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Merry Christmas!!!! My favorite day of the year!!:flowerforyou: I am just getting off of working a grave, then headed for a 4 hour drive to see my hubbies family (hopefully I can sleep in the car) and then another hour drive to see my family, and have decided to have the worst nausea I've experienced so far in my…

I have the same problem! I actually found that if I take a whole wheat piece of bread, and dunk it in a bit of balsamic vineger, it satisfies all my cravings and I think it is delicious!

That's really kind of uh... different!!.... Actually, it just made me cringe a bit. I would definitely pick the Polenta! Yummmmm

I was like that all last week untill my father in law came up to visit over the weekend. He brought me some Pure Peppermint Oil and it has been AMAZING!!! You can go to your health food store and pick up a small bottle and put in 4 or 5 drops of it into a 1 liter water bottle. I carry that water bottle around with me all…

Congrats on your 1000th post :flowerforyou: I think (hope) that I can really hide it pretty good since we wear scrubs at work. I can keep them baggy and just look fatter untill probably 6 months and really, I never see any of my managers. They usually go home by 6 or 7 at night and I don't go into work till 10pm. So I…

So I've noticed everyone talking about when to tell their work... Well, what if I never tell my work and let them always assume untill it really does get obvious? Here's why. I work as a CNA in an Assisted Living Facility. In the past year, 3 CNA's have gotten pregnant and also fired. My bosses, of course, didn't fire them…

I like to eat small meals very frequently, like sometimes every hour. I've noticed it gets worse when I let myself go hungry at all, and then the rest of the day is rough. Toast, cambells healthy request soups and lots of water seem to help to for me and keep it as healthy as I can make it during this wonderful time! And,…

I love the Grinch and Elf... "He's an angry Elf!" :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

The Ultrasound went awesome today!!! We saw a heartbeat! (and surprisingly even heard it during the ultrasound) I'm soooo relieved. My husband was actually the first one to point it out which was rather impressive since he has never sat in at an ultrasound untill a week ago when we had our first one. I got a wee bit…

Welcome!! You will love it here :flowerforyou:

Check on Michi's Ladder and follow the top two tiers. Those are all clean foods. I printed them off and put them on my fridge and use it as a guide for my shopping lists. It really helps give me ideas for meals too by using those as ingredients in what I cook.

I actually asked the same exact question a couple weeks ago. Apparantly it is very normal! I still get the cramps from time to time now but they definitely aren't near as intense as the were the first 2 weeks. And all your other symptoms are the exact same as mine. I still haven't gotten morning sickness yet (and…

I had to quit doing Insanity too and I was on my 2nd round and half way through the first month. Their was so much jumping around that I was getting stomach cramps really really bad and it dehydrated me too much so I completely understand needing to quit. I also found that when I was done with my insanity workout, I…

On the 10th I will be 6w4d so definitely a lot farther and the doc said that by then we will see it. As for the prescriptions, I'm just going to take them through my 1st trimester because they are a lot higher in folic acid, iron and calcium and then I think I'll go back to the womens one a day prenatal that is just over…

Well, I had my first ultrasound yesterday.... They saw a gestational sac and yolk sac both measuring what they should be but no heartbeat yet. The doc said it was too soon so not to worry yet. He put me on a prenatal called rovin nv. Generic for mentax or neevo. I hadn't ever taken a prescription prenatal before and this…

Good Morning everyone :flowerforyou: Today, I have my first U/S to see if everything is going ok. I'm super nervous but excited at the same time. I am feeling a little bit more pregnant everyday so I'm thinking that is a good sign. I've never had an U/S this early on, but I've also never had the complications that we had…

I just took a peek at your diary and like the way you have it set up. I work graves so I eat and sleep at different times, but I think maybe it will be more beneficial to me to log everything for the time I am awake on the same day. I'll be giving it a try!

So, just curious, and I'm trying really hard not to get concerned over this, but I keep having menstrual like cramps. It has been going on for over a week now. I seriously feel like I'm going to start my period! I have had absolutely no spotting, so that puts my mind at ease a bit, but I never felt this with my other…

I first went in and got a blood test to check my HCG levels and than another one 3 days later to check them again and make sure they were going up accordingly. We are going in on Wed. for our 1st ultrasound though and talk to the doc. We had been ttc for over 2 years and had lots of problems so the doc is wanting to keep…

I would definitely get rid of the frozen meals first of all and maybe add in a little bit more strength training a couple days a week. Also, what I found really helps with keeping things moving, and helping out on the scale is drinking tons and tons of water. I keep a water bottle by me 24/7 and definitely spend a lot of…

Congrats and welcome!!! I'm new to this board too. I just found out a week before you that a baby was in our future!!!

Definitely some great recipes! Thanks guys:flowerforyou:

Does anybody know what the recommended percentage of Carbs, Fat, and Protien should be??? I know that fat percentage is going to be more and I put it at 25% in my goals, but I'm not sure if that's even correct and what the others should be.

That's awesome! You should definitely be very proud of yourself for how well you did and it's encouraging to me that I can keep my weight gain under control! Right now, I just listen to my body and never push too hard, but I figured, If I can keep from gaining a pound untill my 2nd trimester that that's a good start for…

Thank you!!! It seems VERY wierd and I still can't believe it! I find myself much more concerned with this pregnancy than my other two pregnancies just because it was such an emotional couple years trying to get here! But I am going to just do the best I can at being healthy and stress free:smile:

:happy: You look awesome!!! Great job

I'm in the same boat! I keep coming on here and thinking, "I will introduce myself today," and then I decide maybe next time. So since I'm very bored at work, I decided it is time! I just found out i was pregnant a couple days ago. My husband and I had been ttc for 2 years and had absolutely no luck. I have 2 kids from a…

WOW!!! You look awesome :flowerforyou: Definitely an inspiration

Last week was 174 Today, i weigh in at 171.8! Go Purple team!!! My goal this week is to eat completely clean. No processed foods at all, and to get my rest!

I know what I'm making for dinner tonight! sounds delicious!!!!!:flowerforyou: