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Setting fitness goals while pregnant
Have you set any for yourself? Is it realistic? Obviously losing weight would not be a concern, but what about toning or building muscle, etc? I was just starting to get back in shape, lost 7 pounds and found out I am pregnant. I want to still work at getting in shape, just not sure how to do it while pregnant. For…
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Maternity Leave
I'm wondering what your plans are for maternity leave. All along I was planning on working right up until I go into labor. At 34 weeks, I'm already tired and uncomfortable and having a hard time concentrating at work. Now, I'm thinking that I will plan to take a week off before my due date (assuming I don't go into labor…
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Just took my at home test today- positive
Hi all, I just took my at home pregnancy test today and it was positive. I am excited even though we didn't want to have another baby just yet. I was also a little disappointed when I thought about not being able to continue to lose weight. But I know I can stay active and would love to meet some moms to be on here that…
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My body and I
My body (evil alien): Hey, you didn't eat in time! Now we're going to vom!!! Me (perplexed): "Why?? Who's that helping?? Seriously!"
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Follow Up Ultrasound after a small bleed...help
At my first ultrasound (5/14) I had a very small amount of bleeding from the placenta. My doctor said it was a 1% bleed and it isn't a concern unless it is 30% or more. Today (5/28) I got a phone call from his nurse to schedule a follow-up ultrasound to make sure the bleeding has resolved itself. He didn't mention another…
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Feeling really out of place on MFP right now :-)
Hey all, I began adding friends on here just a few weeks back when I decided to get truly serious about health and all it's accompaniments! Since finding out I was preggo, I feel so out of place among them and their killer workouts... I'm like yeah, I went for a walk...and I'm eating a lot more to ya know 'maintain'…
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Intro!
Hey! I'm Nyssa. Just wanted to do a quick intro. I've been looking for a pregnancy and fitness forum to frequent, and hadn't thought of MFP (I haven't been counting calories, though I am thinking about going back to it because my weight has really taken off after gaining almost nothing the first 20 weeks.) Before I got…
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No sleep = overeating
For the last several days I have started my day at 3am. I try falling back asleep, but I just can't. So, I eat breakfast by 4am and wind up using most of my calories by 3pm. I don't get to bed until at LEAST 10pm. This is really messing with my calories b/c I keep going over! Are any of you taking anything to sleep better?…
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Newly pregnant and looking for friends in a similar boat
Hi there, I've just found out I'm pregnant with baby number two. Due on January 31st next year (such a long time away). I'm very excited and a little nervous as I lost a baby at ten weeks earlier in the year. Also worth noting I'm ancient - I'll turn 40 just weeks after bubs arrives. Looking for friends who like to stay…
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Losing weight to become pregnant?
Anyone else here start on Mfp to lose weight in hopes of having a baby? And now your dreams are coming true?! Me too I'm totally excited about my pregnancy and I have worked 2 long hard emotional years to get here so I want to say a special congrats to people in the same place as me :)
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Gender annoyance...
I shouldn't vent this on FB, so I have decided to torture all of you with my pregnancy annoyances. I do NOT want to know the sex of this baby, but for all the wrong reasons. People assume I want a boy because I already have a girl (not true) and some family members have a specific preference for a boy. They annoy me and a…
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Fun topic - What Bothers You Now That Didn't Before?
Since before I even found out I was pregnant, I have been rather moody. I've bitten my husband's head off a few times, and then afterwards I felt really awful about it. I remember last time that I got into some huge fight with him over nothing, and I ended up getting in the car, driving to a part of our neighborhood that…
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corpus luteum cyst
Any of you gals have this going on? I have been bleeding (spotting mostly) since before I even knew I was pregnant (I'm due 1/04/14 and am 7.5 weeks). Then last Friday I had a big bleed and I thought for sure I was losing my baby. I have already lost one back in December so I was devastated. Well, they got me in for an…
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How many calories
HI I'm Janice and I'm 22 weeks pregnant with my first little boy, John Joseph Rodriguez, I couldn't be mow in love or happier but I want to eat healthy this pregnancy and not gain to much I already gained 14 and I'm over weight (228 now, started at 214) I just want to know how many calories I should eat and what servings…
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Single mom of a One Yr Old, now Pregnant with TWINS
I have a 20 month old daughter! When I was pregnant with her I didnt exercise through my pregnancy. After I had her I was out of shape and it took a lot of work to get the weight off! After about 6 months I was back down to pre-pregnancy weight. Doing weight circuit training and a cardio kick boxing class once a 4-5 days a…
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Anyone else planning a home birth?
