love to lose about five more pounds to get back to my happy place!

Holly

Hi everybody. Hope everybody's Tuesday is going great so far.

So, I was taking picsof my belly, hence why I have a new belly bump pic and hadn't noticed, well maybe have but never really paid much attention to how BADLY my first pregnancy left me so badly marked up with stretch marks. Of course they are not red or purplish anymore like they were for the first year or so after having my son but GEEZ! I'm terrified to say the least of getting a tummy tuck but that'll be the only way to get fully rid of them.(still not leaning towards it) , I was praying and hoping that this time around they wouldn't spread even more or become red/purple again and so far so good. I guess now that I see my tummy stretched out you can see my previous stretch marks. Thank goodness they're white and very small, besides a few on my lower abdomen.
I've never had a tight and toned tummy but I'm starting to think I might not ever get one now.

Elce 30W2D (23lbs)

cutmd: So glad to see you back!

Heather: Loving seeing how great you, Charlee, and Al are doing!

kristy_estes21: You and your family are in my prayers. Try to keep you and baby safe and healthy.

Babeed: Sorry for your and your family's loss. Prayers are with you.

mistibergman: Hope you feel better sooner than later! Kudos for going out to Black Friday shopping.

Rayna: Enjoy your massage!

Mrsjax11: Sending positive vibes!

jchecca: Glad you're feeling better. Great job on the house work.

Hello to anyone I missed! Welcome to the newbies! Hope everyone that celebrated had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

AFM: Thanksgiving weekend was wonderful. Spent TONS of time with family. Was able to keep my eating habits in check, so very happy about that. Need to start logging again though. (Sorry for the writing in phrases, trying to keep things concise.) Was very active this weekend, but not in the workout sense. Helped put up my parents 17ft tree and house decorations, and did the same (with my much smaller tree) at my house. Hubby put up the ceiling fans in the spare bedrooms, so nursery is starting to look more and more like a baby room. Ordered the slipcovers that are going on the livingroom couches (took advantage of cyber Monday sales), which is what was keeping me from getting our glider and couches professionally cleaned. Now I can schedule that and strike one more thing off our list of 'to dos'. Washed a number of clothes for when baby comes home. Kind of a superstition but I have a hard time committing to cleaning everything in case something doesn't go well with baby or delivery.
Had what should be our final ultrasound yesterday. Baby looked great according to the tech. Measured right on the mark. Makes me very happy because everyone telling me how small I'm carrying and my mother ragging on me that I don't eat enough was really starting to affect me. By yesterday I was paranoid that the baby was malnourished or small for its age. I really needed the affirmation from the tech that things looked good. I won't be totally satisfied until we go see the doctor next week, but I'm much more at ease. Baby is also already in position, head down facing my spine. I've been carrying low, so the Lamaze instructor last night said there's a very good chance baby will maintain this position through to delivery date. Final Lamaze class was last night, and was very nice. Continued breathing techniques and got to tour the Maternity floor which was very nice.
34 weeks today. 15lbs weight gain. Starting to stress a little about my weight gain because I still have 6 weeks, and I really didn't want to go above 20lbs gained. Need to continue to be smart (any maybe a little smarter) about my decisions.
Goals this week:
Walk 5x
Yoga 2x
Strength 2x
Log food
8-12 glasses water/day
2 veggie portions/day
Tonight specifically I plan to walk my pups, aiming for a min of 2, maybe even 3 miles. Don't think I will get any yoga or strength in because I really want to spend some time cleaning my room. Maybe in the morning...that's what I'll shoot for.

Lastly-Looking from assistance from you ladies!!
I want to start prepping food that I can freeze and easily pull and heat or turn into a meal after baby is here. Suggestions would be very appreciated! I was thinking soups would be a good one, but my husband is a hearty meal man, and I don't know many soups that have a great amount of substance to them. The only stew I ever really work with is beef stew. I do plan on making a baked mostaccioli, but that's pretty much all I've got. Thanks in advance!!!

Happy Tuesday ladies!

Welcome to new mommies joining!

Elce- I luv your tummy pix. You can't see any baby marks on the pix. I have many too from Jason, and have been rubbing cocoa butter like crazy. Not that it really helps, i think it depends on your skin, because my MIL had 3 kids & she doesn't have any stretch marks.

Rosanna-Good to hear your lil one is getting ready! Kudos for your weight gain I think you have done great, being healthy I am also aiming for 20 lb gain weight max. 4 weeks will go by so fast and soon you'll have your baby.


Ashley- How exciting your babyshower. Thanks for volunteering on Dec page.


Jessica- I walk about 20 mins too here & there, and planning on walking some more this week since last week was holiday, although I did walk when we went black friday shopping & was drained afterwards.