I am due in June with our 8th. Our first four were born in the hospital, the rest have been at home. If all goes well we are hoping for another home delivery. :) Anybody else?
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How many inches will I put on in the next 5 weeks?
Hi everyone, I'm bridesmaid in my dear friend's wedding in 5 weeks time (at 37.5 weeks prego!). The company that makes the dress is custom making me a maternity dress to match the others. The latest I can order is in the next couple of days to be sure it arrives in time. Any thoughts on how many inches I might gain in the…
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Maternity clothes, doing without them?
I am 29 weeks tomorrow and have been wearing my clothes from before my weight loss. They still fit but the pants are getting slightly tight. I just checked and realized that I didn't keep my maternity clothes from before. Have any of you just skipped the maternity clothes ? All I ever needed before were the pants. I am not…
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I think it's time to increase my calories again!
Last time I knew it was time to increase my calories (had been at maintenance, moved them up higher) when I started craving junk food - pop tarts, chips, ice cream, etc. (I don't restrict myself to my cals - if I'm hungry I eat - but generally overall I eat around my cal target). Well - the past two days I've been craving…
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NEW MOMMY - What training to do
Hi there everyone I am now 13 weeks pregnant and very excited:heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: i am already in love with my little-love. I want to go back to gym this week, I am scared I do something wrong, Can I cycle? walk and maybe do light weight circuit, nothing too straining ( i normally lift heavy) any advice…
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Eating back the calories
Random question, I have had horrible morning sickness that lasts all day and I end up puking at least once during the day. How do you log the calories? Do you eat them back? Strange question I know but I was curious what others are doing. I personally havent been worried about it, if Im hungry I eat what I want.
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Giving birth without your SO there?
Hi ladies Just wondering if anyone is planning to or has given birth without your SO there. This might end up being the case for us and I would love some reassurance from others who have been in the same situation. (I am planning to have a doula so I won't be alone.)
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bra
Hey ladies- so I am having the never ending breast growth issue, which I didn't have last time. BAH! I'm looking for some advice. Did you or have you stopped wearing an underwire? How much did your breast grow between 21 weeks and full term? LIke i said, last time my breast really didn't grow that much so this is all new…
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Husband Time Off After Birth
Okay, so I'm still a long ways out from d-day, but my husband has already informed me that he is taking the ENTIRE MONTH off. We're due 12-5 so he figured he'd just take all of December off work. He has a lot of paid time off--and it's a slow time of year for his team at work--so while it's feasible, I don't want him home…
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What's your excercise routine like?
I haven't had my first doctor's appointment yet but I've been doing a little bit of reading on what you should and shouldn't do for exercise while pregnant. My routine is sorta the same week to week. I try to run 3 times a week (I'm doing couch 2 5k), hit the gym 4 times a week and while I'm there I do upper body weights…
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I'm annoyed at myself
I am absolutely thrilled to be pregnant, I'll say that first but feel very foolish for getting pregnant before reaching a healthy weight! I had read up on cerrazette and how people struggled to get pregnant for a while after stopping taking it. In our case, we stopped taking it to soon. How am I still so naive and stupid…
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Worried about pregnancy and weight
Hey everybody i will eat at 2000 a day like people say. I currently weigh 250lbs and im so worried about complications has anyone in this forum been at that weight during pregnancy. Also is walking for an hour a day okay. many thanks hazel.
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Due April 2013
Hi Ladies! I thought I would create a thread for those of us who are due in April 2013. According to the online calculators, I am due anywhere between April 25 - 29th. So I am saying I am due on the 27th until my first appt. at the OB on Sept. 13th. This is our second child; we first had a baby girl who is currently 27…
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Baby's sex 16w VS 20w
I know a lot of people find out the sex anywhere from 15 weeks on. I have read that 20 weeks is the best due to a boy not dropping until around that time. My OB will do an US at 20 weeks where hopefully they can tell the sex. I REALLY want to find out while my step daughter is here and am not sure if she will be visiting…
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irritated and relieved at the same time
So I love my ob. She always answers all of my questions, explains why we're doing this or that test etc. She was great with my first daughter's pregnancy and that hasn't changed this go around. Last week I had my 20 week appt and ultra sound but my own ob was on vacation that week. So I had to see a different ob. I had…