~My coworker gave some more clothes, and a stroller & car seat which she sowed up an amazing seat cover. I feel so blessed and thankful. She received many duplicate used items & she handed some over to me.


~Brenda~
27weeks Today
DD 2.28.11

Heather, that’s fantastic that people have been bringing you guys meals every couple days, I imagine that frees up so much time to stay with Charlee.

Cutmd, Congrats! I’m so happy for you, I can only imagine how hard the miscarriage was so I’m happy things are doing well, my fingers are crossed for you that everything looks good at your ultrasound.

Stellcorb, I stopped being able to do the plank around 10 weeks or so too, so don’t worry too much about it. Our bodies change in such weird ways that even with all the literature on pregnancy there’s still no way to be prepared for what we go through.

Rayna, I love Elf too! My three must see x-mas movies are: oldie-Miracle on 34th St (original), nostalgic-Home alone 1&2(reminds me of that age), and Elf, its my adult favorite.

Nichole, Yeah! Your full term!

Kristy-este2, I’m so sorry for your loss, I can’t even begin to imagine what you’re going through. My thoughts are with you and your family in sad time.

Babeed, How long is your family still there for? I know everyone has the best intentions but it can be just as tiring to have so much family around. My thoughts are with you.

Luna, My family wont buy stuff from a registry either! It’s pretty annoying. But luckily because there has been so many of my cousins getting pregnant and the family is a little tired of showers, my mom convinced them to pool all the money and she’d do the shopping for everyone (meaning she’ll go based on a list I give her)! Maybe you’re family would be willing to do something similar? Give you’re mom a list and say “just in case you’re planning something (wink wink)”

Rosannabarbar, I find that the heartiest soups are potages. Because you use potatoe as a base its very filling, I make a vegetable potage at least once a month during the winter. Although it never stays in the fridge long enough to know if it would freeze well or not, but I’d assume it would.

AFM, So this past weekend was very busy! I did a lot of shopping and got to buy the crib, change table, dresser, chair, and a couple pieces for our room too. The shopping was long enough to be considered a workout right (4.5 hours). And I’ve been clearing out the whole house, not just the nursery (actually the nursery has more stuff in it right now) and making bags and bags of stuff to go to charity. So this weekend I hope to have all that stuff out of the house and have what’s left in the nursery moved elsewhere, cleaned and start setting up the furniture. I never realized what a big project it would be, but it’ll feel so good when it’s done.
I did get concerned about my rib pain lately, it has been getting worse (to the point the I get jolts of pain if I move a certain way and its bruised to the touch. My Dr said I probably bruised my rib but since xrays are out of the question there’s not much I can do other than hot or cold compresses. So here I am with potentially a bruised rib (no idea how I got it btw, and nothing I can do about it) to add to all the other wonderful pregnancy symptoms. Then I remember it’ll probably get worse, yikes!

Ash
21weeks today!

emrogers - i love the once a month mom site! thank you for pointing that out!! although i am at 28 weeks...it definitely cant hurt thinking about meals like that!!!

abeare - i just brought a huge load of things to goodwill yesterday! the hubby and i have really been going through things and organizing...and it feels so great to 'off load!!'

so i didnt get a walk in at lunch time today...went to the mall to get my rings inspected (have been putting that off for a LONG time) and also got some more tummy butter (love that stuff!)! but hubby and i are planning to take the dogs for a walk when he gets home...so that will be good and i am debating a quick work out when i get home! maybe get some arms in! then its out to dinner. my mantra for tonight: nooooo dessert!!! healthy decisions at dinner and look forward to some bedtime tea!

hope everyone has a great rest of their day!!!

i was thinking on that too a gif for the supportive dad :flowerforyou: i dont have too many ideas but maybe electronics?

Hey ladies! I've been reading all of the posts, but haven't been posting much. Too all of you ladies aiming for a 20lb total weight gain....kuddos to you! I'm already at 23lbs :noway: .....and only 26 weeks this thursday. I'm hoping I'll be one of those girls who gains most of it in the 2nd trimester & doesn't gain much, if any in the 3rd. I know I have to get my food choices in check - they aren't always the greatest.

Have been trying to work out nearly every day...I'm feeling flabby lately (except in the belly area, haha). Got the Jillian Michaels "Killer Buns & Thighs", so hopefully that will get my *kitten* in gear! :bigsmile: Tried it out last night & just had to modify a little bit. Tonight it's off to zumba!

Hello ladies!

Just coming over from Fit for Future Families. I haven't had a chance to read through much of this month's post, but as soon as I have a minute I will. If there's a certain way to introduce myself, then I missed it will be glad to fill in more info later. Just thought I would post so I don't lose you guys.